Tiger The Dark

Takuma Fujii (藤井タクマ, Fujii Takuma) (21-year-old). Initially affiliated with Zipangu Pro-Wrestling, his father worked at the gym and was injured during its destruction. Because of this he also yearns to defeat the Tiger's Den and GWM and begins to train to become a professional wrestler, taking the persona Tiger the Dark (タイガー・ザ・ダーク, Taigā za Dāku). He plans to join the Tiger's Den to destroy them from the inside. He eventually got his chance at revenge during his title match against The Third, discovering he was his target all along. While Takuma almost managed to defeat The Third, the injuries inflicted by Naoto take their toll and succumbs to The Third's Sacrifice, leaving him crippled. After being unmasked by The Third, Tiger Mask shares his identity with him and the two friends reconcile. He undergoes rehabilitation with Ruriko's help in order to return to wrestling and he is now training with Naoto again and made his return to the ring as part of team NJPW during the Final Wars. After Naoto's mask is ripped by The Third, he shares half his mask with Naoto to allow him to fight. After The Third's defeat the two part ways deciding to fight abroad, with him moving over to North America to officially join the wrestling federation there, and calling themselves Tiger Mask W they share the same mask design combining both their previous masks.
His killer moves are the Darkness Driver, a piledriver where he slams the opponent's head on the floor with his knees. The Darkness Hold, where he performs and powerful arm hold using his arms and legs. Finally he develops a new move called Crossbow, where he ducks and performs a jump with his arms crossed, striking the opponent's jaw and then releasing both arms, catapulting the target. He is voiced by Yuichiro Umehara. He is the anime's equivalent of Black Tiger in New Japan Pro Wrestling. To help promote the anime series, the real-life NJPW introduced a Tiger the Dark wrestler, with A. C. H. behind the mask, to feud with the real-life Tiger Mask W, with Kota Ibushi behind the mask.
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