
Masanori Murakawa
Acting
Born 1969-07-18 · Morioka, Iwate, Japan
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

10.0
Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days
1996 · Movie

10.0
NJPW Super J-Cup 1994
1994 · Movie

9.7
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
2020 · Movie

9.0
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
2013 · Movie

9.0
AJW Big Egg Wrestling Universe
1994 · Movie

8.0
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
1997 · Movie

8.0
ECW Barely Legal 1997
1997 · Movie

7.0
ECW House Party 1998
1998 · Movie

6.0
Universe Magic 2026
2026 · Movie

World Wrestling Peace Festival
1996 · Movie

0.5
The Great Sasuke
2016 · Movie

NJPW Battle Formation '96
1996 · Movie

JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania
2022 · Movie

Ring of Dreams
2017 · Movie

GCW Tournament Of Survival 4
2019 · Movie

NJPW Purge Night of Torture
2025 · Movie

NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous
2025 · Movie