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Acting
Satoru Sayama
- Born
- Nov 27, 1957 · Age 68
- Place of birth
- Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 8
- TV credits
- 0
Also known as (8)
- Tiger Mask
- Tiger Mask I
- Tiger Mask 1
- Super Tiger
- Tiger King
- Sammy Lee
- The Mask of Tiger
- The Tiger
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.…
