Yuji Nagata

[Boss Rock]

4 hours ago, Ma Stump Puller said:

Nagata was #51 on my submitted list, mostly down to his longevity and wide streak of strong showings. The man is not without his faults and I think he can at times fall to predictable formulas but you've got at this point about 2 decades of great work on his end, so not a shocker that he ends up there.

 

49 for me.

[club]

Nagata years as a top guy seem better the further away they are. At the time there was that taint of the losses to Mirko, and later Fedor, that hurt his aura. He'll slot in somewhere around #80.

[TheBean]

Cool to see Nagata getting some love and making it pretty high on folks' ballots. He placed #173 back in 2016. I'm hoping he fairs a bit better this time'round.