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.
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Movies (50)
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
as Manabu Nakanishi
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 - Day 2
as Manabu Nakanishi
2020
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
as Manabu Nakanishi
2020
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
as Manabu Nakanishi
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
as Manabu Nakanishi
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
as Manabu Nakanishi
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
as Manabu Nakanishi
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
as Manabu Nakanishi
2019
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
as Manabu Nakanishi
2019
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
as Manabu Nakanishi
2019
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
as Manabu Nakanishi
2018
My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
as Manabu Nakanishi
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
as Manabu Nakanishi
2018
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
as Manabu Nakanishi
2018
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
as Manabu Nakanishi
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
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 Sakura Genesis 2017
as Manabu Nakanishi
2017
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
as Manabu Nakanishi
2017
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
as Manabu Nakanishi
2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
as Manabu Nakanishi
2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
as Manabu Nakanishi
2017
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017
as Manabu Nakanishi
2017
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
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2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 14
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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
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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