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Hiroshi Tanahashi

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Born
1976 (47 years old)

Birth Place
Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan

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Wrestler

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1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight
101 kg (223 lb)

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Hiroshi Tanahashi (棚橋弘至, Tanahashi Hiroshi, born November 13, 1976) is a Japanese professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he works primarily for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the current NEVER Openweight Champion in his first reign. His accolades in NJPW include a record setting eight reigns as IWGP Heavyweight Champion, two reigns as IWGP Intercontinental Champion, three reigns as IWGP Tag Team Champion, and three reigns as NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. He has also won NJPW's premier tournament, the G1 Climax, on three occasions (2007, 2015 and 2018) and won the New Japan Cup twice, in 2005 and 2008, making him one of the greatest and most decorated wrestlers in New Japan's history.

Through NJPW's working agreements with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Pro Wrestling Noah and Revolution Pro Wrestling, Tanahashi has also held the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, the CMLL World Trios Championship, the CMLL Universal Championship, GHC Tag Team Championship, and the RevPro British Heavyweight Championship. In total, he has over 21 championship reigns.

When Tanahashi was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame in 2013, Dave Meltzer stated that "you could make a strong case for him as the best in-ring performer in the business today", adding that he was "the leading star in New Japan Pro-Wrestling's comeback from being in terrible shape a few years back to being the No. 2 pro wrestling company in the world".


Career Honours

IWGP United States Champion
2022

New Japan Mens

IWGP United States Champion
2022

New Japan Mens

NEVER Openweight Champion
2021

New Japan Mens

IWGP United States Champion
2021

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
2020

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
2019

New Japan Mens

G1 Climax
2018

New Japan Mens

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
2017

New Japan Mens

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
2017

New Japan Mens

IWGP Intercontinental Champion
2017

New Japan Mens

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion
2016

New Japan Mens

G1 Climax
2015

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
2014

New Japan Mens

IWGP Intercontinental Champion
2014

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
2012

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
2011

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
2009

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
2009

New Japan Mens

New Japan Cup
2008

New Japan Mens

G1 Climax
2007

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
2007

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
2006

New Japan Mens

New Japan Cup
2005

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
2004

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
2003

New Japan Mens


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