Masato Tanaka
Born: 1973-02-28 in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
Masato Tanaka 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 (Noah) and Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1).
Filmography
2025
- NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Ridiculous One More Time as Masato Tanaka
- NJPW Purge Night of Torture as Masato Tanaka
2022
- AWESOME BOMB as Himself
- NOAH: The New Year 2022 as Masato Tanaka
2020
2019
- GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 2 as Masato Tanaka
- Wrestlecon Supershow 2019
- Gon, the Little Fox as Gon (voice)
2016
- AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day One) as Masato Tanaka
- AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day Two) as Masato Tanaka
2015
- ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3 as Himself
2013
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 as Masato Tanaka
- NJPW World Tag League 2013 Finals
- NJPW Power Struggle 2013 as Masato Tanaka
- Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling
- NJPW Destruction 2013 as Masato Tanaka
2012
- ECW - Unreleased Vol. 1 as Himself
- NJPW The New Beginning 2012 as Masato Tanaka
- NJPW Dominion 6.16 as Masato Tanaka
- ROH: Year One as Himself
- NJPW 40th Anniversary Show
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6 as Masato Tanaka
2011
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5 as Masato Tanaka
2010
- NJPW Dominion 6.19
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV as Masato Tanaka
- SMASH on Samurai! TV
2009
- NJPW Destruction 2009
- NJPW G1 Climax 19: Day 8 (Final) as Masato Tanaka
- NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3 as Masato Tanaka
2008
- Pro Wrestling Expo Part I: Green Chapter
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2 as Masato Tanaka
2006
2005
- ECW One Night Stand 2005 as Masato Tanaka
2003
- MLW Revolutions as Masato Tanaka
2002
- ZERO-ONE Impossible To Escape
- ROH: All Star Extravaganza
- FMW: Ring of Torture as Masato Tanaka
2001
- ECW Deep Impact as Masato Tanaka
- FMW: International Slaughterhouse as Himself
- FMW: The Enforcer as Himself
2000
- ECW Hardcore Heaven 2000 as Masato Tanaka
- ECW: Extreme Evolution as Masato Tanaka
- FMW Final Encounter- Backdraft
- Pro Wrestling NOAH as Masato Tanaka
- ECW Fan Cam: January 27, 2000 as Masato Tanaka
- ECW Living Dangerously 2000 as Masato Tanaka
1999
- ECW November to Remember 1999 as Masato Tanaka
- ECW Anarchy Rulz 1999 as Masato Tanaka
- ECW Fan Cam: December 17, 1999 as Masato Tanaka
- ECW International Invasion: The Best of Super Crazy, Tajiri, Taka & Tanaka as Masato Tanaka
1998
- ECW Heat Wave 1998 as Himself
- ECW Living Dangerously 1998 as Himself
- ECW November To Remember 1998 as Masato Tanaka
1997
- ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk as Himself