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Tiger Mask IV. Tiger Mask (タイガーマスク, Taigāmasuku) is the persona of several Japanese professional wrestlers. The persona was inspired by the title character in Ikki Kajiwara's and Naoki Tsuji's 1968 manga series, Tiger Mask about a professional wrestler who was a feared heel in the United States, but became a face after returning to Japan when a young boy said that he wanted to ...
Tiger Mask made his NJPW debut on January 20, 2002, and at first wrestled as a Michinoku Pro star and not a full-time worker. In December 2002, he officially joined NJPW, and quickly rose in the contenders ranks in the Junior Heavyweight division.
Kazuchika Okada (岡田 和睦 (オカダ・カズチカ), Okada Kazuchika) is a professional wrestler for NJPW who joins Tiger Mask in his fight against GWM. [5] In the anime, he is introduced as a NJPW champion, which the real Okada was in real life at the time. [1] He is voiced by Masakazu Morita. [1] [17] [18]
Satoru Sayama (佐山 聡, Sayama Satoru) (born November 27, 1957) is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, writer, and mixed martial arts (MMA) and wrestling promoter, best known as the original Tiger Mask.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. NJPW personnel consists of professional wrestlers , commentators , color commentators , ring announcers , referees , trainers , producers , bookers , and various other positions.
[1] [2] His pinnacle of success was defeating Gran Hamada in a tournament final for the vacant WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship on May 6, 1982, and was defeated twenty days later by Tiger Mask for the belt. Sayama left NJPW in 1983 and the rights to Tiger Mask were purchased by All Japan Pro Wrestling the following year for the use of ...
Tiger Mask W (Japanese: タイガーマスク W (ダブル), Taigā Masuku Daburu) [1] is a Tiger Mask anime series which premiered on October 2, 2016, with 38 episodes. [2] It has a mix of 2D and 3D CGI animation. [3] It is a sequel of the original anime, whereas Tiger Mask II is only considered a parallel universe.
[36] [37] The rivalry culminated on February 20 at The New Beginning, where Tiger Mask defeated Ishii in a Mask vs. Mask match, taking away his mask and ending the rivalry. [38] Though Ishii worked the entire rivalry under his real name, he was officially recognized by NJPW as the sixth generation Black Tiger , when Kazushige Nosawa debuted in ...