Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 22, 1967
Place of Birth
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Credits
118 titles
Manabu Nakanishi
Biography
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. 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
Filmography
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
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My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
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NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall 2017
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
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NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
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NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017
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NJPW Power Struggle 2016
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016
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NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2016
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 18
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 17
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 16
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 15
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 14
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 12
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 11
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 10
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 9
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 8
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 6
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 4
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 2
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