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.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Universe Magic 2026 poster

Universe Magic 2026

Movie · as Great Sasuke

2026
NOAH Wrestle Magic 2026 poster

NOAH Wrestle Magic 2026

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

2025
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous poster

NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

2025
NJPW Purge Night of Torture poster

NJPW Purge Night of Torture

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

2022
JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania poster

JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

2021
Kyushu Pro Monday Night Vai

Kyushu Pro Monday Night Vai

TV · as The Great Sasuke · 1 ep

2020
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1 poster

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

2019
GCW Tournament Of Survival 4 poster

GCW Tournament Of Survival 4

Movie · as Great Sasuke

2017
Ring of Dreams poster

Ring of Dreams

Movie · as Himself / "Great Sasuke"

2016
The Great Sasuke poster

The Great Sasuke

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

2015
SEAdLINNNG poster

SEAdLINNNG

TV · as The Great Sasuke · 2 eps

2013
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2 poster

ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2

Movie · as Great Sasuke

2011
CHIKARA King Of Trios 2011 - Night 3

CHIKARA King Of Trios 2011 - Night 3

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

2000
Millennium Fighting Arts INOKI BOM-BA-YE

Millennium Fighting Arts INOKI BOM-BA-YE

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

1999
The Best of Eddy Guerrero

The Best of Eddy Guerrero

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

1998
Battlarts Battle Fiction

Battlarts Battle Fiction

Movie · as SASUKE

1998
ECW House Party 1998 poster

ECW House Party 1998

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

1997
ECW Barely Legal 1997 poster

ECW Barely Legal 1997

Movie · as Great Sasuke

1997
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede poster

WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede

Movie · as Great Sasuke

1997
ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997

ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

1997
Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary

Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

1996
World Wrestling Peace Festival poster

World Wrestling Peace Festival

Movie

1996
NJPW Skydiving J

NJPW Skydiving J

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

1996
Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days poster

Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

1996
NJPW Battle Formation '96 poster

NJPW Battle Formation '96

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

1996
FMW Year End Spectacular 1996

FMW Year End Spectacular 1996

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

1995
FMW Year End Spectacular '95 - Day 10 poster

FMW Year End Spectacular '95 - Day 10

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

1994
NJPW Summer Struggle 1994 - Day 8

NJPW Summer Struggle 1994 - Day 8

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

1994
NJPW V-Mania Vol. 3

NJPW V-Mania Vol. 3

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

1994
NJPW Super J-Cup 1994 poster

NJPW Super J-Cup 1994

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

1994
AJW Big Egg Wrestling Universe poster

AJW Big Egg Wrestling Universe

Movie

1993
FMW 4th Anniversary Show: Origin poster

FMW 4th Anniversary Show: Origin

Movie · as The Great Sasuke

1993
Raw poster

Raw

TV · as Great Sasuke, The Great Sasuke · 1 ep