(1963-08-05) August 5, 1963 (age 60)[1] Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Family
Duke Keomuka (father)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
El Gato Goku-Do[2] Pat Tanaka[2] Tanaka-San
Billed height
5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[2]
Billed weight
225 lb (102 kg)[2]
Billed from
Honolulu, Hawaii Tokyo, Japan (as part of The Orient Express) Sapporo, Japan (as Tanaka-San) Mexico City, Mexico (as El Gato)
Trained by
Duke Keomuka Hiro Matsuda NJPW Dojo
Debut
April 7, 1984[2]
Retired
2021
Patrick Tanaka (born August 5, 1963)[2] is an American professional wrestler best known for his work in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) as one half of Badd Company and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) as one half of The Orient Express. He is the son of Duke Keomuka.
In his career, which has spanned more than three decades, Tanaka has worked for the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
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father, Duke Keomuka, Hiro Matsuda, and the New Japan Pro-Wrestling Dojo, PatTanaka debuted in 1984 for NJPW. During his time there, he wrestled the likes...
their theme song. Both PatTanaka and Paul Diamond had competed in the Championship Wrestling Association during 1986, Tanaka had teamed with Jeff Jarrett...
Badd Company with PatTanaka and for his time in the World Wrestling Federation as Kato, one half of The Orient Express, also with Tanaka. Before he was...
Tanaka (April 22, 1921 – June 30, 1991) was an American professional wrestler better known as Duke Keomuka. He is the father of wrestler PatTanaka and...
Tanaka (たなか) is the fourth most common Japanese surname. It is typically written with the kanji for ricefield & middle (田中). Less common variants include...
to wrestling in 1992 for Florida's ICWA promotion where he feuded with PatTanaka and Kevin Sullivan. He had put on some more weight in prison and was considered...
Express (Dennis Condrey and Randy Rose) Badd Company (Paul Diamond and PatTanaka) Brad Rheingans and Ken Patera The Destruction Crew (Wayne Bloom and Mike...
held by Diamond Dallas Page's team of Badd Company (Paul Diamond and PatTanaka) but did not win the tag team titles. At SuperClash III, representing...
by pinfall Mixed tag team match 7:52 10 The Orient Express (Sato and PatTanaka) (with Mr. Fuji) defeated The Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels)...
Association (AWA). He started managing Badd Company (Paul Diamond and PatTanaka) in 1988, a team he led to the AWA World Tag Team Championship. Badd Company...
to the CWA Memphis territory. On 10 January, they beat Badd Company (PatTanaka and Paul Diamond) for the CWA/AWA International Tag Team Championship...
times) – with Billy Travis (3) and PatTanaka (1) CWA/AWA International Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with PatTanaka (1) and Paul Diamond (1) NWA Mid-America...
they lost the AWA Tag Team Championship on March 19 to Badd Company (PatTanaka and Paul Diamond). Shortly after leaving the AWA, Jannetty and Michaels...
and Greg Gagne (wrestling as "The Sales And Marketing Team") defeated PatTanaka and Paul Diamond (wrestling as "The Mills Brothers"). Zenk left the AWA...
other appearance in a commercial was for Colgate toothpaste with Pat Morita. Tanaka was seen as an extra in a few of David Lee Roth's music videos in...
(Ricky Rice and Derrick Dukes) against Badd Company (Paul Diamond and PatTanaka) and Madusa Miceli. Richter's team won the match when she pinned Miceli...
Derrick Dukes) and Wendi Richter against Badd Company (Paul Diamond and PatTanaka) and Madusa Miceli, where Badd Company's World Tag Team Championship and...
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