Masato Tanaka: Profile, Career Stats, Face/Heel Turns, Titles Won & Gimmicks

REAL ZERO1

On this page, you find the full wrestling profile of Masato Tanaka, with his Career History, real name, age, height and weight, the Promotions he worked for, all the Face/Heel turns, the Championship Titles he won, his Finishers, Theme Songs, Tag Teams and Stables, his appearance changes through the years, and more.

Masato Tanaka (田中正人) was born in Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan on February 28, 1973, and he is currently 51 years old.

He is currently working for Pro Wrestling NOAH and Pro Wrestling ZERO1 on the Heavyweight brand under the ring name of Masato Tanaka.

Currently, he is a member of the team of REAL ZERO1.

Masato Tanaka Profile Index

Profile Info

Gender Male
Real Name Masato Tanaka (田中正人)
Ring Names
- Masato Tanaka ( July 23, 1993 - Present)
Born February 28, 1973 (age 51)
Nationality Japan
Birth Place Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
Billed From
- Tokyo, Japan
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight
- 202 lbs (92 kg)
Nicknames Dangan; The Enforcer

Career History

Roles
- Wrestler ( July 23, 1993 - Present)

Promotions History

Promotion	from	to
Promotion NOAHBrand Heavyweight	January 4, 2021	Present
Promotion ZERO1	July 12, 2001	Present
Promotion AJPWBrand Heavyweight	October 24, 2020	January 2, 2021
Promotion DDT	November 29, 2019	October 18, 2020
Promotion W 1	December 31, 2019	March 15, 2020
Promotion GCW	December 29, 2018	February 4, 2020
Promotion FMW	April 21, 2015	December 22, 2017
Promotion NOAHBrand Heavyweight	February 22, 2014	November 8, 2015
Promotion W 1	January 12, 2014	September 27, 2015
Promotion NJPWBrand Heavyweight	December 23, 2007	December 8, 2013
Promotion HUSTLE	January 4, 2004	October 9, 2006
Promotion WJ	December 3, 2003	January 11, 2004
Promotion AJPWBrand Heavyweight	May 20, 2001	October 5, 2003
Promotion BATTLARTS	April 13, 2001	September 16, 2001
Promotion ECW	September 11, 1999	May 20, 2000
Promotion FMW	January 5, 1999	February 18, 2001
Promotion ECW	March 1, 1998	December 5, 1998
Promotion FMW	July 23, 1993	June 19, 1998

Images History

Dec 2007
Mar 1998
Face / Heel Turns

Alignment from to
Heel February 1, 2004 Present
Face March 1, 1998 January 31, 2004

Alignment	from	to
Heel	February 1, 2004	Present
Face	March 1, 1998	January 31, 2004

Finishers
- Complete Dust - Inverted Sitout Side Powerslam ( July 23, 1993 - Present)
- Dangan Bomb - Back Body Drop Lift into a Falling Powerbomb. ( July 23, 1993 - Present)
- Dangan Rolling Elbow / Roaring Elbow / Rolling Elbow - Discus Elbow Smash ( July 23, 1993 - Present)
- Diamond Dust - Diving Forward Somersault Three-quarter Facelock Bulldog ( July 23, 1993 - Present)
- Sliding D - Sliding Forearm Smash ( July 23, 1993 - Present)
- Thunder Fire Powerbomb - One Shoulder Powerbomb ( July 23, 1993 - Present)
- Tornado DDT ( July 23, 1993 - Present)
Theme Songs
- Theme Song "Dangan" by FMW Productions - Single ( January 1, 1996 - Present)
- Theme Song "Holy Man" by One Minute Silence - Single ( September 11, 1999 - May 20, 2000)
- Theme Song "T.N.T." by AC/DC - Single ( March 1, 1998 - December 5, 1998)

Titles & Accomplishments

Extreme Championship Wrestling
- 1 ECW World Heavyweight Championship
- 2 ECW World Tag Team Championship (1 with Tommy Dreamer, 1 with Balls Mahoney)
New Japan Pro Wrestling
- 1 NEVER Openweight Championship
- 1 IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Pro Wrestling Noah
- 1 GHC Hardcore Openweight Championship
- 1 GHC Tag Team Championship (with Takashi Sugiura)
Chō Hanabi Puroresu
- 1 Bakuha-ō Championship
- 2 Bakuha-ō Tag Team Championship (1 with Taru, 1 with Hide Kubota)
DDT Pro-Wrestling
- 1 KO-D Openweight Championship
Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling
- 1 FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship
- 2 FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship (1 with Hayabusa, 1 with Tetsuhiro Kuroda)
- 2 FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship
- 4 FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 with Hayabusa & Hisakatsu Ōya, 1 with Hayabusa & Kōji Nakagawa, 1 with Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Kōji Nakagawa, 1 with Atsushi Onita & Hideki Hosaka)
- 1 WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship (with Gedo & Jado)
- 1 WEW Heavyweight Championship
- 1 WEW World Tag Team Championship (with Gedō)
Greektown Pro Wrestling
- 1 Greektown Wrestling Championship
Guts World Pro Wrestling
- 1 GWC Tag Team Championship (with Daisuke)
Hustle
- 1 Hustle Hardcore Hero Championship
Premier Wrestling Federation
- 1 PWF Universal Tag Team Championship (with Shinjiro Otani)
Pro Wrestling World-1
- 1 World-1 Heavyweight Championship
Pro Wrestling Zero1
- 6 ZERO1 World Heavyweight Championship
- 1 AWA World Heavyweight Championship
- 8 NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (2 with Shinjiro Otani, 1 with Wataru Sakata, 1 with Zeus, Takashi Sugiura, 1 with James Raideen, 1 with Takuya Sugawara, 1 with Yuji Hino)
- 1 NWA United National Heavyweight Championship
Super Fireworks Pro Wrestling
- 2 Blast King Tag Team Championships (1 with TARU, 1 with Hide Kubota)
Wrestle-1
- 1 Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship (with Jiro Kuroshio)
Other Accomplishments
- NJPW NEVER Openweight Championship Tournament Winner (2012)
- PW Noah Global Tag League Winner (2014, 2015 – with Takashi Sugiura)
- PW Noah Global League Tournament Technique Award (2014)
- DDT D-Oh Grand Prix Winner (2020)
- ZERO1 Fire Festival Winner (2006–2008, 2012, 2017)
- ZERO1 Furinkazan Winner (2011 – with Fujita Hayato; 2014 – with Takashi Sugiura; 2023 – with Yoshikazu Yokoyama)
- ZERO1 Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament Winner (2007)
- ZERO1 MVP (2007, 2008)
- ZERO1 Best Bout (2008 - vs. Manabu Nakanishi on 04/06; 2011 - vs. Daisuke Sekimoto on 08/07)
- FMW Young Spirit Tournament Winner (1995)
- FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship Tournament Winner (1999 - with Tetsuhiro Kuroda)
- GWC Tag Team Title Tournament Winner (2009 - with Daisuke)
- Hustle King Memorial Six-Man Tag Tournament Winner (2006 – with Tadao Yasuda & Shinjiro Otani)
- PWE Continent Confrontation Tag Team League Winner (2008 – with Daisuke Sekimoto)
- Tokyo Sports Fighting Spirit Award (2008)
- Tokyo Sports Best Newcomer Award (1995)
- Tokyo Sports Best Tag Team Award (2014 – with Takashi Sugiura)
- Nikkan Sports Best Tag Team Award (2014 - with Takashi Sugiura)
- Nikkan Sports Technique Award (2011)
- PWF Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2004)
- PWF MVP (2004)
- PWF Match of the Year (2003, 2004)
- 21° in PWI 500 (2000)

Teams & Relations

Tag Teams & Stables
- REAL ZERO1 - Takuya Sugawara, Chris Vice, Yoshikazu Yokoyama, Hide Kubota, Yasu Kubota ( November 3, 2023 - Present)
- M's Alliance - The Great Muta / Keiji Muto, Masakatsu Funaki, Naomichi Marufuji , Masaaki Mochizuki ( January 4, 2021 - May 21, 2022)
- Emblem - Shinjiro Otani ( December 9, 2001 - June 11, 2021)
- REVENGERS - Yuji Hino, Ikuto Hidaka, Takuya Sugawara, Yasu Kubota, Hide Kubota ( March 23, 2020 - November 12, 2021)
- Voodoo Murders - Joe Doering, TARU / Yoshikazu Taru , KAMIKAZE, Voodoo Mask, Takuya Sugawara, Yuji Hino, Hartley Jackson ( March 2, 2017 - December 24, 2017)
- Dangan Yankees - Takashi Sugiura , Yusaku Obata, Ikuto Hidaka, Daichi Hashimoto, Fujita Hayato, Isami Kodaka, Yuko Miyamoto ( February 20, 2014 - November 30, 2016)
- CHAOS - Alex Koslov, Brian Kendrick, Davey Richards, Gedo, Jado, Karl Anderson, Kazuchika Okada, Low Ki, Albert / Tensai, Rocky Romero, Shinsuke Nakamura, Takashi Iizuka, Tetsuya Naito, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI, Yujiro Takahashi, Captain New Japan / BONE SOLDIER ( August 16, 2009 - December 8, 2013)
- Complete Players - Gedo, Yujiro Takahashi ( April 23, 2009 - December 7, 2013)
- Complete Players - Gedo, Jado , Kaori Nakayama ( February 6, 2001 - November 11, 2011)
- Sword Army - Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Shinjiro Otani , Ryouji Sai, Ikuto Hidaka, El Blazer, Shota Takanishi, Munenori Sawa ( January 14, 2008 - August 29, 2008)