Cast & creator

Genichiro Tenryu

1950-02-02 (age 76) Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, JapanIMDb

Best known for Clash of the Champions, I'm Standing on a Million Lives, WWE Royal Rumble 1993

Genichiro Shimada (嶋田源一郎, Shimada Gen'ichirō), better known as Genichiro Tenryu (天龍源一郎, Tenryū Gen'ichirō) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter. At age 13, he entered sumo wrestling and stayed there for 13 years, after which he turned to Western-style professional wrestling. "Tenryu" was his shikona. He had two stints with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he spent the majority of his career while also promoting Super World of Sports (SWS), Wrestle Association R (WAR) and Tenryu Project. At the time of his retirement, professional wrestling journalist and historian Dave Meltzer wrote that "one could make a strong case [that Tenryu was] between the fourth and sixth biggest native star" in the history of Japanese professional wrestling. He is a 5 times professional wrestling world champion.

Also known as: Tenryu, Hustle General, Genichiro Shimada, 嶋田源一郎

Movies

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

1983–2025 · acting roles

Credit score

7.5

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Clash of the Champions

Genichiro Tenryu · 1988

★ 6.5

I'm Standing on a Million Lives

Game Master (voice) · 2020

★ 6.5

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

Genichiro Tenryu · 1993

NJPW Battle Formation '96

Acting · 1996

WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit

Acting · 1990

Across film & television