Yano as a NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion in February 2016
Born
(1978-05-18) May 18, 1978 (age 45)[1] Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Alma mater
Nihon University[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Toru Yano
Billed height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Billed weight
115 kg (254 lb)[1]
Trained by
NJPW Dojo[3]
Debut
May 18, 2002[1]
Toru Yano (矢野 通, Yano Tōru, born May 18, 1978),[1] is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the KOPW 2020 and the KOPW 2021. He is a five time and current NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. He is also a three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and two-time GHC Tag Team Champion.
He is mainly known as a comic relief wrestler, often cheating in an attempt to secure quick wins in his matches. Though often positioned below NJPW's top wrestlers, Yano has gained a reputation as a spoiler, occasionally scoring upset wins over bigger names and feuding with other elite wrestlers.[4][5][6]
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ToruYano (矢野 通, YanoTōru, born May 18, 1978), is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)...
Inamura to a no contest, and Hiroshi Tanahashi teamed with Takashi Sugiura, ToruYano and Satoshi Kojima to defeat Bullet Club (El Phantasmo, Kenta and Gedo)...
Nagata, Inoue, Fale and Hiroyoshi Tenzan faced Chaos (Shinsuke Nakamura, ToruYano, Takashi Iizuka, and Yujiro Takahashi) in losing effort. In the prelude...
Briscoe and ToruYano when Jay pinned Tonga. On February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka, Tonga, Fale and Takahashi defeated the Briscoes and Yano in a rematch...
Ray and NJPW's NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship twice (with ToruYano). On January 31, 2022, they were the inaugural inductees into the ROH...
Leube. In March 2024, Boltin began teaming up with Hiroshi Tanahashi and ToruYano. The trio defeated House of Torture (Evil, Sho and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)...
Naito and Yujiro Takahashi of No Limit; NJPW regulars Tama Tonga and ToruYano, and; American independent worker Dan Maff, who made his first appearance...
one third of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions alongside ToruYano and Oleg Boltin. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers...
Gokudo Combi" tag team with ToruYano and together the two took part in the 2006 G1 Tag League. On October 16, Ishii and Yano joined Hiroyoshi Tenzan and...
card were broadcast live on NJPW's YouTube channel. In the first bout, ToruYano, Yoh, Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi picked up a victory over Evil, Yujiro...
and the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship twice (along with ToruYano) - and Pro Wrestling Noah, where they were GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag...
the title to Takashi Iizuka and ToruYano in their third defense. On July 22, Tenzan and Kojima defeated Iizuka and Yano in a decision match to regain the...
over Karl Anderson. On March 23, Okada first defeated Chaos stablemate ToruYano in the semifinals and then Hirooki Goto in the finals to win the 2013...
Loa and Tonga lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to Tomohiro Ishii and ToruYano in a three-way match, also involving Makabe and Honma. On June 11 at Dominion...
ROH Women's World Championship 14 NJPW Wrestling World Taipei, Taiwan ToruYano, Oleg Boltin and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated House of Torture (Evil, Sho...
team with ToruYano and together the two of them entered the 2007 G1 Tag League, along with their stablemates, Gedo and Jado. Makabe and Yano would make...
30-minute time limit. Conversely, the shortest match is Hirooki Goto vs. ToruYano in the 2020 tournament at just 18 seconds. The 1974 World League ran from...
the title to Takashi Iizuka and ToruYano in their third defense. On July 22, Kojima and Tenzan defeated Iizuka and Yano in a decision match to regain the...
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