Masanori Murakawa

Masanori Murakawa

Known for

Acting

Born

July 18, 1969 (age 57)

Birthplace

Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Biography

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.

Best known work

Raw

Raw

1993

ECW Barely Legal 1997

ECW Barely Legal 1997

1997

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1

2020

WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede

WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede

1997

ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2

ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2

2013

The Great Sasuke

The Great Sasuke

2016

NJPW Super J-Cup 1994

NJPW Super J-Cup 1994

1994

Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days

Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days

1996

ECW House Party 1998

ECW House Party 1998

1998

AJW Big Egg Wrestling Universe

AJW Big Egg Wrestling Universe

1994

Filmography

2026
NOAH Wrestle Magic 2026
as The Great Sasuke
2026
Universe Magic 2026
as Great Sasuke
2025
NJPW Purge Night of Torture
as The Great Sasuke
2025
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous
as The Great Sasuke
2022
JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania
as The Great Sasuke
2021
Kyushu Pro Monday Night VaiTV
as The Great Sasuke (1 episode)
2020
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
as The Great Sasuke
2019
GCW Tournament Of Survival 4
as Great Sasuke
2017
Ring of Dreams
as Himself / "Great Sasuke"
2016
The Great Sasuke
as The Great Sasuke
2015
SEAdLINNNGTV
as The Great Sasuke (2 episodes)
2013
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
as Great Sasuke
2011
CHIKARA King Of Trios 2011 - Night 3
as The Great Sasuke
2000
Millennium Fighting Arts INOKI BOM-BA-YE
as The Great Sasuke
1999
The Best of Eddy Guerrero
as The Great Sasuke
1998
Battlarts Battle Fiction
as SASUKE
1998
ECW House Party 1998
as The Great Sasuke
1997
Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary
as The Great Sasuke
1997
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
as Great Sasuke
1997
ECW Barely Legal 1997
as Great Sasuke
1997
ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997
as The Great Sasuke
1996
FMW Year End Spectacular 1996
as The Great Sasuke
1996
Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days
as The Great Sasuke
1996
NJPW Skydiving J
as The Great Sasuke
1996
World Wrestling Peace Festival