Shohei Baba
Birthday
1938/01/23
Day of death
1999/01/31 (61 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Sanjo, Niigata, Japan
Also know as
Giant Baba
Biography
Shohei Baba (馬場 正平, Baba Shōhei), best known by his ring name Giant Baba (ジャイアント馬場, Jaianto Baba), was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter. Baba 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 Rikidōzan. Along with being the top star of All Japan its first ten years of existence, Baba served as the booker, promoter, head trainer and president of the promotion from its inception in...Read more
Acting
(1985) AWA Super Clash
as Giant Baba
(1988) Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
as Tarento
(1990) WWF/AJPW/NJPW Wrestling Summit
as Giant Baba
(1986) AWA: WrestleRock '86
as Giant Baba
(1997) AJPW October Giant Series 1997 - Day 18
as Giant Baba
(1983) WCCW Star Wars (June 1983)
as Giant Baba
(1986) The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
as Giant Baba
(1998) AJPW October Giant Series 1998 - Day 18
as Giant Baba
(1992) AJPW October Giant Series 1992 - Day 17
as Giant Baba
(1987) The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
as Giant Baba
(1993) AJPW Summer Action Series 1993 - Day 22
as Giant Baba
(1970) Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate
as ---
(2019) Dark Side of the Ring
as Self (Archival Footage)