Masakatsu Funaki
Masaharu Funaki
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Emerging from a childhood steeped in martial-arts cinema, the son of a movie-theater owner first entered the New Japan dojo, where his natural talent for submissions and athletic timing set him apart among peers such as Minoru Suzuki and Keiji Mutoh. After early stints in New Japan and a European excursion, he helped launch the Newborn UWF before co-founding Pancrase, a pioneering mixed-martial-ar…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
