Mitsuharu Misawa

Acting

Mitsuharu Misawa

Born — Died

1962-06-18 — 2008-06-13

Place of birth

Yūbari, Hokkaido, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

25 titles

Mitsuharu Misawa (三沢 光晴, Misawa Mitsuharu) was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter who worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling before forming Pro Wrestling Noah. Misawa was known alongside Toshiaki Kawada, Kenta Kobashi, and Akira Taue under the informal nomenclature of AJPW's Four Pillars of Heaven, whose matches developed the ōdō (王道, "King's Road") style of puroresu and received significant critical acclaim. Despite never working in the United States during the 1990s, Misawa had significant stylistic influence upon American independent wrestling, through the popularity of his work among tape-traders in the country. However, while Misawa has been regarded as one of the greatest profes…

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

2000s · 11 titles

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3 poster
5.0

Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2009, headlined by Keiji Muto (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3

2009

NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005 poster
9.0

Pro Wrestling NOAH caps off a thrilling year with their final Budokan event of 2005.

NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005

2005

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NOAH concludes their first Accomplish Our First Navigation Tour., headlined by Mitsuharu Misawa defending his GCW Heavyweight Title against Jun Akiyama.

NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9

2001

NOAH: European Navigation 2008 poster
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"European Navigation 2008" was the first ever Pro Wrestling NOAH card ever held in the UK, taking place on 21st June 2008, from the Coventry Skydome.

NOAH: European Navigation 2008

2008

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Pro Wrestling NOAH's Summer Navigation tour rolls on from Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.

NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12

2007

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Pro Wrestling NOAH's Navigate for Evolution tour continues, headlined by a tag team match between Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata vs Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa

NOAH Navigate For Evolution 2002 - Day 10

2002

NOAH: Destiny 2005 poster
10.0

Destiny was a major professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling NOAH. The event took place on July 18, 2005 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

NOAH: Destiny 2005

2005

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NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7 was a professional wrestling event that took place on March 1, 2009, at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.

NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7

2009

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Pro Wrestling NOAH's Navigation Over the Date Line tour sails on, headlined by a GHC Heavyweight Title match between champion Kenta Kobashi and Yujii Nagata

NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line 2003 - Day 13

2003

NOAH: Great Voyage poster
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December 23rd, 2000 :: Pro Wrestling Noah presents The Great Voyage. In the wake of the great Exodus from All Japan Pro Wrestling the young upstart Pro Wrestling Noah promotion embarks on one of its' inaugural shows which took place in Tokyo at the Ariake Colosseum. The show marked third event held by the Pro Wrestling Noah and was considered the biggest show up to that point. Matches include: ⦁ Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama ⦁ Mitsuhara Misawa vs. Vader ⦁ Shinya Hashimoto vs. Takao Omori ⦁ Akira Taue vs. Yoshihiro Takayama ⦁ Daisuke Ikeda & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Akitoshi Saito & Masashi Aoyagi ⦁ Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & KENTA vs. Scorpio & Kishin Kawabata ⦁ Naomichi Marufuji & Tamon Honda vs. Kodo Fuyuki & Tetsuhiro Kuroda ⦁ Kentaro Shiga, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takeshi Morishima vs. Masao Inoue, Takeshi Rikio & Takashi Sugiura ⦁ Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota & Makoto Hashi vs. Jun Izumida, Satoru Asako & Haruka Eigen

NOAH: Great Voyage

2000

NOAH: Departure 2004 poster
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Departure was a major professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling Noah. The event took place on July 10, 2004 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, and marked Noah's first ever show in the arena. The main event was marketed as the culmination of the long running feud between former allies and tag team partners Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, then held by Kobashi. Beginning on Noah's very first show in 2000 and having spanned over four years since then, it marked the first time Akiyama and Kobashi had faced off in singles competition since August 6, 2000 where Akiyama won by referee stoppage.

NOAH: Departure 2004

2004

1990s · 6 titles

Behind the camera