Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 23, 1971
Place of Birth
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Credits
208 titles
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Biography
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto is a retired Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), better known by his ring name Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Debuting for NJPW in 1991, Tenzan became one of the promotion's most decorated wrestlers, winning the IWGP Heavyweight Championship four times, a record twelve IWGP Tag Team Championships and the G1 Climax three times, winning the tournament in 2003, 2004 and 2006. Tenzan is best known for his longtime partnership with Satoshi Kojima as Tencozy. The pair were named Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Tag Team of the Year in 2001 and in 2008 became the only team to win both All Japan Pro Wrestling's (AJPW) World's Strongest Tag Determination League and NJPW's G1 Tag League in the same year. Tenzan also held the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight and NWA World Tag Team Championships, competed internationally for promotions including World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Germany's Catch Wrestling Association (CWA), and was ranked No. 10 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 in 2005. After 35 years in professional wrestling, Tenzan announced his retirement in May 2026. His final match took place on August 15, 2026, exactly 13,000 days after his debut, against his longtime tag team partner and rival Satoshi Kojima.
Known For
Filmography
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 18
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 1
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Runaway Wrestler
NOAH: Wrestle Magic 2024
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2022
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 9
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 6
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 2
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 1
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 2
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 1
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 10
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 3
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 1
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 1
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall 2020
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 9 (Final)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
Hiroyoshi Tenzan