Genichiro Shimada

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Genichiro Shimada

Overview

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Birthday
Feb 02, 1950 (75 years old)

Genichiro Shimada

Known For

The Curtain Rises
1h 59m
Movie 2015

The Curtain Rises

Saori is a high school student at a provincial city....

NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final)
2h 57m
Movie 2010

NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final)

The eighth and final night of the tournament took place...

Biography

Genichiro Shimada (嶋田 源一郎, Shimada Gen'ichirō), better known as Genichiro Tenryu (天龍 源一郎, Tenryū Gen'ichirō) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter. At age 13, he entered sumo wrestling and stayed there for 13 years, after which he turned to Western-style professional wrestling. "Tenryu" was his shikona. He had two stints with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he spent the majority of his career while also promoting Super World of Sports (SWS), Wrestle Association R (WAR) and Tenryu Project. At the time of his retirement, professional wrestling journalist and historian Dave Meltzer wrote that "one could make a strong case [that Tenryu was] between the fourth and sixth biggest native star" in the history of Japanese professional wrestling. He is a 5 times professional wrestling world champion.