Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Tenzan in 2016
Birth nameHiroyoshi Yamamoto
Born (1971-03-23) March 23, 1971 (age 53)[1]
Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Super Strong Machine Buffalo
Tenzan
Billed height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1][2]
Billed weight115 kg (254 lb)[1][2]
Trained byTokyo Joe[3]
Kotetsu Yamamoto
Hiroshi Hase
Kensuke Sasaki[4]
DebutJanuary 11, 1991[1]

Hiroyoshi Yamamoto (山本 広吉, Yamamoto Hiroyoshi, born March 23, 1971)[1][5] is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and is better known by his ring name Hiroyoshi Tenzan (天山 広吉, Tenzan Hiroyoshi). With Satoshi Kojima, in 2008, they won the World's Strongest Tag Determination League in All Japan Pro Wrestling and the G1 Tag League in NJPW, becoming the only tag team which has done both. He is a four-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and a record twelve-time IWGP Tag Team Champion. He is also a former National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Champion.

  1. ^ a b c d e "天山 広吉". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-06-07.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference PWI500-2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Meltzer, Dave (2017-11-05). "'Tokyo' Joe Daigo passes away at 75 years old". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  4. ^ "Hiroyoshi Tenzan << Wrestlers Database <<". CAGEMATCH.
  5. ^ "Profile at Puroresu Central". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 2014-02-08.