Charles J. Kalani Jr. (January 6, 1930 – August 22, 2000) was an American

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player,

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, and martial artist who, in fighting rings, was also known as Professor Toru Tanaka, or simply Professor Tanaka.

Early life

Kalani was born in

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, the son of Charles J. Kalani and Christina Leong Kalani. Charlie began studying

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in 1939. He graduated from

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in 1949. His wife, Doris Kalani, later credited Kalani's time on the

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team and Kenneth A. Bray's influence with keeping him away from trouble. After graduating from high school, Kalani attended Weber Junior College (now

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), where he met his wife in 1952. Together, they had three children: Cheryle Kalani, Carl Kalani, and Karen Kalani Beck. In 1955, Kalani was drafted into the

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, where he rose to the rank of

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. Kalani left the military in 1966 and moved to Monterey, California. He ran a

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and Danzan-ryu Jujitsu academy with Professor John Chow-Hoon.

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promoter Roy Shire asked Kalani to wrestle in 1967, launching his wrestling career.

Professional wrestling career

One of the characteristics of Kalani's wrestling gimmick was that he threw salt in his opponents' eyes, a tactic that is most commonly associated with Japanese villain wrestlers. Kalani did play the stereotypical Japanese villain with the requisite knowledge of martial arts. He employed a combination of power skills, martial arts, and his feared Japanese sleeper submission hold. Kalani's most famous tag team partner was

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(better known as Mr. Fuji), whom he knew from high school in Hawaii. In his book, ''Listen, You Pencil Neck Geeks'',

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explored the relationship between the two "Japanese" heels. Don Leo Jonathan and Professor Tanaka - Wrestling Revue - October 1973 p

Tanaka had a long successful run with the WWF in the 1960s, including being #1 contender to champion

Bruno Sammartino Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (October 6, 1935 – April 18, 2018) was an Italian-born American professional wrestler, best known for his work with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now WWE). There, he held the WWWF World Heavywei ...

. Sammartino was the one who requested Tanaka (who was working in Australia) to the WWF's owner at the time, Vince McMahon Sr. In their first Madison Square Garden meeting, Tanaka was disqualified for throwing salt. He was pinned by Sammartino in a rematch six months later, and Tanaka occasionally teamed with

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. Tanaka also main evented the Garden in tag matches, twice with

vs. Sammartino and Spyros Arion (Tanaka and his partner winning the first via disqualification; losing the second in a Texas Death Match); a year later with Monsoon against Sammartino and Victor Rivera. Monsoon & Tanaka had other Garden matches, including victories over Al Costello & Dr. Bill Miller; and Bobo Brazil and Earl Maynard. Tanaka subsequently teamed with Mitsu Arakawa in the WWF, acquiring the International Tag Team Championship; losing it at Madison Square Garden to Tony Marino and Victor Rivera. The team of Tanaka and Fuji won three WWF World Tag Team Championships, with Blassie as manager for the third reign and The Grand Wizard as manager for the first two. They first won the belts from Sonny King and

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on June 27, 1972, in

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, at a House show. They lost the belts to

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and

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on May 30, 1973, again at a Hamburg house show, but regained them on September 11, 1973, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before losing them again to

and Dean Ho on November 14, 1973, again in Hamburg. Their third win came on September 27, 1977, at a Philadelphia house show when they defeated

and

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in a tournament final for the vacant belts, holding them until March 14, 1978, when they lost the titles to

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and

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in Philadelphia. This third reign set a record for number of championship reigns which would be equalized by

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in 1983, Demolition in 1990,

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in 1993,

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in 1994 and

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in 1996, but not bettered until

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won a fourth reign in 1999.

Other media

Professor Tanaka was also featured in a television commercial for a brand of

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. His other appearance in a commercial was for Colgate toothpaste with

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. Tanaka was seen as an extra in a few of

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's music videos in the mid-1980s. By the early 1980s, Kalani's body could not handle the beatings in the ring any longer, and he moved into the film world on a more permanent basis. His first film was the 1981

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vehicle ''

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'' and his last film was 1995's ''Hard Justice''. He appeared opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in '' The Running Man'' as a sadistic ice-skating "stalker" named Subzero who uses a bladed hockey stick which "slices his enemies limb from limb into quivering, bloody sushi". Other notable roles include '' Missing in Action 2: The Beginning'', '' The Perfect Weapon'', and '' Pee-Wee's Big Adventure''. Tanaka was one of three semi-retired professional wrestlers to compete in a

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match with two other wrestlers teamed up against a large group of children on the

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series '' Wild and Crazy Kids'' in the early 1990s.

Death

Kalani died of heart failure on August 22, 2000. He was given a full

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Filmography

* 1981 ''

'' as "The Professor" * 1981-1982 ''Fantasy Island'' (season 5/episode 20) as Magog * 1982 ''Little House on the Prairie (A new beginning''; "Alden's Dilemma" Season 9 aired first on December 6, 1982) as Japanese Sumo (uncredited) * 1983 ''Angel Of H.E.A.T.'' * 1983 ''Off the Wall'' as Banzai Wrestler #1 * 1983 ''

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'' as Sumo Servant * 1984 ''

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'' (TV Series) as Ling, The Bodyguard * 1984 ''Chattanooga Choo Choo'' as Hashimoto * 1985 '' Missing in Action 2: The Beginning'' as Lao * 1985 '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' as The Butler * 1985 ''

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'' as Sumo Guard * 1986 ''

'' - ''The Spy Who Mugged Me'' as Fröbe * 1986 ''Bad Guys'' as Lord Percy's Bodyguard * 1986 ''

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'' as Yamagani San * 1987 ''Catch The Heat'' as Dozu * 1987 '' The Running Man'' as "Subzero" * 1988 ''

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'' as "The Butcher" * 1989 ''Tax Season'' * 1989 ''Hyper Space'' as The Android * 1989 '' Black Rain'' as Sugai's Bodyguard * 1990 '' Darkman'' as Chinese Warrior #2 * 1990 ''Martial Law'' as Jimmy Kong * 1991 '' The Perfect Weapon'' as Tanaka * 1991 '' Alligator II: The Mutation'' as Joe "Tokyo Joe", The Wrestler * 1991 ''Deadly Game'' as Ikiru-Sun * 1992 '' 3 Ninjas'' as Rushmore * 1993 ''

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'' as Tough Asian Man * 1995 ''Hard Justice'' as "Cookie" (uncredited)

Championships and accomplishments

* 50th State Big Time Wrestling ** NWA North American Heavyweight Championship ''(Hawaii version)'' ( 1 time) *All-California Championship Wrestling **ACCW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Peter Maivia Jr. *California Pro Wrestling **CPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **CPW Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time) *

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( 1 time) - with

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* Continental Wrestling Association **

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( 1 time) - with

Mr. Fuji Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara (May 4, 1934 – August 28, 2016) was an American professional wrestler and manager, known professionally by his ring name Mr. Fuji (or Master Fuji to his protégés). He was famous for often throwing salt in the ey ...

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( 1 time) **

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( 1 time) **

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(

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) - with Assassin #2 (1) and Mr. Fuji (1) *L&G Promotions :* L&G Caribbean Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) *

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** NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship ''(Northern Division)'' (

)¹ *Northeast Championship Wrestling (Tom Janette) **NCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * NWA Big Time Wrestling **

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(

) **

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( 1 time) - with Thunderbolt Patterson ** NWA Brass Knuckles Championship ''(Texas version)'' ( 4 times) *

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( 1 time) **

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( 1 time) - with Dr. Hiro Ota *

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New Zealand **

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(2 times) *

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( 1 time) - with Mr. Fuji *

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** IWA World Heavyweight Championship (

) **

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( 1 time) - with

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* World Wide Wrestling Federation/WWE ** WWWF International Tag Team Championship ( 1 time, inaugural) - with

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** WWWF World Tag Team Championship ( 3 times) - with Mr. Fuji **

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( Class of 2019) ¹Records do not show which NWA affiliate Tanaka worked for when his two reigns with the title began. While usually defended in

, it was occasionally used in other promotions.

References

External links

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Charlie Kalani at the Danzan-ryu Jujitsu Homepage
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