Masato Tanaka

53, from Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Artwork for FMW Power Splash 1997 - Day 6Image of Masato Tanaka

Biography

Masato Tanaka (田中 正人, ring name: 田中 将斗, Tanaka Masato) is a Japanese professional wrestler, 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 currently splitting his time wrestling for both Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1). He is overall a ten-time world champion in major professional wrestling promotions.

Timeline

2026Aged 53

  • Poster for WrestleCon: Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow 2026

    Masato Tanaka

  • Poster for MDK Fight Club 2026

    Masato Tanaka

  • Poster for GCW: Joey Janela's Spring Break X

    Masato Tanaka

2025Aged 52

  • Poster for SEAdLINNNG 10th Anniversary

    Masato Tanaka

  • Poster for NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Ridiculous One More Time

    Masato Tanaka

  • Poster for NJPW Purge Night of Torture

    Masato Tanaka

2024Aged 51

2022Aged 49

2021Aged 48

  • Poster for Hana Kimura Memorial Show

    (Unknown)

2019Aged 46

  • Poster for WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial SuperShow 2019

    Masato Tanaka

  • Poster for GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 2

    Masato Tanaka

  • Poster for Gon, the Little Fox

    Gon (voice)

2016Aged 43

2015Aged 42

  • Poster for ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3

    Himself

2014Aged 41

2013Aged 40

2012Aged 39

  • Poster for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6

    Masato Tanaka

  • Poster for NJPW The New Beginning 2012

    Masato Tanaka

  • Poster for NJPW 40th Anniversary Show

    Masato Tanaka

  • Poster for ROH: Year One

    Himself

  • Poster for ECW - Unreleased Vol. 1

    Himself

  • Poster for NJPW Dominion 6.16

    Masato Tanaka

2011Aged 38

  • Poster for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5

    Masato Tanaka

2010Aged 37

  • Poster for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV

    Masato Tanaka

  • Poster for NJPW Dominion 6.19

    (Unknown)

2009Aged 36

2008Aged 35

2006Aged 33

  • Poster for WWE: Blood Sport ECW - The Most Violent Matches

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for ECW: Bloodsport The Most Violent Matches

    Self

2005Aged 32

  • Poster for ECW One Night Stand 2005

    Masato Tanaka

2004Aged 31

2003Aged 30

  • Poster for MLW Revolutions

    Masato Tanaka

2002Aged 29

2001Aged 28

2000Aged 27

1999Aged 26

1998Aged 25

  • Poster for ECW Living Dangerously 1998

    Himself

  • Poster for FMW 9th Anniversary Show: Entertainment Wrestling Live

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for ECW Heat Wave 1998

    Himself

  • Poster for ECW November To Remember 1998

    Masato Tanaka

1997Aged 24

  • Poster for FMW 8th Anniversary Show

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk

    Himself

  • Poster for FMW Power Splash 1997 - Day 6

    (Unknown)

1996Aged 23

1995Aged 22

  • Poster for FMW 6th Anniversary Show

    (Unknown)

Year unknown

  • Poster for FMW 10th Anniversary Show: Entertainment Wrestling Special Live

    (Unknown)

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