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Giant Baba
Sign in to saveAlso known as Shohei Baba, Shōhei Baba, Baba Shōhei, Baba The Giant, Babyface Baba, Big Baba, Giant Zebra, Great Baba
Japanese professional wrestler (1938-1999)
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 894 inbound references to Giant Baba, and connects out to NWA World Heavyweight Championship, All Japan Pro Wrestling and André the Giant.
Vinony files it under 1938 births, 1999 deaths and 20th-century Japanese professional wrestlers.
Vinony links it to 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
Sanjo, Niigata, Japan
Shohei Baba (馬場 正平, Baba Shōhei), best known by his ring name Giant Baba (ジャイアント馬場, Jaianto Baba), was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter. Baba is best known as a co-founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), a promotion he founded in 1972 along with Mitsuo Momota and Yoshihiro Momota, the sons of Rikidōzan. Along with being the top star of All Japan its first ten years of existence,…
Known for
- Dark Side of the Ring — Self (Archival Footage)2019
- AJPW October Giant Series 1998 - Day 18 — Giant Baba1998
- AJPW October Giant Series 1997 - Day 18 — Giant Baba1997
- AJPW Summer Action Series 1993 - Day 22 — Giant Baba1993
- AJPW October Giant Series 1992 - Day 17 — Giant Baba1992
- WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit — Giant Baba1990
- Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You — Tarento1988
- The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament — Giant Baba1987
- AWA WrestleRock 1986 — Giant Baba1986
- The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament — Giant Baba1986
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11
- Total plays
- 15
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Fighting
- Position
- Wrestler
- Nationality
- Japan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Sanjō-shi
- Place of death
- Tokyo
- Occupation
- professional wrestler
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Student of
- Rikidōzan
- Sport
- baseball
- Member of team
- Yomiuri Giants
- Country for sport
- Japan
- Mass
- 128
- Image
- Giant Baba doing an arm bar on Jack Brisco - Wrestling Annual - June 1975 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 209
Show 16 more facts
- nickname
- 世界の巨人
- end of work period
- 1998-12-05
- birth name
- 馬場 正平
- pseudonym
- G馬場
- name in kana
- ジャイアントばば
- date of birth
- 1938-01-23
- date of death
- 1999-01-31
- medical condition
- gigantism
- manner of death
- natural causes
- head coach
- Rikidōzan
- name in native language
- ジャイアント馬場
- Commons category
- Giant Baba
- cause of death
- liver failure
- start of work period
- 1960-09-30
- ethnic group
- Japanese people
- writing language
- Japanese
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Gallery (2)
Available in 16 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- 日本語
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- Egyptian Arabic
- Filipino
- simple
- Tiếng Việt
- Türkçe
- Wu Chinese
- فارسی
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