Hiroshi Tanahashi
Hiroshi Tanahashi, widely known as the “Ace,” is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, sports executive, and podcaster who is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he serves as president and representative director. He debuted in 1999 after graduating from the NJPW Dojo as a Young Lion and later went on excursion to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the United States. He had his final match on January 4, 2026, against longtime rival Kazuchika Okada at Wrestle Kingdom 20.
Across his NJPW career, Tanahashi became an eight-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, two-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, three-time IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion, one-time NEVER Openweight Champion, one-time NJPW World Television Champion, two-time IWGP U-30 Openweight Champion, and six-time NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion. In tournament competition, he won the G1 Climax three times in 2007, 2015, and 2018 and the New Japan Cup twice in 2005 and 2008. He is recognized as the fourth wrestler to complete NJPW’s Triple Crown and the second to achieve its Grand Slam.
Outside NJPW, Tanahashi is a one-time RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion, a one-time GHC Tag Team Champion with Yuji Nagata, a one-time CMLL World Tag Team Champion with Jushin Thunder Liger, a one-time CMLL World Trios Champion with Okumura and Taichi as La Ola Amarilla, and the winner of the Campeon Universal Del CMLL 2013 Tournament.
Fans, journalists, and fellow wrestlers often credit Tanahashi as the emotional backbone of NJPW during its rebuilding era, citing his role in stabilizing the promotion during the 2000s and early 2010s, and he is frequently discussed as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time for combining elite in-ring consistency, long-term drawing power, and a defining influence on the modern concept of the Japanese ace.
Born
Nov 13, 1976
Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan
Known For
Acting
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Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
2016
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as Soji Kuruse / Robol Bugster
★ 7.6
NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~
2024
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as Hiroshi Tanahashi
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive
2023
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as Hiroshi Tanahashi
★ 5.8
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls
2023
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as Hiroshi Tanahashi
★ 5.0
NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
2025
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as Hiroshi Tanahashi
★ 6.0
NJPW Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XIV
2024
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as Hiroshi Tanahashi
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