Cast & creator
Manabu Nakanishi
Best known for New Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling
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.
Also known as: Kurosawa, Mascara Don, Maybach Don, Kurasawa, Super Strong Machine Don
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film credits
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television credits
121
1972–2020 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (121)
Showing 121 of 121 credits
New Japan Pro Wrestling
1972New Japan Pro Wrestling
Manabu Nakanishi
1972New Japan Pro Wrestling
Mascara Don
1972
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
P.E. teacher
1995
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
2016
Clash of the Champions
Kurasawa
1988
The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo
P.E. teacher
2014
NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall 2015
Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall 2017
Manabu Nakanishi
2017
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3
Manabu Nakanishi
2009
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
Manabu Nakanishi
2016NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW Dominion 6.19
2010NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
WCW World War 3 1995
Kurasawa
1995
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
Manabu Nakanishi
2020
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014
Manabu Nakanishi
2014
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
Manabu Nakanishi
2007
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
Manabu Nakanishi
2008
NJPW G1 Climax 17: Day 6 (Final)
Manabu Nakanishi
2007
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
Manabu Nakanishi
2020
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 14
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
Manabu Nakanishi
2018
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
Manabu Nakanishi
2020
NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
Manabu Nakanishi
2015NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 5
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
Manabu Nakanishi
2015NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
Manabu Nakanishi
2020
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
Manabu Nakanishi
2013
NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
Manabu Nakanishi
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
Manabu Nakanishi
2018
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
Manabu Nakanishi
2011NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 9
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 1
Manabu Nakanishi
2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 16
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
Manabu Nakanishi
2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 7
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
Manabu Nakanishi
2017NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 18
Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
Manabu Nakanishi
2015NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 10
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW Power Struggle 2016
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
Manabu Nakanishi
2019NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 6
Manabu Nakanishi
2016NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
Manabu Nakanishi
2019
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
Himself
2013NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
Manabu Nakanishi
2018
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
Kurasawa
1995NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 4
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
Manabu Nakanishi
2017
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
Manabu Nakanishi
2017
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
Manabu Nakanishi
2020
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012
Manabu Nakanishi
2012
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
Manabu Nakanishi
2017
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
Manabu Nakanishi
2018
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017
Manabu Nakanishi
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 20: Day 8 (Final)
Manabu Nakanishi
2010
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
Manabu Nakanishi
2019NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
2014NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
Himself
2014
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
Manabu Nakanishi
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 18: Day 7 (Final)
Manabu Nakanishi
2008
TNA Wrestling: Global Impact! Japan
Manabu Nakanishi
2008NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 11
Manabu Nakanishi
2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 8
Manabu Nakanishi
2016NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 13
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
Manabu Nakanishi
2014NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 18
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
Manabu Nakanishi
2017
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
Manabu Nakanishi
2010
NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
Manabu Nakanishi
2014NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
Manabu Nakanishi
2019
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
Manabu Nakanishi
2016NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 17
Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
1995
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
Manabu Nakanishi
2014NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals
2003NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 15
Manabu Nakanishi
2016NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
1993
My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
2018NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
Manabu Nakanishi
2019NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
2014NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 17
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
Manabu Nakanishi
2020
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
Manabu Nakanishi
2013
NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
Manabu Nakanishi
2013NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 12
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 19: Day 8 (Final)
Manabu Nakanishi
2009NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
Manabu Nakanishi
2019NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15
2001NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
Manabu Nakanishi
2019
Tokyo Serendipity
Satan Gokokuji
2007
NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
2009
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
Manabu Nakanishi
2017
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
Kurasawa
1995NJPW Bisshibishi Tradition! Makai World 2003 - Day 8: Memorial Rainbow Dash35
2003NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 19 (Final)
Manabu Nakanishi
2016NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 1
2005
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2016
Manabu Nakanishi
2016NJPW Wrestling World 2001
Manabu Nakanishi
2001NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001
2001NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 3
Manabu Nakanishi
2016NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 2
2005NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
2003NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 2
Manabu Nakanishi
2016
NJPW Nexess
2004
NJPW Destruction 2013
Manabu Nakanishi
2013NJPW The Spiral
2002