Genichiro Tenryu

Acting

Genichiro Tenryu

Born 1950-02-02 · Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

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.

Acting credits

WWE WrestleMania VII poster
7.3

Hulk Hogan plays by new rules as he tries to liberate the WWE Championship from the clutches of the traitorous Sgt. Slaughter. The WWE isn't big enough for two of the most intense superstars in history as The Ultimate Warrior and "The Macho King" Randy Savage collide in a Retirement match. The Hart Foundation defend the WWE World Tag Team Championship against the unruly Nasty Boys. The Big Boss Man battles Mr. Perfect for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Plus The Rockers, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, The Legion of Doom, Earthquake, The Texas Tornado and more!

WWE WrestleMania VII

1991

Tenryu Genichiro Retirement 10th Anniversary Event poster
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The Tenryu Genichiro Retirement 10th Anniversary Event: Revolutionary Soaring was a professional wrestling event promoted by Tenryu Project to mark ten years since Genichiro Tenryu’s retirement. It took place on November 4, 2025, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and featured talent from New Japan Pro-Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, DDT Pro-Wrestling, and Dragongate. The event honored Tenryu’s legacy in All Japan, New Japan, and WAR, highlighting his influence on Japanese wrestling.

Tenryu Genichiro Retirement 10th Anniversary Event

2025

WWE Royal Rumble 1993 poster
6.5

Royal Rumble (1993) was the sixth annual Royal Rumble. It took place on January 24, 1993 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California. The main event was a Royal Rumble match, a battle royal in which two wrestlers started the match in the ring; every two minutes, another wrestler joined. In total, thirty wrestlers competed to eliminate their competitors by throwing them over the top rope of the wrestling ring onto the arena floor. Bret Hart defends the WWF Championship against Razor Ramon. Shawn Michaels defends the Intercontinental Championship against former tag team partner Marty Jannetty.

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

1993

The Curtain Rises poster
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Saori is a high school student at a provincial city. She is a member of playgroup at her school. Yoshioka begins to work at the same high school as a new teacher. Yoshioka performed in plays when she was in college back in Tokyo. Saori, Yukko, Garuru, Nakanishi, Akemi decides to compete in a play competition. Their goal is to make it through the regional competions, but Teacher Yoshioka tells them their aiming low and that they should think about the national competition.

The Curtain Rises

2015

SWS WrestleFest poster
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Super World of Sports presents WrestleFest in TokyoDome on March 30, 1991.

SWS WrestleFest

1991

AJPW Grand Champion Carnival 2002 poster
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The conclusion of the AJPW Grand Champion Carnival 2002 took place on April 13, 2002 from the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. Keiji Muto faces Genichiro Tenryu in the main event with the Triple Crown Champion on the line.

AJPW Grand Champion Carnival 2002

2002

NJPW Nexess poster
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NJPW presents a wrestling pay-per-view event from the Tokyo Dome in Tokoy, Japan.

NJPW Nexess

2004

AWA Super Clash poster
7.9

AWA Super Clash '85 – The Night of Champions was the first Super Clash professional wrestling supercard event promoted by the American Wrestling Association (AWA). It was billed as AWA's flagship supercard, their biggest event of the year. The event was held at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois on September 28, 1985, only a few months after WrestleMania, which was promoted by rival WWE promotion. The show drew a paid attendance of 20,347, although it was announced as 25,000. Super Clash – Night of Champions was one of the co-promotional efforts by the AWA, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) to compete with WWE's increasing national presence and popularity. The jointly promoted venture was known as Pro Wrestling USA.

AWA Super Clash

1985

WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit poster
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A combined WWF, AJPW and NJPW supershow: April 13th, 1990 from the Tokyo Dome.

WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit

1990

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The Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular took place on January 28, 2001 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan and was a joint promotion between All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event was themed around memorializing AJPW's founder Shohei "Giant" Baba, who had died in 1999. It was the second Giant Baba Memorial event and was subsequently followed by the Giant Baba Memorial Cup and the Giant Baba Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament a year later. Ten professional wrestling matches were held on the event's card, including one that featured AJPW and NJPW champions.

AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular

2001

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993 poster
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Wrestling Dontaku 1993 was the first Wrestling Dontaku professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The event took place on May 3, 1993, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka at the Fukuoka Dome.

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993

1993

NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final) poster
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The eighth and final night of the tournament took place at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan on August 15, 2010.

NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final)

2010

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Wrestle Association-R's Ryogoku Crush Night features stars from multiple promotions across the globe in a night of action-packed professional wrestling.

WAR Ryogoku Crush Night

1996

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10.0

Kevin Von Erich tangles with NWA World's Heavyweight Champion Harley Race with the 'Ten Pounds of Gold' up for grabs!

WCCW Star Wars (June 1983)

1983

NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre poster
4.0

Clash of the Champions V took place on February 15, 1989 at the Cleveland Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio. There were 5,000 people in attendance and the show drew a 4.6 rating on TBS. This show was warm up show for the Chi-Town Rumble PPV only 5 days later.

NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre

1989

NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005 poster
9.0

Pro Wrestling NOAH caps off a thrilling year with their final Budokan event of 2005.

NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005

2005

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NWA Central States Wrestling presents an all-star card!

CSW International Bash

1989

NJPW Battle Formation '96 poster
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NJPW and WCW's biggest stars clash in the Tokyo Dome.

NJPW Battle Formation '96

1996

NJPW Final Dome poster
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NJPW closes out the final Tokyo Dome show of the 20th Century with a loaded card featuring the promotion's top stars.

NJPW Final Dome

1999

NOAH: Destiny 2005 poster
10.0

Destiny was a major professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling NOAH. The event took place on July 18, 2005 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

NOAH: Destiny 2005

2005

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NR

WAR concludes the Warfare '97 tour, headlined by a three on two handicap match.

WAR Warfare '97 - Day 6

1997

Hustle Aid 2007 poster
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Hustle was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion managed by Nobuhiko Takada. Hustle can be described as an industry experiment to market the sports entertainment style of professional wrestling in Japan. HUSTLE AID is one of the main annual shows put on by the promotion. This years event was held in the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Hustle Aid 2007

2007

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995 poster
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The third Wrestling Dontaku was held on May 3, 1995, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Dome. The event featured eleven matches, two of which were contested for championships. For the third year in a row, wrestlers from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) took part in the event.

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995

1995

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NJPW presents the 12th night of the Tag Team Wrestling Scramble, Battle Zone Space II.

NJPW Battle Zone Space II

1992