Hiroshi Tanahashi
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Tanahashi in August 2016
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| Birth name | Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| Born |
November 13, 1976 Ogaki, Gifu, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Hiroshi Tanahashi Masked Devilock Tanahashi |
| Billed height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Billed weight | 103 kg (227 lb) |
| Billed from | Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan |
| Trained by |
NJPW Dojo Keiji Mutoh Kensuke Sasaki Tatsumi Fujinami |
| Debut | October 10, 1999 |
Hiroshi Tanahashi (棚橋 弘至 Tanahashi Hiroshi?, born November 13, 1976) is a Japanese professional wrestler who works primarily for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former seven-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, one-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, two-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and two-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. Through NJPW's working agreements with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Pro Wrestling Noah, Tanahashi has also held the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, the CMLL World Trios Championship, the CMLL Universal Championship, and the GHC Tag Team Championship. Tanahashi holds the record for most reigns as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion, while his fifth reign holds the record for most successful defenses, with eleven. He has also won NJPW's premier tournament, the G1 Climax, on two occasions (2007 and 2015).
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