Hiroshi Tanahashi
Actor
13 de noviembre de 1976 (49 años)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2025 | AEW X NJPW: Forbidden Door: London · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2025 | AEW Double or Nothing 2025 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2024 | AEW X NJPW: Forbidden Door · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2023 | NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2023 | NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 16 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2023 | AEW X NJPW: Forbidden Door · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2023 | All Elite Wrestling: Collision · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2022 | All Elite Wrestling x New Japan Pro Wrestling: Forbidden Door · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2020 | NJPW Strong · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2020 | NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW: Royal Quest · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final) · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2019 | NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2018 | NJPW Dominion 6.9 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2018 | NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2017 | NJPW Dominion 6.11 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2017 | NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2016 | 99.9 Criminal Lawyer · as Self |
| 2016 | NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2015 | NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2015 | New Japan Pro-Wrestling · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2015 | NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2009 | Ring Of Honor on HDNet · as Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| 2004 | IMPACT! Wrestling · as Hiroshi TanahashiEn Plex |
| 2002 | Xplosion · as Hiroshi TanahashiEn Plex |
| 1997 | Sasuke (1997) · as Self - Competitor |
| 1976 | Tetsuko's Room · as Self |
| 2023 | Keishichou Outsider · as Cast |
| 2020 | Followers · as Cast |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler · as Takashi Omura |
| 2016 | Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider · as Soji Kuruse / Robol Bugster |
| 2016 | Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Birth of Japan · as Kurayami Clan Member |
| 2006 | TNA Wrestling: Final Resolution · as Tanahashi |