Manabu Nakanishi

Birthday: 1967-01-22
Birthplace: Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2020-02-06 NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7 Manabu Nakanishi
2020-02-05 NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6 Manabu Nakanishi
2020-02-04 NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5 Manabu Nakanishi
2020-02-02 NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Night 2 Manabu Nakanishi
2020-02-01 NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Night 1 Manabu Nakanishi
2018-09-24 NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018 Manabu Nakanishi
2018-09-21 My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
2018-01-27 NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Night 1 Manabu Nakanishi
2018-01-05 NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018 Manabu Nakanishi
2018-01-04 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 Manabu Nakanishi
2017-06-11 NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall Manabu Nakanishi
2017-05-03 NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017 Manabu Nakanishi
2017-03-06 NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
2017-01-05 NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-11-05 NJPW Power Struggle 2016 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-10-10 NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-09-25 NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-09-22 NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2016 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-08-14 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 19 (Final) Manabu Nakanishi
2016-08-13 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 18 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-08-12 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 17 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-08-10 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 16 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-08-08 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 15 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-08-07 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 14 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-08-06 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 13 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-08-04 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 12 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-08-03 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 11 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-08-01 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 10 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-07-31 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 9 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-07-30 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 8 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-07-28 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 7 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-07-27 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 6 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-07-25 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 5 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-07-24 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 4 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-07-23 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 3 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-07-22 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 2 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-07-18 NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 1 Manabu Nakanishi
2016-06-07 NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (FINAL)
2016-05-29 NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 7)
2016-05-27 NJPW: Best of the Super Juniors 2016 (Day 6)
2016-01-05 NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016 Manabu Nakanishi
2015-12-09 NJPW Tag League Finals 2015 Manabu Nakanishi
2015-10-12 NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015 Manabu Nakanishi
2015-09-27 NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015 Manabu Nakanishi
2015-09-23 NJPW Destruction In Okayama Manabu Nakanishi
2015-08-16 NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final) Manabu Nakanishi
2015-08-15 NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18 Manabu Nakanishi
2015-08-14 NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17 Manabu Nakanishi
2015-07-05 NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall Manabu Nakanishi
2015-02-11 NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015 Manabu Nakanishi
2014-12-20 NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
2014-12-07 NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
2014-09-21 NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014 Manabu Nakanishi
2014-08-10 NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final) Manabu Nakanishi
2013-11-09 NJPW Power Struggle 2013 Manabu Nakanishi
2013-10-14 NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013 Manabu Nakanishi
2013-09-30 NJPW Destruction 2013
2013-01-04 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 Manabu Nakanishi
2011-01-04 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5 Manabu Nakanishi
2010-08-15 NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final) Manabu Nakanishi
2010-06-19 NJPW Dominion 6.19
2010-01-04 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV Manabu Nakanishi
2009-11-08 NJPW Destruction 2009
2009-10-12 NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
2009-08-16 NJPW G1 Climax 19: Day 8 (Final) Manabu Nakanishi
2009-04-05 NJPW Resolution 2009
2009-01-04 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3 Manabu Nakanishi
2008-08-17 NJPW G1 Climax 18: Day 7 (Final) Manabu Nakanishi
2008-06-24 TNA Wrestling: Global Impact! Japan Manabu Nakanishi
2008-01-04 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2 Manabu Nakanishi
2007-08-18 Tokyo Serendipity Satan Gokokuji
2007-08-12 NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final) Manabu Nakanishi
2007-01-04 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1 Manabu Nakanishi
2005-08-06 NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 2
2005-08-04 NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 1
2004-05-03 NJPW Nexess
2003-09-14 NJPW Bisshibishi Tradition! Makai World 2003 - Day 8: Memorial Rainbow Dash35
2003-08-12 NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
2003-07-14 NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals
2002-10-14 NJPW The Spiral
2001-05-05 NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001
2001-03-20 NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15
1999-10-11 NJPW Final Dome
1995-11-26 WCW World War 3 1995 Kurasawa
1995-10-29 WCW Halloween Havoc 1995 Kurasawa
1995-08-06 WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI Kurasawa
1995-05-03 NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
1993-03-23 NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11