Manabu Nakanishi
Acting · Born 1967-01-22 · age 59 · Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
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.
Titles
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
Tokyo Serendipity
The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
New Japan Pro Wrestling
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
NJPW The Spiral
NJPW Destruction 2013
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
NJPW Dominion 6.19
NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 1
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2016
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 3
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 5
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 4
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 6
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 8
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 7
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 15
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 12
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 14
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 9
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 11