Kendo Nagasaki is a professional wrestling stage name, used as a gimmick of that of a Japanese Samurai warrior with a mysterious past and even supernatural powers of hypnosis. The name derives from the modern martial art of Japanese fencing (Kendo), and Nagasaki is the name of a city on the south-western coast of Kyūshū, site of the second use of the atomic bomb, as well as an ancient family name in Japan.Although the masked British version portrayed by Peter Thornley remains a household name in his home country, most American and Japanese wrestling fans primarily associate the name "Kendo Nagasaki" and related imagery with the face-painted version portrayed by Kazuo Sakurada. The success of both Thornley and Sakurada has spawned an assortment of other wrestlers with characters inspired by - or simply impersonating - the gimmick.
During a tag match in 1988 current British wrestler Robbie Brookside ripped Nagasaki's mask off and he then sent Brookside into a deep hypmitisation. Brookside then attacked his own tag partner, Steve Regal (WWE's Darren 'William Regal' Matthews) and he then covered a stunned Brookside for the win. This was of course fake, nothing really happened.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Send in the Girls
1978
TV Series
Death Angel
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Timeshift
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself - Professional Wrestler
LDN Wrestling: Legends Showdown I
2008
Video
Himself
They Think It's All Over
2003
TV Series
Himself
Gamesmaster
1992
TV Series
Himself
ITV Wrestling
1987
TV Series
Himself - Wrestler
This Is Your Life
1979
TV Series documentary
Himself
World of Sport
1964
TV Series
Himself - Wrestler (1971-1978)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
World of Sport Wrestling
2016
TV Movie
Wrestler
Best of ITV Wrestling: A to Z
2006
Video
Himself
Best of ITV Wrestling
2005
Video
Himself
Known for movies
World of Sport (1964) as Himself - Wrestler (1971-1978)
LDN Wrestling: Legends Showdown I (2008) as Himself
Timeshift (2012) as Himself - Professional Wrestler
$3 Million
