He trains to defeat “The Tiger’s Hole,” which manipulates GWM, and in order to do so, he starts using the Tiger Mask persona, as Tiger Mask once dealt a defeat against The Tiger’s Hole.
Ryouichi Tanaka, who played Kentarou Takaoka (and his alter ego Yellow Devil) in the 1969-1971 Tiger Mask television anime series, is reprising his role for the new anime.
The official website for Toei Animation’s new Tiger Mask W (pronounced “Double”) anime based on Ikki Kajiwara and Naoki Tsuji’s Tiger Mask manga revealed three new cast members for the anime on Monday.
There are even real-life wrestlers who have been inspired by the manga and anime to compete under the Tiger Mask persona.