Mitsuya Nagai | |
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Born |
Sunagawa, Hokkaido, Japan |
November 10, 1968
Other names | Mitsuyaman Makai #5 Great Tiger |
Nationality | Japanese |
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 108 kg (238 lb; 17.0 st) |
Division | Middleweight |
Style | Shootboxing |
Team | RINGS Japan |
Teacher(s) |
Akira Maeda Satoru Sayama Naoyuki Taira |
Years active | 1999-present |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 7 |
Wins | 0 |
By knockout | 0 |
Losses | 6 |
By knockout | 4 |
No contests | 1 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 7 |
Wins | 3 |
By knockout | 1 |
By submission | 2 |
By decision | 0 |
Losses | 4 |
By knockout | 3 |
By submission | 0 |
By decision | 1 |
Draws | 0 |
No contests | 0 |
Other information | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Hirokazu Nagai (長井 弘和 Nagai Hirokazu?, born November 10, 1968), better known as Mitsuya Nagai (長井満也 Nagai Mitsuya?), is a Japanese mixed martial artist, kickboxer and professional wrestler. He is known for his work in Fighting Network RINGS and later in pro wrestling companies like Battlarts and New Japan Pro Wrestling. He currently wrestles for Dradition Pro Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling.
Hirokazu trained in Satoru Sayama's Super Tiger Gym during secondary school and tried to join All Japan Pro Wrestling immediately afterwards, but its chairman Giant Baba asked him to finish high school first. While studying, Nagai started competing in amateur shootboxing and amassed a 5-2 record, which made him change his ambition, so after graduating he went to join UWF Newborn instead of AJPW. He became a trainee under Akira Maeda and learned the shoot-style, but he got injured and UWF closed his doors before he could debut. Nagai eventually followed Maeda to his new promotion, Fighting Network RINGS.