Tiger Mask IV
Real Name: Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Height: 5’8″
Weight: 192 lbs.
Date of Birth: October 20, 1970
Hometown: Urayasu, Chiba (Japan)
Pro Debut: July 15, 1995
Trained By: Tiger Mask & The Great Sasuke
Finishing Move: Tiger Suplex
Biography
– Yamazaki was trained by the original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama
– He began working for Michinoku Pro in September 1995, working under the Tiger Mask gimmick
– On September 23, 1996, Tiger Mask defeated MEN’s Teioh in the final of a tournament to win the vacant UWA World Middleweight Title
– At the 1997 Martial Arts Festival special, four Tiger Masks shared the ring, as Yamazaki teamed with Satoru Sayama to defeat Koji Kanemoto & Yoshinobu Kanemaru, with all four men working under the mask
– Tiger Mask made two appearances for ECW in December 1997
– On April 11, 1999, Tiger Mask defeated Jason Cross to win the vacant MPW British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Title
– Tiger Mask was briefly involved with the short-lived WWF Super Astros show
– Tiger Mask won the 1999 Fukumen World League, defeating Dos Caras in the final
– On June 25, 2000, Tiger Mask defeated Pentagon to retain the MPW British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Title
– Tiger Mask competed at TripleMania VIII, teaming with Heavy Metal to defeat Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Kick Boxer
– On April 14, 2001, Tiger Mask, The Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada defeated Masao Orihara, Takeshi Ono & COW COW in the final of a tournament to become the first Mobius Apex Of Triangle Champions
– On July 19, Tiger Mask, Sasuke & Hamada defeated Masao Orihara, Pentagon Black & Fujin to retain the Mobius Apex Of Triangle Titles
– On November 26, Tiger Mask, Sasuke & Hamada defeated Dick Togo, Curry Man & Thunderbird Como to retain the Mobius Apex Of Triangle Titles
– On December 23, Tiger Mask, Sasuke & Hamada defeated Tomohiro Ishii, Dick Togo & Gedo to retain the Mobius Apex Of Triangle Titles
– Tiger Mask competed at NJPW Wrestling World 2002, teaming with The Great Sasuke & Jushin Liger to defeat Gedo, Jado & Dick Togo
– Following his appearance in the 2002 Best Of The Super Juniors Tournament, Tiger Mask would become a full-time member of the New Japan roster
– At NJPW’s The Spiral event, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger & Masahito Kakihara defeated Ricky Reyes, Rocky Romero & American Dragon
– On April 23, 2003, Tiger Mask defeated Koji Kanemoto to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– On June 13, Tiger Mask defeated Takehiro Murahama to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– On July 6, Tiger Mask defeated Masahito Kakihara to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– On September 4, Tiger Mask defeated Katsushi Takemura by DQ to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– On September 23, at a Michinoku Pro event, Tiger Mask defeated Dick Togo to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At the 2004 King Of Sports PPV, Tiger Mask defeated Katsushi Takemura
– Tiger Mask won the 2004 Best Of The Super Juniors Tournament, defeating Koji Kanemoto in the final
– At Wrestling World 2005, Tiger Mask defeated Heat to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– On February 20, 2005, Tiger Mask defeated Jushin Liger to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At Nexess V, Tiger Mask, Masahito Kakihara & El Samurai defeated CTU (Minoru Tanaka, Jushin Liger & Gedo)
– At Nexess VI, Tiger Mask defeated Black Tiger to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– Tiger Mask retained his Best Of The Super Juniors crown in 2005, defeating Gedo in the final
– On July 18, Tiger Mask defeated Dick Togo to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At Final Battle 2005 in Okinawa, Tiger Mask defeated Ryusuke Taguchi
– On February 19, 2006, Tiger Mask defeated Black Tiger to win the IWGP and NWA Junior Heavyweight Titles
– On March 11, Tiger Mask defeated Minoru to retain the IWGP and NWA Junior Heavyweight Titles
– Tiger Mask lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title to Koji Kanemoto on May 3, but would hold on to the NWA equivalent
– Tiger Mask’s run of success at the Best Of The Super Juniors event ended with the 2006 edition, losing to Minoru in the final
– On July 17, Tiger Mask defeated Wataru Inoue to retain the NWA Junior Heavyweight Title
– On November 6, Tiger Mask defeated Milano Collection AT to retain the NWA Junior Heavyweight Title
– On December 2, Tiger Mask again defeated Milano Collection AT to retain the NWA Junior Heavyweight Title
– At Wrestle Kingdom I, Tiger Mask, TAKA Michinoku, Kaz Hayashi, Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue defeated Jushin Liger, Milano Collection AT, Shuji Kondo, Minoru & YASSHI
– On May 4, 2007, Tiger Mask defeated Jason Dukes to retain the NWA Junior Heavyweight Title
– The next day, Tiger Mask defeated Low Ki to retain the NWA Junior Heavyweight Title
– Tiger Maks would make a pair of appearances for TNA later that month, including contesting a 4-Way match at the Sacrifice PPV
– Tiger Mask won the 2007 Fukumen World League, defeating Atlantis in the final
– At Destruction 2007, Tiger Mask & Bono Tiger defeated Tomoaki Honma & Tomohiro Ishii
– Tiger Mask returned to TNA for another pair of appearances in January 2008
– On July 8, 2008, Tiger Mask defeated Prince Devitt in the final of a tournament to win the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At Wrestle Kingdom III, Tiger Mask defeated Low Ki to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title, having lost it in September
– On February 15, 2009, Tiger Mask defeated Jushin Liger to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At NJPW’s 37th Anniversary Show, Tiger Mask & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Jushin Liger & Masa Chono
– At Resolution 2009, Tiger Mask defeated Black Tiger in a Title vs. Mask Match to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– On May 6, Tiger Mask defeated Black Tiger to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title. Black Tiger was unmasked as Rocky Romero, however, a new version of Black Tiger would attack and unmask Yamazaki after the match
– At Dominion 2009, Tiger Mask defeated this new version of Black Tiger in a Mask vs. Mask Match, revealing Tatsuhito Takaiwa under the hood
– On July 20, Tiger Mask defeated Koji Kanemoto to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
– At Masa Chono’s 25th Anniversary Show, Tiger Mask, First Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) & Kota Ibushi defeated Jushin Liger, Riki Choshu & AKIRA
– On November 8, Tiger Mask defeated Mistico to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title for a sixth time
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2010, Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma & AKIRA defeated CHAOS (Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii & Gedo)
– On August 22, Tiger Mask & Koji Kanemoto defeated Taiji Ishimori & Ricky Marvin to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On August 28, Tiger Mask & Kanemoto defeated Disobey (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Genba Hirayanagi) to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At Destruction 2010, Tiger Mask, Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson defeated CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Takashi Iizuka & Yujiro Takahashi)
– On November 23, Tiger Mask & Koji Kanemoto defeated Atsushi Aoki & KENTA to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At Wrestle Kingdom V, Tiger Mask, Tama Tonga, Tomoaki Honma & Wataru Inoue defeated CHAOS (Yujiro Takahashi, Tomohiro Ishii, Gedo & Jado)
– On February 20, 2011, Tiger Mask defeated another version of Black Tiger in a Mask vs. Mask Match, this time unveiling Tomohiro Ishii
– At Hiroyoshi Tenzan’s 20th Anniversary Show, Tiger Mask, Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA defeated Prince Devitt, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tetsuya Naito
– At Destruction 2011, Tiger Mask, Killer Rabbit, KUSHIDA, Weiss & Schwarz defeated CHAOS (Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, Hideo Saito, Gedo & Jado)
– At Wrestle Kingdom VI, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger, Mascara Dorada & KUSHIDA defeated Taka Michinoku, Taichi, Atlantis & Valiente
– At the 2012 NJPW/AJPW/NOAH All Together event, Tiger Mask, Taiji Ishimori, Ryusuke Taguchi & The Great Sasuke defeated Taro Nohashi, Kenou, Gedo & Jado
– At NJPW’s 40th Anniversary Show, Tiger Mask & Jushin Liger defeated Gedo & Jado
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2012, Tiger Mask & Jushin Liger defeated Rocky Romero & Gedo
– At Dominion 2012, Tiger Mask & Jushin Liger defeated Suzuki-gun (TAKA Michinoku & Taichi) to win the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles, but would lose them in their first defence barely a month later
– At The New Beginning 2013, Tiger Mask, Yuji Nagata, Jushin Liger, Manabu Nakanishi & Tama Tonga defeated CHAOS (Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Jado)
– In a dark match prior to Wrestling Dontaku 2013, Tiger Mask, Yuji Nagata, Jushin Liger & Maximo defeated CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, Gedo & Jado)
– Tiger Mask & Jushin Liger won the 2013 NTV G Cup Junior Heavyweight League, defeating BRAVE (Atushi Kotoge & Taiji Ishimori) in the final to win the vacant GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On August 24, Tiger Mask & Liger defeated No Mercy (Genba Hirayanagi & Maybach SUWA Jr) to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On September 16, Tiger Mask & Liger defeated Daisuke Harada & Hitoshi Kumano to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On October 5, Tiger Mask & Liger defeated BRAVE (Atsushi Kotoge & Taiji Ishimori) to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– In a dark match prior to King Of Pro Wrestling 2013, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger, Manabu Nakanishi & Super Strong Machine defeated CHAOS (Takashi Iizuka, YOSHI-HASHI, Gedo & Jado)
– On November 7, Tiger Mask & Jushin Liger defeated Crazy Dynasty (Super Crazy & Pesadilla) to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At NJPW’s 42nd Anniversary Show, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger & Super Strong Machine defeated El Desperado, Captain New Japan & BUSHI
– At The New Beginning in Osaka 2015, Tiger Mask & Mascara Dorada defeated Captain New Japan & Manabu Nakanishi
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2015, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger, Yuji Nagata & Mascara Dorada defeated Manabu Nakanishi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Captain New Japan & KUSHIDA
– On September 23, 2015, Tiger Mask defeated Steve Anthony to win the NWA Junior Heavyweight Title
– At Destruction in Kobe 2015, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger & Yuji Nagata defeated Juice Robinson, Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2015, Tiger Mask, Mascara Dorada, Jushin Liger, Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA defeated Jay White, David Finlay, Juice Robinson, Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu
– At Power Struggle 2015, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger, Ryusuke Taguchi & Mascara Dorada defeated Jay White, David Finlay, Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu
– At The New Beginning in Osaka 2016, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated CHAOS (Kazushi Sakuraba, YOSHI-HASHI & Gedo)
– At Destruction in Tokyo 2016, Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma defeated Jushin Liger, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima
– At Destruction in Kobe 2016, Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Henare defeated CHAOS (Will Ospreay, Rocky Romero & Beretta)
– At Power Struggle 2016, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger, David Finlay & Ricochet defeated Ryusuke Taguchi, Angel de Oro, Fuego & Titan
– At The New Beginning in Osaka 2017, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger, Juice Robinson & Yuji Nagata defeated CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Gedo & Jado)
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2017, Tiger Mask, Tiger Mask W & Togi Makabe defeated Jushin Liger, Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata
– At Dominion 2017, Tiger Mask, Tiger Mask W, Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Jushin Liger & Manabu Nakanishi
– At Destruction in Kobe 2017, Tiger Mask, Togi Makabe, Ryusuke Taguchi, Jushin Liger & Ricochet defeated Suzuki-gun (TAKA Michinoku, Takashi Iizuka, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taichi)
– At Power Struggle 2017, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger, Juice Robinson, Hirai Kawato & KUSHIDA defeated Suzuki-gun (TAKA Michinoku, Zack Sabre Jr, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taichi)
– At Destruction in Hiroshima 2018, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger & KUSHIDA defeated CHAOS (Rocky Romero, SHO & YOH)
– At Destruction in Beppu 2018, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger, Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA defeated CHAOS (Will Ospreay, Rocky Romero, SHO & YOH)
– At Destruction in Kobe 2018, Tiger Mask & Jushin Liger defeated Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado)
– At NJPW’s 47th Anniversary Show, Tiger Mask, Tomoaki Honma, Satoshi Kojima, Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Lee defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi)
– At Wrestling Hinokuni 2019, Tiger Mask, YOSHI-HASHI, Ryusuke Taguchi, Jushin Liger & Jeff Cobb defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Taichi)
– On October 26, 2021, Flying Tiger (Tiger Mask & Robbie Eagles) defeated Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At Wrestle Kingdom 16, Flying Tiger defeated Mega Coaches (Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero) and BULLET CLUB’s Cutest Tag Team (Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo) to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On June 19, 2022, Tiger Mask defeated Hikaru Sato to win the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title
– On July 14, Tiger Mask defeated Dan Tamura to retain the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title
– On July 18, Tiger Mask defeated Izanagi to retain the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title
– On August 11, Tiger Mask defeated Hokuto Omori to retain the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title
