Hiroshi Tanahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler, TV personality, bodybuilder, blogger and actor, best known as the 8-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion for the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) organization. He is also known for holding the record for the most successful title defenses in the organization with 11 overall. He held the record until May 5, 2018, more than seven years after winning his 5th heavyweight title against Satoshi Kojima on January 4, 2011. As of June 2019, Hiroshi is also a two-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, 3-time NIE Openweight 6-man tag team champion, and 2-time IWGP tag team champion, and won the G1 Climax tournament in 2007, 2015, and 2018 .

Before beginning to enjoy his time as a professional wrestler in Japan, he devoted himself full-time to the NJPW . He also went on an outing and made his North American debut in September 2005 with the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) organization. He also had his debut in the US with the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) Hiroshi was awarded the MVP award in 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2018 by Tokyo Sports and was recognized by the Tokyo Sports between 2011 and 2013. named “Wrestler of the Year” by Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Hiroshi Tanahashi has also built a large online following with more than 400,000 followers on Twitter.

Born name

Hiroshi Tanahashi

nickname

Tanahashi, The Ace Of The Universe, Super Powerful Ace Of Machines, Gokiburi Mask

Sun sign

Scorpio

Place of birth

Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan

nationality

training

Hiroshi attended Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, and graduated in 1999.

occupation

Professional Wrestler, Actor, TV Personality, Bodybuilder, Blogger

family

• Father – unknown
• Mother – unknown
• Siblings – Unknowns

Manager

unknown

To build

Bodybuilder

Height

5 feet 11 inches or 180.5 cm

weight

101 kg or 222.5 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Hiroshi Tanahashi Hat Datiert –

1. Hitomi Hara (2002) – His relationship with a news reporter for TV Asahibecame very popular in 2002, but for all the wrong reasons. Early in his wrestling career, Hiroshi was stabbed in the back by Hitomi in a fit of rage. The incident threatened to end his career and was covered by all major media outlets in Japan. It turned out that Hitomi was insanely jealous, and after he told her that he was starting to date another woman, she only stabbed him twice because he was defending himself. In court, she revealed that her original plan was to kill him and then commit suicide. The media often wrote about this unfortunate event as “possibly the best thing that ever happened to him” as it attracted a huge fan base to his story. His first match after leaving the hospital, which took place on March 16.
2. In later years, Hiroshi announced that he was married and had a son named Shiryu and a daughter named Koharu.

race/ethnicity

Asian

He is of Japanese descent.

hair colour

Hellbraun

He often tends to dye his hair black, dark brown, and blonde.

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Tall, bodybuilder physique
• Long haircut with fringes

Known for

• An 8-time IWGP Heavyweight Championship winner, as well as a three-time NIE Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship winner and a two-time IWGP Intercontinental and IWGP Tag Team Major Tournament winner in the NJPW organization
• Having a huge following online with more than 400,000 followers on Twitter

Erstes Wrestling Match

Hiroshi Tanahashi made his wrestling debut for the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) organization in a match against Shinya Makabe in October 1999.

He made his North American wrestling debut for the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) organization in a tag team match with Shinsuke Nakamura against Mexican wrestling group Los Guerreros Laguneros in September 2005.

Hiroshi Tanahashi made his US debut with the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) organization in the Final Breakup event against AJ Styles on January 14, 2006, which he lost.

first movie

Hiroshi Tanahashi made his feature film debut as Soji Kuruse in the action film Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider in 2016.

First TV show

Hiroshi Tanahashi first appeared in an episode of the sports series as “himself” in a television series on NJPW Samurai TV in 2002.

Personal trainer

Hiroshi maintains an active blog and usually posts monthly training updates. Although he lists many exercises, he did mention that he likes to guess his body. As such, Hiroshi omits or adds exercises based on how his body feels on any given day to prevent further injury and overtraining. Following this principle, he was not only able to avoid hitting a plateau, but also found his way back into wrestling after suffering elbow, shoulder and arm injuries. As of June 2019, his monthly workout split typically consisted of exercises like:

Return

• Lat machine – 5 sets
• Lat machine reverse narrow – 4 sets
• Cable Lat Sweaters – 3 sets
• Lat pulldown parallel grip – 4 sets
• Shrug – 3 sentences
• Smith Machine Curved Rows – 3 sets
• Cable jumpers and cable rows – 4 sets
• Finisher: Stationary Bike Cardio – 30 minutes, abs, stretching

Breast

• Incline bench press – 5 sets
• Bench press – 5 sets
• Hammer Incline Press – 4 sets
• Dumbbell fly – 3 sets
• Cable jumper – 3 sets
• Peckfliege – 3er Set
• Finishers: Abs, 30 minutes of cardio on the treadmill/bike

biceps

• Dumbbell hammer curls – 4 sets
• Dumbbell curls – 3 sets
• Barbell curls – 3 sets
• Barbell Inversion – 3 sets
• Cable curls – 3 sets
• Finisher: StairMaster Cardio – 30 minutes, crunches 100 reps

Shoulders

• Rear delts cables – 4 sets
• One-hand cable raised sideways – 3 sets
• Cable stands increased – 4 sets
• Smith Machine Front Shoulder Press – 4 sets
• Dumbbell side raised – 5 sets
• Barbell front raises – 4 sets
• Machine side raisers – 4 sets
• Shoulder back with lat machine – 3 sets
• One-hand rear cable – 3 sets
• Machine shoulder press – 5 sets
• Finisher: Stationary Bike Cardio – 30 minutes, abs, stretching

Trizeps

• One-hand cable push down – 5 sets
• Press cables down – 4 sets
• Seated Dumbbell Triceps Extension – 3 sets
• Narrow Forging Press – 3 sets
• Push-ups (He increases the weight accordingly) – 3 sets of 20 repetitions
• Finisher: 100 Crunches, Stretching

As for nutrition, to maintain his bodybuilder physique with a bit of fat for maximum strength, he includes cheat meals from time to time. His favorites are ice cream and hamburgers, and he often orders 4-6 at a time, doing whatever it takes to satisfy his cravings. Of course, he also drinks plenty of water throughout the day and has been known to carry a large bottle or shaker with him wherever he goes.

Hiroshi Tanahashi Lieblingssachen

• Ringer – Shawn Michaels
• Personal Quote – “Don’t get tired, don’t get depressed, don’t give up.”

Hiroshi Tanahashi Fakten

1. He was born in 1976, which is a year of the dragon with a fire element in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese calendar states that he will be very intelligent and social, have an early breakthrough in life and enjoy prosperity in later years, which turned out to be true.
2. He has an O blood type.
3. He is part of the “One talented person in 100 years” or “Once in a Century” TV trope in Japan. This means his professional wrestling history brings many of an underdog’s “arcs” to the top with a few unique elements.
4. After his Japanese wrestling debut in 1999, he was considered one of the “New Three Musketeers” alongside Katsuyori Shibata and Shinsuke Nakamura.
5. Hiroshi was scheduled to fight for Brock Lesnar’s 2006 NJPW IWGP Heavyweight Championship title Hiroshi fought Giant Bernard on July 17, 2006 and won his first title.
6. In 2016, his left shoulder was in such bad shape that he couldn’t even lift a water bottle. He dislocated his shoulder in January this year but he persevered through the pain so he could keep competing and it caught up with him.
7. Hiroshi has his own blog on the Ameblo platform, which allows his fan base to follow his travels and get an insight into his mindset, training regimen and diet plan.
8. Einige der Wrestling-Moves, für die er am besten bekannt ist, sind “Dragon Rocket”, “Dragon Suplex”, “Dragon Sleeper”, “Rolling Senton”, “Texas Cloverleaf”, “Powerbomb” und “High Fly Flow”.
9. Hiroshi played a role of Takashi Omura in the 2018 film Papa wa Whyono Master . The film is based on comics in which a father who was once a popular wrestler falls out of favor and becomes a villain.
10. At the end of April 2019, Hiroshi underwent surgery on his left elbow. The injury struck him at the G1 Supercard match on April 6, 2019, which he lost to Zack Saber Jr.
11. Visit his official blog @ ameblo.jp/highfly-tana.
12. Follow him on Twitter.