History Wrestling / ToruYano

Yano is primarily a comedy wrestler who rarely, if ever, [[CombatPragmatist fights fair]], pulling every dirty trick in the book and then some to beat his opponents, usually making a fool of himself and/or the other wrestler in the process. However, because of, or perhaps in spite of, his silly nature, Yano has the reputation of a "Spoiler" in NJPW's tournaments: Frequently eliminating fan favorites and characters that are portrayed as way, ''way'' better than him at wrestling losing in upsets...usually stealing something of theirs while he books it to the exit ramp.

* ChairmanOfTheBrael: His red steel chair and spitting sake in his opponent’s face.

* TrueCompanions: To his CHAOS teammates, especially the main guys over the years in Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada, and Wrestling/TomohiroIshii. Given he and Nakamura were the ones who started CHAOS in the first place, this only makes sense. If there was a sliding scale of seriousness to eccentricity among the four, it would go Ishii, Okada, Nakamura, Yano.
* WeaponOfChoice: His red steel chair and spitting sake in his opponent’s face.
** A DVD filled with powder would also quickly enter his repertoire

* {{Acrofatic}}: Is by far the least in-shape looking wrestler on the roster...and is one of the quickest.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Goofy as any comedy wrestler in CHIKARA, but smart main eventers in NJPW know better than to underestimate the depths he will go to in order to win a match.
* BoisterousBruiser: On occasion

* [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat Toru Yano Stops To Cheat]]: Many of his losses have come when the opponent finally takes him seriously or just finally gets a hold of him in the middle of him trying to break the rules.

* GenreSavvy: Arguably NJPW's most genre-savvy wrestler, frequently using NJPW's rules to his own advantage, like demanding "breaks" with a chant if he's in the ropes, taking every waking second of opportunity being outside the ring affords him, and even using the giant turnbuckle pads as weapons since they're part of the ring and thus ''not a foreign object.'' This is what makes him so dangerous during tournaments.

* ImportantHaircut: Little did NJPW know that when Toru Yano bleached his hair back in 2004, he'd become the bane of any and all main eventers in NJPW tournaments.

* WeaponOfChoice: His red steel chair and spitting sake in his opponent’s face.

Toru Yano (矢野 通 Yano Tōru, born May 18, 1978), is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New-Japan Pro Wrestling, as one of their most unique...and humorous, talents. Finishing his successful career as a Greco-Roman wrestler for Nihon University, he joined up with NJPW's Toukan Club and debuted for the promotion in 2002. The Toru Yano everyone knows on the other hand, came into being in 2004, when he dyed his hair blonde, and began a long streak of disqualification losses...and hilarious antics. In 2005, he helped create the stable ''Great Bash Heel'' (G.B.H.), and has largely been affiliated with wrestlers in it and its subsequent stable CHAOS as its PluckyComicRelief. He has won the IWGP Tag Team titles with three different partners, the GHC Tag Team Championship with Naomichi Marufuji briefly, and the NEVER Openweight 3-man Belts with the Briscoe Brothers.

* CombatPragmatist: He fights incredibly dirty and does whatever he can to get away with it. He won a G1 Climax match by taping his opponent's legs together outside the ring, therefore by ring-out.

* '''LethalJokeCharacter''': Yano is both a goofball who drinks sake and promotes his DVD before his match even starts and a wrestler who has wins over Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi, Wrestling/KatsuyoriShibata, ''and'' Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki just to name a FEW, as well as directly orchestrated the near-entirety of G.B.H. jumping ship to CHAOS, the latter of which has lasted strong for over a decade. '''Do not underestimate YTR.'''

!!! "HEY! BUY THESE TROPES!":

* '''LethalJokeCharacter''': Yano is both a goofball who drinks sake and promotes his dvd before his match even starts and a wrestler who has wins over Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi, Wrestling/KatsuyoriShibata, ''and'' Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki just to name a FEW, do not underestimate YTR.

* PowerStable: G.B.H. and Chaos

* TrueCompanions: To his CHAOS teammates, especially the main guys over the years in Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada, and Wrestling/TomohiroIshii. Given he and Nakamura were the ones who started CHAOS in the first place, this only makes sense.

Toru Yano (矢野 通 Yano Tōru, born May 18, 1978), is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New-Japan Pro Wrestling, as one of their most unique...and humorous, talents. Finishing his successful career as a Greco-Roman wrestler for Nihon University, he joined up with NJPW's Toukan Club and debuted for the promotion in 2002. The Toru Yano everyone knows on the other hand, came into being in 2004, when he dyed his hair blonde, and began a long streak of disqualification losses...and hilarious antics. In 2005, he helped create the stable ''Great Bash Heel'' (G.B.H.), and has largely been affiliated with wrestlers in it and it's subsequent stable: CHAOS as it's PluckyComicRelief. He has won the IWGP Tag Team titles with three different partners, the GHC Tag Team Championship with Naomichi Marufuji briefly, and the NEVER Openweight 3-man Belts with the Briscoe Brothers.

* GenreSavvy: Arguably NJPW's most genre-savvy wrestler, frequently using NJPW's rules to his own advantage, like demanding "breaks" with a chant if he's in the ropes, and taking every waking second of opportunity being outside the ring affords him. This exact thing is what makes him so dangerous during tournaments.

* Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Yano’s catchphrase involves emphasizing each word while pointing to himself with both thumbs: YANO! TO! RU! Also yes, this is a complete rip-off of what Rob Van Dam does.