About

Known credits:
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Birthday:
1972-11-29
Place of birth:
Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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Minoru Tanaka

Overview

Minoru Tanaka is a Japanese professional wrestler. Tanaka first gained prominence in Fujiwara Gumi and Battlarts before moving on to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he became a four time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, a five time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and the winner of the 2006 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. After leaving NJPW, he joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he found continued success in the junior heavyweight and tag team ranks upon winning the World Junior Heavyweight Championship once and the All Asia Tag Team Championship twice. From 2013 to 2016, Tanaka worked for Wrestle-1. He is currently a freelancer, and primarily competes in Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), where he has held the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship twice. He is a former GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, making him the second man (after Naomichi Marufuji) to hold all three major Japanese junior heavyweight singles titles as well as the only man to hold all five major junior heavyweight titles in Japan (counting the aforementioned tag team prizes).

Known for

Acting
2018 NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show Actor 59
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2014 TNA Bound For Glory 2014 Actor Minoru Tanaka N/A
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2014 TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014 Actor Minoru Tanaka N/A
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2013 Wrestle-1 Raising An Army Tour - Day 1 Actor N/A
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2013 Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson Actor Heat/Himself 59
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2012 NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love Actor N/A
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2008 TNA Wrestling: Global Impact! Japan Actor Minoru Tanaka N/A
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2008 Cinderella Formula Actor Dr. Komiya N/A
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2008 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2 Actor Minoru N/A
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2007 NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final) Actor Minoru N/A
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2007 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1 Actor Minoru N/A
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2006 TNA Sacrifice 2006 Actor Himself N/A
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2006 TNA Lockdown 2006 Actor Minoru Tanaka 59
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2006 The Best of the X Division, Vol 2 Actor Himself 59
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2001 NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15 Actor N/A
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2000 AAA Triplemania VIII Actor N/A
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1999 NJPW Final Dome Actor N/A
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1998 Battlarts Battle Fiction Actor N/A
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1997 Zero Woman: The Hunted Actor Bodyguard 59
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