SHO

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SHO
Information
Ring names	SHO Sho Tanaka Raijin
Height	5 ft 8 in. (1.73 m)
Weight	205 lbs (93 kg)
Born	August 27, 1989 (1989-08-27)
Birth Place	Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
Trainer	NJPW Dojo Junji Hirata
Debut	November 15, 2012

Sho Tanaka (August 27, 1989) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he performs under the ring name SHO.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Cross Armbreaker
  • Power Breaker (Powerbomb dropped into a Double Knee Backbreaker)
  • Shock Arrow (Double pumphandle piledriver)

• Signature moves
  • Bridging deadlift German suplex, sometimes multiple in a row
  • Double knee backbreaker
  • High knee
  • Kimura lock
  • Lariat
  • Spear
  • Straight jacket piledriver
  • Superkick

• With YOH
  • Double-team finishing moves
    • 3K (Flapjack (SHO) / Reverse STO (YOH) combination)

• Managers
  • Rocky Romero

• Tag teams and stables

• CHAOS
• Roppongi 3K
• Bullet Club
• House Of Torture - with Dick Togo, EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi

• Entrance themes
  • "The First Star" by Yonosuke Kitamura

Championships and accomplishments

• New Japan Pro Wrestling
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (5 times) with YOH
  • NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi
  • Super Jr. Tag Tournament (2017) with YOH
  • NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #103 in the 2024 PWI Top 500 Wrestlers

External links

• Profile at CAGEMATCH.net
• Profile at Wrestling Data.com