Kazushi Sakuraba (Shōwa, 14 de julho de 1969) é um lutador de wrestling profissional e de MMA japonês, que trabalha para Pro Wrestling Noah.
Carreira[]
- Union of Wrestling Forces International (1993–1996)
- Kingdom Pro Wrestling (1997–1998)
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2012–2016)
- Pro Wrestling Noah (2019–presente)
Campeonatos e prêmios[]
Wrestling amador
- National championship runner-up (high school)
- East Japan freshman championship
- All Japan collegiate wrestling championships (4.º lugar)
Mixed martial arts
- Pride Fighting Championships
- 2000 Pride Openweight Grand Prix semifinalista
- Longest fight in Pride FC history – Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals (90:00)
- Primeiro lutador a derrotar Royce Gracie na história do MMA
- First Japanese Athlete to defeat a Gracie since Helio Gracie's 1951 loss to Masahiko Kimura.
- Tied com Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira for the most submission wins (11) in Pride FC history
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- UFC Hall of Fame (Pioneer wing, class of 2017)
- UFC Japan Heavyweight Tournament winner
- First Japanese champion in UFC history
- Sherdog
- Mixed Martial Arts Hall of Fame
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Classe de 2004)
- 2001 Best Box Office Draw
- 2001 Feud of the Year (vs. Wanderlei Silva)
- 2000 Best Shootfighter
- 2000 Best Shoot Match (vs. Royce Gracie)
- Tokyo Sports
- Most Valuable Player (2000)
- Outstanding Performance (1999)
Wrestling profissional
- Kingdom
- Kingdom One Million Yen Tournament (1997)
- Nikkan Sports
- Outstanding Performance Award (1999)
- Wrestler of the Year (2000)
- PWI o classificou na posição de número 238 entre os 500 melhores lutadores do PWI 500 em 2017.
- GHC Tag Team Championship (1 vez) – com Takashi Sugiura
- Tokyo Sports
- Best Tag Team Award (2020) – com Takashi Sugiura