Antonio Inoki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Antonio Inoki

Japanese professional wrestler, promotor, martial artist, and politician

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1943

Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Profession: actor, writer, politician, promoter, martial artist, mixed martial artist, professional wrestler

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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About Antonio Inoki

  • Muhammad Hussain Inoki (Arabic: ???????? ??????? ???????, romanized: Mu?ammad ?usayn ?Iinuki; born Kanji Inoki (????, Inoki Kanji) on February 20, 1943) is a Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promoter, and retired professional wrestler, martial artist, and politician.
  • He is best known by the ring name Antonio Inoki (???????, Antonio Inoki), a homage to fellow professional wrestler Antonino Rocca. Inoki began his professional wrestling career in the Japanese Wrestling Association (JWA) under the tutelage of Rikidozan.
  • Inoki quickly became one of the most popular stars in the history of Japanese professional wrestling.
  • Inoki parlayed his wrestling career into becoming one of Japan's most recognizable athletes, a reputation bolstered by his 1976 fight against world champion boxer Muhammad Ali.
  • The fight against Ali served as a predecessor to modern day mixed martial arts.
  • With Ric Flair, Inoki headlined two shows in North Korea in 1995 that drew 150,000 and 190,000 spectators, the highest attendances in professional wrestling history.
  • Inoki was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2010. Inoki began his promoting career in 1972, when he founded New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
  • He remained the owner of NJPW until 2005 when he sold his controlling share in the promotion to the Yuke's video game company.
  • In 2007, he founded the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF).
  • In 2017, Inoki founded ISM and the following year left IGF.
  • He is also the co-founder of the karate style Kansui-ryu (???) along with Matsubayashi-ryu master Yukio Mizutani.In 1989, while still an active wrestler, Inoki entered politics as he was elected to the Japanese House of Councillors.
  • During his first term with the House of Councillors, Inoki successfully negotiated with Saddam Hussein for the release of Japanese hostages before the outbreak of the Gulf War.
  • His first tenure in the House of Councillors ended in 1995, but he was reelected in 2013.
  • In 2019, Inoki retired from politics.

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