Masahiro Chono
Statistics
Ring Names	Masahiro Chono
Height	6 ft 1 in. (186 cm)
Weight	238 lbs. (108 kg)
Born	September 17, 1963
	Seattle, Washington, USA
Died
Resides	Mitaka City, Tokyo
Billed	Mitaka City, Tokyo
Trained by	Antonio Inoki Lou Thesz NJPW Dojo
Debut	October 5, 1984
Retired

Masahiro Chōno (蝶野正洋 Chōno Masahiro) is a Japanese professional wrestler.

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Contents 1 Career 2 Wrestling facts 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 Personal life 5 Trivia 6 External links

Career

Wrestling facts

• Finishing and signature moves

• STF
• Cross leg STF
• STS
• FTS (Rotated step-over toe-hold sleeper)
• Shining Kenka Kick / Shining Yakuza Kick (Single leg running front dropkick to the head of a kneeling opponent)
• Kenka Kick / Yakuza Kick (Running arching big boot)
• Manhattan Drop (Inverted atomic drop)
• Butterfly lock
• Samoan drop
• Cradle piledriver
• Octopus hold
• Diving shoulder block

With Hiroyoshi Tenzan

• ChoTen Torpedo (Two man diving shoulder block)
• CTC - ChoTen Crash (Running high knee/Knuckle punch combination)
• Shining Assault (Shining Kenka Kick/Lariat clothesline combination)

• Managers

• Sonny Onoo
• Bill Dundee

• Styles

• Catch-as-catch-can
• British style grappling
• Judo locks

Championships and accomplishments

• Continental Wrestling Federation

• CWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Mike Davis

• Hawai'i Championship Wrestling

• HCW Kamehameha Heritage Championship (1 time)

• National Wrestling Alliance
• World

• NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Regional

• NWA Central States Television Championship (1 time)

• New Japan Pro Wrestling

• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• IWGP World Tag Team Championship (7 times) - with Keiji Mutoh (2) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (5)
• G1 Climax (1991)
• G1 Climax (1992)
• G1 Climax (1994)
• G1 Climax (2002)
• G1 Climax (2005)
• Super Grade Tag League (1995) - with Hiroyoshi Tenzan
• G1 Climax Tag League (2006) - with Shinsuke Nakamura
• Young Lions Cup (1987)

• Other Titles

• AGPW North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bob Brown
• WWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 70 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• He is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (inducted in 2004)
• 1995 Best Heel

Personal life

On July 4, 2006, Masahiro Chono became a father, his wife Martina giving birth to a baby boy.

Trivia

• Masahiro Chono is the owner of his own line of clothing stores, ArisTrisT. Hulk Hogan can be seen wearing Chono's Aristrist apparel on his TV show Hogan Knows Best.
• His wife Martina, whom he met during a tour in Germany, designs many of the jewelry and clothing sold on ArisTrisT.com
• In 1990, Chono became the last ever person to fight Lou Thesz (his former trainer) in a wrestling match. During the match, Thesz dislocated his artificial hip, which ended his career for good.
• Fan of Spanish fencing and fencing movies.
• Rumored to be cast in the lead role of a show which is described as the "Yakuza version" of the Sopranos. Similar stories and characters but with changes being obviously made with regards to the cultural differences. The show is reportedly still in the works.

• Very knowledgeable on European military history
• Fond of steak with wasabi.
• Is an ailurophile (cat lover)

External links

• Biography
• Biographical information
• Masahiro Chono fan club
• Masahiro Chono fan site

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