Manabu Nakanishi

Manabu Nakanishi

1967-01-22

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.

Also appears in

My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler

My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler

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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 2

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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 19 (Final)

NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 19 (Final)

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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 14

NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 14

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Tokyo Serendipity

Tokyo Serendipity

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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 8

NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 8

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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 4

NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 4

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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 12

NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 12

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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 15

NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 15

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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18

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NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17

NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17

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NJPW Power Struggle 2016

NJPW Power Struggle 2016

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NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)

NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)

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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 10

NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 10

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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 7

NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 7

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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 18

NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 18

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NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final)

NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final)

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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 6

NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 6

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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 9

NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 9

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NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 17

NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 17

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