paul sosnowski Posted January 12, 2020 Report Share Posted January 12, 2020 From PW Insider: Reports out of Japan this morning are that Kendo Nagasaki (real name Kazuo Sakurada) passed away yesterday at the age of 71. The story that is being told is that Nagasaki’s pacemaker stopped, leading to a cardiac issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Posted January 12, 2020 Report Share Posted January 12, 2020 That sucks. I'm a big Kendo fan. Was just watching some old Capital Sports last night with the Ninja Express. Side note: Had no idea he was an All Japan dojo boy. Spotted him as a second ringside during a Steamboat/Sheik All Japan match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted January 12, 2020 Report Share Posted January 12, 2020 One of Bret Hart’s trainers I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted January 12, 2020 Report Share Posted January 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, Al said: One of Bret Hart’s trainers I believe. Yes, with Mr. Hito. Maybe the title of this thread could be altered a bit because my first thought was it was the well-known English wrestler of the 60s and 70s also named Kendo Nagasaki who passed away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR Posted January 12, 2020 Report Share Posted January 12, 2020 Just now, Ricky Jackson said: Maybe the title of this thread could be altered a bit because my first thought was it was the well-known English wrestler of the 60s and 70s also named Kendo Nagasaki who passed away Just done it. I too thought it was the British Kendo until reading Paul's copy and paste job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 I remember Kendo Nagasaki (Sakurada) being my first exposure to a Japanese wrestler back in the mid-80s when I watched Lutte Internationale as a kid. His look always fascinated me and it's probably why I was always attracted more to guys like The Great Muta & The Great Kabuki as a kid, later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. Badger Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Sorry to hear this since he was one of the first non WCW/ECW Japanese wrestlers I knew back in the 90's. Started BJW as well as all of the above accolades...a "big" enough star in the mid 90's to have his own pet death match promotion after Onita's FMW took off. What's crazy is FMW is long gone as is W*ING, IWA Japan, Ishikawa's Tokyo Pro, etc. but BJW is still going strong. Even stronger than AJPW from what I gather...so, that's a pretty good legacy. His tag street fight match as Dragon Master in 1990 FMW and a handful of fights in SWS are all worth searching out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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