Black Buffalo (wrestler)

Black Buffalo
Buffalo in April 2011
Birth nameKeisuke Yamada[1]
Born (1974-07-06) July 6, 1974 (age 50)[1][2]
Tottori Prefecture[1][2][3]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Black Buffalo[4]
Black Búfalo[5]
Black Vampire Buffalo[6]
Buffalo[2]
Inaba no Buffalo[2]
Keisuke Yamada[7]
Mōgyūma[8]
Mōgyūma Aratame Tawara Tōda[9]
Orix Buffalo[10]
Rojo del Sol[11]
Tawara Tōda[12]
Zombie[13]
Billed height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[4][2]
Billed weight86 kg (190 lb)[2]
DebutAugust 2, 1993[2]

Keisuke Yamada (山田 圭介, Yamada Keisuke, born July 6, 1974)[1][4][2] is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Black Buffalo (ブラックバファロー, Burakku Bafarō). Originally starting his career in International Wrestling Association of Japan, where he worked under his real name, Yamada found a new home promotion in 1999 in Osaka Pro Wrestling, where he began wrestling under a mask and the ring name Black Buffalo. For most of his career in Osaka Pro, Yamada has portrayed a villainous character, having been a part of every major villainous alliance in the history of the promotion. During his first years in the promotion, Buffalo went on to become a four-time Tag Team Champion. In February 2008, Buffalo was forced to unmask and reveal his true identity, after losing a match, and afterwards began teaming with the man, who unmasked him, Tigers Mask, with two becoming two-time Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Champions together. Finally, in March 2012, Buffalo managed to win Osaka Pro's top title, the Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship. Backstage, Yamada served as the vice president of Osaka Pro Wrestling.[14][15] Yamada left Osaka Pro Wrestling after the promotion went through a corporate restructuring in April 2014, shortening his ring name to Buffalo (バッファロー, Baffarō).

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