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Toru Yano

January 01, 1970

Toru Yano (矢野 通, Yano Tōru, born May 18, 1978),[1] is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the KOPW 2020 and the KOPW 2021. He is a five time and current NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. He is also a three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and two-time GHC Tag Team Champion.

Toru Yano
Yano as a NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion in February 2016
Born (1978-05-18) May 18, 1978 (age 45)[1]
Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Alma materNihon University[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Toru Yano
Billed height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Billed weight115 kg (254 lb)[1]
Trained byNJPW Dojo[3]
DebutMay 18, 2002[1]

He is mainly known as a comic relief wrestler, often cheating in an attempt to secure quick wins in his matches. Though often positioned below NJPW's top wrestlers, Yano has gained a reputation as a spoiler, occasionally scoring upset wins over bigger names and feuding with other elite wrestlers.[4][5][6]

Professional wrestling career edit

New Japan Pro-Wrestling edit

Early career and G.B.H. (2001–2009) edit

Yano was a decorated Greco-Roman wrestler, while studying in Nihon University, winning several amateur titles.[1] In April 2001 Yano entered New Japan Pro-Wrestling's amateur wrestling section, the Toukon Club, in order to become a professional wrestler.[7] He formally joined New Japan in January 2002 and began training full-time for his debut.[7] He would make his debut on May 18, 2002, coincidentally on his 24th birthday, in a match, where he was defeated by his classmate Blue Wolf.[7] On August 31, 2003, Yano ventured into the world of mixed martial arts, when he competed in a match for Pancrase.[1] Yano lost his to date only MMA fight to Osami Shibuya via submission to an armbar in the second round.[8]

After steadily climbing the ranks in New Japan for nearly two years, Yano turned heel in early 2004 and changed his look by dying his hair blonde.[7] From April to July 2004, Yano went on a long streak of losing matches via disqualification.[7] After a learning excursion to the United States in early 2005, Yano joined Masahiro Chono's Black New Japan stable and formed a tag team with Tomohiro Ishii.[7] In June Yano made it to the finals of a tournament for the vacant IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship, but was defeated by Hiroshi Tanahashi.[3] After a disappointing performance in the 2005 G1 Climax, Yano traveled to Germany in October 2005 to compete for European Wrestling Promotion, where he would win his first professional wrestling championship, the EWP Tag Team Championship, teaming with Kendo Kashin.[3] When Yano returned to Japan the following month, he was a changed man, becoming a more serious competitor no longer seeking to break rules.[3] However, when this change failed to bring him any success, Yano reverted to his cheating ways in early 2006 and, together with Ishii, Togi Makabe, Shiro Koshinaka and Tomoaki Honma joined Hiroyoshi Tenzan to form the Great Bash Heel (G.B.H.) stable in December.[3]

In the summer of 2006 Yano took part in New Japan's invasion of Apache Pro-Wrestling Army and on July 29, he defeated Kintaro Kanemura to win the promotion's main title, the WEW Heavyweight Championship, his first title in Japan.[3] The following month Yano took part in the 2007 G1 Climax, this time picking up victories over Manabu Nakanishi and Shiro Koshinaka, but missed the finals of the tournament by a single point after drawing with Hiroshi Tanahashi.[3] After the tournament Yano lost the WEW Heavyweight Championship to Mammoth Sasaki on September 23, 2007. In October Yano entered the 2007 G1 Tag League, teaming with Togi Makabe, who had overthrown Tenzan as the leader of G.B.H., instead of regular tag team partner Ishii.[3] The two of them would go on to win four out of their seven matches in the round-robin stage of the tournament and thus made it to the semifinals, where they would be defeated by the eventual winners of the entire tournament, Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko.[3] After the tournament Yano and Makabe remained together as a tag team, naming their team The Most Violent Players.

On January 4, 2008, at Wrestle Kingdom II in Tokyo Dome, Yano and Makabe were defeated by Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray), representing American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).[3] However, Yano and Makabe bounced back quickly and on February 17 they defeated Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the first time.[3] They would successfully defend the titles against the teams of Giant Bernard and Shinsuke Nakamura, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Takashi Iizuka, Giant Bernard and Rick Fuller, Shinsuke Nakamura and Hirooki Goto and Manabu Nakanishi and Yutaka Yoshie, before entering the 2008 G1 Tag League in October.[3] After four victories out of five in the round-robin stage, Yano and Makabe advanced to the semifinals, where they defeated the team of Shinsuke Nakamura and Hirooki Goto. However, on November 5, Yano and Makabe were defeated in the final match by Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan.[3] Yano and Makabe's IWGP title reign of 322 days came to an end on January 4, 2009, when they were defeated by Team 3D for the second year in a row at Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome.[3]

Forming Chaos (2009–2016) edit

In April 2009, Yano turned on Makabe and together with the rest of G.B.H., excluding Tomoaki Honma, left the stable to join Shinsuke Nakamura and form the new heel stable Chaos, with Nakamura as the leader.[3] When Makabe returned from his injury, suffered at the hands of Yano, he was looking for revenge on his former tag team partner. After several tag team matches, Yano and Makabe were finally booked in a singles match on June 20, where Yano would come out victorious.[3] In the 2010 G1 Tag League Yano teamed up with Shinsuke Nakamura and together the two of them would make it to the semifinals before suffering an upset loss against the Junior Heavyweight tag team Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi).[3] In early 2010 Yano began feuding with Hiroshi Tanahashi, starting on January 30, when he pinned Tanahashi in tag team match.[9] Tanahashi would avenge his loss in a singles match on February 14, but was after the match jumped by Yano and Masato Tanaka, who then proceeded to cut off some of his hair.[10] On May 3 Yano took arguably the biggest victory of his career by defeating the former four-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tanahashi in a singles match, after which the two of them were booked in a final Hair vs. Hair match for June 19.[11][12] On June 19 at Dominion 6.19, Tanahashi defeated Yano, but despite his loss, Yano and his Chaos ally Takashi Iizuka attacked Tanahashi after the match and went to cut his hair, before being stopped by Tajiri, who took care of Iizuka and helped Tanahashi shave Yano's hair to end their feud.[13] Yano then moved on to feuding with Tajiri. Tajiri, Kushida and Tanahashi eliminated Yano and his Chaos partners Iizuka and Gedo from the J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament on June 28, 2010, but on July 19 Yano defeated Tajiri via submission in a singles match in less than six minutes to seemingly end their feud.[14][15] The following month Yano entered the 2010 G1 Climax and managed to win four out of his seven round-robin stage matches, including a major victory over the reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Togi Makabe, but finished fourth in his block, thus missing the finals of the tournament.[16][17][18][19] On September 3, Tajiri returned to New Japan and attacked Yano after his match, showing that they were not done with each other.[20] On October 11 at Destruction '10, Tajiri defeated Yano in a singles match.[21] On January 4, 2011, at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome, Yano faced TNA performer Rob Van Dam in a hardcore match in a losing effort.[22][23] Afterwards, Yano adopted Van Dam's signature thumb point taunt as his own, exchanging the letters "RVD" with "YTR".[24]

In May 2011 Yano took part in New Japan's Invasion Tour 2011, the promotion's first tour of the United States. On May 13 in Rahway, New Jersey, he entered the tournament to determine the first ever IWGP Intercontinental Champion, defeating Dan Maff in his first round match.[25] The following day in New York City, Yano defeated his Chaos stablemate Yujiro Takahashi to advance to the finals of the tournament.[26] On the third and final day of the tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Yano was defeated by MVP in the finals of the tournament.[27] Yano would also fail to win the title in two rematches, first on June 18 in Osaka and then on July 18 in Sapporo.[28][29][30] In August, Yano took part in the 2011 G1 Climax, where he managed to win five out of his nine matches, which included a big win over IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi. Ultimately, a loss against Giant Bernard on the final day of the tournament eliminated from the running for a spot in the finals.[31] On September 19, Yano started a new rivalry with Yuji Nagata by attacking him after he had defeated his Chaos stablemate Hideo Saito in a grudge match.[32] The two faced each other on October 10 at Destruction '11, where Nagata was able to pick up a pinfall win.[33] Later that same event, Yano attacked Hiroshi Tanahashi, after he had successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Tetsuya Naito and then accepted Nagata as his next challenger, and stole his championship belt, renaming it the "YWGP Heavyweight Championship".[33][34] After Yano was named the number one contender to the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, he went to team with Shinsuke Nakamura as the "Chaos Top Team" in the 2011 G1 Tag League, scoring a pinfall victory over Tanahashi in the team's opening match against the team of Tanahashi and Hirooki Goto.[35][36][37] The Chaos Top Team ended up winning all five of their group stage matches, with Yano also picking up a pinfall victory over Togi Makabe in the process, advancing to the semifinals of the tournament with a clean sheet.[38][39] On November 6, Yano and Nakamura were eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by the team of Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer.[40] On November 12 at Power Struggle, Yano failed to capture the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from Tanahashi.[41] On January 4, 2012, at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome, Yano teamed with Shinsuke Nakamura in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Pro Wrestling Noah representatives Go Shiozaki and Naomichi Marufuji.[42]

 
Yano in September 2013

On March 4, 2012, at New Japan's 40th anniversary event, Yano and Takashi Iizuka defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima, in a non-title match, with Yano pinning Kojima for the win.[43] On March 18, Yano and Iizuka attacked Tenzan and Kojima, after they had successfully defended their title against Lance Archer and Yoshihiro Takayama, and stole their championship belts.[44] On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2012, Yano and Iizuka defeated Tenzan and Kojima to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship, starting Yano's second reign with the title.[45] On June 16 at Dominion 6.16, Yano's and Iizuka's first title defense, a rematch against Tenzan and Kojima, ended in a no contest.[46] As a result, four days later Yano and Iizuka were stripped of the IWGP Tag Team Championship.[47] On July 22, Yano and Iizuka were defeated by Tenzan and Kojima in a decision match for the vacant title.[48] Through the second half of 2012, Yano feuded with the returning Manabu Nakanishi,[49] which built to a match on January 4, 2013, at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome, where Yano, Bob Sapp, Takashi Iizuka and Yujiro Takahashi were defeated in an eight-man tag team match by Nakanishi, Akebono, MVP and Strong Man.[50][51] On February 9, Yano and Iizuka made an appearance for Pro Wrestling Noah, wrestling Maybach Taniguchi and Maybach Taniguchi Jr. to a double disqualification.[52] Later, Yano and Iizuka attacked No Mercy leader Kenta after the main event, which led to Maybach Taniguchi coming out to seemingly save his stablemate, however, he ended up hitting Kenta with a chair. Yano then grabbed Naomichi Marufuji's and Takashi Sugiura's GHC Tag Team Championship belts from ringside, before handing Taniguchi Kenta's GHC Heavyweight Championship belt.[52] The following day, Yano and Iizuka were named the number one contenders to the GHC Tag Team Championship.[53] On March 10, Yano and Iizuka defeated Marufuji and Sugiura to become the new GHC Tag Team Champions.[54]

Back in New Japan, Yano became involved in Chaos' rivalry with the promotion's other villainous stable, Suzuki-gun. From March 11 to March 23, Yano took part in the 2013 New Japan Cup, which saw him reach the semifinals following an upset win over Suzuki-gun leader Minoru Suzuki, before losing to Chaos stablemate Kazuchika Okada.[55][56][57] In April, Yano and Iizuka took part in Noah's 2013 Global Tag League, where they finished with a record of two wins and two losses, failing to advance to the finals.[58] Yano and Iizuka made their first successful defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship on May 12 against TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste), who had defeated them during the Global Tag League.[59] Post-match, Yano named himself the number one contender to the GHC Heavyweight Championship. His status as the next challenger for Kenta's title was made official the following day.[60] Yano received his title shot on June 2, but was defeated by Kenta.[61][62] This led to a GHC Tag Team Championship match on June 8, where Yano and Iizuka successfully defended their title against Kenta and Yoshihiro Takayama, with Yano pinning the GHC Heavyweight Champion for the win.[63] Back in New Japan on June 22 at Dominion 6.22, a special three-way match took place for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, held by Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima, which also included Yano and Iizuka, the GHC Tag Team Champions, and the NWA World Tag Team Champions, K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer). After Tenzan and Kojima had managed to win the match and retain their title, Yano once again stole their championship belts.[64] On July 7, Yano and Iizuka lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to TMDK in their third defense.[65] On July 20, Yano and Iizuka were defeated by Tenzan and Kojima in another IWGP Tag Team Championship match between the two teams.[66][67]

From August 1 to 11, Yano took part in the 2013 G1 Climax.[68] Though finishing near the bottom of his block with a record of four wins and five losses, Yano ended his tournament on a high note, defeating Minoru Suzuki and costing him a spot in the finals.[69][70] This led to a feud between Yano and Suzuki.[71] In the rematch on September 29 at Destruction, Yano was again victorious, after handcuffing Suzuki to a ringside guard rail, which led to him being counted out.[72] This led to another match between them on October 14 at King of Pro-Wrestling, where Suzuki was victorious.[73] From November 24 to December 7, Yano and Iizuka took part in the 2013 World Tag League.[74] Though they finished last in their block with a record of two wins and four losses, Yano once again got to play the spoiler Suzuki, when he and Iizuka defeated Suzuki and Shelton X Benjamin on the final day, costing them a spot in the semi-finals.[75] The rivalry between Yano and Suzuki led to a match on January 4, 2014, at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome, where Yano and The Great Muta defeated Suzuki and Benjamin, with Yano pinning his rival for the win, after ducking away from Muta's green mist, which instead blinded Suzuki.[76][77] Yano and Suzuki again faced off on March 15 in the first round of the 2014 New Japan Cup, where Suzuki was victorious.[78] On May 25 at Back to the Yokohama Arena, Yano and Iizuka faced off against Suzuki and Benjamin in a tag team match, during which Iizuka turned on Yano and Chaos, helping Suzuki pin him for the win and joining Suzuki-gun.[79][80] From July 21 to August 8, Yano took part in the 2014 G1 Climax, where he finished with a record of four wins and six losses, which included a win over Suzuki.[81][82][83] Yano then formed a partnership with Kazushi Sakuraba and transitioned over to feuding with former tag team partner Takashi Iizuka, while Sakuraba took over his feud with Suzuki.[84][85] In November, Yano and Sakuraba took part in the 2014 World Tag League,[86] finishing in the middle of their block with a record of three wins, one draw and three losses.[87] Yano's rivalry with Iizuka and the rest of Suzuki-gun culminated on January 4, 2015, at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome, where he and Pro Wrestling Noah's Naomichi Marufuji, Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste defeated Iizuka, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer and Shelton X Benjamin in an eight-man tag team match.[88][89] On February 22, the same day he ran the Tokyo Marathon (with a time of 6:47:02), Yano returned to Noah to return the favor and help Marufuji in his new rivalry with Suzuki-gun. Appearing as Marufuji's surprise tag team partner, the two defeated Iizuka and Minoru Suzuki in the main event.[90][91] Back in NJPW, Yano re-ignited his old rivalry with Hiroshi Tanahashi,[92] after cheating his way to a win over Tanahashi in the opening round of the 2015 New Japan Cup.[93] The rivalry culminated on July 5 at Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall, where Yano was defeated by Tanahashi.[94][95] From July 20 to August 14, Yano took part in the 2015 G1 Climax,[96] where he finished in the middle of his block with a record of four wins and five losses.[97]

 
Yano in March 2015

Tag team championship reigns and KOPW (2016–present) edit

On January 4, 2016, at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome, Yano teamed with the Ring of Honor (ROH) tag team of Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe to defeat Bullet Club's Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Yujiro Takahashi to become the inaugural NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions.[98] The three made their first successful title defense the following day against another Bullet Club trio of Fale, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson.[99] On February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka, Yano and the Briscoes lost the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Fale, Tonga and Takahashi in their second defense.[100] Yano and the Briscoes regained the title three days later at The New Beginning in Niigata.[101] On February 20 at the NJPW and ROH co-produced Honor Rising: Japan 2016 event, Yano and the Briscoes lost the title to Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson.[102] From April 21 to May 4, Yano took part in Pro Wrestling Noah's 2016 Global Tag League, where he teamed with Naomichi Marufuji.[103] The two finished second in the single round-robin block, advancing to the finals,[104] where they defeated the reigning GHC Tag Team Champions, Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer, to win the tournament.[105][106] On May 28, Yano and Marufuji defeated Smith and Archer in a rematch to become the new GHC Tag Team Champions.[107][108] On June 12, Yano and Marufuji defeated Smith and Archer for the third time in a row to make their first successful title defense,[109][110] and followed that up by defeating another Suzuki-gun team of Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka on July 5 for their second successful defense.[111] On July 16, Yano and Marufuji made their third successful title defense against The Aggression (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya).[112][113] From July 22 to August 13, Yano took part in the 2016 G1 Climax, where he finished tied third in his block with a record of five wins and four losses, failing to advance to the finals.[114] Through NJPW's relationship with ROH, Yano made his debut for the American promotion on August 19 at Death Before Dishonor XIV,[115] where he and his Chaos stablemates Beretta and Rocky Romero defeated the Bullet Club trio of Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Yujiro Takahashi.[116] On October 8, Yano and Marufuji made their fifth successful defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship against Yano's Chaos stablemates Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi.[117][118] They also made their sixth defense against a team from NJPW, defeating Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma on October 23.[119][120] The following month, Yano took part in Noah's 2016 Global League. Despite picking up wins over the likes of Minoru Suzuki and reigning GHC Heavyweight Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima, Yano failed to advance to the finals due to losing to former tag team partner Takashi Iizuka in his final round-robin match, finishing with a record of five wins and two losses.[121][122] On November 23, Yano and Marufuji lost the GHC Tag Team Championship back to Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer in their seventh defense.[123][124]

 
As part of his character, Yano usually bring DVDs to the ring

On December 16, Yano returned to NJPW from his extended stay in Noah, requesting to be added to the IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome with Tomohiro Ishii as his partner.[125] The request was granted after Yano stole the IWGP Tag Team Championship belts,[126] which led to him and Ishii defeating defending champions Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) and G.B.H. (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) in a three-way match on January 4, 2017, to become the new IWGP Tag Team Champions.[127][128] Yano and Ishii made their first successful title defense on February 5 at The New Beginning in Sapporo in a three-way match against G.B.H. and K.E.S.[129][130] Six days later at The New Beginning in Osaka, Yano and Ishii successfully defended the title in another three-way match against G.B.H. and the team of Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Takashi Iizuka.[131] They lost the title to Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima on March 6 at NJPW's 45th anniversary event.[132] During the summer, Yano took part in the 2017 G1 Climax, where he finished with a record of four wins and five losses. Yano's most notable win came in his last match over longtime rival Minoru Suzuki, against whom he now held a 4–0 record in their G1 Climax matches.[133] Afterwards, Yano continued his feud with Suzuki by stealing his NEVER Openweight Championship belt on October 9 at King of Pro-Wrestling.[134] This led to Yano unsuccessfully challenging Suzuki for the title in a bullrope deathmatch on November 5 at Power Struggle.[135][136]

On January 4, 2018, Yano, Beretta and Tomohiro Ishii won a five-team gauntlet match at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome to become the new NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions.[137] They would lose the championships back to the Bullet Club the following day at New Year's Dash !! 2019. Yano would embarrass Davey Boy Smith Jr. by forcing him to lose by countout in the first round of the 2018 New Japan Cup, but would be defeated swiftly by Sanada. Smith would get his revenge at Yano after K.E.S. defeated Yano & Ishii on the final night. Yano's G1 Climax 28 campaign didn't achieve any success, with Yano only earning 3 wins out of his 9 matches. Yano did get a win over then-IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega, but he was never granted an official challenge at the belt. In late 2019, Bullet Club was causing Chaos and the Main Unit so many problems that Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi allied the teams to take them on. This led to Yano and Togi Makabe finally finding peace after Makabe saved Yano from an attack. Yano's 2018 World Tag League was again featuring the team of him and Ishii, where they got 9 out of 13 wins and barely missed the finals.

On January 4, 2019, Yano, Makabe and Ryusuke Taguchi won a five-team gauntlet match at the Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome pre-show to become the number 1 contender for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions. On January 30, 2019, Makabe, Taguchi and Yano defeated Bullet Club to win the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[138] The Most Violent Players reunited in a losing effort against G.O.D at The New Beginning in Osaka (2019), but are still working together as part of the ongoing Chaos/Main Unit alliance. Yano was part of former stablemate Takashi Iizuka's retirement match on February 21, 2019, where he, Okada & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Iizuka, Minoru Suzuki & Taichi. Yano's 2019 New Japan Cup campaign started in similar fashion to last year's, where he embarrassed Davey Boy Smith Jr. in a 5-minute 30 second defeat. He lost in the second round as well, this time to fellow trickster Colt Cabana, who he had teamed with at NJPW/ROH Honor Rising: Japan 2019. Yano's second defense of the 6-man championships came against Bullet Club, this time with the Guerrillas of Destiny's little brother, Hikuleo in place of Fale, in which they retained the championships. Yano and Makabe would earn another match with G.O.D., this time for the IWGP Tag Team Championships at Wrestling Hinokuni, albeit in another losing effort.[139] Yano then entered the G1 Climax 29 tournament. He finished with 8 points failing to advance to the finals, although by defeating Jon Moxley, he became the first person in NJPW to defeat Moxley in a singles match.[140][141] Yano teamed once again with Colt Cabana for the World Tag League, finishing with 18 points, failing to advance to the finals.[142] Yano, Taguchi and Makabe lost the 6-man championships at on Night 2 of Wrestle Kingdom 14 to Los Ingobernables de Japon in a gauntlet match.[143]

In May 2022, Yano entered the New Japan Cup, he defeated Jado to advance to the second round, but was defeated by Hiromu Takahashi in the second round.[144] In August, NJPW held a tournament to crown new NEVER Openweight 6-man tag-team champions, after Evil betrayed Los Ingobernables de Japon and the titles were vacated. In the tournament, Yano teamed with Chaos stablemates, Kazuchika Okada and Sho. They defeated Bullet Club and Los Ingobernables de Japon to advance to the finals. In the finals, Yano, Sho and Okada lost to fellow Chaos stablemates, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi.[145]

On July 25, Kazuchika Okada teased a "controversial announcement".[146] Three days later, during a press conference, NJPW chairman Naoki Sugabayashi alongside Okada announced the creation of the KOPW Championship; Okada then proceeded to introduce the title and its concept, also announcing KOPW 2021 for the following year.[147][148] The tournament to crown the inaugural champion began on August 26 with four first round matches leading to a four-way final at Summer Struggle in Jingu.[149] Yano was announced to be in the tournament, where he defeated Bushi in the first round. In the final at Summer Struggle in Jingu, Yano shockingly pinned Okada, in a four-way match also involving Sanada and El Desperado, to become the first provisional 2020 champion.[150][151]

In September, Yano competed in the G1 Climax 30 tournament as a part of the B Block, he finished the tournament with 6 points.[152] Yano teamed with Tomohiro Ishii, for the World Tag League, finishing with 10 points, failing to advance to the finals.[153] On the Road to Tokyo Dome, Yano defeated Bad Luck Fale, to become the official 2020 KOPW Champion.[154] On Night 1 of Wrestle Kingdom 15, Yano survived until the final four in the New Japan Rambo match.[155] On Night 2, Yano won a four-way match to become the provisional champion, by defeating Bushi, Fale and Chase Owens.[156] In March 2021, Yano once again entered the New Japan Cup, defeating Bad Luck Fale and Great-O-Khan to advance to the quarter-finals, where he was eliminated by Evil.[157] Yano retained the provisional KOPW Championship against Evil in a Creation Of Darkness Blindfold match. At Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome, Chase Owens won a New Japan Rambo with handcuffs match by last eliminating Yano, becoming the new provisional KOPW Champion.[158] At Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome, Yano regained the provisional KOPW Championship, defeating Owens in a No disqualification "I quit" match.[159] Soon after, Yano entered the G1 Climax 31 tournament, as a part of the A Block. He finished with a total of 10 points, failing to advance to the finals.[160] For the World Tag League, Yano teamed with Hiroshi Tanahashi, where they scored 14 points, failing to advance to the finals.[161] On December 24, Yano defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru in a End of Year Party Rules match to become the 2021 KOPW Champion. On Night 1 of Wrestle Kingdom 16, Yano finished in the final four in the New Japan Rambo match, along with Chase Owens, Minoru Suzuki and Cima.[162] On Night 2, the four-way match was won by Suzuki, who became the provisional KOPW Champion.[163] On Night 3, Yano teamed with Pro Wrestling NOAH's Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura to defeat Suzuki-Gun.[164]

Yano regained the provisional KOPW Championship, defeating Suzuki in a Dog Cage match.[165] In March, Yano entered the New Japan Cup but was defeated in the first round by Taichi, beginning a feud between the two.[166] At Hyper Battle, Taichi won the provisional KOPW Championship, defeating Yano in a No-rope ring-out match.[167] In July, Yano competed in the A Block of the G1 Climax 32 tournament.[168] Yano finished his G1 campaign with just 2 points, finishing bottom of his block thus failing to advance to te semi-finals, winning just one match against Jonah.[169]

In October, Yano competed in a tournament to crown the inaugural NJPW World Television Champion, defeating Great-O-Khan in the first round, following an interference from The Great Muta.[170] In the following round, Yano was defeated by Ren Narita.[171] In November, Yano once again teamed with Hiroshi Tanahashi in the World Tag League.[172] The duo finished with 8 points, failing to advance to the tournament finals.[173] On January 4, 2023 at Wrestle Kingdom 17, Yano participated in the New Japan Rambo, lasting till the final 4, therefore advancing to the deciding four-way the following night.[174] The day after at New Year Dash!!, the four-way match was won by Shingo Takagi.[175]

In March, Yano entered the New Japan Cup, but lost to Mark Davis in the first round.[176] Later that year in July, Yano entered the 2023 G1 Climax tournament.[177] Yano participated in the D Block, finishing bottom of the block with 4 points.[178]

Other media edit

Yano, along with fellow NJPW wrestlers Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Kazuchika Okada, Satoshi Kojima and Tetsuya Naito, appears as a member of the gang Justis in the 2016 video game Yakuza 6: The Song of Life.[179]

Championships and accomplishments edit

 
Yano as one half of the IWGP Tag Team Champions in February 2017

Luchas de Apuestas record edit

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Hiroshi Tanahashi (hair) Toru Yano (hair) Osaka, Japan Dominion 6.19 June 19, 2010 [13]

Mixed martial arts record edit

Professional record breakdown
1 match 0 wins 1 loss
By submission 0 1
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 0–1 Osami Shibuya Submission (armbar) Pancrase: 10th Anniversary Show August 31, 2003 2 2:35 Tokyo, Japan

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January 01, 1970
toru, yano, 矢野, yano, tōru, born, 1978, japanese, professional, wrestler, trained, currently, signed, japan, wrestling, njpw, where, kopw, 2020, kopw, 2021, five, time, current, never, openweight, team, champion, also, three, time, iwgp, team, champion, time, . Toru Yano 矢野 通 Yano Tōru born May 18 1978 1 is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling NJPW where he was the KOPW 2020 and the KOPW 2021 He is a five time and current NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion He is also a three time IWGP Tag Team Champion and two time GHC Tag Team Champion Toru YanoYano as a NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion in February 2016Born 1978 05 18 May 18 1978 age 45 1 Arakawa Tokyo Japan 1 Alma materNihon University 2 Professional wrestling careerRing name s Toru YanoBilled height1 86 m 6 ft 1 in 1 Billed weight115 kg 254 lb 1 Trained byNJPW Dojo 3 DebutMay 18 2002 1 He is mainly known as a comic relief wrestler often cheating in an attempt to secure quick wins in his matches Though often positioned below NJPW s top wrestlers Yano has gained a reputation as a spoiler occasionally scoring upset wins over bigger names and feuding with other elite wrestlers 4 5 6 Contents 1 Professional wrestling career 1 1 New Japan Pro Wrestling 1 1 1 Early career and G B H 2001 2009 1 1 2 Forming Chaos 2009 2016 1 1 3 Tag team championship reigns and KOPW 2016 present 2 Other media 3 Championships and accomplishments 3 1 Luchas de Apuestas record 4 Mixed martial arts record 5 References 6 External linksProfessional wrestling career editNew Japan Pro Wrestling edit Early career and G B H 2001 2009 edit Yano was a decorated Greco Roman wrestler while studying in Nihon University winning several amateur titles 1 In April 2001 Yano entered New Japan Pro Wrestling s amateur wrestling section the Toukon Club in order to become a professional wrestler 7 He formally joined New Japan in January 2002 and began training full time for his debut 7 He would make his debut on May 18 2002 coincidentally on his 24th birthday in a match where he was defeated by his classmate Blue Wolf 7 On August 31 2003 Yano ventured into the world of mixed martial arts when he competed in a match for Pancrase 1 Yano lost his to date only MMA fight to Osami Shibuya via submission to an armbar in the second round 8 After steadily climbing the ranks in New Japan for nearly two years Yano turned heel in early 2004 and changed his look by dying his hair blonde 7 From April to July 2004 Yano went on a long streak of losing matches via disqualification 7 After a learning excursion to the United States in early 2005 Yano joined Masahiro Chono s Black New Japan stable and formed a tag team with Tomohiro Ishii 7 In June Yano made it to the finals of a tournament for the vacant IWGP U 30 Openweight Championship but was defeated by Hiroshi Tanahashi 3 After a disappointing performance in the 2005 G1 Climax Yano traveled to Germany in October 2005 to compete for European Wrestling Promotion where he would win his first professional wrestling championship the EWP Tag Team Championship teaming with Kendo Kashin 3 When Yano returned to Japan the following month he was a changed man becoming a more serious competitor no longer seeking to break rules 3 However when this change failed to bring him any success Yano reverted to his cheating ways in early 2006 and together with Ishii Togi Makabe Shiro Koshinaka and Tomoaki Honma joined Hiroyoshi Tenzan to form the Great Bash Heel G B H stable in December 3 In the summer of 2006 Yano took part in New Japan s invasion of Apache Pro Wrestling Army and on July 29 he defeated Kintaro Kanemura to win the promotion s main title the WEW Heavyweight Championship his first title in Japan 3 The following month Yano took part in the 2007 G1 Climax this time picking up victories over Manabu Nakanishi and Shiro Koshinaka but missed the finals of the tournament by a single point after drawing with Hiroshi Tanahashi 3 After the tournament Yano lost the WEW Heavyweight Championship to Mammoth Sasaki on September 23 2007 In October Yano entered the 2007 G1 Tag League teaming with Togi Makabe who had overthrown Tenzan as the leader of G B H instead of regular tag team partner Ishii 3 The two of them would go on to win four out of their seven matches in the round robin stage of the tournament and thus made it to the semifinals where they would be defeated by the eventual winners of the entire tournament Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko 3 After the tournament Yano and Makabe remained together as a tag team naming their team The Most Violent Players On January 4 2008 at Wrestle Kingdom II in Tokyo Dome Yano and Makabe were defeated by Team 3D Brother Devon and Brother Ray representing American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA 3 However Yano and Makabe bounced back quickly and on February 17 they defeated Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the first time 3 They would successfully defend the titles against the teams of Giant Bernard and Shinsuke Nakamura Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Takashi Iizuka Giant Bernard and Rick Fuller Shinsuke Nakamura and Hirooki Goto and Manabu Nakanishi and Yutaka Yoshie before entering the 2008 G1 Tag League in October 3 After four victories out of five in the round robin stage Yano and Makabe advanced to the semifinals where they defeated the team of Shinsuke Nakamura and Hirooki Goto However on November 5 Yano and Makabe were defeated in the final match by Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan 3 Yano and Makabe s IWGP title reign of 322 days came to an end on January 4 2009 when they were defeated by Team 3D for the second year in a row at Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome 3 Forming Chaos 2009 2016 edit In April 2009 Yano turned on Makabe and together with the rest of G B H excluding Tomoaki Honma left the stable to join Shinsuke Nakamura and form the new heel stable Chaos with Nakamura as the leader 3 When Makabe returned from his injury suffered at the hands of Yano he was looking for revenge on his former tag team partner After several tag team matches Yano and Makabe were finally booked in a singles match on June 20 where Yano would come out victorious 3 In the 2010 G1 Tag League Yano teamed up with Shinsuke Nakamura and together the two of them would make it to the semifinals before suffering an upset loss against the Junior Heavyweight tag team Apollo 55 Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi 3 In early 2010 Yano began feuding with Hiroshi Tanahashi starting on January 30 when he pinned Tanahashi in tag team match 9 Tanahashi would avenge his loss in a singles match on February 14 but was after the match jumped by Yano and Masato Tanaka who then proceeded to cut off some of his hair 10 On May 3 Yano took arguably the biggest victory of his career by defeating the former four time IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tanahashi in a singles match after which the two of them were booked in a final Hair vs Hair match for June 19 11 12 On June 19 at Dominion 6 19 Tanahashi defeated Yano but despite his loss Yano and his Chaos ally Takashi Iizuka attacked Tanahashi after the match and went to cut his hair before being stopped by Tajiri who took care of Iizuka and helped Tanahashi shave Yano s hair to end their feud 13 Yano then moved on to feuding with Tajiri Tajiri Kushida and Tanahashi eliminated Yano and his Chaos partners Iizuka and Gedo from the J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament on June 28 2010 but on July 19 Yano defeated Tajiri via submission in a singles match in less than six minutes to seemingly end their feud 14 15 The following month Yano entered the 2010 G1 Climax and managed to win four out of his seven round robin stage matches including a major victory over the reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Togi Makabe but finished fourth in his block thus missing the finals of the tournament 16 17 18 19 On September 3 Tajiri returned to New Japan and attacked Yano after his match showing that they were not done with each other 20 On October 11 at Destruction 10 Tajiri defeated Yano in a singles match 21 On January 4 2011 at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome Yano faced TNA performer Rob Van Dam in a hardcore match in a losing effort 22 23 Afterwards Yano adopted Van Dam s signature thumb point taunt as his own exchanging the letters RVD with YTR 24 In May 2011 Yano took part in New Japan s Invasion Tour 2011 the promotion s first tour of the United States On May 13 in Rahway New Jersey he entered the tournament to determine the first ever IWGP Intercontinental Champion defeating Dan Maff in his first round match 25 The following day in New York City Yano defeated his Chaos stablemate Yujiro Takahashi to advance to the finals of the tournament 26 On the third and final day of the tour in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Yano was defeated by MVP in the finals of the tournament 27 Yano would also fail to win the title in two rematches first on June 18 in Osaka and then on July 18 in Sapporo 28 29 30 In August Yano took part in the 2011 G1 Climax where he managed to win five out of his nine matches which included a big win over IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi Ultimately a loss against Giant Bernard on the final day of the tournament eliminated from the running for a spot in the finals 31 On September 19 Yano started a new rivalry with Yuji Nagata by attacking him after he had defeated his Chaos stablemate Hideo Saito in a grudge match 32 The two faced each other on October 10 at Destruction 11 where Nagata was able to pick up a pinfall win 33 Later that same event Yano attacked Hiroshi Tanahashi after he had successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Tetsuya Naito and then accepted Nagata as his next challenger and stole his championship belt renaming it the YWGP Heavyweight Championship 33 34 After Yano was named the number one contender to the IWGP Heavyweight Championship he went to team with Shinsuke Nakamura as the Chaos Top Team in the 2011 G1 Tag League scoring a pinfall victory over Tanahashi in the team s opening match against the team of Tanahashi and Hirooki Goto 35 36 37 The Chaos Top Team ended up winning all five of their group stage matches with Yano also picking up a pinfall victory over Togi Makabe in the process advancing to the semifinals of the tournament with a clean sheet 38 39 On November 6 Yano and Nakamura were eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by the team of Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer 40 On November 12 at Power Struggle Yano failed to capture the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from Tanahashi 41 On January 4 2012 at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome Yano teamed with Shinsuke Nakamura in a tag team match where they were defeated by Pro Wrestling Noah representatives Go Shiozaki and Naomichi Marufuji 42 nbsp Yano in September 2013 On March 4 2012 at New Japan s 40th anniversary event Yano and Takashi Iizuka defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima in a non title match with Yano pinning Kojima for the win 43 On March 18 Yano and Iizuka attacked Tenzan and Kojima after they had successfully defended their title against Lance Archer and Yoshihiro Takayama and stole their championship belts 44 On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2012 Yano and Iizuka defeated Tenzan and Kojima to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship starting Yano s second reign with the title 45 On June 16 at Dominion 6 16 Yano s and Iizuka s first title defense a rematch against Tenzan and Kojima ended in a no contest 46 As a result four days later Yano and Iizuka were stripped of the IWGP Tag Team Championship 47 On July 22 Yano and Iizuka were defeated by Tenzan and Kojima in a decision match for the vacant title 48 Through the second half of 2012 Yano feuded with the returning Manabu Nakanishi 49 which built to a match on January 4 2013 at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome where Yano Bob Sapp Takashi Iizuka and Yujiro Takahashi were defeated in an eight man tag team match by Nakanishi Akebono MVP and Strong Man 50 51 On February 9 Yano and Iizuka made an appearance for Pro Wrestling Noah wrestling Maybach Taniguchi and Maybach Taniguchi Jr to a double disqualification 52 Later Yano and Iizuka attacked No Mercy leader Kenta after the main event which led to Maybach Taniguchi coming out to seemingly save his stablemate however he ended up hitting Kenta with a chair Yano then grabbed Naomichi Marufuji s and Takashi Sugiura s GHC Tag Team Championship belts from ringside before handing Taniguchi Kenta s GHC Heavyweight Championship belt 52 The following day Yano and Iizuka were named the number one contenders to the GHC Tag Team Championship 53 On March 10 Yano and Iizuka defeated Marufuji and Sugiura to become the new GHC Tag Team Champions 54 Back in New Japan Yano became involved in Chaos rivalry with the promotion s other villainous stable Suzuki gun From March 11 to March 23 Yano took part in the 2013 New Japan Cup which saw him reach the semifinals following an upset win over Suzuki gun leader Minoru Suzuki before losing to Chaos stablemate Kazuchika Okada 55 56 57 In April Yano and Iizuka took part in Noah s 2013 Global Tag League where they finished with a record of two wins and two losses failing to advance to the finals 58 Yano and Iizuka made their first successful defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship on May 12 against TMDK Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste who had defeated them during the Global Tag League 59 Post match Yano named himself the number one contender to the GHC Heavyweight Championship His status as the next challenger for Kenta s title was made official the following day 60 Yano received his title shot on June 2 but was defeated by Kenta 61 62 This led to a GHC Tag Team Championship match on June 8 where Yano and Iizuka successfully defended their title against Kenta and Yoshihiro Takayama with Yano pinning the GHC Heavyweight Champion for the win 63 Back in New Japan on June 22 at Dominion 6 22 a special three way match took place for the IWGP Tag Team Championship held by Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima which also included Yano and Iizuka the GHC Tag Team Champions and the NWA World Tag Team Champions K E S Davey Boy Smith Jr and Lance Archer After Tenzan and Kojima had managed to win the match and retain their title Yano once again stole their championship belts 64 On July 7 Yano and Iizuka lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to TMDK in their third defense 65 On July 20 Yano and Iizuka were defeated by Tenzan and Kojima in another IWGP Tag Team Championship match between the two teams 66 67 From August 1 to 11 Yano took part in the 2013 G1 Climax 68 Though finishing near the bottom of his block with a record of four wins and five losses Yano ended his tournament on a high note defeating Minoru Suzuki and costing him a spot in the finals 69 70 This led to a feud between Yano and Suzuki 71 In the rematch on September 29 at Destruction Yano was again victorious after handcuffing Suzuki to a ringside guard rail which led to him being counted out 72 This led to another match between them on October 14 at King of Pro Wrestling where Suzuki was victorious 73 From November 24 to December 7 Yano and Iizuka took part in the 2013 World Tag League 74 Though they finished last in their block with a record of two wins and four losses Yano once again got to play the spoiler Suzuki when he and Iizuka defeated Suzuki and Shelton X Benjamin on the final day costing them a spot in the semi finals 75 The rivalry between Yano and Suzuki led to a match on January 4 2014 at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome where Yano and The Great Muta defeated Suzuki and Benjamin with Yano pinning his rival for the win after ducking away from Muta s green mist which instead blinded Suzuki 76 77 Yano and Suzuki again faced off on March 15 in the first round of the 2014 New Japan Cup where Suzuki was victorious 78 On May 25 at Back to the Yokohama Arena Yano and Iizuka faced off against Suzuki and Benjamin in a tag team match during which Iizuka turned on Yano and Chaos helping Suzuki pin him for the win and joining Suzuki gun 79 80 From July 21 to August 8 Yano took part in the 2014 G1 Climax where he finished with a record of four wins and six losses which included a win over Suzuki 81 82 83 Yano then formed a partnership with Kazushi Sakuraba and transitioned over to feuding with former tag team partner Takashi Iizuka while Sakuraba took over his feud with Suzuki 84 85 In November Yano and Sakuraba took part in the 2014 World Tag League 86 finishing in the middle of their block with a record of three wins one draw and three losses 87 Yano s rivalry with Iizuka and the rest of Suzuki gun culminated on January 4 2015 at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome where he and Pro Wrestling Noah s Naomichi Marufuji Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste defeated Iizuka Davey Boy Smith Jr Lance Archer and Shelton X Benjamin in an eight man tag team match 88 89 On February 22 the same day he ran the Tokyo Marathon with a time of 6 47 02 Yano returned to Noah to return the favor and help Marufuji in his new rivalry with Suzuki gun Appearing as Marufuji s surprise tag team partner the two defeated Iizuka and Minoru Suzuki in the main event 90 91 Back in NJPW Yano re ignited his old rivalry with Hiroshi Tanahashi 92 after cheating his way to a win over Tanahashi in the opening round of the 2015 New Japan Cup 93 The rivalry culminated on July 5 at Dominion 7 5 in Osaka jo Hall where Yano was defeated by Tanahashi 94 95 From July 20 to August 14 Yano took part in the 2015 G1 Climax 96 where he finished in the middle of his block with a record of four wins and five losses 97 nbsp Yano in March 2015 Tag team championship reigns and KOPW 2016 present edit On January 4 2016 at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome Yano teamed with the Ring of Honor ROH tag team of Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe to defeat Bullet Club s Bad Luck Fale Tama Tonga and Yujiro Takahashi to become the inaugural NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions 98 The three made their first successful title defense the following day against another Bullet Club trio of Fale Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson 99 On February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka Yano and the Briscoes lost the NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championship to Fale Tonga and Takahashi in their second defense 100 Yano and the Briscoes regained the title three days later at The New Beginning in Niigata 101 On February 20 at the NJPW and ROH co produced Honor Rising Japan 2016 event Yano and the Briscoes lost the title to Kenny Omega Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson 102 From April 21 to May 4 Yano took part in Pro Wrestling Noah s 2016 Global Tag League where he teamed with Naomichi Marufuji 103 The two finished second in the single round robin block advancing to the finals 104 where they defeated the reigning GHC Tag Team Champions Davey Boy Smith Jr and Lance Archer to win the tournament 105 106 On May 28 Yano and Marufuji defeated Smith and Archer in a rematch to become the new GHC Tag Team Champions 107 108 On June 12 Yano and Marufuji defeated Smith and Archer for the third time in a row to make their first successful title defense 109 110 and followed that up by defeating another Suzuki gun team of Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka on July 5 for their second successful defense 111 On July 16 Yano and Marufuji made their third successful title defense against The Aggression Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya 112 113 From July 22 to August 13 Yano took part in the 2016 G1 Climax where he finished tied third in his block with a record of five wins and four losses failing to advance to the finals 114 Through NJPW s relationship with ROH Yano made his debut for the American promotion on August 19 at Death Before Dishonor XIV 115 where he and his Chaos stablemates Beretta and Rocky Romero defeated the Bullet Club trio of Tama Tonga Tanga Loa and Yujiro Takahashi 116 On October 8 Yano and Marufuji made their fifth successful defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship against Yano s Chaos stablemates Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi Hashi 117 118 They also made their sixth defense against a team from NJPW defeating Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma on October 23 119 120 The following month Yano took part in Noah s 2016 Global League Despite picking up wins over the likes of Minoru Suzuki and reigning GHC Heavyweight Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima Yano failed to advance to the finals due to losing to former tag team partner Takashi Iizuka in his final round robin match finishing with a record of five wins and two losses 121 122 On November 23 Yano and Marufuji lost the GHC Tag Team Championship back to Davey Boy Smith Jr and Lance Archer in their seventh defense 123 124 nbsp As part of his character Yano usually bring DVDs to the ring On December 16 Yano returned to NJPW from his extended stay in Noah requesting to be added to the IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome with Tomohiro Ishii as his partner 125 The request was granted after Yano stole the IWGP Tag Team Championship belts 126 which led to him and Ishii defeating defending champions Guerrillas of Destiny Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa and G B H Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma in a three way match on January 4 2017 to become the new IWGP Tag Team Champions 127 128 Yano and Ishii made their first successful title defense on February 5 at The New Beginning in Sapporo in a three way match against G B H and K E S 129 130 Six days later at The New Beginning in Osaka Yano and Ishii successfully defended the title in another three way match against G B H and the team of Davey Boy Smith Jr and Takashi Iizuka 131 They lost the title to Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima on March 6 at NJPW s 45th anniversary event 132 During the summer Yano took part in the 2017 G1 Climax where he finished with a record of four wins and five losses Yano s most notable win came in his last match over longtime rival Minoru Suzuki against whom he now held a 4 0 record in their G1 Climax matches 133 Afterwards Yano continued his feud with Suzuki by stealing his NEVER Openweight Championship belt on October 9 at King of Pro Wrestling 134 This led to Yano unsuccessfully challenging Suzuki for the title in a bullrope deathmatch on November 5 at Power Struggle 135 136 On January 4 2018 Yano Beretta and Tomohiro Ishii won a five team gauntlet match at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome to become the new NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions 137 They would lose the championships back to the Bullet Club the following day at New Year s Dash 2019 Yano would embarrass Davey Boy Smith Jr by forcing him to lose by countout in the first round of the 2018 New Japan Cup but would be defeated swiftly by Sanada Smith would get his revenge at Yano after K E S defeated Yano amp Ishii on the final night Yano s G1 Climax 28 campaign didn t achieve any success with Yano only earning 3 wins out of his 9 matches Yano did get a win over then IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega but he was never granted an official challenge at the belt In late 2019 Bullet Club was causing Chaos and the Main Unit so many problems that Kazuchika Okada amp Hiroshi Tanahashi allied the teams to take them on This led to Yano and Togi Makabe finally finding peace after Makabe saved Yano from an attack Yano s 2018 World Tag League was again featuring the team of him and Ishii where they got 9 out of 13 wins and barely missed the finals On January 4 2019 Yano Makabe and Ryusuke Taguchi won a five team gauntlet match at the Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome pre show to become the number 1 contender for the NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champions On January 30 2019 Makabe Taguchi and Yano defeated Bullet Club to win the NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championship 138 The Most Violent Players reunited in a losing effort against G O D at The New Beginning in Osaka 2019 but are still working together as part of the ongoing Chaos Main Unit alliance Yano was part of former stablemate Takashi Iizuka s retirement match on February 21 2019 where he Okada amp Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Iizuka Minoru Suzuki amp Taichi Yano s 2019 New Japan Cup campaign started in similar fashion to last year s where he embarrassed Davey Boy Smith Jr in a 5 minute 30 second defeat He lost in the second round as well this time to fellow trickster Colt Cabana who he had teamed with at NJPW ROH Honor Rising Japan 2019 Yano s second defense of the 6 man championships came against Bullet Club this time with the Guerrillas of Destiny s little brother Hikuleo in place of Fale in which they retained the championships Yano and Makabe would earn another match with G O D this time for the IWGP Tag Team Championships at Wrestling Hinokuni albeit in another losing effort 139 Yano then entered the G1 Climax 29 tournament He finished with 8 points failing to advance to the finals although by defeating Jon Moxley he became the first person in NJPW to defeat Moxley in a singles match 140 141 Yano teamed once again with Colt Cabana for the World Tag League finishing with 18 points failing to advance to the finals 142 Yano Taguchi and Makabe lost the 6 man championships at on Night 2 of Wrestle Kingdom 14 to Los Ingobernables de Japon in a gauntlet match 143 In May 2022 Yano entered the New Japan Cup he defeated Jado to advance to the second round but was defeated by Hiromu Takahashi in the second round 144 In August NJPW held a tournament to crown new NEVER Openweight 6 man tag team champions after Evil betrayed Los Ingobernables de Japon and the titles were vacated In the tournament Yano teamed with Chaos stablemates Kazuchika Okada and Sho They defeated Bullet Club and Los Ingobernables de Japon to advance to the finals In the finals Yano Sho and Okada lost to fellow Chaos stablemates Hirooki Goto Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi Hashi 145 On July 25 Kazuchika Okada teased a controversial announcement 146 Three days later during a press conference NJPW chairman Naoki Sugabayashi alongside Okada announced the creation of the KOPW Championship Okada then proceeded to introduce the title and its concept also announcing KOPW 2021 for the following year 147 148 The tournament to crown the inaugural champion began on August 26 with four first round matches leading to a four way final at Summer Struggle in Jingu 149 Yano was announced to be in the tournament where he defeated Bushi in the first round In the final at Summer Struggle in Jingu Yano shockingly pinned Okada in a four way match also involving Sanada and El Desperado to become the first provisional 2020 champion 150 151 In September Yano competed in the G1 Climax 30 tournament as a part of the B Block he finished the tournament with 6 points 152 Yano teamed with Tomohiro Ishii for the World Tag League finishing with 10 points failing to advance to the finals 153 On the Road to Tokyo Dome Yano defeated Bad Luck Fale to become the official 2020 KOPW Champion 154 On Night 1 of Wrestle Kingdom 15 Yano survived until the final four in the New Japan Rambo match 155 On Night 2 Yano won a four way match to become the provisional champion by defeating Bushi Fale and Chase Owens 156 In March 2021 Yano once again entered the New Japan Cup defeating Bad Luck Fale and Great O Khan to advance to the quarter finals where he was eliminated by Evil 157 Yano retained the provisional KOPW Championship against Evil in a Creation Of Darkness Blindfold match At Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome Chase Owens won a New Japan Rambo with handcuffs match by last eliminating Yano becoming the new provisional KOPW Champion 158 At Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome Yano regained the provisional KOPW Championship defeating Owens in a No disqualification I quit match 159 Soon after Yano entered the G1 Climax 31 tournament as a part of the A Block He finished with a total of 10 points failing to advance to the finals 160 For the World Tag League Yano teamed with Hiroshi Tanahashi where they scored 14 points failing to advance to the finals 161 On December 24 Yano defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru in a End of Year Party Rules match to become the 2021 KOPW Champion On Night 1 of Wrestle Kingdom 16 Yano finished in the final four in the New Japan Rambo match along with Chase Owens Minoru Suzuki and Cima 162 On Night 2 the four way match was won by Suzuki who became the provisional KOPW Champion 163 On Night 3 Yano teamed with Pro Wrestling NOAH s Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura to defeat Suzuki Gun 164 Yano regained the provisional KOPW Championship defeating Suzuki in a Dog Cage match 165 In March Yano entered the New Japan Cup but was defeated in the first round by Taichi beginning a feud between the two 166 At Hyper Battle Taichi won the provisional KOPW Championship defeating Yano in a No rope ring out match 167 In July Yano competed in the A Block of the G1 Climax 32 tournament 168 Yano finished his G1 campaign with just 2 points finishing bottom of his block thus failing to advance to te semi finals winning just one match against Jonah 169 In October Yano competed in a tournament to crown the inaugural NJPW World Television Champion defeating Great O Khan in the first round following an interference from The Great Muta 170 In the following round Yano was defeated by Ren Narita 171 In November Yano once again teamed with Hiroshi Tanahashi in the World Tag League 172 The duo finished with 8 points failing to advance to the tournament finals 173 On January 4 2023 at Wrestle Kingdom 17 Yano participated in the New Japan Rambo lasting till the final 4 therefore advancing to the deciding four way the following night 174 The day after at New Year Dash the four way match was won by Shingo Takagi 175 In March Yano entered the New Japan Cup but lost to Mark Davis in the first round 176 Later that year in July Yano entered the 2023 G1 Climax tournament 177 Yano participated in the D Block finishing bottom of the block with 4 points 178 Other media editYano along with fellow NJPW wrestlers Hiroshi Tanahashi Hiroyoshi Tenzan Kazuchika Okada Satoshi Kojima and Tetsuya Naito appears as a member of the gang Justis in the 2016 video game Yakuza 6 The Song of Life 179 Championships and accomplishments edit nbsp Yano as one half of the IWGP Tag Team Champions in February 2017 Apache Pro Wrestling Army WEW Heavyweight Championship 1 time 1 European Wrestling Promotion EWP Tag Team Championship 1 time with Kendo Kashin 1 7 EWP Tag Team Title Tournament 2005 with Kendo Kashin 7 180 New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Tag Team Championship 3 times with Togi Makabe 1 Takashi Iizuka 1 and Tomohiro Ishii 1 1 NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championship 5 times current with Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe 2 Beretta and Tomohiro Ishii 1 Ryusuke Taguchi and Togi Makabe 1 and Hiroshi Tanahashi and Oleg Boltin 1 current 1 KOPW 2020 2021 Provisional KOPW 4 times New Japan Rambo 2021 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ranked No 139 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011 181 Pro Wrestling Noah GHC Tag Team Championship 2 times with Takashi Iizuka 1 54 and Naomichi Marufuji 1 107 Global Tag League 2016 with Naomichi Marufuji 105 Tokyo Sports Best Bout Award 2011 with Takashi Iizuka vs Keiji Mutoh and Kenta Kobashi All Together August 27 182 Best Tag Team Award 2007 with Togi Makabe 183 Luchas de Apuestas record edit See also Luchas de Apuestas Winner wager Loser wager Location Event Date Notes Hiroshi Tanahashi hair Toru Yano hair Osaka Japan Dominion 6 19 June 19 2010 13 Mixed martial arts record editProfessional record breakdown 1 match 0 wins 1 loss By submission 0 1 Res Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes Loss 0 1 Osami Shibuya Submission armbar Pancrase 10th Anniversary Show August 31 2003 2 2 35 Tokyo JapanReferences edit a b c d e f g h i j k l 矢野 通 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2017 08 03 矢野 通 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Archived from the original on 2008 12 17 Retrieved 2014 10 02 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Toru Yano profile Puroresu Central Retrieved 2010 09 08 Macklin Matthew 2014 12 26 New Japan primer the remaining heavyweight stars Pro Wrestling Insider Retrieved 2015 07 14 Rose Bryan 2015 07 19 New Japan 2015 G1 Climax 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Wrestling in Japanese 2012 06 16 Retrieved 2012 06 16 7月シリーズ Kizuna Road 最終戦7 22山形でIWGP 3大タイトルマッチ タッグ王座決定戦 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese 2012 06 20 Retrieved 2012 06 20 NJPW 40th anniversary Tour Kizuna Road New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Archived from the original on 2012 07 30 Retrieved 2012 07 22 NJPW 40ｔｈ anniversary King of Pro Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Archived from the original on 2012 10 14 Retrieved 2013 01 04 Wrestle Kingdom 7 Evolution in 東京ドーム New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2013 01 04 Show Results 1 4 New Japan Tokyo Dome Show Former WWE stars in undercard matches Tanahashi vs Okada did any titles change hands Pro Wrestling Torch 2013 01 04 Retrieved 2013 01 04 a b なんと矢野 飯塚がマイバッハと結託 ノアマットでもベルト強奪 キャプテンが森嶋と初対決 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese 2013 02 09 Retrieved 2013 02 10 Great Voyage 2013 in Yokohama 3月10日 日 横浜文化体育館大会対戦カード第1弾 GHC3大選手権開催決定 Pro Wrestling Noah in Japanese 2013 02 10 Retrieved 2013 02 10 a b Great Voyage 2013 in Yokohama Pro Wrestling Noah in Japanese Retrieved 2013 03 10 New Japan Cup 2013 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2013 04 05 New Japan Cup 2013 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2013 04 05 New Japan Cup 2013 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2013 04 05 グローバル タッグリーグ戦 2013 Pro Wrestling Noah in Japanese Retrieved 2013 04 28 方舟新章 Pro Wrestling Noah in Japanese Retrieved 2013 05 12 崇高 なGHCタッグ王者 矢野 飯塚が初防衛成功 なんと矢野がKentaのGHCヘビー級王座に挑戦 情報追記 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese 2013 05 13 Retrieved 2013 05 13 Southern Navig 2013 方舟新章 心に残るプロレス Pro Wrestling Noah in Japanese Retrieved 2013 06 02 Kentaが３度目の王座防衛 ノア Nikkan Sports in Japanese 2013 06 03 Retrieved 2013 06 02 Southern Navig 2013 方舟新章 心に残るプロレス Pro Wrestling Noah in Japanese Retrieved 2013 06 08 Dominion 6 22 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2013 06 22 Great Voyage 2013 in Tokyo 七夕決戦 みんなの願い Pro Wrestling Noah in Japanese Retrieved 2013 07 07 吉野家Presents Kizuna Road 2013 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2013 07 20 Namako Jason 2013 07 20 7 20 NJPW iPPV Results Akita Japan Devitt vs Okada Wrestleview Retrieved 2013 07 20 G1 Climax 23 出場メンバー発表 飯伏幸太 石井智宏が初出場 柴田勝頼が9年ぶりエントリー New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese 2013 07 05 Archived from the original on 2013 07 06 Retrieved 2013 07 05 ブシモ Presents G1 Climax 23 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Archived from the original on 2013 08 16 Retrieved 2013 08 11 Caldwell James 2013 08 11 Live results New Japan s G1 Climax Finals 8 11 Caldwell s complete coverage of Sunday s event featuring Naito vs Tanahashi Shelton Hoyt Bulldog Jr Devitt more Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 2013 08 11 10 14両国 全カード発表 オカダvs棚橋 中邑vs丸藤 内藤vs裕二郎 永田vs桜庭 柴田vs石井 X とは New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese 2013 09 30 Retrieved 2013 09 30 Destruction New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2013 09 30 King of Pro Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2013 10 14 World Tag League 2013 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2013 12 07 World Tag League 2013 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Archived from the original on 2013 12 12 Retrieved 2013 12 07 バディファイトPresents Wrestle Kingdom 8 in 東京ドーム New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2014 01 04 Caldwell James 2014 01 04 Caldwell s NJPW Tokyo Dome results 1 4 Complete virtual time coverage of New Japan s biggest show of the year four title changes former WWE TNA stars featured more Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 2014 01 04 New Japan Cup 2014 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2014 03 15 Back to the Yokohama Arena New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2014 05 25 Caldwell James 2014 05 25 Caldwell s NJPW iPPV results 5 25 Complete virtual time coverage of live show featuring Styles vs Okada for IWGP World Title MOTY Contender NWA Tag Titles more Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 2014 05 25 Caldwell James 2014 07 21 Caldwell s NJPW G1 Climax results 7 21 Night 1 Complete coverage of A J Styles vs Okada main event Tanahashi Nakamura Shelton Benjamin Bullet Club more Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 2014 08 08 バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 24 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Archived from the original on 2014 08 08 Retrieved 2014 08 08 Namako Jason 2014 08 08 8 8 NJPW G 1 Climax Day 11 recap Okada Suzuki Wrestleview Retrieved 2014 08 08 バディファイトPresents G1 Climax 24 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2014 12 05 Caldwell James 2014 09 21 Caldwell s New Japan PPV results 9 21 Complete live coverage of Destruction in Kobe Nakamura regains IC Title Tanahashi vs Shibata A J Styles new Jr Hvt champion more Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 2014 12 05 World Tag League 2014 出場チーム 公式戦が決定 棚橋はヨシタツとタッグ結成 桜庭 AJ 柴田 ROH NWAも参戦 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese 2014 11 11 Archived from the original on 2014 11 12 Retrieved 2014 12 05 World Tag League 2014 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Archived from the original on 2014 12 10 Retrieved 2014 12 05 Wrestle Kingdom 9 in 東京ドーム New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Retrieved 2015 02 22 Caldwell James 2015 01 04 Caldwell s NJPW Tokyo Dome show results 1 4 Complete virtual time coverage of live Wrestle Kingdom PPV Tanahashi vs Okada Bullet Club Nakamura Jim Ross more Pro Wrestling Torch Retrieved 2015 02 22 X の正体は東京マラソン完走の矢野通だった 天山 中西もヒートアップ 3 15有明大会まで待ったなし 2 22ノア後楽園大会結果 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese 2015 02 23 Retrieved 2015 02 23 ノア丸藤 秘密兵器 Ｘ は新日 矢野 みのる組撃退 Tokyo Sports in Japanese 2015 02 23 Retrieved 2015 02 23 4月5日 日 両国でAJvs飯伏が決定 オカダvsファレ 棚橋 柴田vs矢野 桜庭 ケニーvsドラダなど4大IWGP選手権が実現 New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese 2015 03 16 Retrieved 2015 03 16 新日ＮＪＣ 棚橋 天敵 矢野にまさかの１６７秒負け Tokyo Sports in Japanese 2015 03 06 Retrieved 2015 03 16 Dominion 7 5 in Osaka jo Hall New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japanese Archived from the original on 2015 07 06 Retrieved 2015 07 05 Meltzer Dave 2015 07 04 New Japan Dominion live coverage from Osaka Jo Hall Styles vs Okada for IWGP title Nakamura vs Goto for IC title and notes on biggest event since the Tokyo Dome plus all G 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