Satoru Sayama

Satoru Sayama

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1957-11-27 (67 years old)

Biography

Satoru Sayama (佐山 聡, Sayama Satoru) is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, writer, and mixed martial arts (MMA) and wrestling promoter, best known as the original Tiger Mask. He has wrestled under his real name as well as the names Sammy Lee, and masked Super Tiger, Tiger King, Tiger Mask and The Mask of Tiger. He is the only man to hold the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship simultaneously.


He is also recognized as a pioneer in mixed martial arts, founding Shooto in 1985, one of the first MMA organizations in the world. Sayama also started mixed martial arts training and developed his own Shooto syllabus for learning what could be considered the first put together MMA training of its kind, with a focus on striking from arts like Boxing, Muay Thai and Karate, and grappling from Wrestling, Judo, and Sambo. The curriculum would help produce the first well rounded fighters of MMA several years before the first UFC event. He is also the founder of the martial art Seikendo and professional wrestling promotion Real Japan Pro Wrestling.

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1957-11-27 (67 years old)

Birth Place
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As
Tiger Mask, Tiger Mask I, Tiger Mask 1, Super Tiger, Tiger King, Sammy Lee, The Mask of Tiger, The Tiger

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Hiroaki Hamada
Satoru Sayama,
Hiroaki Hamada worked together with Satoru Sayama in:
3 Movies
Takao Yoshida
Satoru Sayama,
Takao Yoshida worked together with Satoru Sayama in:
3 Movies
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