Acting
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
JA, EN cinema · 207 credits
Born
23 March 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Also known as Great Yotto · Super Strong Machine Buffalo · Tenzan · Big Tenzan · Hiro Yamamoto
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto is a retired Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), better known by his ring name Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Debuting for NJPW in 1991, Tenzan became one of the promotion's most decorated wrestlers, winning the IWGP Heavyweight Championship four times, a record twelve IWGP Tag Team Championships and the G1 Climax three times, winning the tournament in 2003, 2004 and 2006. Tenzan is best known for his longtime partnership with Satoshi Kojima as Tencozy. The pair were named Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Tag Team of the Year in 2001 and in 2008 became the only team to win both All Japan Pro Wrestling's (AJPW) World's Strongest Tag Determination League and NJPW's G1 Tag League in the same year. Tenzan also held the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight and NWA World Tag Team Championships, competed internationally for promotions including World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Germany's Catch Wrestling Association (CWA), and was ranked No. 10 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 in 2005. After 35 years in professional wrestling, Tenzan announced his retirement in May 2026. His final match took place on August 15, 2026, exactly 13,000 days after his debut, against his longtime tag team partner and rival Satoshi Kojima.
Known for
Filmography
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 18
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
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NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 1
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NOAH: Wrestle Magic 2024
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
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NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
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NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 2
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NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 1
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NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10
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NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2022
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NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 6
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NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 9
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021
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NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
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NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2
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NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 1
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 1
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 2
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 1
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 3
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 10
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
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NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
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NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall 2020
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 9 (Final)
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior XXVII & World Tag League 2020 - Day 17 (Final)
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
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NJPW 46th Anniversary Show
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 2
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NJPW Power Struggle 2017
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NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
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NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 3
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NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall 2017
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017
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NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
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NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 11
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NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 14
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NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 15
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NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 16
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NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 9
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
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NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
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NJPW Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 1
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
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NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
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NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
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NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2016
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 6
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 4
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 8
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 9
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 12
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 15
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 14
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 10
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 11
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 16
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 18
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 17
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW Power Struggle 2016
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
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NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
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NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
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NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall 2015
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
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NJPW Destruction In Okayama
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
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NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 4
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 9
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 6
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 8
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 11
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 14
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 10
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 12
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 16
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 15
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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18
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RevPro Uprising 2015
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
2015
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 7
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 4
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 8
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
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NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
2014
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
Actor, as Himself
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 10
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 9
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 6
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014
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NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014
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NJPW Invasion Attack 2014
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NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
as Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, as Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
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NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 6
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NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 8
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NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 4
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NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 7
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 9 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 23: Day 1
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NJPW Dominion 6.22
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NJPW Dominion 6.16
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NJPW 40th Anniversary Show
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
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NJPW The New Beginning 2012
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NJPW G1 Climax 22: Day 9 (Final)
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NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 21: Day 10 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 18: Day 7 (Final)
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 2
2005
NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 1
2005
NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 1
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NJPW Nexess
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NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
2003
NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
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NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals
2003
NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals
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NJPW The Spiral
2002
NJPW The Spiral
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NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15
2001
NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001
2001
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001
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NJPW Wrestling World 2001
2001
NJPW Wrestling World 2001
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NJPW Final Dome
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NJPW Battle Formation '96
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
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WCW Starrcade 1995
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