Masakatsu Funaki

Masakatsu Funaki

Active - 1990 - 2009  |   Birth - Mar 13, 1969  |   Genres - Action-Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, Science Fiction | Subgenres - Martial Arts Film, Alien Invasion, Biographical Film, Crossover Fiction, Splatter Film

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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 (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. 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".

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