# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-kalani
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:43:34.789Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-kalani"
name: "Charles Kalani"
slug: "charles-kalani"
description: "Charles J. Kalani Jr., known by the ring names Professor Toru Tanaka or simply Professor Tanaka, was an American professional wrestler, professional boxer, martial artist and actor. He was best known for his work with the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1967 to 1978, and was a 3-time Tag Team Championship and one-time International Tag Team Champion. In 2019, he was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a Legacy Member."
tagline: "American professional wrestler and actor (1930-2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Toru_Tanaka%2C_1973.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1930-01-06"
deathDate: "2000-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.59
  momentum:             4.167364016736402
  historical:           12.63649466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849048/"
    handle:    "nm0849048"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "پروفیسر تاناکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Tanaka"
    title: "Professor Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "تشارلز كالانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "پروفسور تاناکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%B5%D8%B2_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "چارڵز کالانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kalani%2C_Jr."
    title: "Charles Kalani, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Tanaka"
    title: "Professor Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Toru_Tanaka"
    title: "Professor Toru Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "پروفسور تاناکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kalani%2C_Jr."
    title: "Charles Kalani, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Tanaka"
    title: "Professor Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AB"
    title: "プロフェッサー・タナカ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7"
    title: "Калани, Чарльз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Toru_Tanaka"
    title: "Professor Toru Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2454564"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13006"
    title: "Professor Toru Tanaka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump