Comments on: The Great Sasuke enters the Iwate gubernatorial race! (Video)

By: The Great Sasuke arrested for assault | Japan Probe

The Great Sasuke arrested for assault | Japan Probe — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:13:56 +0000

[...] Iwate Prefecture assembly/pro-wrestler The Great Sasuke has been arrested for assault: Sasuke, 39, whose real name is Masanori Murakawa, allegedly kicked [...]

By: ROK Drop Weekly Links 12-18MAR07 at ROK Drop

ROK Drop Weekly Links 12-18MAR07 at ROK Drop — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:37:32 +0000

[...] - At least a professional wrestler is running the city yet, like in Japan where they now have their own version of Jesse "The Body" Ventura. [...]

By: lost in ube

lost in ube — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:09:58 +0000

Here are some photos of The Great Sasuke at work with the mask on:
http://www.alpha-japan.com/sasuke07.htm
For those who don’t watch puroresu, The Great Sasuke could be a graceful high-flier who takes your breath away in one match and a guy who blows every move left and right the next.
Take this match for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmHBoI72vLY
The Asai moonsault he hits to the outside at the :54 mark and then the second to last move of the match at the 9:04 mark illustrate both points I think.
Still, very few wrestlers put their body on the line as much as Sasuke did. I’ve never seen someone fly directly onto the concrete or land straight on their head as often as he has. One hopes that he is as dedicated to politics as he is to wrestling.
Heck, I’d vote for him if I could.