WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Tiger Mask IV Real Name: Yoshihiro Yamazaki Birthday: October 20, 1970 Hometown: Marital Status: Height & Weight: 5'8" - 185 lbs Trained by: Great Sasuke Satoru Sayama Debut: July 15, 1995 Previous Names: Finishing Move: Avalanche Double-arm Suplex Favorite Moves: Tiger Suplex Hold Millenium suplex Rounding body press Notable Feuds:
UWA (Mexico) Middleweight title defeating Mens Teioh [Tournament] (August 23, 1996); British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight title defeating Jason Cross for vacant title (April 11, 1999); British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight title defeating Curry Man (March 26, 2000); APEX of Triangle 6-Man Tag Titles w/Gran Hamada & Great Sasuke beat Takeshi Ono, KAW KAW & Masao Orihara (April 14, 2001); IWGP Junior Heavyweight title defeating Koji Kanemoto (April 23, 2003); IWGP Junior Heavyweight title defeating Heat (January 4, 2005); IWGP Junior Heavyweight title defeating Black Tiger (February 19, 2006); NWA World Junior Heavyweight title defeating Black Tiger (February 19, 2006); IWGP Junior Heavyweight title defeating Low Ki (January 4, 2009); IWGP Junior Heavyweight title defeating Mistico (November 8, 2009);
(Real Name Unknown) debuted in the world of wrestling as Tiger Mask IV for Michinoku Pro.. ~~~Previous Tiger Mask versions debuted using other names before doning the Tiger Mask gimmick.. Super J Cup 2000: Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Tiger Mask IV in the first round.. January 4, 2002: Tiger Mask IV debuted in New Japan Pro Wrestling in a six man tag match.. January 4, 2003: Tiger Mask IV officially signed with New Japan a year after his debut with the company.. Late 2002: Heat/Kakihara/Naruse/Tiger Mask IV feuded with Jushin Liger/Koji Kanemoto/El Samurai/Jado/Gedo.. 2003: Tiger Mask IV is set to be in Italy on 2/28. He will be part of the annual Kombat Festival, which is a show case of martial arts.. June 13, 2004: Tiger Mask defeated Heat (semifinals) and Koji Kanemoto (finals) to win the New Japan's Super Junior tournament.. November 13, 2004--New Japan: Tiger Mask & Wataru Inoue & Taiji Ishimori defeated Gedo & Jado & Jushin Liger.. January 4, 2005--New Japan Pro Wrestling: Tiger Mask defeated Heat to win the IWGP Jr Heavyweight title.. May 14, 2005--New Japan Pro Wrestling: Tiger Mask beat Black Tiger (Rocky Romero) to retain the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight title.. May 29, 2005--NJPW: Minoru Tanaka & Hirooki Goto defeated Tiger Mask IV & Katsushi Takemura.. June 19, 2005: Tiger Mask won the Best of the Super Junior Tournament at Korakuen Hall in Japan.. October 8, 2005--New Japan PPV: Black Tiger (Rocky Romero) beat Tiger Mask to retain NWA Junior title and win IWGP Junior title! November 23, 2005--NJPW: Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka defeated Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask.. November 26, 2005--NJPW: Koji Kamemoto & Tiger Mask & Akiya Anzawa beat Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka & El Samurai.. November 27, 2005--NJPW: Tiger Mask IV & Hirooki Goto beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai.. November 30, 2005--NJPW: Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai defeated Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi.. December 3 2005--NJPW: Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask IV defeated Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka... December 4, 2005--NJPW: Jado & Gedo & Hirooki Goto beat Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi.. December 6, 2005--NJPW: Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask IV defeated Safari & Sangre Azteca.. December 7, 2005--NJPW: Tiger Mask IV defeated Hirooki Goto.. December 8, 2005--NJPW: Jushin Liger/Minoru Tanaka/Masayuki Naruse beat Koji Kanemoto/Tiger Mask/Akiya Anzawa.. December 9, 2005--NJPW: Tiger Mask IV & Hirooki Goto defeated Jushin Thunder Liger & Akiya Anzawa.. December 10, 2005--NJPW: Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Tiger Mask IV.. December 11, 2005--NJPW: Koji Kanemoto defeated Tiger Mask IV.. May 5, 2007--NWA Midwest: Tiger Mask defeated Low Ki to retain the NWA Junior Heavyweight title Streamwood, Illinois.. May 11, 2007--Fight Sport Midwest (Indiana): Mike Quackenbush defeated Tiger Mask to win the NWA Junior Heavyweight title.. May 12, 2007--IWA Mid South Wrestling: Tiger Mask IV defeated A.J. Styles in Joliet, Illinois.. May 13, 2007 - TNA Sacrifice: Jerry Lynn defeated Alex Shelley and Senshi and Tiger Mask (New Japan) in a 4-WAY.. May 17, 2007 - TNA iMPACT: Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley defeated Jerry Lynn & Tiger Mask.. January 24, 2008 - TNA iMPACT: Tiger Mask & Curry Man defeated The Rock & Rave Infection w/Christy Hemme.. February 7, 2008 - TNA iMPACT: "The Phenomenal" A.J. Styles defeated Tiger Mask in a Dream Match.. January 4, 2009--NJPW: Tiger Mask defeated Low Ki to become the 56th IWGP Jr. Heavyweight champion.. May 30, 2010: Tiger Mask of New Japan suffered a fractured neck at the Best of the Super Juniors at Korakuen Hall..