Synopsis
Originally known as Naoto Date, Tiger Mask earned a fearsome reputation as a heel wrestler in America, notorious for his brutality in the ring. Upon returning to Japan, he underwent a change of heart when a young boy from the same orphanage where Tiger Mask grew up declared he wanted to become a villain like him. Unwilling to let the child idolize a villain, Tiger chose to become a heroic wrestler instead. The principal antagonist in the manga and anime is Tigers' Den, a shadowy organization that trains young people to be villainous heel wrestlers under the condition that they surrender half their earnings. Tiger Mask was once a member of Tigers' Den under the alias Yellow Devil, but he abandoned them and started donating his money to the orphanage. This enraged the organization's leader, who dispatched numerous assassins—including other professional wrestlers—to exact revenge.
