Manabu Nakanishi
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
NJPW Dominion 6.19
2010
NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
2009
NJPW The Spiral
2002
NJPW Resolution 2009
2009
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
2007
NJPW Bisshibishi Tradition! Makai World 2003 - Day 8: Memorial Rainbow Dash35
2003
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 1
2016
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
1995
NJPW Destruction 2013
2013
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
2013
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
2015
NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
2003
NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
2015
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
2015
NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
2015
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
2015
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
2015
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
2015
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
2014
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
2014
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
2014
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
2014
NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
2015
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
2016
NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
2016
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
2016
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012
2012
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2016
2016
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
2018
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016
2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 2
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 5
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 4
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 3
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 6
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 9
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 10
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 7
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 8
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 12
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 14
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 15
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 13
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 11
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 18
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 19 (Final)
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 16
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 17
2016
NJPW Power Struggle 2016
2016
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
2013
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
2008
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
2011
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 19: Day 8 (Final)
2009
NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final)
2010
NJPW G1 Climax 18: Day 7 (Final)
2008
NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)
2007
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
2016
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
2018
My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
2018
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
2017
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
2017
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017
2017
TNA Wrestling: Global Impact! Japan
2008
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
2013
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3
2009
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
2013
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
2020
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
2020
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
2020
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
2020
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
2020
NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 2
2005
NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 1
2005
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
1995
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
2017
NJPW Nexess
2004
NJPW Destruction 2009
2009
NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals
2003
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
1995
WCW World War 3 1995
1995
NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15
2001
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001
2001
NJPW Final Dome
1999
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
1993
Tokyo Serendipity
2007
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
2010
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
2017
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
2017
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
2020
NJPW Wrestling World 2001
2001
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
2019
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
2019
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
2019
NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
2014
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
2017
New Japan Pro Wrestling
1972
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
1995
The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo
2014
New Japan Pro Wrestling
1972
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
2016
Clash of the Champions
1988