Japanese wrestler

Masato Tanaka

Masato Tanaka is a Japanese professional wrestler, He is currently working for both promotions Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) and Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1). He is best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WEW World Heavyweight Champion and in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the United States where he was a one-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion. He is overall a ten-time world champion in major professional wrestling promotions.

Born

1973

February 28

Died

Living

Era

1970s

Country

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About

Masato, in brief

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Key dates

1973 Born

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-202 Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
870 The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
1525 Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.
1638 The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.

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The world in 1973

When Masato arrived

april 1 Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
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april 19 The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
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Aroldis Chapman 1988– Cuban baseball player Dino Zoff 1942– Italian footballer Francis Hughes 1956–1981 Irish Republican, hunger striker (died 1981) Frank Gehry 1929–2025 Canadian-American architect and designer (b. 1929) Gilbert Gottfried 1955–2022 American comedian, actor, and singer (born 1955) Paul Krugman 1953– American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Peter Medawar 1915–1987 Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)

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Same-year contemporaries

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Abbath Doom Occulta 1973– Norwegian musician Alexander Vinokourov 1973– Kazakh cyclist and manager Alexei Yashin 1973– Russian ice hockey player and manager Andrew Brunette 1973– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Bartolo Colón 1973– Dominican-American baseball player Chan Ho Park 1973– South Korean baseball player Crispian Mills 1973– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director Damon Stoudamire 1973– American basketball player and coach Derrick Brooks 1973– American football player

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