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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1967-01-22
Place of birth
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
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NJPW Dominion 6.19
2010
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2002
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NJPW Resolution 2009
2009
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2007
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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 1
2016
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WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
1995
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NJPW Destruction 2013
2013
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
2013
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NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
2015
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2003
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2015
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2015
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2015
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
2015
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NJPW Destruction In Okayama
2015
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NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
2014
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
2014
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NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
2015
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
2016
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012
2012
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2018
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2013
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2008
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2011
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2018
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2015
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2016
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2018
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My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
2018
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2017
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2017
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2009
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2005
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1995
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2017
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2004
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2009
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1995
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1995
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2001
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2001
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1999
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1993
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Tokyo Serendipity
2007
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2010
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2017
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2015
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NJPW Wrestling World 2001
2001
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
2019
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NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
2014
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2019
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2019
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2019
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2017
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