The Great Sasuke

The Great Sasuke
The Great Sasuke in 2014
Birth nameMasanori Murakawa[1][2]
Born (1969-07-18) July 18, 1969 (age 55)
Morioka, Iwate, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)The Great Sasuke
Masa Michinoku
Ninja Sasuke
Sasuke
Black Ninja
Sasuke The Ram
Billed height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Billed weight82 kg (181 lb)
Trained byKotetsu Yamamoto
Gran Hamada
DebutMarch 1, 1990

Masanori Murakawa (村川 政徳, Murakawa Masanori, July 18, 1969), best known under his ring name The Great Sasuke (ザ・グレート・サスケ, Za Gurēto Sasuke), is a Japanese professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter and politician. He is the founder of Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW). Aside from professional wrestling, he is also a former Iwate Prefectural Assembly legislator. He has wrestled in Japan and in the United States in various professional wrestling promotions. He is said to have an incredible tolerance for pain, mainly in reference to the injuries he has had including a cracked skull on two occasions.

  1. ^ "The Great Sasuke profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  2. ^ "Profile at Puroresu Central". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 2013-11-26.