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Masakatsu Funaki

Name in Native Language: "船木誠勝" (Japanese/JA)
Actor | * 03/13/1969 (55) | Aomori Prefecture (Japan)
Masaharu Funaki (Japanese: 船木 優治, Funaki Masaharu, born March 13, 1969) is a Japanese actor, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler known professionally as Masakatsu Funaki (船木 誠勝, Funaki Masakatsu), who has previously wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG), Newborn UWF (UWF), and Wrestle-1 (W-1). He is also the co-founder of Pancrase, one of the first mixed martial arts organizations and non-rehearsed shoot wrestling promotions (following five years after the inception of Shooto but predating America's Ultimate Fighting Championship). Funaki was also Pancrase's biggest star; Josh Barnett described him as the "symbol of Japan", Frank Shamrock labeled Funaki "the golden boy" of Pancrase, and Guy Mezger called Funaki "hands down the smartest and most skilled fighter in Pancrase next to Ken Shamrock". Not only the organization's co-founder and most popular fighter, Funaki was also one of Pancrase's most successful fighters to date, scoring submission victories over numerous MMA champions such as Ken Shamrock, Frank Shamrock, Semmy Schilt, Guy Mezger, Yuki Kondo, Minoru Suzuki, and Bas Rutten through the course of his Pancrase career. He is the only fighter in mixed martial arts to hold... ()
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Masaharu Funaki is a Japanese actor, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler known professionally as Masakatsu Funaki, who has previously wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, Newborn UWF, and Wrestle-1.

Most frequent genres for this person: Action | Drama | Science Fiction

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Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
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Movies with Masakatsu Funaki as Actor(16)

as Hades (voice)2009 Baton
as Kazuma Kiryu2006 Like a Dragon: Prologue
as Mr Sato2006 Honor
2006 Colors
as Commander Kumasaka2004 Godzilla: Final Wars
as Imura Mashahiko2004 Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire
as Ōmuta (young)2003 Ginji - The Slasher
as Takeru2001 Shadow Fury
as Narrator2001 Electric Dragon 80.000 V
as Matsushima2001 Desert Moon
1990 Tekken

TV Shows/Series with Masakatsu Funaki as Actor(3)

as Wosca2005 GARO
as Seiko Miyazawa (voice)2002 Shootfighter Tekken

Full Name: Masakatsu Funaki
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Thursday, 03/13 1969 (March) in Aomori Prefecture (Japan) (current age: 55 years + 16 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Student of: Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Antonio Inoki, Karl Gotch
Other names for Masakatsu Funaki (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"船木 優治"
"船木 誠勝"
"Masaharu Funaki"
"ふなき まさかつ" (Kana/Japanese)
Masakatsu Funaki frequently works together with these people:
Ryûhei Kitamura (5x, Crew)
Keita Amemiya (5x, Crew)
Rintaro Nishi (5x, Actor)
Gakuryu Ishii (4x, Crew)
Ai Orikasa (4x, Actress)
Hiromi Eguchi (4x, Cast)
Jun Kunimura (3x, Actor)
Kanji Tsuda (3x, Actor)
Riki Takeuchi (3x, Actor)
Kouhei Ootomo (3x, Cast)
Eric Koyanagi (3x, Crew)
Ryusei Sawahata (3x, Cast)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:102896, Added: 06/21/2018, Last updated: 03/25/2024