Actor
Masanori Murakawa
July 18, 1969 · Morioka, Iwate, Japan
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Takao Yoshida
8 titles together
ECW Barely Legal 1997, WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede, The Great Sasuke
Shigeki Sato
6 titles together
ECW Barely Legal 1997, The Great Sasuke, Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days
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Super Delfin
4 titles together
Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days, AJW Big Egg Wrestling Universe, NJPW Super J-Cup 1994
Terry Brunk
3 titles together
ECW Barely Legal 1997, ECW House Party 1998, FMW 4th Anniversary Show: Origin
Hiroaki Hamada
3 titles together
ECW Barely Legal 1997, ECW House Party 1998, Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days
Kensuke Shinzaki
3 titles together
The Great Sasuke, Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days, NJPW Battle Formation '96
Full filmography · 20
NOAH Wrestle Magic 2026
as The Great Sasuke
2026
Universe Magic 2026
as Great Sasuke
2026
NJPW Purge Night of Torture
as The Great Sasuke
2025
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous
as The Great Sasuke
2025
JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania
as The Great Sasuke
2022
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
as The Great Sasuke
2020
GCW Tournament Of Survival 4
as Great Sasuke
2019
The Great Sasuke
as The Great Sasuke
2016
ECW House Party 1998
as The Great Sasuke
1998
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
as Great Sasuke
1997
ECW Barely Legal 1997
as Great Sasuke
1997
Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days
as The Great Sasuke
1996