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Antonio Inoki

1943 - 2022

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Antonio Inoki (アントニオ猪木, Antonio Inoki) (born Kanji Inoki (Japanese: 猪木寛至, Hepburn: Inoki Kanji); 20 February 1943 – 1 October 2022) was a Japanese professional wrestler, professional wrestling trainer, martial artist, politician, and promoter of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts (MMA). He is best known as the founder and 33-year owner of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is considered to be one of the most influential professional wrestlers of all time, and one of the biggest key influences on MMA in Japan and internationally. After spending his adolescence in Brazil, Inoki began his professional wrestling career in the 1960s for the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (JWA) under the tutelage of Rikidōzan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio Inoki is the 4th most popular wrestler, the 67th most popular biography from Japan (up from 164th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Wrestler.

Antonio Inoki is a Japanese professional wrestler, politician, and mixed martial artist. He is most famous for his mixed martial arts fight against Muhammad Ali in 1976.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Antonio Inoki ranks 4 out of 1,027. Before him are The Undertaker, Dusty Rhodes, and Dave Bautista. After him are André the Giant, Darren Young, The Iron Sheik, The French Angel, Hulk Hogan, Kane, Sting, and Shawn Michaels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Antonio Inoki ranks 40. Before him are Raffaella Carrà, Howard Gardner, John Kerry, Carlos Alberto Parreira, Denis Sassou Nguesso, and David Cronenberg. After him are Eduard Limonov, Gianni Rivera, Malcolm McDowell, Johnny Hallyday, Richard Wright, and Mario Monti. Among people deceased in 2022, Antonio Inoki ranks 30. Before him are Marsha Hunt, Angelo Sodano, Monica Vitti, José Eduardo dos Santos, Fidel Ramos, and Kane Tanaka. After him are Robbie Coltrane, Uwe Seeler, Angela Lansbury, James Caan, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, and Dietrich Mateschitz.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Antonio Inoki ranks 67 out of 6,245. Before him are Kane Tanaka (1903), Paulo Miki (1564), Mako (1933), Koxinga (1624), Dōgen (1200), and Yoshihide Suga (1948). After him are Isamu Akasaki (1929), Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (1906), Tadao Ando (1941), Soichiro Honda (1906), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), and Kenzō Tange (1913).

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Among WRESTLERS In Japan

Among wrestlers born in Japan, Antonio Inoki ranks 1. After him are Masahiko Kimura (1917), Isao Inokuma (1938), Giant Baba (1938), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Yasuhiro Yamashita (1957), Takehide Nakatani (1941), Osamu Watanabe (1940), Shozo Sasahara (1929), Shinobu Sekine (1943), Katsutoshi Naito (1895), and Jiichiro Date (1952).

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