
Minoru Tanaka
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1972-11-29 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Minoru Tanaka
Biography
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)
(2014)
TNA Bound For Glory 2014
as Minoru Tanaka
(2014)
TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014
as Minoru Tanaka
(2013)
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
as Heat/Himself
(2013)
(2012)
(2008)
TNA Wrestling: Global Impact! Japan
as Minoru Tanaka
(2008)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
as Minoru
(2008)
Cinderella Formula
as Dr. Komiya
(2007)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
as Minoru
(2007)
NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)
as Minoru
(2006)
TNA Sacrifice 2006
as Himself
(2006)
TNA Lockdown 2006
as Minoru Tanaka
(2006)
The Best of the X Division Vol. 2
as Himself
(2001)
(2000)
(1999)
(1998)
(1997)
Zero Woman: The Hunted
as Bodyguard