
Kazushi Sakuraba
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Biography
Kazushi Sakuraba is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, currently signed to Rizin Fighting Federation. He has competed in traditional puroresu for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and shoot-style competition for UWFi and Kingdom Pro Wrestling (KPW). He has fought in MMA competition in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships, Hero's and Dream. He is known as the "Gracie Hunter" or the "Gracie Killer" due to his wins over four members of the famed Gracie family: Royler Gracie, Renzo Gracie, Ryan Gracie, and Royce Gracie. In particular, Sakuraba is famous for his initial fight with Royce, which lasted ninety minutes and ended after Royce was unable to continue due to damage received from Sakuraba.
Known For

New Japan Pro Wrestling is a Japanese promotion founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it is the largest wrestling promotion in Japan and one of the largest in the world.
New Japan Pro Wrestling

On Planet Abel, humans and robots co-exist. One day a mysterious stowaway on a transport vessel tries to invade the planet, but is discovered by Apollo, a robot that looks like a human; and Mikaru, a human that looks like a robot. The stowaway had in his possession a memory chip containing the latest in camouflage software, the mysterious "Cipher" OS. Apollo takes the Cipher chip simply for fun, but has no idea what he's getting himself into. He suddenly starts acting strange, but Mikaru has no idea what's wrong or that Cipher is behind it. What exactly is Cipher? What sort of secrets does it hold? Apollo and Mikaru will unravel a mystery encompassing the past, present, and future to find out.
Baton

Baton is a collection of three 20-minute Sci-fi anime films dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Yokohama city. On Planet Abel, human-like robot Apollo (Ichihara Hayato, Rookies) and robot-like human Mikaru (Ueto Aya, Azumi) come upon a stowaway robot with a mysterious "Cipher" chip. Not knowing Cipher's powers, Apollo takes the chip for fun, throwing both him and Mikaru headfirst into a mind-boggling mystery that affects the past, present, and future.
Baton

Wrestling Dontaku 2015 was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) pay-per-view held on May 3, 2015, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, Japan, headlined by Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
A foppish English businessman (Christian Storms) stages a martial-arts contest between champions of two rival yakuza gangs to resolve a dispute over a wonder drug he is dealing and that both sides want.
Nagurimono: Love & Kill

The New Beginning in Osaka 2015 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling, held on February 11, 2015, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan, and headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. AJ Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015

Power Struggle 2014 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling, held on November 8, 2014, at the Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka, Japan, and headlined by Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
NJPW Power Struggle 2014

The New Beginning in Osaka 2016 is a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on February 11, 2016, at EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. It was the ninth total event under the New Beginning name and the third held in Osaka, and featured Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Hirooki Goto in the main event.
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016

The twelfth and final night of the tournament, featuring the match to crown the G1 Climax 24 winner, took place on August 10, 2014, at the Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Japan.
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)

Pride Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 30, 2000. The event began the Pride Openweight tournament of 2000.
Pride Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round

The nineteenth and final night of the tournament took place at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan on August 16, 2015. It was broadcast on NJPW World.
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)

The World Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a spin-off of the popular singles tournament, the G1 Climax. It was created in 1991 as the Super Grade Tag League, as a continuation of a regular tag team tournament held since 1980, gaining the name G1 Tag League in 1999. In 2012, New Japan's new owners, the Bushiroad company, renamed the tournament to its current form. The winners of the tournament, assuming they do not already hold the belts, obtain #1 contendership to the IWGP Tag Team Championship. The World Tag League is held under a points system, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. The current format, introduced in 2006, is essentially identical to that of the G1 Climax, with the top two scoring teams from two blocks of five or six advancing to the semifinals, and the winners of those matches battling in the final.
NJPW Tag League Finals 2015

Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), held on July 5, 2015, in Osaka, Japan at Osaka-jō Hall, headlined by A.J. Styles (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall

Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2014, headlined by Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8

Destruction 2013 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling that took place on September 29, 2013, at Kobe World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, and was headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
NJPW Destruction 2013

NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling, held on February 11, 2014, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan, and headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2014

Pride 13: Collision Course was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. This was the first Pride event allowing knee strikes to the head of someone in the "four-points" position (the opponent is on their hands and knees). It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on March 25, 2001.
Pride 13: Collision Course

Power Struggle (2015) was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on November 7, 2015, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. It was the fifth event under the Power Struggle name.
NJPW Power Struggle 2015

The New Beginning in Niigata was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event held on February 14, 2016, at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata, Japan, headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kenny Omega for the vacant IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata 2016

NJPW Dominion 6.21 was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), which took place at the Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka, Japan on June 21, 2014, headlined by Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Bad Luck Fale for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.