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Kendo Nagasaki
![Kendo Nagasaki](image/bank/kendo_nagasaki.jpg)
Nickname: The Black Ninja; The Lost Angel
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 264 lbs.
From: Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan
Birthday: Sep 26th
Pro Debut: July 21, 1971
Aliases: Duke Sakaruda, Mr. Sakaruda, The Dragonmaster, Ten Gu, Chang Chung, Dream Machine, Great Kendo, Kazuo Sakurada, Ninja, Rambo Sakurada, Rising Sun #1, Black Ninja, Ho Chi Laos
Feds Worked For: GWF, MSW, TSW, WCCW, AWA, ECW, NWA, WCW, All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Catch Wrestling Association (Belgium/Germany), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Championhip Wrestling USA (OR), Clark Sportrs, Inc. (IL), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Mexico), Continental Wrestling Association (AL/TN), Dramatic Dream Team (Japan), Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling (Japan), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), Independent Wrestling Union (Japan), International Wrestling (Canada), International Wrestling Enterprise (Japan), IWA Japan (Japan), Japan Wrestling Association (Japan), LDN (England), M & M Promotions (TX), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Mid-Southern Wrestling (TN), Network of Wrestling (Japan), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Polynesian (HI), Onita Pro (Japan), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (OR/WA), Pro Wrestling USA, Real Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Social Pro Wrestling Federation (Japan), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), Super World Sport (Japan), World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico), Wrestle Association-R (Japan), Wrestling International New Generations (Japan)
Signature Moves: Piledriver, Pendulum Backbreaker, Claw Hold, Chair Attack
Career Highlights: -AWA Southern Champion
-IW International Tag Team Champion (w/ Richard Charland)
-LDN Tag Team Champion (w/ Blondie Barrett)
-NWA American Tag Team Champion (3x; all w/ Mr. Hito)
-NWA Florida Champion
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (w/ Mr. Hito)
-Stampede International Tag Team Champion (3x; 2 w/ Mr. Hito, 1 w/ Kasavubu)
-NWA (Mid-Atlantic) Northern Continental Tag Team Champion (w/ Rising Sun #2)
-NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (w/ Mega Maharishi)
-NWA (Mid-America) Southern Champion
-NWA (Texas) World Tag Team Champion (w/ The Great Kabuki)
-OP Barbed-Wire Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Shoji Nakamaki & Ichiro Yaguchi)
-Stampede North American Champion (2x)
-WWC Tag Team Champion (4x; all w/ Mr. Pogo)
Affiliates: K. Y. Wakamatsu, Goro Tsurumi, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Ishinriki, Isao Takagi, Shinichi Nakano, Hiroshi Hatanaka, Tetsuya Yamanaka, Kevin Sullivan, Jimmy Hart, Bobby Eaton, Koko B. Ware, Jim Neidhart, Iron Sheik, King Kong Bundy, Rick Rude, Randy Savage, Dream Machine, Porkchop Cash, Tommy Rich, Lanny Poffo, Masao Ito, Austin Idol, Norvell Austin, Ox Baker, Dennis Condrey, Sabu the Wildman, Chick Donovan, Wayne Ferris, Buddy Landel, Andy Kaufman, Len Denton, Jim Cornette, Buzz Sawyer, Dick Slater, Gary Hart, Terry Funk, The Great Muta, Richard Charland, Blondie Barrett, Mr. Hito, Mega Maharishi, The Great Kabuki, Kasavudu, Mr. Pogo, The White Ninja/The Great Muta, Skandar Akbar, Gary Hart, J. J. Dillon, Oliver Humperdink, Awesome Kong, Eddie Gilbert, Kamala, Leatherface, Moondog Cujo, Moondog Rex, Moondog Rover, Moondog Spot, Rising Sun #2, Shoji Nakamaki, Ichiro Yaguchi, Katsuji Adachi, Mitsu Hirai, Samson Kutsuwada, Kishin Kawabata, Yuichi Taniguchi, Umanosuke UedaRyuji Yamakawa, Prince Tonga/King Tonga/Haku, Hugo Savinovich, Tiger Hattori
Notable Feuds: Hercules Ayala, Mitsu Hirai, Masao Ito, Motoshi Okuma, Mike Graham, Great Kojika, Munenori Higo, Masio Koma, Steve Keirn, Stan Lane, Samson Kutsuwada, Shoji Nakamaki, The Great Kabuki, Rocky Hata, Barry Windham, Kendall Windham, Billy Jack Haynes, Leo Burke, Atsushi Onita, Skip Young, David Von Erich, Kerry Von Erich, Kevin Von Erich, Seiji Sakaguchi, Takashi Ishikawa, Hubert Gallant, Ron Bass, Genichiro Tenryu, Keith Hart, Bret Hart, Dick Murdoch, Matti Suzuki, Dusty Rhodes, B. Brian Blair, Killer Khan, George Takano, Umanosuke Ueda, Tatsumi Fujinami, Gerry Morrow, Akio Sato, Bruiser Brody, Kim Duk, Katsuji Adachi
Other Facts: -Real name was Kazuo Sakurada
-Not to be confused with Peter Thornley, who competed as Kendo Nagasaki, mostly in England.
-Former member of Freaks & Geeks
-Former member of the J-Tex Corporation
-Former member of Dojo Geki
-Former member of The First Family (CWA version)
-Ranked #304 in the 1991 PWI 500 as (The Dragon Master)
-Ranked #250 in the 1994 PWI 500
-Ranked #284 in the 1995 PWI 500
-Passed away January 11, 2020 at the age of 71 from cardiac arrest due to a failed pacemaker.
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