Manabu Nakanishi
Actor
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.
Filmography
Tokyo Serendipity
as Satan Gokokuji 2007
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
as Manabu Nakanishi 2018
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
as Manabu Nakanishi 2008
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
as Manabu Nakanishi 2017
NJPW The Spiral
2002
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
as Kurasawa 1995
NJPW Destruction 2013
as Manabu Nakanishi 2013
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
as Manabu Nakanishi 2015
NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
as Manabu Nakanishi 2015
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
as Manabu Nakanishi 2016
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
as Manabu Nakanishi 2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
as Manabu Nakanishi 2017
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017
as Manabu Nakanishi 2017
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
as Himself 2013
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3
as Manabu Nakanishi 2009
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
as Manabu Nakanishi 2020