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Masanori Murakawa

Acting

Masanori Murakawa

EN, JA cinema · 30 credits

Born

18 July 1969 (age 57)

Birthplace

Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Also known as Great Sasuke · Sasuke · SASUKE · Ninja Sasuke · Masanori Murakawa · Masa Michinoku

Masanori Murakawa (村川 政徳 Murakawa Masanori), is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known by his stage name The Great Sasuke, as well as a former Iwate Prefectural Assembly legislator. He has wrestled in Japan and in the United States in various 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.

Known for

Filmography

Universe Magic 2026 poster

Universe Magic 2026

EN · 20266.0

as Great Sasuke

NOAH Wrestle Magic 2026 poster

NOAH Wrestle Magic 2026

JA · 2026Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous poster

NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous

JA · 2025Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

NJPW Purge Night of Torture poster

NJPW Purge Night of Torture

JA · 2025Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania poster

JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania

EN · 2022Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1 poster

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1

JA · 20209.7

as The Great Sasuke

GCW Tournament Of Survival 4 poster

GCW Tournament Of Survival 4

EN · 2019Not rated

as Great Sasuke

Ring of Dreams poster

Ring of Dreams

EN · 2017Not rated

as Himself / "Great Sasuke"

The Great Sasuke poster

The Great Sasuke

EN · 20160.5

as The Great Sasuke

ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2 poster

ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2

EN · 20139.0

as Great Sasuke

CHIKARA King Of Trios 2011 - Night 3

2011

CHIKARA King Of Trios 2011 - Night 3

EN · 2011Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

Millennium Fighting Arts INOKI BOM-BA-YE

2000

Millennium Fighting Arts INOKI BOM-BA-YE

JA · 2000Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

The Best of Eddy Guerrero

1999

The Best of Eddy Guerrero

EN · 1999Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

Battlarts Battle Fiction

1998

Battlarts Battle Fiction

EN · 1998Not rated

as SASUKE

ECW House Party 1998 poster

ECW House Party 1998

EN · 19987.0

as The Great Sasuke

ECW Barely Legal 1997 poster

ECW Barely Legal 1997

EN · 19978.0

as Great Sasuke

WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede poster

WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede

EN · 19978.0

as Great Sasuke

ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997

1997

ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997

EN · 1997Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary

1997

Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary

EN · 1997Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

World Wrestling Peace Festival poster

World Wrestling Peace Festival

EN · 1996Not rated

Actor

NJPW Skydiving J

1996

NJPW Skydiving J

EN · 1996Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days poster

Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days

EN · 199610.0

as The Great Sasuke

NJPW Battle Formation '96 poster

NJPW Battle Formation '96

EN · 1996Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

FMW Year End Spectacular 1996

1996

FMW Year End Spectacular 1996

EN · 1996Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

FMW Year End Spectacular '95 - Day 10 poster

FMW Year End Spectacular '95 - Day 10

JA · 1995Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

NJPW Summer Struggle 1994 - Day 8

1994

NJPW Summer Struggle 1994 - Day 8

EN · 1994Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

NJPW V-Mania Vol. 3

1994

NJPW V-Mania Vol. 3

EN · 1994Not rated

as The Great Sasuke

NJPW Super J-Cup 1994 poster

NJPW Super J-Cup 1994

EN · 199410.0

as The Great Sasuke

AJW Big Egg Wrestling Universe poster

AJW Big Egg Wrestling Universe

JA · 19949.0

Actor

FMW 4th Anniversary Show: Origin poster

FMW 4th Anniversary Show: Origin

EN · 1993Not rated

as The Great Sasuke