Mitsuharu Misawa

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mitsuharu Misawa
Occupation	Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Jun 18, 1962(1962-06-18)
Age	62
Date Of Death	June 13, 2009, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
Birthplace	Yubari
Country	Japan
Birth City	Hokkaido
Horoscope	Gemini

Mitsuharu Misawa Biography

Mitsuharu Misawa is one of the most popular and richest Wrestler who was born on June 18, 1962 in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan.

Mitsuharu Misawa (三沢 光晴 , Misawa Mitsuharu, June 18, 1962 – June 13, 2009) was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter who worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) before forming Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH). Alongside Toshiaki Kawada, Kenta Kobashi, and Akira Taue, Misawa was considered one of AJPW’s Four Pillars of Heaven (四天王, Shitennō), 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 is widely regarded by industry journalists as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, the physical demands and consequences of the style in which he worked and the circumstances of his death have made his legacy, or at least that of ōdō, somewhat problematic.

Misawa was born in Yūbari, Hokkaidō, but moved with his family to Koshigaya, Saitama as the coal mine where his father worked declined. Misawa had an older brother, who was favored by his father. According to Misawa, his father was violent towards his mother, and once stabbed her with a kitchen knife; they divorced during his first year of elementary school. Misawa won a long jump competition held by Koshigaya in elementary school, and joined the gymnastics club in junior high. He was a fan of professional wrestling, especially the All Japan product, from an early age, and his first favorite wrestler was Horst Hoffman. (Hoffman’s emerald green trunks would later be emulated by Misawa.) Misawa had wanted to pursue vocation as a professional wrestler since he was 12, and planned to do so after completing junior high, but his mother and teacher persuaded him to continue his studies so that he could attend a school with a good amateur wrestling program. Misawa attended the high school at the Ashikaga Institute of Technology in Tochigi on a scholarship, alongside Toshiaki Kawada, who was a year below him. He wanted to drop out in his second year to begin training, but during an encounter with Jumbo Tsuruta, the latter convinced Misawa to complete high school education, and to concentrate on amateur wrestling if he was serious about professional wrestling. Misawa would have significant success in amateur wrestling. Wrestling at 187 pounds, Misawa won the national high school championship in 1980, and in the same year he placed fifth at the freestyle World Championships, competing in the junior age group. Despite his success, Misawa disliked amateur wrestling, and only saw it as a means to an end for a career in professional wrestling.

Mitsuharu Misawa Net Worth

Mitsuharu Misawa is one of the richest Wrestler from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mitsuharu Misawa 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Misawa’s death caused several wrestling promotions to work toward a stronger approach to regulating professional wrestling in the country. On what would have been his 47th birthday, June 18, Hiroshi Hase organized a meeting towards this end with the heads of NJPW (Naoki Sugabayashi), AJPW (Keiji Mutoh), and NOAH (business head Ryu Nakata) in attendance, as well as Yoshirō Mori, Kenshiro Matsunami, and Shinobu Kandori. While the unified regulating body favored by Mutoh did not come to exist, the talks that Misawa’s death made necessary did have some positive effects.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Mitsuharu Misawa height 6 ft 1 in Miyu weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Mitsuharu Misawa Dating?

According to our records, Mitsuharu Misawa married to Mayumi Misawa. As of December 1, 2023, Mitsuharu Misawa’s is not dating anyone.

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Misawa married actress Mayumi Shiina on May 10, 1988. Together, they had two children, a daughter named Kaede and a son named Shizuma, who were reported to have been 20 and 17 years of age, respectively, at the time of his death. After his death, Mayumi became a majority shareholder in Pro Wrestling Noah. Misawa was very private about his life outside of wrestling, to the point that wrestlers who had known him for decades were unaware that he had children. He was also said to have been an avid gamer, and at one point revealed to video game magazine Famitsu a list of his favorite video games.

Facts & Trivia

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Misawa returned after his injury by participating in a main-event battle royal at Korakuen Hall on January 2, 1990, the first date of AJPW’s New Year Giant Series. On February 10, Misawa would wrestle for the first time inside the Tokyo Dome, though not in an AJPW event. NJPW president Seiji Sakaguchi asked Baba to help the company with their second Tokyo Dome show after plans with WCW fell through, and he agreed under the condition that the AJPW wrestlers would not be beaten or made to look weak. Misawa teamed with Genichiro Tenryu in a victory by countout against George Takano and Riki Choshu, in an event that sold out the Tokyo Dome with 53,000 in attendance (the day after Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas drew 30,000). On April 9, Misawa and Kenta Kobashi won the All Asia Tag Team Championship from the Can-Am Express, and four days later, Misawa wrestled Bret Hart to a time-limit draw at the WWF/NJPW/AJPW Supershow in the Dome.