Report Last Updated - 3/06 (Winter)
Real Name - Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Birthdate - 3/23/71
6' 265 lbs. - Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan

Aliases - Hiroyoshi Yamamoto

Athletic background - Weightlifting, Basketball (High School)

Teachers - n/a

Professional background - New Japan(`90-), CWA(`93-`94)

Groups - nWo Japan, Team 2000, Black New Japan

Career Highlights -
- Wins the 1993 Young Lions tournament by defeating Osamu Nishimura
- Pins Shinya Hashimoto in the 1996 G-1 Climax tournament
- Wins the IWGP Tag titles for the second of three reigns with Masa Chono
- Teams with Satoshi Kojima (Tenkoji) to win the IWGP Tag titles and reign for over a year
- Tenkoji breaks their losing streak and win the 2001 G-1 Tag Climax in an outstanding pair of matches

Finisher(s) -
- Anaconda Vice (Top Wristlock/Headlock)
- TTD (Tenzan Tombstone Driver)
- Moonsault

Favorites -
- Buffalo Sleeper
- Flying Headbutt
- Mountain Bomb
- Calf Branding
- Mongolian Chop

Ringwork Rating -
move set - 9
science - 5
aerial - 3
power - 8
strikes - 8

Intangible Rating -
entertainment - 9
selling - 10
bumping - 8
heat - 8
carrying - 9
push - 8
potential - 5

Outlook - Hiroyoshi Tenzan has appeared to be one of the next wave of maineventers for New Japan for over a decade now. He has proven himself in tag team wrestling over and over and has been exceptional in singles as well. Tenzan needs to stay fresh and continue to have solid singles and tag matches and his day will come. He is one of the best heelish types in Japan and that makes him a powerful star for the future. The fans really enjoy him as he is an exceptional worker and a really entertaining personality. He is younger than Nagata and Nakanishi and has been a pushed star for longer, but is that enough? Tenzan was finally given the chance to become a top star, but New Japan was very inconsistant in their push. They understand his value and still cannot capitalize on it fully. Tenzan still seems like Chono's underling and that stigma that made him, may prevent him from reaching the level everyone once thought he was capable of reaching.