Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
22
Gender
Male
Birthday
February 02, 1950 ( 74 years old )
Place of Birth
Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
Genichiro Tenryu
Tenryu
Hustle General
Genichiro Shimada
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.
Known For
AWA Super Clash
1985-09-25WAR Warfare '97 - Day 6
1997-06-06WWE WrestleMania VII
1991-03-24NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final)
2010-08-15WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
1990-04-13AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular
2001-01-28NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
1995-05-03NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
1993-05-03NJPW Nexess
2004-05-03NJPW Battle Zone Space II
1992-11-23