Toru Yano - Pro Wrestler Profile
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship

On this page, you find the full wrestling profile of Toru Yano, with his Career History, real name, age, height and weight, the Promotions he worked for, all the Face/Heel turns, the Championship Titles he won, his Finishers, Theme Songs, Tag Teams and Stables, his appearance changes through the years, and more.

Toru Yano (矢野 通) was born in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan on May 18, 1978, and he is currently 46 years old.

He is currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling on the Heavyweight division under the ring name of Toru Yano.

Currently, he is a member of the teams of CHAOS (with Hirooki Goto, Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii, YOH and YOSHI-HASHI), Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii and Be-Bop Tag Team (with Hiroshi Tanahashi), and he is one of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions, holding the title for 114 days.

Profile Info

  • Gender Male
  • Real Name Toru Yano (矢野 通)
  • Ring Names
    • Toru Yano ( May 18, 2002 - Present)
  • Born May 18, 1978 (age 46)
  • Nationality Nationality: JapanJapan
  • Birth Place Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan
  • Billed From
    • Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan
  • Height 6 ft 1 in (186 cm)
  • Weight
    • 254 lbs (115 kg)
  • Nicknames Binwan Purodyūsā (Skilled Producer); Suko Naru Dai Dorobo (Sublime Master Thief); YTR

Career History

  • Roles

    • Wrestler ( May 18, 2002 - Present)
  • Promotions History

    Promotionfromto
    Promotion New Japan Pro WrestlingNJPWBrand Heavyweight May 18, 2002Present
    Promotion Pro Wrestling NOAHNOAH April 21, 2016 November 23, 2016
  • Images History

    Jan 2015
    Jan 2015
    Apr 2004
    Apr 2004
    May 2002
    May 2002
  • Face / Heel Turns

    Alignmentfromto
    Face May 4, 2014Present
    Heel April 1, 2004 May 3, 2014
    Face May 18, 2002 March 31, 2004

  • Finishers

    • Oni-Koroshi - Kneeling Powerbomb ( May 18, 2002 - Present)
    • Aka-Kiri - Head and Leg Hook Inside Cradle ( April 1, 2004 - Present)
    • Kuro-Kirishima - Modified Schoolboy ( April 1, 2004 - Present)
    • Urakasumi - Leg Hook Front Facelock rolled into a Cradle ( April 1, 2004 - Present)
    • Kagami-Wari - Scoop Brainbuster ( May 3, 2010 - May 3, 2014)
  • Theme Songs

    • Theme Song "intoxication?" by New Japan Pro Wrestling - Single ( January 4, 2018 - Present)
    • Theme Song "Original Kyoku" by New Japan Pro Wrestling - Single ( April 1, 2004 - January 3, 2018)
    • Theme Song "trick・ster" by Yonosuke Kitamura - with Great Bash Heel - Team ( October 16, 2006 - April 23, 2009)

Titles & Accomplishments

  • New Japan Pro Wrestling

  • New Japan Pro-Wrestling

      5 NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 with Jay & Mark Briscoe, 1 with Beretta & Tomohiro Ishii, 1 with Ryusuke Taguchi & Togi Makabe, 1 with Hiroshi Tanahashi & Boltin Oleg)
    • 2 KOPW Championship (2020, 2021)
    • 4 Provisional KOPW Championship

    Pro Wrestling Noah

    • 2 GHC Tag Team Championship (1 with Takashi Iizuka, 1 with Naomichi Marufuji)

    Apache Pro-Wrestling Army

    • 1 WEW Heavyweight Championship

    European Wrestling Promotion

    • 1 EWP Tag Team Championship (with Kendo Kashin)
  • Other Accomplishments

    • NJPW New Japan Rambo Winner (2021)
    • NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Title Tournament Winner (2020)
    • PW Noah Global Tag League Winner (2016 – with Naomichi Marufuji)
    • EWP Tag Team Title Tournament Winner (2005 – with Kendo Kashin)
    • Tokyo Sports Best Bout Award (2011 - with Takashi Iizuka vs. Keiji Mutoh & Kenta Kobashi, All Together)
    • Tokyo Sports Best Tag Team Award (2007 - with Togi Makabe)

Teams & Relations

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