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Giant Baba

Born: January 23rd, 1938 in Sanjo, Niigata, Japan

Trainers: Rikidozan, Fred Atkins & Great Togo

Debut: September 9th, 1960 vs. Yonetaro Tanaka at JWA International Competitions Of The Summer 1960 Night 4

Nickname: 

Size: 6'0", 238 lbs

Promotions Worked (At least 50 matches): 

Death: January 31st, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan

Accolades

Championships​

  • 1-time All Asia Heavyweight Champion

  • 3-time All Asia Tag Team Champion

  • 3-time NWA International Heavyweight Champion

  • 12-time NWA International Tag Team Champion

  • 1-time NWA World Tag Team Champion

  • 3-time NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion

  • 4-time PWF Heavyweight Champion

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Tournaments

  • 7-time AJPW Champion Carnival Winner (1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982)

  • 2-time Real World Tag League Winner (1978, 1980)

    • Both with Jumbo Tsuruta

  • MSG Cup Winner (1974)

  • Open Champion League Winner (1975)​

  • NWA World Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Tournament Winner (1980)

    • With Jumbo Tsuruta​

 

Notable Trainees

  • Great Kubiki

  • Jumbo Tsuruta

  • Atsushi Onita

  • Masanobu Fuchi

  • Genichiro Tenryu

  • Haku

  • Shiro Koshinaka

  • Tarzan Goto

  • Mitsuharu Misawa

  • Toshiaki Kawada

  • Yoshinara Ogawa

  • Hiroshi Hase

  • Earthquake

  • Akira Taue

  • Kenta Kobashi

  • Yoshihiro Takayama

  • Jun Akiyama

  • Takao Omori

  • Taiyo Kea

  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru

  • Naomichi Marufuji

  • And many, many more!

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