Michinoku Pro Wrestling
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| Acronym | MPW M-Pro |
| Established | 1993 |
| Style | Lucha Libre |
| Location | Morioka, Iwate, Japan |
| Founder(s) | Masanori Murakawa |
| Owner(s) | Jinsei Shinzaki |
Michinoku Pro Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded by Masanori Murakawa (The Great Sasuke) in 1993. It is also sometimes called "North Eastern Wrestling" and was the first independent wrestling promotion in Japan that isn't based in Tokyo, but instead in Morioka, Iwate. Its featured wrestling style is lucha libre, but over the years it has accepted wrestlers from other styles, such as shoot style Hanzo Nakajima, Naohiro Hoshikawa, Tiger Mask IV, Shoichi Funaki and Ikuto Hidaka.
In 2003, Sasuke left the running of the promotion to Jinsei Shinzaki, the only heavyweight wrestler in the promotion, to concentrate on his duties as a newly elected Iwate Prefectural assembly member.
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[edit] Current roster
- Banana Senga
- GARUDA
- The Great Sasuke
- Hayato Fujita Jr.
- Jinsei Shinzaki
- Kagetora
- Kanjuro Matsuyama
- Kei Sato
- Shu Sato
- Jiro Kesennuma
- Maguro Oma
- Bear Fukuda
- Otoko Sakari
- Ken 45
- Rasse
- Shinji Nohashi
- Spirit
- Takeshi Minamino
- Yoshitsune
[edit] Notable former roster members
- Tiger Mask IV
- Gran Hamada
- Kaz Hayashi
- Taka Michinoku
- Super Delfin
- Dick Togo
- Shoichi Funaki
- Terry Boy/Men's Teioh
- Minoru Fujita
- Ikuto Hidaka
[edit] Championships recognized by Michinoku
- Michinoku Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship
- Michinoku Tohoku Tag Team Championship
- UWA World Welterweight Championship
[edit] References
Offical website
Tribute to Michipro
Masanori Murakawa
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