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Seiji Sakaguchi

Also known as Great Sakaguchi, Great Saka, Big Saka

General Data

Current gimmick:

Seiji Sakaguchi

Age:

83 years

Promotion:

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Personal Data

Birthday:

17.02.1942

Birthplace:

Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

Gender:

male

Height:

6' 5" (196 cm)

Weight:

275 lbs (125 kg)

Background in sports:

Judo

Career Data

Alter egos:

Seiji Sakaguchi
    a.k.a.  Great Sakaguchi
    a.k.a.  Great Saka
    a.k.a.  Big Saka

Roles:

Singles Wrestler (1967 - 1989)
Tag Team Wrestler (1972 - 1989)
Booker
Promoter
Trainer

Beginning of in-ring career:

05.08.1967

End of in-ring career:

23.03.1990

In-ring experience:

22 years

Wrestling style:

Technician

Trainer:

Karl Gotch & Michiaki Yoshimura

Signature moves:

Jumping Knee Attack
Atomic Drop
Schmidt Backbreaker
Canadian Backbreaker
Argentine Backbreaker
Boston Crab
Neck-Hanging Tree

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Current Total Rating (?)

Valid votes: 28

Number of comments: 7

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Average rating: 7.46 [28]

Average rating in 2025: 8.00 [2]

Average rating in 2024: 6.75 [4]

Average rating in 2023: 8.17 [6]

Average rating in 2022: 7.00 [2]

Average rating in 2021: 8.00 [6]

Average rating in 2020: 6.00 [1]

Average rating in 2018: 7.00 [1]

Average rating in 2015: 7.00 [3]

Average rating in 2014: 7.00 [1]

Average rating in 2012: 7.00 [1]

Average rating in 2011: 7.00 [1]

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Latest comments of the CAGEMATCH inmates

CDProsPro wrote on 23.02.2024:

[7.0] "Seiji Sakaguchi got the grey haired look that any eldest person can dream about. The top of the head is great. His advisor role in NJPW was outstanding until he reached his 70s where he is taking a backseat. He was a very imposing wrestler back in the day, tall and hits the backbreaker with such devastation. Choshu took many couple of belts and his body of work definitely tagging with Kimura, personal matchup that rocked was Animal Hamaguchi in 1983 toukon series. His son like many seeds after their more famous families peak really amounted to nothing, not bad as David Flair or George Gulas."

WU20 wrote on 08.07.2022:

[7.0] "Don't find a reason to give him 9 star like others. Didn't give anything special to this compny according to me."

WrestlingStuff wrote on 22.10.2021:

[9.0] "A complete badass Judoka who bought a lot of fire despite his size. Sakaguchi plays an important part in wrestling history, raising wrestlers like his sons with Inoki and bringing them what they become today. He wasn't the most agile, yet a volatile giant with his presence."

jajt1989 wrote on 30.07.2020:

[6.0] "From what i seen of him, this guy seemed stiff as shit and had a pretty tall frame but wasn't quite as skilled as others back then to make it big"

Witchfinder wrote on 22.07.2012:

[7.0] "Seiji Sakaguchi was a good wrestler back in the day and is best known for training Shinya Hashimoto and Manabu Soya."