Masato Tanaka

Tanaka 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 and Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1). He is overall a ten-time world champion in major professional wrestling promotions.

Notable Feuds: vs. Mike Awesome, vs. Mr. Pogo, vs. Mr. Gannosuke, vs. Terry Funk

Other Notable Achievements: Bakuha-ō Championship, Bakuha-ō Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Taru (1), Hide Kubota (1), DDT Pro-Wrestling KO-D Openweight Championship, D-Oh Grand Prix (2020)

FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship, FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Hayabusa (1) and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (1), FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship (2 times), FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Hayabusa & Hisakatsu Ōya (1), Hayabusa & Kōji Nakagawa (1), Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Kōji Nakagawa (1), and Atsushi Onita & Hideki Hosaka (1), WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship – with Gedo and Jado, WEW Heavyweight Championship, WEW World Tag Team Championship – with Gedō, Young Spirit Tournament (1995), FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship Tournament (1999) – with Tetsuhiro Kuroda

GWC Tag Team Championship – with Daisuke, GWC Tag Team Championship Tournament (2009) – with Daisuke, Hustle Hardcore Hero Championship (inaugural), Hustle King Memorial Six-Man Tag Tournament (2006) – with Tadao Yasuda & Shinjiro Otani, Nikkan Sports Best Tag Team Award (2014) with Takashi Sugiura, Technique Award (2011)

PWF Universal Tag Team Championship – with Shinjiro Otani, Match of the Year (2003, 2004), PWF MVP (2004), Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2004), Pro Wrestling Expo Continent Confrontation Tag Team League (2008) – with Daisuke Sekimoto, GHC Tag Team Championship – with Takashi Sugiura, Global Tag League (2014, 2015) – with Takashi Sugiura, Global League Tournament Technique Award (2014)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated – Ranked No. 21 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2000, Ranked No. 285 of the 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003

World-1 Heavyweight Championship, Pro Wrestling Zero1 AWA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (8 times) – with Shinjiro Otani (2), Wataru Sakata (1), Zeus (1), Takashi Sugiura (1), James Raideen (1), Yuji Hino (1) and Takuya Sugawara (1), NWA United National Heavyweight Championship, World Heavyweight Championship (6 times), Estasi Cup (2012) – with Paul Tracey and Ryouji Sai, Fire Festival (2006–2008, 2012, 2017), Furinkazan (2011) – with Fujita Hayato, Furinkazan (2014) – with Takashi Sugiura, Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament (2007), MVP (2007, 2008), Best Bout (2008) vs. Manabu Nakanishi on April 6, Best Bout (2011) vs. Daisuke Sekimoto on August 7

Super Fireworks Pro Wrestling Blast King Tag Team Championships (2 times) – with TARU(1) and Hide Kubota, Tokyo Sports Fighting Spirit Award (2008), Best Newcomer Award (1995), Best Tag Team Award (2014) – with Takashi Sugiura, Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship – with Jiro Kuroshio