Jinsei Shinzaki is currently signed to the Michinoku Pro Wrestling promotion where he is the promotion's president.
26 Facts About Jinsei Shinzaki
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Jinsei Shinzaki first worked as an actor, but he left for professional wrestling after meeting Gran Hamada.
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Jinsei Shinzaki trained in the Mexican style of lucha libre before debuting in Hamada's promotion Universal Lucha Libre in 1992, wrestling under a mask and the name of Mongolian Yuga.
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In 1993, Jinsei Shinzaki followed The Great Sasuke to his promotion Michinoku Pro Wrestling, becoming one of its founders.
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Under this persona, Jinsei Shinzaki wrestled in a slow, meditated style, and constantly performed prayers in the ring before every movement.
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Jinsei Shinzaki came to the arenas in full pilgrimage garments, including white robes and suge-kasa hats, and carried a shakujo staff and a kongo-zue.
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Jinsei Shinzaki debuted as a silent heel, being introduced by Mr Yamaguchi as a special member of Super Delfin's heel unit in order to "curse" The Great Sasuke with his prayers.
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However, after disagreements with them, Jinsei Shinzaki turned face in 1994 and joined Sasuke and his allies.
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In May 1994, Jinsei Shinzaki wrestled on a World Wrestling Federation tour of Japan.
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In November 1994, Jinsei Shinzaki traveled to the United States to wrestle for the World Wrestling Federation.
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Jinsei Shinzaki wrestled as Hakushi, a derivation of his Michinoku Pro Wrestling persona.
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Jinsei Shinzaki was accompanied by a facepaint-wearing cultist named Shinja.
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Jinsei Shinzaki participated in a three-way feud with perennial jobber Barry Horowitz and Bodydonna Skip.
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Jinsei Shinzaki's loss was a surprise to the fans, not only given Horowitz's long time losing record, but given how well Hakushi did during his feud with Bret Hart in what had been Hakushi's first major feud in the company.
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Jinsei Shinzaki was a competitor in the 1996 Royal Rumble, where he was eliminated by Bret Hart's brother, Owen Hart.
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Jinsei Shinzaki made a single night appearance with New Japan Pro-Wrestling at "Battle Formation" on April 29,1996, where he wrestled The Great Muta.
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Jinsei Shinzaki was introduced as a mystic, supernatural character very much like Muta, who embodied evil while Jinsei Shinzaki embodied good.
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Jinsei Shinzaki returned to Michinoku Pro Wrestling in October 1996 at the Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary event, defeating Hayabusa.
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Once again aligning himself with The Great Sasuke, Jinsei Shinzaki was undefeated in singles matches until 1997.
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Jinsei Shinzaki faced Undertaker, but was defeated after a Tombstone Piledriver and entombed in the mountains of Tohoku.
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In mid-1997, Jinsei Shinzaki started appearing in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling helping Hayabusa in his battles against Mr Gannosuke.
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Jinsei Shinzaki then kept a feud against Mitsuharu Misawa's Untouchables faction, but his appearances in AJPW became more sparse until ceasing in favour of Michinoku Pro in 2002.
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In 2001, still as an AJPW representative, Jinsei Shinzaki made a surprise appearance in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, wearing a white mask and causing Kazunari Murakami's defeat to Keiji Mutoh.
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Jinsei Shinzaki then unmasked, and Mutoh introduced him as the new member of his personal faction Bad Ass Translate Trading.
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Jinsei Shinzaki has been the president of Michinoku Pro Wrestling company since 2003 as a result of Sasuke dedicating more of his time to his political career as a member of the Iwate Prefectural Assembly.
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Jinsei Shinzaki is the co-founder of the joshi promotion Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling along with joshi wrestler Meiko Satomura.