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Thanomsak Toba

Japanese professional wrestler

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ11316250 ↗
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Thanomsak Toba (タノムサク鳥羽, Tanomusaku Toba) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Dramatic Dream Team (DDT). His ring name is an hommage to Thai professional boxer Thanomsak Sithbaobay.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (1998–present)

Toba worked for several other promotions such as Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling, where at the Gatoh Move Japan Tour #183 from August 15, 2015, he participated in a 18-person battle royal facing notable opponents like Emi Sakura, Riho and Gabai-jichan. At K-DOJO Valentine's Day Kiss, an event produced by Kaientai Dojo on February 14, 2016, Toba teamed up with his long time tag team partner Mikami to defeat Kaji Tomato and Bambi. Another notable promotion in which he activated was the Inoki Genome Federation, where at IGF Genome36, an event hosted on May 29, 2016, he unsuccessfully challenged Kota Ibushi.

Dramatic Dream Team (1998–present)

Toba made his professional wrestling debut in his long-tenuring promotion Dramatic Dream Team at a house show hosted by them on January 31, 1998, where he fell short to Hidetomo Egawa. He participated in one of the longest matches in professional wrestling history, a 108-man battle royal at Tenka Sanbun no Kei: New Year's Eve Special, a cross-over event held between Big Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT and Kaientai Dojo from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such as Great Kojika, Taka Michinoku, Kenny Omega, Abdullah Kobayashi, and the winner of the match, Jun Kasai.

Toba took part of many signature events of DDT. At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2010 on July 25, he teamed up with his Suicide Boyz tag partner Mikami and won a Gauntlet tag team match to determine the #1 contenders to the KO-D Tag Team Championship, also involving Wild Snake (Manabu Nakanishi and Poison Sawada Julie), Ningen Shitei (Toru Owashi and Yukihiro Abe), Massive Brothers (Muscle Sakai and Jiro Hachimitsu) and Josai International (Goro Tsurumi and Tomomitsu Matsunaga). At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011 on July 24, he participated in an Ironman Rumble for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship also involving Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Emi Sakura, Yuzuki Aikawa, and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi. At Budokan Peter Pan 2012 from August 18, he teamed up with Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Yuji Hino and Yoshiko) as Akira-waku FC losing to Tonkatsu SC (Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki, Hoshitango, Tetsuya Endo and Tsukasa Fujimoto) in a 5 vs.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998, 2015, 2016, 2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1975-07-14. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Thanomsak, Toba and Japanese providing the first useful test.
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