Hiroyoshi Tenzan | |
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Birth name | Hiroyoshi Yamamoto |
Born | [1] Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan | March 23, 1971
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Hiroyoshi Tenzan Hiroyoshi Yamamoto Super Strong Machine Buffalo Tenzan |
Billed height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1][2] |
Billed weight | 115 kg (254 lb)[1][2] |
Trained by | Tokyo Joe[3] Kotetsu Yamamoto Hiroshi Hase Kensuke Sasaki[4] |
Debut | January 11, 1991[1] |
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto (山本 広吉, Yamamoto Hiroyoshi, born March 23, 1971)[1][5] is a Japanese professional wrestler who is signed to 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.
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