Hiroshi Tanahashi

Mar 7, 2013 - by Jamie Cruickshank

Real name: Hiroshi Tanahashi
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 230 lbs.
Date of birth: November 13, 1976
Hometown: Ogaki, Japan
Pro debut: October 10, 1999
Trained by: New Japan Dojo, Keiji Mutoh, Kensuke Sasaki, Tatsumi Fujinami
Finishing move: Dragon Suplex

Biography

– In Tanahashi’s debut match, he was defeated by Shinya Makabe
– On October 19, 1999, Tanahashi defeated Wataru Inoue (his first televised match and first professional win)
– On July 30, 2000, Tanahashi made his PPV debut, losing to Shinya Makabe
– On September 8, 2001, Tanahashi made an appearance for All Japan, teaming with Osamu Kido to defeat Masanobu Fuchi & Yuto Aijima
– On April 23, 2003, Tanahashi defeated Shinya Makabe to win the G2-U30 Climax Tournament and the IWGP U-30 Title
– On June 13, 2003, Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie defeated Cho-Ten (Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On July 9, 2003, Tanahashi & Yoshie defeated The Makai Club (4 & 5) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On July 19, 2003, Tanahashi, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata & Yutaka Yoshie defeated Mike Barton, Scott Norton, Shinya Makabe & Yoshihiro Takayama
– On July 21, 2003, Tanahashi defeated Katsuyori Shibata to retain the IWGP U-30 Title
– On August 24, 2003, Tanahashi & Yoshie defeated Jushin Liger & Koji Kanemoto to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On August 28, 2003, Tanahashi defeated Makai #2 to retain the IWGP U-30 Title
– On October 21, 2003, Tanahashi & Yoshie defeated Jim Steele & Mike Barton to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On November 13, 2003, Tanahashi defeated TOA to retain the IWGP U-30 Title
– On November 29, 2003, Tanahashi defeated Blue Wolf to retain the IWGP U-30 Title
– On November 30, 2003, Tanahashi & Yuji Nagata defeated Tamon Honda & Kenta Kobashi to win the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On December 6, 2003, Tanahashi & Nagata defeated Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On December 9, 2003, Tanahashi defeated Naomichi Marufuji to retain the IWGP U-30 Title
– On January 4, 2004, Tanahashi defeated Yutaka Yoshie to retain the IWGP U-30 Title
– On January 28, 2004, Tanahashi defeated Masayuki Naruse to retain the IWGP U-30 Title
– On March 28, 2004, Tanahashi defeated Kazunari Murakami to retain the IWGP U-30 Title
– On May 13, 2004, Tanahashi defeated Ryusuke Taguchi to retain the IWGP U-30 Title
– On July 19, 2004, Tanahashi defeated Toru Yano to retain the IWGP U-30 Title
– On October 24, 2004, Tanahashi defeated American Dragon to retain the IWGP U-30 Title
– On October 30, 2004, Tanahashi & Taiji Ishimori defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & Shinsuke Nakamura to win the U-30 Tag Tournament. The pair previously defeated Blue Wolf & Katsuhiko Nakajima
– On December 11, 2004, Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On January 30, 2005, Tanahashi & Nakamura defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On March 13, 2005, Tanahashi & Nakamura defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Scott Norton to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On April 24, 2005, Tanahashi defeated Manabu Nakanishi in the final of the New Japan Cup
– On May 14, 2005, Tanahashi & Nakamura defeated Kendo Kashin & Manabu Nakanishi to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On June 18, 2005, Tanahashi defeated Toru Yano in the final of a tournament to win the IWGP U-30 Title
– In September 2005, Tanahashi embarked on his first tour of Mexico, competing for CMLL
– On September 30, 2005, Tanahashi & Nakamura defeated Los Guerreros del Atlantida (Rey Bucanero & Olimpico) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On December 25, 2005, Tanahashi defeated Hirooki Goto to retain the IWGP U-30 Title
– At TNA Final Resolution 2006, Tanahashi was defeated by AJ Styles
– On February 12, 2006, Tanahashi defeated Naofumi Yamamoto to retain the IWGP U-30 Title
– On July 17, 2006, Tanahashi defeated Giant Bernard in the final of a tournament to win the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On October 9, 2006, Tanahashi defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On December 10, 2006, Tanahashi defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On January 4, 2007, Tanahashi defeated Taiyo Kea to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On February 18, 2007, Tanahashi defeated Koji Kanemoto to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On August 12, 2007, Tanahashi defeated Yuji Nagata in the final of the NJPW G1 Climax Tournament
– On October 8, 2007, Tanahashi defeated Yuji Nagata to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On November 11, 2007, Tanahashi defeated Hirooki Goto to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On March 23, 2008, Tanahashi defeated Giant Bernard in the final of the New Japan Cup
– In October/November 2008, Tanahashi made several more appearances for TNA
– On January 4, 2009, Tanahashi defeated Keiji Mutoh to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title for a third time
– On February 15, 2009, Tanahashi defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On April 5, 2009, Tanahashi defeated Kurt Angle to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On May 3, 2009, Tanahashi defeated Hirooki Goto to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On June 20, 2009, Tanahashi defeated Manabu Nakanishi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On July 20, 2009, Tanahashi defeated Takashi Sugiura to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On January 4, 2010, Tanahashi defeated Go Shiozaki
– In May 2010, Tanahashi returned to Mexico
– On May 7, 2010, La Ola Amarilla (Tanahashi, Taichi & Okumura) defeated Los Angeles Rebeldes (Hector Garza, El Hijo del Fantasma & La Mascara) to win the CMLL Trios Titles
– On January 4, 2011, Tanahashi defeated Satoshi Kojima to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title. This reign would go on to break the record for the most defenses of the title
– On February 2, 2011, Tanahashi defeated Satoshi Kojima to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On April 3, 2011, Tanahashi defeated Yuji Nagata to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On May 3, 2011, Tanahashi defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On May 14, 2011, Tanahashi defeated Charlie Haas to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On June 18, 2011, Tanahashi defeated Hirooki Goto to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On July 18, 2011, Tanahashi defeated Giant Bernard to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On September 19, 2011, Tanahashi defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On October 10, 2011, Tanahashi defeated Tetsuya Naito to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On November 12, 2011, Tanahashi defeated Toru Yano to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On December 4, 2011, Tanahashi defeated Yuji Nagata to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On January 4, 2012, Tanahashi defeated Minoru Suzuki to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On June 16, 2012, Tanahashi defeated Kazuchika Okada to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title for a record-equaling sixth time
– On July 1, 2012, Tanahashi defeated Togi Makabe to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On July 22, 2012, Tanahashi defeated Masato Tanaka to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On September 23, 2012, Tanahashi defeated Naomichi Marufuji to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On October 8, 2012, Tanahashi defeated Minoru Suzuki to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On November 11, 2012, Tanahashi defeated Yujiro Takahashi to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On January 4, 2013, Tanahashi defeated Kazuchika Okada to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On February 10, 2013, Tanahashi defeated Karl Anderson to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On July 5, 2013, Tanahashi & Jushin Liger defeated El Terrible & Tama Tonga to win the CMLL Tag Team Titles
– Tanahashi reached the final of the 2013 G1 Climax Series, but lost to Tetsuya Naito
– In late August 2013, Tanahashi entered the CMLL Campeon Universal Tournament. He defeated Okumura, Dragon Rojo Jr, La Sombra & Rush on his way to victory
– At NJPW Destruction ’13, Tanahashi defeated Prince Devitt in a Lumberjack Deathmatch
– At NJPW Power Struggle ’13, Tanahashi defeated Tomohiro Ishii
– At Wrestle Kingdom 8, Tanahashi defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– On February 9, 2014, Tanahashi defeated Nakamura to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– At Wrestling Dontaku ’14, Tanahashi, Jushin Liger, Tetsuya Naito & Togi Makabe defeated The Bullet Club (Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale) in an Elimination Match
– At ROH/NJPW Global Wars ’14, Tanahashi & Jushin Liger defeated CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura & Jado)
– At ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds ’14, Tanahashi defeated Michael Bennett
– At NJPW King of Pro Wrestling ’14, Tanahashi defeated AJ Styles to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– At NJPW Power Struggle ’14, Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi defeated CHAOS (YOSHI-HASHI & Kazuchika Okada)
– At Wrestle Kingdom 9, Tanahashi defeated Okada to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– At Wrestling Dontaku ’15, Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata & Togi Makabe defeated CHAOS (Kazushi Sakuraba, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano)
– At ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds ’15, Tanahashi defeated Roderick Strong
– At ROH/NJPW Global Wars ’15, Tanahashi defeated Michael Elgin
– On August 16, 2015, Tanahashi defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the G1 Climax Tournament
– At NJPW Destruction ’15, Tanahashi defeated Bad Luck Fale
– At NJPW King of Pro Wrestling ’15, Tanahashi defeated Tetsuya Naito
– At NJPW Power Struggle ’15, Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Kazushi Sakuraba)
– At ROH’s 14th Anniversary Show, Tanahashi & Michael Elgin defeated The Briscoes (Mark & Jay)
– At NJPW Invasion Attack ’16, Tanahashi, Elgin & Yoshitatsu defeated The Elite (Kenny Omega, Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson) to win the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At King of Pro Wrestling ’16, Tanahashi, Jay Lethal, KUSHIDA & Michael Elgin defeated LIJ (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA)
– At Power Struggle ’16, Tanahashi defeated SANADA
– At New Year Dash ’17, Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Manabu Nakanishi defeated LIJ (BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA) to win the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On April 4, 2017, Tanahashi, Taguchi & Ricochet defeated LIJ (BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA) to win the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Dominion ’17, Tanahashi defeated Tetsuya Naito to win the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– On July 2, 2017, Tanahashi defeated Billy Gunn to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– At Destruction ’17, Tanahashi defeated Zack Sabre Jr to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– At Power Struggle ’17, Tanahashi defeated Kota Ibushi to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– At Wrestle Kingdom 12, Tanahashi defeated Jay White to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– At Sakura Genesis ’18, Tanahashi, Dave Finlay & Juice Robinson defeated CHAOS (Jay White, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)
– At Wrestling Hinokuni ’18, Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, KUSHIDA & Juice Robinson defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)
– Tanahashi won the 2018 G1 Climax Tournament, defeating Kota Ibushi in the final
– At King of Pro Wrestling ’18, Tanahashi defeated Jay White
– At Wrestle Kingdom 13, Tanahashi defeated Kenny Omega to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– At New Japan’s 47th Anniversary Show, Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA)
– At Dominion ’19, Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Juice Robinson defeated The Bullet Club (Jay White, Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori)
– At Southern Showdown 2019, Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada defeated Jay White & Bad Luck Fale
– At Royal Quest 2019, Tanahashi defeated Zack Sabre Jr to win the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title, but would lose it back at the next month’s Destruction event in Beppu
– At Destruction in Kagoshima 2019, Tanahashi, Jushin Liger, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI) by DQ
– At Power Struggle 2019, Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi defeated Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI
– At New Year Dash 2020, Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, David Finlay & Juice Robinson defeated Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale)
– On February 21, 2020, Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi defeated The Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At Manabu Nakanishi’s Retirement event, Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto defeated Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata
– At Wrestle Kingdom 15, Tanahashi defeated Great O-Khan
– At The New Beginning in Nagoya 2021, Tanahashi defeated Shingo Takagi to win the NEVER Openweight Title
– At Castle Attack 2021, Tanahashi defeated Great O-Khan to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– At Sakura Genesis 2021, Tanahashi & Satoshi Kojima defeated Jay White & Bad Luck Fale
– At Resurgence 2021, Tanahashi defeated Lance Archer to win the IWGP United States Title
– At Wrestle Grand Slam Saitama, Tanahashi defeated Kota Ibushi to retain the IWGP United States Title
– At Wrestle Kingdom 16, Tanahashi defeated KENTA in a No-DQ Match to regain the IWGP United States Title
– At the NJPW/NOAH Wrestle Kingdom 16 special, Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada defeated Keiji Muto & Kaito Kiyomiya
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2022, Tanahashi defeated Tomohiro Ishii to win the vacant IWGP United States Title, but would lose it to Juice Robinson two weeks later
– At Dominion 2022, Tanahashi defeated Hirooki Goto
– Tanahashi debuted for AEW in June 2022
– At Royal Quest II, Tanahashi, Hikuleo & Tama Tonga defeated Jay White, Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows
– At the NJPW/Stardom X-Over event, Tanahashi & Utama Hayashishita defeated Hirooki Goto & Maika
– At Wrestle Kingdom 17, Tanahashi, Keiji Muto & Shota Umino defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & SANADA)
– At New Year Dash 2023, Tanahashi, Tama Tonga, Master Wato & Hikuleo defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & KENTA) by DQ
– At the NJPW/NOAH Wrestle Kingdom 17 special, Tanahashi, Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima & Toru Yano defeated Bullet Club (Naomichi Marufuji, El Phantasmo, Gedo & KENTA)
– At The New Beginning in Sapporo 2023, Tanahashi, Tama Tonga, Master Wato & Hikuleo defeated Bullet Club (Jay White, Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & KENTA)
– At The New Beginning in Osaka 2023, Tanahashi defeated KENTA
– At the Impact/NJPW Multiverse United event, Tanahashi defeated Mike Bailey
– At Supercard Of Honor 2023, Tanahashi defeated Daniel Garcia
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2023, Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada defeated Strong Style (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita) to win the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Dominion 2023, Tanahashi, Ishii & Okada defeated The Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Shota Umino) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On the second episode of AEW Collision, Tanahashi defeated Swerve Strickland
– At NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023, Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii & The DKC defeated Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor, Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson)
– On September 9, Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe & Tiger Mask to retain the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Titles
– At Destruction in Ryogoku 2023, Tanahashi, Ishii & Okada defeated Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley & Josh Alexander to retain the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Titles
– At Royal Quest III, Tanahashi, Eddie Kingston & Michael Oku defeated United Empire (Jeff Cobb, TJP & HENARE)
– At NJPW STRONG Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2023, Tanahashi, Mistico, Atlantis & Atlantis Jr defeated Rocky Romero, Soberano Jr, Tiger Mask & Adrian Quest
– On November 4, Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii defeated TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr, Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On November 11, Tanahashi, Okada & Ishii defeated Just 5 Guys (SANADA, Yuya Uemura & Taichi) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On November 17, Tanahashi, Okada & Ishii defeated Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma & Ren Narita to retain the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On December 21, Tanahashi, Okada & Ishii defeated United Empire (Great O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & HENARE) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On December 23, Tanahashi was surprisingly appointed President of New Japan Pro Wrestling
– At Wrestle Kingdom 18, Tanahashi defeated Zack Sabre Jr to win the NJPW Television Title. He retained the title against Ryusuke Taguchi the next night at New Year Dash

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