Pat Tanaka

Pat Tanaka
Tanaka in 2012
Birth namePatrick Tanaka
Born (1961-08-05) August 5, 1961 (age 63)[1]
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
FamilyDuke Keomuka (father)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)El Gato
Goku-Do[2]
Pat Tanaka[2]
Tanaka-San
Billed height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[2]
Billed weight225 lb (102 kg)[2]
Billed fromHonolulu, Hawaii
Tokyo, Japan
(as part of The Orient Express)
Sapporo, Japan
(as Tanaka-San)
Mexico City, Mexico
(as El Gato)
Trained byDuke Keomuka
Hiro Matsuda
NJPW Dojo
DebutApril 7, 1984[2]
Retired2021

Patrick Tanaka (born August 5, 1961)[2] is an American professional wrestler best known for his work in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) as one half of Badd Company and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) as one half of The Orient Express. He is the son of Duke Keomuka.

In his career, which has spanned more than three decades, Tanaka has worked for the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

  1. ^ "Patrick Tanaka". Wrestling Data. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Pat Tanaka profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved August 29, 2009.