Profile Info
- Gender Male
- Real Name Hiroshi Tanahashi (棚橋弘至)
- Ring Names
- Hiroshi Tanahashi ( October 10, 1999 - Present)
- Masked Devilock ( September 14, 2004 - September 14, 2004)
- Height 5 ft 11 in (181 cm)
- Weight
- 223 lbs (101 kg)
- Born November 13, 1976 (age 45)
- Birth Place Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan
- Billed From
- Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan
- Nicknames Hyaku-nen ni Hitori no Itsuzai (Once in a Century Talent); Ace of the Universe
Career History
- Roles
- Wrestler ( October 10, 1999 - Present)
- Companies / Promotions
Promotion from to Promotion 
October 10, 1999 Present Promotion April 6, 2019 August 30, 2019 Promotion August 23, 2013 September 6, 2013 Promotion August 24, 2012 September 7, 2012 Promotion August 29, 2011 September 13, 2011 Promotion May 7, 2010 May 25, 2010 Promotion October 27, 2008 November 11, 2008 Promotion AJPWMarch 1, 2008 April 9, 2008 Promotion September 2, 2005 September 30, 2005 Promotion AJPWJuly 22, 2004 February 16, 2005 Promotion NOAHNovember 30, 2003 January 10, 2004 - Face / Heel Turns
Alignment from to Face October 10, 1999 Present - Images
Jan 2021Mar 2018Aug 2011Jan 2009Mar 2007Oct 1999
AJPW
NOAH
- Finishers
- High Fly Flow - Frog Splash ( January 1, 2005 - Present)
- Bridging Dragon Suplex ( November 3, 2019 - Present)
- Texas Cloverleaf ( January 1, 2005 - Present)
- Sling Blade - Running Sleeper Slam ( June 1, 2005 - December 31, 2010)
- Bridging Dragon Suplex ( January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2004)
- Half-Hatch Suplex Hold ( October 10, 1999 - December 31, 2001)
- Theme Songs
- Theme Song "Love & Energy" by Yonosuke Kitamura - Single ( January 4, 2017 - Present)
- Theme Song "High Energy" by Julia Claris - Single ( January 4, 2004 - January 3, 2017)
Titles & Accomplishments
- Titles Won
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- 8 IWGP Heavyweight Championship
- 2 IWGP Intercontinental Championship
- 2 IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
- 3 IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 with Yutaka Yoshie, 1 with Shinsuke Nakamura, 1 with Kota Ibushi)
- 2 IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship
- 1 NEVER Openweight Championship
- 3 NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 with Michael Elgin & Yoshitatsu, 1 with Manabu Nakanishi & Ryusuke Taguchi, 1 with Ricochet & Ryusuke Taguchi)
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
- 1 CMLL World Tag Team Championship (with Jushin Thunder Liger)
- 1 CMLL World Trios Championship (with Okumura & Taichi)
Pro Wrestling Noah
- 1 GHC Tag Team Championship (with Yuji Nagata)
Revolution Pro Wrestling
- 1 British Heavyweight Championship
- Other Accomplishments
- NJPW G1 Climax Winner (2007, 2015, 2018)
- NJPW New Japan Cup Winner (2005, 2008)
- NJPW IWGP Heavyweight Title Tournament Winner (2007)
- NJPW G2 U-30 Climax Winner (2003)
- NJPW IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship League Winner (2005)
- NJPW U-30 One Night Tag Tournament Winner (2004 – with Taiji Ishimori)
- NJPW Heavyweight Tag MVP Award (2005 - with Shinsuke Nakamura)
- NJPW Fighting Spirit Award (2003)
- NJPW New Wave Award (2002)
- NJPW Outstanding Performance Award (2003, 2004)
- NJPW Singles Best Bout (2004 - vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, 08/15)
- NJPW Young Lion Award (2001)
- NJPW MVP (2018)
- NJPW Grand Slam Champion
- NJPW Triple Crown Champion
- Campeon Universal del CMLL Tournament Winner (2013)
- Tokyo Sports MVP Award (2009, 2011, 2014, 2018)
- Tokyo Sports Fighting Spirit Award (2003, 2006)
- Tokyo Sports Best Bout Award (2012 - vs. Kazuchika Okada, 06/16)
- Tokyo Sports Outstanding Performance Award (2007)
- Nikkan Sports MVP Award (2011, 2014, 2018)
- Nikkan Sports Fighting Spirit Award (2003)
- Nikkan Sports Match of the Year Award (2009 - vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, 11/08; 2012 - vs. Kazuchika Okada, 02/12)
- 3° in PWI 500 (2013)
Relations
- Tag Teams & Stables
- Golden☆Ace - Kota Ibushi ( January 6, 2020 - June 15, 2021)
- Taguchi Japan - David Finlay, Erik / Rowe, Ivar / Hanson, Juice Robinson / CJ Parker, Kushida, Manabu Nakanishi, Ricochet, Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano, Yoshi Tatsu ( January 5, 2017 - June 24, 2019)
- La Ola Amarilla - Taichi, Okumura ( May 7, 2010 - May 24, 2010)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Koji Kanemoto - Koji Kanemoto ( June 7, 2004 - May 5, 2009)
- New Japan Dragons - Yoshi Tatsu ( July 16, 2006 - September 14, 2007)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yutaka Yoshie - Yutaka Yoshie ( March 9, 2003 - December 11, 2005)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura - Shinsuke Nakamura ( October 9, 2004 - November 4, 2005)
- La Ola Amarilla - Ryusuke Taguchi, Shinsuke Nakamura, Okumura ( September 11, 2005 - September 30, 2005)
- King of the Hills - Kenzo Suzuki ( May 18, 2001 - November 28, 2002)
- SWING-LOWS - Kenzo Suzuki, Kensuke Sasaki, Blue Wolf ( June 20, 2002 - September 22, 2002)