Masato Tanaka Autographs
Masato Tanaka (田中 正人, ring name: 田中 将斗, Tanaka Masato, born February 28, 1973) is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WEW World Heavyweight Champion and in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the United States where he was a one-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion. He is currently splitting his time wrestling for both Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) and Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1). He is overall a ten-time world champion in major professional wrestling promotions.
Originally a trainee for George and Shunji Takano's Pro Wrestling Crusaders (Crusaders), Tanaka transferred to Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), where he trained under Atsushi Onita. Tanaka debuted on July 23, 1993, in Saga City, facing Ricky Fuji. He quickly began moving up the card in FMW, widely regarded as the top hardcore professional wrestling promotion in Japan. Wrestling in matches featuring explosions and barbed wire, Tanaka earned a variety of scars, and the nickname "Dangan", which he would often shout during his matches. By 1996 he was one of the promotion's major stars, and had feuded with fellow wrestlers Mr. Pogo, Mr. Gannosuke, Terry Funk and Mike Awesome. His feud with Awesome would eventually span ten years and two continents. In December 1999, he left FMW for ECW, after he and Tetsuhiro Kuroda lost to H and Mr. Gannosuke.
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) owner Paul Heyman became interested in Tanaka through ECW's working relationship with FMW, and eventually hired him. Tanaka debuted in ECW on March 1, 1998, at Living Dangerously, defeating Doug Furnas in a match that, compared to Tanaka's extremely well-received future matches, was very much hated by the fans in attendance, who greeted the unusually sloppy wrestlers with a chorus of boos throughout their fumbled offense. In July 1998 he reprised his feud with Awesome, who he defeated at Heat Wave 1998.
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Traded items with a signature of Masato Tanaka
The most expensive item with a signature of Masato Tanaka (Lot ECW Signed 8x10 Photos – RVD, Sabu, Masato Tanaka, New Jack, BWO + COAs) was sold in August 2025 for $175.00 while the cheapest item (2023 Leaf HEROS OF WRESTLING - Signed - MASATO TANAKA - Black/White) found a new owner for $0.99 in November 2023. The month with the most items sold (7) was December 2025 with an average selling price of $45.99 for an autographed item of Masato Tanaka. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2026 with $109.65 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was September 2013. In average, an autographed item from Masato Tanaka is worth $15.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Masato Tanaka were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | #1/5 Green Ink 2016 Leaf Signature Series Wrestling Masato Tanaka Black ECW Card | $89.98 |  |
 | FMW Pro Wrestling T-Shirt Black L Signed Masato Tanaka Portrait Unused | $109.65 | |
| Lot ECW Signed 8x10 Photos – RVD, Sabu, Masato Tanaka, New Jack, BWO + COAs | $175.00 | |
| Masato Tanaka 2016 Leaf Signature Series #53 Wrestling Auto *oz | $20.50 | |
 | MASATO TANAKA 2019 GCW JOEY JANELA'S SPRING BREAK 3 On Card Autograph | $59.99 | |
| Masato Tanaka 2023 Leaf Heroes of Wrestling Autograph | $9.99 | |
| Masato Tanaka Signed 8x10 Photo BAS COA ECW New Japan Pro Wrestling Zero1 FMW 62 | $45.99 | |
| Masato Tanaka Signed 8x10 Photo BAS COA ECW New Japan Pro Wrestling Zero1 FMW 63 | $45.99 | |
| Masato Tanaka Signed 8x10 Photo BAS COA ECW New Japan Pro Wrestling Zero1 FMW 65 | $45.99 | |
| Masato Tanaka Signed 8x10 Photo BAS COA ECW New Japan Pro Wrestling Zero1 FMW 66 | $45.99 | |
| Masato Tanaka Signed 8x10 Photo BAS COA ECW New Japan Pro Wrestling Zero1 FMW 67 | $45.99 | |
| Masato Tanaka Signed 8x10 Photo BAS COA ECW New Japan Pro Wrestling Zero1 FMW 68 | $45.99 | |
| Masato Tanaka Signed 8x10 Photo BAS COA ECW New Japan Pro Wrestling Zero1 FMW 69 | $45.99 | |
| Masato Tanaka Signed Photo Japan Pro Wrestling Zero1 Promo over sized Photo | $44.99 | |
 | Zero1 Wrestling 15th Anniversary Program Signed Shinjiro Otani Masato Tanaka | $21.49 | |
