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Hiroshi Tanahashi

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Born
1976 (48 years old)

Birth Place
Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan

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Wrestler

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Ethnicity
Asian

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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	IWGP Intercontinental Champion 2017 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	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	IWGP Heavyweight Champion 2007 New Japan Mens
G1 Climax 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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