Manabu Nakanishi
Acting
Born January 22, 1967, 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.
Filmography
- 2020NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2020NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2020NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2020NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2020NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2020NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2019NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2019NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2019NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2019NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2019NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2019NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2019NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2018My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
- 2018NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2018NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2018NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2018NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2018NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2017NJPW 45th Anniversary Show — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2017NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall 2017 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2017NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final) — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2017NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2017NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2017NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2017NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2017NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2017NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 99.9 Criminal Lawyer
- 2016NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final) — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2016 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 1 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 10 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 11 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 12 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 13 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 14 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 15 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 16 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 17 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 18 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 19 (Final) — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 2 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 3 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 4 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 5 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 6 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 7 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 8 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 9 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW Power Struggle 2016 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2016NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015NJPW Destruction In Okayama — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall 2015 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final) — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015NJPW Invasion Attack 2015 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015NJPW Tag League Finals 2015 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2015NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2014NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2014NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2014NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final) — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2014NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
- 2014NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014 — Manabu Nakanishi
- The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo — P.E. teacher
- 2013NJPW Destruction 2013 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2013NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2013NJPW Power Struggle 2013 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2013NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2012NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2011NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2010NJPW Dominion 6.19
- 2010NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final) — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2010NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2009NJPW Destruction 2009
- 2009NJPW G1 Climax 19: Day 8 (Final) — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2009NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
- 2009NJPW Resolution 2009
- 2009NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2008NJPW G1 Climax 18: Day 7 (Final) — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2008NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2008TNA Wrestling: Global Impact! Japan — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2007NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final) — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2007NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 2007Tokyo Serendipity — Satan Gokokuji
- 2005NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 1
- 2005NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 2
- 2004NJPW Nexess
- 2003NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals
- 2003NJPW Bisshibishi Tradition! Makai World 2003 - Day 8: Memorial Rainbow Dash35
- 2003NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
- 2002NJPW The Spiral
- 2001NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15
- 2001NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001
- 2001NJPW Wrestling World 2001 — Manabu Nakanishi
- 1999NJPW Final Dome
- 1995NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
- The Files of the Young Kindaichi — P.E. teacher
- 1995WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI — Kurasawa
- 1995WCW Halloween Havoc 1995 — Kurasawa
- 1995WCW World War 3 1995 — Kurasawa
- 1993NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
- Clash of the Champions — Kurasawa
- New Japan Pro Wrestling — Manabu Nakanishi, Mascara Don
Appearances as themselves (2)
- 2014NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11 — Himself
- 2013Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson — Himself