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Masahiro Chono

Japanese professional wrestler

  • Audience154K
  • Fame73.7
  • Momentum12.4
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154K youtube followers
  • Audience154K
  • Fame73.7
  • Momentum12.4
  • Athletes rank#72
  • Wikipedia23.4K
Born 1963 · age 63Japan
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  • Biggest on YouTube
    154K
    @@chonochannel
  • Wikipedia
    10 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Age
    63
    Born 1963
  • Known for
    Don's Road 9
    2013
Summary
Updated 2026-08-30

Masahiro Chono is an American-born Japanese retired professional wrestler and actor best known for his 26-year stint with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). As the leader of nWo Japan, Team 2000 and Black New Japan, he was the promotion's top heel for much of his career, beginning in 1994 when he adopted a yakuza inspired gimmick.

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  • New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
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The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Rising
73.7
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum12.4
Historical11.1
Now attention18.4
Source confidence95.0
Completeness90.0
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Category rank
#72
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