Age, Biography and Wiki
El Samurai (Osamu Matsuda) was born on 19 April, 1966 in Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, is a Japanese professional wrestler (born 1966). Discover El Samurai's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?
| Popular As |
Osamu Matsuda |
| Occupation |
N/A |
| Age |
57 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
| Born |
19 April 1966 |
| Birthday |
19 April |
| Birthplace |
Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan |
| Nationality |
Japan
|
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He is a member of famous professional with the age 57 years old group.
El Samurai Height, Weight & Measurements
At 57 years old, El Samurai height is 1.80 m and Weight 92 kg.
| Physical Status |
| Height |
1.80 m |
| Weight |
92 kg |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Not Available |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Not Available |
El Samurai Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is El Samurai worth at the age of 57 years old? El Samurai’s income source is mostly from being a successful professional. He is from Japan. We have estimated El Samurai's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
professional |
El Samurai Social Network
Timeline
Osamu Matsuda (松田 納) (born April 19, 1966) is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and is better known by his stage name El Samurai.
Osamu Matsuda graduated from high school in 1985, and joined the NJPW Dojo.
He debuted on July 24, 1986 in a losing effort against Masaharu Funaki, and spent a few years working at the bottom of the card, wrestling with the likes of Kensuke Sasaki, Kenichi Oya, and Takayuki Iizuka.
In March 1991 he went on a learning excursion to Mexico, and while working for the UWA promotion, adopted a mask and the El Samurai stage name.
El Samurai returned to NJPW in March 1992.
A month later, he made it to the finals of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, in which he lost to Jushin Thunder Liger.
Two months later, he defeated Liger for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
He would lose the title to Ultimo Dragon in November 1992.
During that time, he would constantly team with Takayuki Iizuka and Akira Nogami in multi-man tag team matches.
In April 1994, El Samurai took part in the 1994 Super J-Cup tournament; he defeated Masayoshi Motegi in the first round, before losing to The Great Sasuke in the quarterfinals.
In December 1995, he entered into the second Super J-Cup tournament, but he didn't fare as well as the year before, as he lost to Dos Caras in the first round.
In August 1996, he took part in a tournament to determine the first J-Crown champion.
At the time, El Samurai was the WWF World Light Heavyweight Champion.
In 1997, El Samurai adopted a new attire and won the Best of the Super Junior tournament, defeating Koji Kanemoto in the final match, during which his mask was torn completely off his face.
The match was later given five stars by Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer.
One month later, he defeated Liger to win the J-Crown, which at that time consisted of seven unified junior heavyweight championships due to Liger losing one of the eight titles (the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship) before the title match with El Samurai.
1 No reign prior to December 1997 is officially recognized by WWE.
Samurai began to slow down in the mid-late 2000s, however, still managed to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight tag team titles once again, this time with rookie Ryusuke Taguchi.
In March 2001, he and Liger won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
In April 2004 El Samurai unmasked willingly for the first time since adopting the character, going by his real name, Osamu Matsuda, for a match against Osamu Nishimura, but it was for one night only.
Up until at the end of January 2005, he was unmasked again in a MUGA-style match against Shinsuke Nakamura.
On February 1, 2008, NJPW agreed to let El Samurai leave the company after his contract expired, due to him suffering from many injuries that limited his appearances in late 2007 and early 2008.
On May 8, 2010, El Samurai returned to New Japan to take part in the tournament contested for the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
El Samurai and his partner, former rival Koji Kanemoto, advanced to the finals of the tournament, where they defeated the team of Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi to win the titles.
On July 19, Kanemoto and El Samurai lost the Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Devitt and Taguchi.
