Masato Tanaka

Masato Tanaka
Tanaka in 2022
Born (1973-02-28) February 28, 1973 (age 51)[1][2]
Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan[1][2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Masa Tanaka
Masato Tanaka
SWORD
Billed height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Billed weight95 kg (209 lb)[2]
Billed fromTokyo
Trained byAtsushi Onita
DebutJuly 23, 1993[1]

Masato Tanaka (田中 正人, ring name: 田中 将斗, Tanaka Masato, born February 28, 1973)[3][4] is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WEW World Heavyweight Champion and in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the United States where he was a one-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion. He is currently splitting his time wrestling for both Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) and Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1). He is overall a ten-time world champion in major professional wrestling promotions.

  1. ^ a b c d 田中 将斗. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  2. ^ a b c "Wrestlers". Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  3. ^ "Masato Tanaka profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  4. ^ "Profile at Puroresu Central". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 2014-10-12.