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Kazushi Sakuraba is a Japanese Professional wrestler.
Career[]
In wrestling[]
- Finishers and Signature moves
- Sakuraba Lock (Kimura Lock)
- Cross Armbreaker
- Nicknames
- "Gracie Hunter"
- "IQ Wrestler"
- Tag Teams and stables
- CHAOS
- Laughter7
- Sugiura-gun
Championships and accomplishments[]
Amateur wrestling[]
- National championship runner-up (high school)
- East Japan freshman championship
- All Japan collegiate wrestling championships (fourth place)
Mixed martial arts[]
- Pride Fighting Championships
- 2000 Pride Openweight Grand Prix semi-finalist
- Longest fight in Pride FC history – Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals (90:00)
- First man to defeat Royce Gracie in MMA history
- First Japanese Athlete to defeat a Gracie since Helio Gracie's 1951 loss to Masahiko Kimura.
- Tied with Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira for the most submission wins (11) in Pride FC history
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- UFC Hall of Fame
- UFC Japan Heavyweight Tournament winner
- First Japanese champion in UFC history
- Sherdog
- Mixed Martial Arts Hall of Fame
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 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)
Professional wrestling[]
- Kingdom
- Kingdom One Million Yen Tournament (1997)
- Nikkan Sports
- Outstanding Performance Award (1999)
- Wrestler of the Year (2000)
- Match of the Year Award (2013) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura on January 4
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #238 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017
- Pro Wrestling NOAH
- GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Takashi Sugiura
- Tokyo Sports
- Best Tag Team Award (2020) with Takashi Sugiura