Norio Honaga

Quick Facts

Full Name	Norio Honaga
Occupation	Professional Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Aug 11, 1955(1955-08-11)
Age	69
Birthplace	Tokyo
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Leo

Norio Honaga Biography

Norio Honaga is one of the most popular and richest Professional Wrestler who was born on August 11, 1955 in Tokyo, Japan. Norio Honaga (Bao Yun Sheng Nan , Honaga Norio) (born on August 11 1955) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler.

Honaga was back in NJPW at the end of May in 1987. Following his return Honaga formed the tag team of Hiro Saito. The team formed in August of 1987. Honaga was a participant in an event for that vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, since Shiro Koshinaka had to relinquish the title earlier in the month because of an injury. Honaga was defeated by Tatsutoshi Goto during the initial round. Then, in January of 1988 Honaga was a participant in the inaugural Top of the Super Juniors event, but would finish last, with just zero points. On April 29, 1989 Honaga was a participant at the Young Lion Cup tournament, even though he was 33 years old with nine years of playing experience He defeated Hirokazu Hata, in the opening round and was defeated by the eventual finalist Naoki Sano during the semis. By the end of the summer in 1989 Honaga along with Saito joined the Blond Outlaws along with Goto as well. Super Strong Machine joined the group in 1990.

By the spring of 1992, Blond Outlaws had evolved into Raging Staff. In November 1992, Honaga and the rest of Raging Staff sided with Genichiro Tenryu’s WAR promotion in their rivalry with Heisei Ishingun. In May 1993, Honaga took part in another TOSJ tournament, in which he placed third place in a tie with Fit Finlay. In September 1994, Honaga took part in another tournament for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title, as Jyushin Thunder Liger vacated the title due to injury. He defeated Gran Hamada, Shinjiro Otani and Wild Pegasus to win the title for the third time. A month later, he took part in another tournament, the Super Grade Junior Heavyweight Tag League, with Gran Hamada as his partner; they would make it to the semifinals, before losing to Black Tiger II and The Great Sasuke. In November 1994, Honaga added another title by defeating El Hijo del Santo to win the UWA World Welterweight Championship, making him a double champion. He would lose the UWA World Welterweight title to Otani in December 1994, after nearly a month as champion, and lose the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title to Koji Kanemoto in February 1995, after nearly five months as champion.

In June 1995, Honaga took part in another TOSJ tournament, which had since changed its name to the Best of the Super Juniors tournament; he placed dead last with four points. A year later, he took part in another BOSJ tournament; he placed dead last at four points on Block B. Days later, he teamed with El Samurai to win the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Lance Storm and Yuji Yasuraoka, but failed. In November 1996, he teamed with Junji Hirata for a one-night tag team tournament; they lost to Takashi Iizuka and Yuji Nagata in the first round. After eighteen years in the ring, Honaga decided to retire from the ring in April 1998. His first retirement match was a loss to Jyushin Thunder Liger; later that night, he and Liger teamed with El Samurai for his second retirement match and defeated Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani, and Tatsuhito Takaiwa.

After the departure of NJPW, Honaga joined Riki Choshu’s Japan Pro-Wrestling group, which was merged together with All Japan Pro Wrestling. The group was formed in July of 1985. Honaga was the only winner of his title at AJPW The All Asia Tag Team Championship along alongside Isamu Teranishi, as Animal Hamaguchi offered his part to Honaga because of an injuries. Honaga and Teranishi were able to hold onto the belts for three months before losing the title in the hands of Takashi Ishikawa as well as Mighty Inoue in October 1985. Honaga continued to be a part of AJPW until March 1987.

Norio Honaga Net Worth

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

Norio Honaga made his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling on April 25, 1980 in a match against Hiro Saito. In November 1982, following over two years of being on in the lower card, Honaga was sent for an adventure to Mexico to wrestle for the Universal Wrestling Association. Honaga came back to NJPW on March 14, 1984 however unrest within the promotion caused Honaga to leave the organization within six months.

In the wake of losing the ability to use his left leg as well as the majority of the vision in his right eye Honaga abandoned trap shooting an activity which he thoroughly enjoyed during the time training alongside Great Kojika between 1984 to 1986.

In April 1991, Honaga took part in the second TOSJ tournament, the first in three years, and this time, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title was on the line, as Jyushin Thunder Liger vacated the title for the tournament, and Honaga defeated Liger in the finals to win the title. He would hold on to the title for nearly a month and a half before losing the title to Liger in June 1991. In November 1991, Honaga regained the title, defeating Akira Nogami. He would hold onto the title for exactly three months, before losing the title back to Liger in a match, where Liger’s WCW World Light Heavyweight Championship was also on the line. In April 1992, Honaga took part in the TOSJ tournament, in which he made he tied for second place with Jyushin Thunder Liger, forcing a match between the two to determine who wrestles El Samurai later that night; Honaga lost to Liger.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Norio Honaga height 6 ft 0 in Norio weight 92 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Norio Honaga Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Norio Ranked on the list of most popular Professional Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Norio Honaga celebrates birthday on August 11 of every year.