Manabu Nakanishi
Actor
- Born
- January 22, 1967 (age 59) · Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Manabu Nakanishi is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler, who was primarily associated with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is a one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, one-time G1 Climax winner and three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion.
Nakanishi has always stayed based in Japan, but has wrestled for various other promotions including World Championship Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1. Nakanishi's career slowly declined after a spinal injury in 2011, but he continued to wrestle for a further nine years, before retiring on February 22, 2020.
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In 1992, Nakanishi won bronze in freestyle wrestling at the Asian Championships. Later that year, he competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, and placed eleventh.
Known for
My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
September 21, 2018
Tokyo Serendipity
August 18, 2007
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
January 4, 2018
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
October 29, 1995
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
January 4, 2008
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall 2017
June 11, 2017
NJPW Destruction 2013
September 29, 2013
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
August 16, 2015
NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
December 9, 2015
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
January 5, 2016
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
February 11, 2016
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
January 5, 2018
Acting114
- 2020NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2020NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2020NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2020NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2020NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2020NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2019NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2019NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2019NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3 as Manabu Nakanishi