My Take
Minoru Tanaka is exactly the kind of pro wrestler I quietly respect the most — not the guy who needs a towering frame or a pyrotechnics budget to make his point. Born in Komaki, Aichi in 1972, he built his career as a technically sharp, fast-moving wrestler who let the in-ring work do the talking. At 175cm he was never going to bully anyone with size, so instead he went deep on craft, and that kind of discipline tends to age really well. By his fifties he's the type of veteran who walks into any promotion and the other wrestlers know — this guy does not waste a single motion. Sagittarius energy, fittingly: always in motion, always hunting the next thing. I like wrestlers who figured out early that longevity beats spectacle, and everything I know about Tanaka points to someone who understood that from the jump.
Overview
Minoru Tanaka is a Japanese professional wrestler born on November 29, 1972, in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture. Standing 175 cm tall, he has built a career as a technically skilled wrestler in the Japanese pro-wrestling scene. Details about his agency affiliation and active period are not publicly available.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Minoru Tanaka
- Name (Japanese)
- 田中稔
- Reading
- たなか みのる
- Born
- November 29, 1972 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rat (子)
- Origin
- Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Active years
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Professional Wrestler
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
- Debut
- Unknown
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.