Minoru Tanaka | |
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Born |
Komaki, Aichi, Japan |
November 29, 1972
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | C.T.U Ranger Pink Heat Minoru Minoru Polnareff Minoru Tanaka The Orange Prince Tanaka Watanabe no Tsuna |
Billed height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Billed weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
Debut | January 24, 1994 |
Minoru Tanaka (田中稔 Tanaka Minoru?, born November 29, 1972 in Komaki, Aichi) is a Japanese professional wrestler and shootboxer. Tanaka first gained prominence in Fujiwara Gumi and Battlarts before moving on to New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he became a four time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, a five time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and the winner of the 2006 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. After leaving NJPW, he joined All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he found continued success in the junior heavyweight and tag team ranks upon winning the World Junior Hevyweight Championship once and the All Asia Tag Team Championship twice. From 2013 to 2016, Tanaka worked for Wrestle-1.