Masao Inoue

Quick Facts

Full Name	Masao Inoue
Occupation	Amateur Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Mar 6, 1970(1970-03-06)
Age	54
Birthplace	Chūō
Country	Japan
Birth City	Yamanashi Prefecture
Horoscope	Pisces

Masao Inoue Biography

Masao Inoue is one of the most popular and richest Amateur Wrestler who was born on March 6, 1970 in Chūō, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Masao Inoue (Jing Shang Yang , Inoue Masao, born on March 6 1970, in Chuo, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler who is working for Pro Wrestling Noah as a freelancer. Inoue started his career in All Japan Pro Wrestling in 1991 before moving into Pro Wrestling Noah during a mass exodus in the year 2000. Inoue was a part of the next 12 years working with Noah prior to returning back to AJPW in the year 2012. Since then, he’s played regularly in both promotions and as an independent.

Inoue participated in a top contender tournament throughout the middle of September and August However, Inoue did not make it through his five-person team, only winning one match through surrender against Takeshi Rikio. Although Inoue during the bulk in 2007 as well as 2008 appeared only in tag team multi- man matches, on the 23rd and 24, he participated in a second tournament, called simply ‘The Tournament’ that consisted of games played within a 10-minute time limit in which in the event that there was a time-limit reached the match were determined by a five-person judge panel. Inoue won against Kentaro Shiga Yoshinobu Kanemaru Yoshihiro Takayama and Takuma Sano, in all of the matches that were played to through the time limit and were ruled in Inoue’s favor by the judges prior to a showdown with his stable friend Saito in another match from the title tournament of 2006. In this event, Saito came out on the winning side, defeating Inoue in a 5-1 judges clear sweep.

Following over a decade away from All Japan, Inoue made his return on March 4, 2012, where he teamed with Masanobu Fuchi in a losing effort to Akebono and Ryota Hama. Inoue received his first title match since his return on August 8 where he faced Akebono and Hama with KENSO as his partner, however, the pair fell short in their bid for the All Asia Tag Team Championships.

Inoue’s first attempt at winning an All Japan singles championship since his return came on September 25, 2016, where he came up short against Yohei Nakajima in a match for the Gaora TV Championship. Inoue on January 2, 2017, received, along with partner Jun Akiyama, a match for the All Asia Tag Team Championships in a Street Bunkhouse Death Match against the champions Atsushi Onita and Masanobu Fuchi. The tandem ultimately came up short in their bid to dethrone the champions.

Inoue was one of the founding members in The Dark Agents stable along with Akitoshi Saito and Takashi Sugiura. He was second in command to Saito. Inoue typically sat in the lower tier of cards but did not see numerous high-profile matches. After a long time of trying to get on the list, Inoue and seven other NOAH wrestlers were granted the chance in March and early April of 2006 to take part in the main event at the Tokyo Nippon Budokan event. GHC Heavyweight Champion Jun Akiyama proposed a tournament to decide who would be his next opponent. Inoue stunned many fans of wrestling by defeating rookie Shuhei Taniguchi Takuma Sano and, finally, his stablemate Akitoshi Saito to beat the competition. Inoue took on Akiyama in a tense battle that lasted more than 23 minutes before he was beaten by the wrist-clutch explosion. With this victory in the tournament and his subsequent gruelling match with Akiyama, Inoue greatly improved his standing within the company.

Masao Inoue Net Worth

Masao Inoue is one of the richest Amateur Wrestler from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Masao Inoue 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Masao Inoue worked for the best portion of his time at All Japan as an underling for Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Tsue. The team did not have much success until he formed tag team regulars with Tamon Honda at the close the All Japan stay. The team was crowned the All Asia Tag Team Championship in 1999.

In the middle of 2000, Masao Inoue resigned from All Japan Pro Wrestling along with the other All Japan native workers to join Mitsuharu Misawa’s newly- formed Pro Wrestling Noah. Inoue along with Honda were their All Asia Tag Team champions and, as a result they lost their titles as they left.

Inoue took part in the 2009 Global Tag League alongside Akira Taue. The duo proved fairly unsuccessful as they won only one match finishing last out of the eight teams with two points. Inoue won a Noah ‘Royal Rumble’, wrestling under the ring name “Naomichi Marufuji” on July 5. In his final match of the year, Inoue lost a match to Kenta Kobashi for the GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship. In April 2011, Inoue took part in the Global Tag League for the second time in his career, this time with Bison Smith. Inoue fared better this time, finishing in sixth place out of eight teams with five points.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Masao Inoue height 5 ft 11 in Masao weight 106 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Masao Inoue Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Masao Ranked on the list of most popular Amateur Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Masao Inoue celebrates birthday on March 6 of every year.