# Giant Baba

> Shohei Baba , best known by his ring name Giant Baba , was a Japanese professional wrestler, promoter, and professional baseball player. He 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 his mentor Rikidōzan. For the first 10 years of its existence, Baba was the top star of All Japan, while also serving as the booker, promoter, head trainer and president of the promotion from its inception in 1972 till his death in 1999. Baba was also responsible for recruiting much of the talent for All Japan, and was the public face of the promotion for much of his lifetime.

*Japanese professional wrestler (1938-1999)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1938-01-23
- **Died:** 1999-01-31
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 14.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1565823/ (@nm1565823)

## Sources
- [巨人馬場](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%A8%E4%BA%BA%E9%A6%AC%E5%A0%B4)
- [جيانت بابا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7)
- [Shōhei Baba](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dhei_Baba)
- [Giant Baba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Baba)
- [Giant Baba](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Baba)
- [بابا شوهی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%87%DB%8C)
- [Giant Baba](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Baba)
- [Giant Baba](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Baba)
- [ジャイアント馬場](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%A6%AC%E5%A0%B4)
- [Shohei Baba](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shohei_Baba)
- [Баба, Гигант](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%2C_%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)
- [Shohei Baba](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shohei_Baba)
- [Giant Baba](https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Baba)
- [Giant Baba](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Baba)
- [Giant Baba](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Baba)
- [巨人马场](https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%A8%E4%BA%BA%E9%A9%AC%E5%9C%BA)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1387241)

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