(1957-10-25) October 25, 1957 (age 66) Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Atsushi Onita Mr. Onita The Great Nita
Billed height
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Billed weight
99 kg (218 lb)
Trained by
Masio Koma Giant Baba Dick Beyer Terry Funk
Debut
April 14, 1974
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Atsushi Onita (大仁田 厚, Ōnita Atsushi, born October 25, 1957)[1] is a Japanese actor, politician, and semi-retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) and is credited with introducing the deathmatch style of professional wrestling to Japan. He is a former All Asia Tag Team Champions alongside Yoshitatsu.
Onita founded FMW in 1989, defeating martial artist Masashi Aoyagi under his own martial arts rules in the main event of the second night of the promotion's inaugural event. FMW later emerged as a full-fledged touring organization, moving away from martial arts-inspired shoot style matches and moving toward the rasslin'-inspired deathmatch style – which became popular with Japanese fans. He was the promotion's top star, wrestling in main event matches at sold-out events, making FMW a financially successful company, particularly for a Japanese independent promotion. Onita sold FMW to Shoichi Arai and retired from wrestling in 1995 to pursue an acting career, which was unsuccessful, forcing him to return as a wrestler in 1996. After returning to FMW, he led stables ZEN and Team Zero but departed the company in 1998 after disagreements over his position in the company.
He held the FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship a record seven times and headlined the first six editions of FMW's premier Anniversary Show event from 1989 to 1995.
^"Profile at Puroresu Central". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
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