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