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Hiroshi Tanahashi

Hiroshi Tanahashi is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and sports executive best known for his career with New Japan Pro-Wrestling from 1999 to 2026, in which he held a record eight reigns as IWGP Heavyweight Champion and won the G1 Climax three times.

His other work includes the villain Soji Kuruse in the film Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider and the Golden Knight in a Garo anniversary special. He was named president of NJPW in 2023 and was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame in 2013.

Born in Ogaki, Gifu in 1976, he took up freestyle wrestling at Ritsumeikan University before entering the NJPW Dojo. He retired at Wrestle Kingdom 20, losing to Kazuchika Okada.

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