Manabu Nakanishi
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
Credits
- 2020 · NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2020 · NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2020 · NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2020 · NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Night 2 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2020 · NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Night 1 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2018 · NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2018 · My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler as
- 2018 · NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Night 1 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2018 · NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2018 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2017 · NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2017 · NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2017 · NJPW 45th Anniversary Show as
- 2017 · NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW Power Struggle 2016 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2016 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 19 (Final) as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 18 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 17 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 16 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 15 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 14 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 13 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 12 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 11 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 10 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 9 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 8 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 7 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 6 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 5 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 4 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 3 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 2 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 1 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016 · NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (FINAL) as
- 2016 · NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 7) as
- 2016 · NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 6) as
- 2016 · NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016 as Himself
- 2016 · NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016 as Himself
- 2016 · NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015 · NJPW Tag League Finals 2015 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015 · NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015 · NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015 · NJPW Destruction In Okayama as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015 · NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final) as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015 · NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015 · NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015 · NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015 · NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015 as Himself
- 2015 · NJPW Invasion Attack 2015 as Himself
- 2015 · NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai as Himself
- 2015 · NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2014 · NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6 as
- 2014 · NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11 as Himself
- 2014 · NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11 as
- 2014 · NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2014 · NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final) as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2014 · The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo as P.E. teacher
- 2013 · NJPW Power Struggle 2013 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2013 · NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2013 · NJPW Destruction 2013 as
- 2013 · Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson as Himself
- 2013 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2012 · NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling 2012 as Himself
- 2011 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2010 · NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final) as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2010 · NJPW Dominion 6.19 as
- 2010 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2009 · NJPW Destruction 2009 as
- 2009 · NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~ as
- 2009 · NJPW G1 Climax 19: Day 8 (Final) as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2009 · NJPW Resolution 2009 as
- 2009 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2008 · NJPW G1 Climax 18: Day 7 (Final) as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2008 · TNA Wrestling: Global Impact! Japan as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2008 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2007 · Tokyo Serendipity as Satan Gokokuji
- 2007 · NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final) as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2007 · NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1 as Manabu Nakanishi
- 2005 · NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 2 as
- 2005 · NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 1 as
- 2004 · NJPW Nexess as
- 2003 · NJPW Bisshibishi Tradition! Makai World 2003 - Day 8: Memorial Rainbow Dash35 as
- 2003 · NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3 as
- 2003 · NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals as
- 2002 · NJPW The Spiral as
- 2001 · NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001 as
- 2001 · NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15 as
- 1999 · NJPW Final Dome as
- 1995 · WCW World War 3 1995 as Kurasawa
- 1995 · WCW Halloween Havoc 1995 as Kurasawa
- 1995 · WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI as Kurasawa
- 1995 · The Files of the Young Kindaichi as P.E. teacher
- 1995 · NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995 as
- 1993 · NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11 as
- 1972 · New Japan Pro Wrestling as