American TIGER
Bio via Wikipedia:
Tiger Mask is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Naoki Tsuji. The series was first published in Kodansha's Bokura Magazine from 1968 to 1969 and was later published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1970 to 1971. It was later adapted into an anime series by Toei Animation which first aired on Yomiuri TV
on October 2, 1969 and ended its run on September 30, 1971, airing 105
episodes.
In real life, the name has been used by a succession of Japanese professional wrestling characters..
The Tiger Mask persona is instantly recognizable by its trademark mask,
designed to look like a tiger's head, as well as the combination of
high flying attacks and martial arts in the ring.
In the manga and anime, Tiger Mask (whose real name was Naoto Date) was a feared rulebreaking wrestler in America who was extremely vicious in the ring. However, he became a fan favorite
after returning to Japan when a young boy said that he wanted to be a
villain like Tiger Mask when he grew up. The boy resided in an
orphanage, the same one that Tiger Mask grew up in during his childhood.
Feeling that he did not want the boy to idolize a villain, Tiger was
inspired to be a heroic wrestler.
The main antagonist in the manga and anime was Tiger's Cave, a
mysterious organization that trained young people to be villainous
wrestlers on the condition that they gave half of their earnings to the
organization. Tiger Mask was once a member of Tiger's Cave under the
name "Yellow Devil", but no longer wanted anything to do with them,
instead donating his money to the orphanage. This infuriated the leader
of the organization and he sent numerous assassins, including other
professional wrestlers, to punish him.
Now the American version of the Tiger Mask legacy has debuted! Follow this young man's journey and story right here on www.WorldOfCORINO.com.
