The
evil twin character
Black Tiger (using a
black costume with
silver stripes) was created by New Japan in 1981 to oppose Sayama, and portrayed by
Mark Rocco, though he did not exclusively feud with Tiger Mask. As Black Tiger, Rocco also feuded with The Cobra (
George Takano), and the second incarnation
Eddie Guerrero also feuded with
Jushin Liger and
Wild Pegasus. For many years, Black Tiger was only portrayed by foreign wrestlers, but the tradition was broken in 2009, when
Tatsuhito Takaiwa was unmasked as Black Tiger.
Tomohiro Ishii also had a short-lived run as the sixth incarnation in 2010. When
Tiger Mask IV was in
Michinoku Pro Wrestling, he was briefly opposed by Masked Tiger, a
doppelgänger character portrayed by
Battlarts wrestler Takeshi Ono.
Último Dragón, as a temporary break between gigs in
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), adopted the name and character The Tiger, modeled after the original, "The Tiger" Satoru Sayama, who was his childhood idol. Último also made a character called Tiger Dragon which saw his attire a blend of the Último Dragón and Tiger Mask garb. Sayama himself used the Super Tiger (in the original
UWF) and uses the Tiger King and Original Tiger Mask characters in special appearances since 1996, as a means to differentiate himself as being the original.
Real Japan Pro Wrestling, a promotion founded by Sayama, has a wrestler named
Super Tiger II, who has an opponent named
Tiger Shark. Both of them are Sayama trainees. Sayama also gave brief authorization for a female version of the character, called Tiger Dream, to be played by female wrestler
Candy Okutsu in the mid-1990s. He and Tiger Mask IV also provided her with training. Another female gimmick, this one named Tiger Queen, debuted in
Strong Style Pro-Wrestling in 2021, with wrestler
Asuka under the mask.
Osaka Pro has a wrestler named
Tigers Mask who wears a mask similar to Tiger Mask and is portrayed as a fan of the
Hanshin Tigers baseball team. He even had an opponent named Black Tigers, a character based in Black Tiger and played by Jeremy Lopez. Former
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling superstar
Ricky Fuji developed a Tiger Mask persona of his own called Calgary Tiger, influenced by the Canadian city, where he was trained, and debuted as a wrestler. He had debuted under the Tiger Mask persona in
Stampede Wrestling, before changing his persona to Black Tomcat, while in the North Western Wrestling Federation in Canada. American pro wrestler Treach Phillips Jr. wrestled as Tiger Mask V in the early 2000s, but is not recognized as an official incarnation of the character. Ken Peale and Tommy Gilbert have also wrestled under the name "Tiger Mask" at certain points in their careers. In 1971,
Samson Kutsuwada portrayed Tiger Mask on one
Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance tour of South Korea. ==Signature moves associated with the character==