Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Tenzan in February 2016
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| Birth name | Hiroyoshi Yamamoto |
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| Born |
March 23, 1971 Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan |
| Residence | Tokyo, Kantō, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Hiroyoshi Tenzan Hiroyoshi Yamamoto |
| Billed height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Billed weight | 115 kg (254 lb) |
| Debut | January 11, 1991 |
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto (山本 広吉? Yamamoto Hiroyoshi, born March 23, 1971) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and is better known by his ring name Hiroyoshi Tenzan (天山 広吉? Tenzan Hiroyoshi). With Satoshi Kojima, in 2008, they won the World's Strongest Tag Determination League in All Japan Pro Wrestling and the G1 Tag League in NJPW, becoming the only tag team which has done both. He is a four-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and a record 12-time IWGP Tag Team Champion. He is also a former National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Champion.
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto first worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He debuted in January 1991, wrestling Osamu Matsuda.
In 1993, after winning the Young Lions Cup, NJPW sent Yamamoto on a European excursion; one of his stops was in the Catch Wrestling Association in Germany, where in July 1993, he defeated Lance Storm to become the first CWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion. A few weeks later, he lost the title to Storm. Three months later, he would regain and lose the title back to Storm.
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