孤児院「ちびっこハウス」の伊達直人は子供の頃に動物園の虎の檻の前でケンカをして相手を叩きのめしたのがきっかけで、悪役レスラー養成機関「虎の穴」にスカウトされる。虎の穴での殺人トレーニングをこなす日々の中で、自分と同じような生い立ちを持つ孤児たちに、同じような苦しみを味わわせたくないという想いを抱くようになり、虎の穴を卒業。悪役覆面レスラー「タイガーマスク」としてプロレスデビューをしてからは、収入の一部を孤児院へ寄付するようになった。当初は虎の穴へのファイトマネーの半額という上納金は支払った上で、自分の手取り分の範囲内での援助を考えていたが、自分の出身施設である孤児院「ちびっこハウス」の窮状を知り、虎の穴へ納める分まで寄付せざるを得なくなる。虎の穴はタイガーを裏切り者とみなし、タイガーを倒すための刺客を次々に送って来る。 <br /><br />(For Non-Japanese Viewers) <br />When you watch the video, please click the Gear icon "⚙ "in the top-right corner of the screen to access the subtitle options, then select your language if available. <br /><br />Naoto Date of the orphanage “Chibikko House” was scouted by the villainous wrestler training organization “Tiger's Den” after getting into a fight in front of the tiger cage at the zoo as a child and beating his opponent senseless. During his days enduring the brutal training at Tiger's Den, he developed a desire to spare orphans with similar backgrounds from suffering the same hardships he endured, leading him to graduate from Tiger's Den. After debuting as the masked heel wrestler “Tiger Mask,” he began donating a portion of his earnings to the orphanage. Initially, he planned to donate only from his take-home pay after paying half his fight money as tribute to Tiger's Den. However, upon learning of the dire straits of his own orphanage, “Chibikko House,” he felt compelled to donate even the portion meant for Tiger's Den. Tiger's Den deemed Tiger a traitor and sent assassins one after another to defeat him.
