Hiroshi Ueda ( 上田 裕司, Ueda Hiroshi; 20 June 1940 – 21 December 2011) was a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Umanosuke Ueda ( 上田 馬之助, Ueda Umanosuke). [2 ] During his wrestling career, Ueda primarily stood…
Yūji Ueda ( うえだ ゆうじ, Ueda Yūji; born June 15, 1967) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. [1 ] [2 ] He is best known for voicing the roles of Sagara Sanosuke in Rurouni Kenshin, Akito Tenkawa in…
The International Wrestling Alliance (IWA) World Heavyweight Championship ( IWA世界ヘビー級王座, IWA Sekai Hebī-kyū Ōza) was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship of the Japanese professional wrestling promotion known as…
He is best known for his appearances with International Wrestling Enterprise from 1967 to 1981, with All Japan Pro-Wrestling from 1981 to 2000 and from 2015 to 2024, and with Pro Wrestling Noah from 2000 to 2010.
Minoru Tanaka ( 田中稔, Tanaka Minoru; born November 29, 1972), [1 ] [2 ] also known by the ring names Heat ( ヒート, Hīto) and the mononymous Minoru ( 稔, Minoru), is a Japanese professional wrestler, shoot wrestler and mixed martial artist…