Gran Hamada
| Gran Hamada | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Hiroaki Hamada |
| Born |
November 27, 1950 Maebashi, Gunma, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | El Gran Hamada Gran Hamada Hiroaki Hamada Little Hamada Makai Masked Hurricane Mini Love Machine |
| Billed height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Billed weight | 92 kg (203 lb) |
| Debut | March 16, 1972 |
Hiroaki Hamada (浜田 広秋 Hamada Hiroaki?), better known by his ring name Gran Hamada (グラン浜田 Guran Hamada?), (born November 27, 1950) is a Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican lucha libre style. He has wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling, the Universal Wrestling Federation, Michinoku Pro, and All Japan Pro Wrestling, and was the founder of Universal Lucha Libre. He has also had stints with the World Wrestling Federation and Extreme Championship Wrestling in the United States. His daughters Xóchitl Hamada and Ayako Hamada are professional wrestlers.
He was one of the first dojo trainees at New Japan Pro Wrestling, being known as Little Hamada in the beginning. He was sent to Mexico's Universal Wrestling Association because of his lack of size, and he found a lot of success there - so much so that Mexican fans and promoters began calling him Gran Hamada (Great Hamada). He also competed in Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre, which added El (The) to the front of his name: El Gran Hamada.
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