Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1972-11-29 (Age: 54)
Place of Birth
Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Minoru Tanaka
Biography
Minoru Tanaka is a Japanese professional wrestler. Tanaka first gained prominence in Fujiwara Gumi and Battlarts before moving on to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he became a four time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, a five time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and the winner of the 2006 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. After leaving NJPW, he joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he found continued success in the junior heavyweight and tag team ranks upon winning the World Junior Heavyweight Championship once and the All Asia Tag Team Championship twice. From 2013 to 2016, Tanaka worked for Wrestle-1. He is currently a freelancer, and primarily competes in Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), where he has held the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship twice. He is a former GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, making him the second man (after Naomichi Marufuji) to hold all three major Japanese junior heavyweight singles titles as well as the only man to hold all five major junior heavyweight titles in Japan (counting the aforementioned tag team prizes).
Filmography (21)
NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show
2018Freedom's Bloody X-Mas
2015
TNA Bound For Glory 2014
2014
TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014
2014Wrestle-1 Raising An Army Tour - Day 1
2013
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
2013
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
2012
TNA Wrestling: Global Impact! Japan
2008
Cinderella Formula
2008
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
2008
NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)
2007
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
2007
The Best of the X Division Vol. 2
2006
TNA Sacrifice 2006
2006
