Kensuke Sasaki
Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kensuke Sasaki (Japanese: 佐々木 健介, Sasaki Kensuke, born August 4, 1966) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and founder of the now-defunct wrestling promotion Diamond Ring.
Kensuke Sasaki | |
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Born | (1966-08-04) August 4, 1966 (age 57) Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 2 |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Benkei Sasaki Kendo Sasaki Kensuke Sasaki Kensuki Sasaki Masked Volcano Power Warrior |
Billed height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
Billed weight | 115 kg (254 lb)[1] |
Trained by | Tokyo Joe[2] |
Debut | February 16, 1986 |
Retired | February 13, 2014[3] |
Sasaki is the first of five men ever to hold all three of puroresu's major heavyweight titles (the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, and the GHC Heavyweight Championship), the others being Yoshihiro Takayama, Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima, and Yuji Nagata - totalling seven world championship reigns. Sasaki also competed in MMA and won both fights by submission, remaining undefeated in mixed martial arts competition.