, better known as , is a Japanese

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring o ...

and former

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. He is known for his work in Fighting Network RINGS and later in professional wrestling companies like Battlarts and

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(NJPW). He currently wrestles for Dradition Pro Wrestling (Dradition) and

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(Noah).

Mixed martial arts career

Hirokazu trained in

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's Super Tiger Gym during secondary school and tried to join

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immediately afterwards, but its chairman

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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

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, training in the

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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.

Fighting Network RINGS (1991–1997)

Nagai debuted in RINGS on August 1, 1991 in a match against Herman Renting. He revealed himself as a promising rookie, showing will and toughness, but aside of a high-profile shoot match against

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on December 7, in which he was defeated in 0:34, Nagai was relegated to low profile matches. He qualified for the ''Mega Battle Tournament 1991'', but was eliminated on the first round by Masaaki Satake. During his time at RINGS, Nagai competed in shoot style wrestling, mixed rules shoot contests and

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fights. He competed in a number of shoot contests during the early years of RINGS where he was defeated by Dick Vrij on May 16, 1992 by TKO, and would also lose to Willie Peeters on July 16, 1992, however he got notable KO victories against Koichiro Kimura and

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, and a decision win against Nobuaki Kakuda. In 1994, Nagai looked to ascend the scale by taking part on the ''Mega Battle Tournament 1994'', eliminating

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on the first round, but then losing to Chris Dolman in the second. By 1995, RINGS was transitioning into a mixed martial arts promotion, and he faced Dick Vrij in a shoot rematch held in RINGS Holland on February 19, 1995, but he fell knocked by a knee strike while Vrij was illegally holding the ropes in the corner, an action which went unnoticed or the referee, and the decision was not overturned. However, Mitsuya would get booked for a trend of victories back in Japan, beating the likes of Andrei Kopylov, Yoshihisa Yamamoto and Carl Greco. He finally would get his retribution over Vrij submitting him via heel hook in an MMA fight on August 24, 1996. Nagai then fought

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, overwhelming the judoka with kicks, palm strikes, body punches and knees while Kohsaka fended off the strikes with takedowns and submission attempts. However, when the fight was brought back to standing Nagai beat him with knees, earning a TKO victory and one of the biggest wins of his RINGS career. He then got another MMA victory against Willie Peeters, winning via heel hook, but his momentum got cut short by a submission loss to Kiyoshi Tamura at the ''Mega Battle Tournament 1996''. In 1997, Nagai competed in several MMA fights, losing his first three, with two of those losses coming via Joop Kasteel. He then got notable wins against

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and Chris Haseman, all by heel hook. In 1997, Nagai got a license by the All Japan Kickboxing Federation and competed at the Kick Over IX event as a RINGS representative. It would be his last year in the promotion, as he left RINGS after a match with

in which Maeda shot on him after the bell, although it is possible it could have been a worked shoot.

Kickboxing and later MMA career (1997-2013)

After leaving RINGS Nagai briefly pursued a career in

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, and fought in

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between 1997 and 1999. His kickboxing career was unsuccessful, and he retired with a record of 6 losses and 1 draw in August 1999. On March 2013, Nagai returned to MMA after 15 years away from the sport, beating Takaku Fuke by ankle lock in the first round at a U-SPIRITS event.

Professional wrestling career

Battlarts (1999–2000)

Nagai turned his hand to professional wrestling and joined

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's shoot style promotion Battlarts. His run was somewhat successful, with Nagai earning victories over established wrestlers like Takeshi Ono,

and Katsumi Usuda. In the 2000 Young Generation Battle, Nagai went undefeated for the entirety of the tournament, beating Usuda,

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, Mach Junji, Rastaman and Minoru Tanaka to reach the final, where he lost to

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. After Battlarts went on hiatus beginning in November 2000, Nagai and the rest of the roster were forced to leave the promotion.

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2001–2005)

Almost immediately after Battlarts began its hiatus, Nagai was announced for the 2000 Real World Tag League in

(AJPW), the promotion he had originally hoped to join in high school. Nagai was paired up with fellow UWF alumnus

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, calling themselves "Team Strongs". Despite the name, Team Strongs performed poorly in the tag league, earning just two points with a win over

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and Kendall Windham. In only his second match, Nagai lost to AJPW's top star Toshiaki Kawada, and, even though he lost, he earned Kawada's respect and was selected to be his new tag partner. As a newcomer, Nagai was required to prove himself before he entered the 2001

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, and thus was put into the Champion Carnival Qualifying League. Nagai excelled in the qualification league which granted him entry to the Champion Carnival where he struggled, again earning just one win and two points. Despite mixed success and his newcomer status, Nagai was pushed as an All Japan loyalist and represented the company in interpromotional matches during AJPW's working relationship with

(NJPW). On June 6, 2001, Nagai was involved in an incident during a match against NJPW wrestler Takashi Iizuka at an NJPW show, where Nagai delivered a kick to Iizuka's face which resulted in Iizuka being severely concussed and needing over a year off to recover. Two days later when the NJPW roster came to the AJPW show in

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, Nagai and Kakihara beat NJPW's

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and

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to win the vacant

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, however, their reign was cut short after Kakihara suffered a knee injury and eventually left All Japan for NJPW after he had recovered, effectively breaking up Team Strongs. Nevertheless, Nagai's position as a loyalist in the post-exodus era All Japan continued to rise, and he teamed with Toshiaki Kawada in a loss to TenCozy (

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and

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) on September 16 on an NJPW card. Nagai teamed up with Kawada again for the 2001 Real World Tag League, seeing much greater success than the previous year, earning 10 points and making it to the final where they lost to

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and Taiyo Kea. In early 2002, he entered the Giant Baba Memorial Cup, a tournament focused on young wrestlers where he dominated, earning 24 points and beating Nobutaka Araya in the final to win the tournament. Not long after winning, he entered the 2002 Champion Carnival and performed respectably, earning 6 points but failing to reach the final. In what would be his final tour with All Japan, Nagai partnered with Yoji Anjo for the 2002 Real World Tag League, earning 4 points and failing to reach the final. After 2 years with the promotion, Nagai left All Japan in December 2002.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2003–2005)

Makai Club (2003–2004)

Immediately after leaving AJPW, Nagai was signed by

(NJPW), whom he had previously worked for during the inter-promotional relationship between both promotions. Due to his background in kickboxing and Rings, Nagai was placed into the

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, a group of wrestlers with legitimate backgrounds in martial arts. Nagai debuted under a mask as Makai #5 at

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, teaming with the returning

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, who was now masked and competing as Makai #4. In their debut as a team, the two defeated Nagai's former partner

and Takashi Iizuka. After defeating Kakihara in singles action at Ryogoku Kokugikan in February, Makai #5 voluntarily unmasked himself as Nagai, though he continued to compete as both himself and Makai #5 after this. In July, Makai #5 and #4, who had dubbed themselves , challenged for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, losing to reigning champions

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and Yutaka Yoshie in Osaka. Nagai competed at

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, teaming with Makai #1, Ryushi Yanagisawa and Ryota Chikuzen to defeat the Crazy Dogs (

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, Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto). Nagai would compete twice at NJPW's King of Sports pay-per-view in March, first teaming with Shibata, #1 and Yanagisawa to defeat Blue Wolf,

, Toru Yano and Yutaka Yoshie, but later losing to Josh Barnett in a singles match.

Face turn and team with Naruse (2004–2006)

After the Makai Club broke up in the summer of 2004, Nagai began a face turn, returning to AJPW for one night only on July 22 where he lost to his mentor Toshiaki Kawada. It was also during this time that he aligned himself with fellow Rings alumni

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, with the two unsuccessfully challenging

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and Masanobu Fuchi for the

on July 26. Around this time, Nagai joined

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while keeping his team with Naruse, which caused friction between them. On November 3 at

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's 20th Anniversary Show, they challenged once again, this time beating Fuchi and Tenryu to win the titles. He also returned to AJPW in December, teaming with Kawada for the Real World Tag League. They made it to the playoffs, where a loss to a

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and Taiyo Kea) stopped them from reaching the final. After dropping the All Asia belts in February, Nagai suffered an injury competing against Naruse in March which would keep him out of action for the rest of 2005. In January 2006, Nagai was one of a number of New Japan wrestlers who opted not to renew their contracts with the promotion and became a freelancer.

Freelancing (2006–present)

After leaving New Japan, Nagai debuted for

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(DDT), choosing a lighter schedule in a comedy promotion which would allow his injury to heal at a quicker rate. He aligned himself with Poison Sawada Julie's Serpent Council in late 2006, and also began competing for

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's Muga World Pro Wrestling around this time. It was in MUGA Nagai would find his new home, competing regularly for the next few years while also making occasional appearances in DDT and various shoot style promotions such as Battlarts and

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's Fu-Ten. In February 2009, he wrestled

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wrestler

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in what would be Test's last match before he died the following month. In September 2010, he beat

to win

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(RJPW)'s Legend Championship. He held the title for nearly a year before dropping it to Super Tiger in July 2011. Nagai won it back from Tiger in March 2012, and again dropped it to Tiger in December. In January 2014, Nagai's appearances in Dradition became more sporadic, and he instead became a regular in

(AJPW) once again, forming the Dark Kingdom stable with Kenso, which would later add

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, Black Tiger and Takeshi Minamino to its ranks. As Dark Kingdom, Nagai and Minamino won the

in January 2015. They dropped the titles to

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and

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in March. Nagai would later debut and make

his home in late 2017, entering the 2017 Global League where a loss to

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stopped him from reaching the final.

Championships and accomplishments

(3 times) - with

(1),

(1), and Takeshi Minamino (1) :* Giant Baba Memorial Cup (2002) * Chō Sentō Puroresu FMW ** FMW World Street Fight 8-Man Tag Team Championship ( 1 time, current) – with Black Tiger V,

and

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:*Muga Premium Tournament (2006) *

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(

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)

Mixed martial arts record

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, Submission (kneebar) , Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1995 Opening Round , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 6:38 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 4–1 , Peter Oele , Submission (ankle lock) , Rings Rising Series - Nagatsuki , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 7:42 ,

Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 3–1 , Willie Peeters , Submission (rear naked choke) , Rings Rising Series - Uzuki , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 5:34 ,

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 2–1 , Yoshihisa Yamamoto , Submission (achilles lock) , Rings Rising Series - Yayoi , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 17:18 , Tokyo, Japan , - , Loss , align=center, 1-1 , Dick Vrij , KO (knee) , Rings Holland - Free Fight , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:07 , Amsterdam, Netherlands , , - , Win , align=center, 1-0 , Mark Ashford , TKO (kicks) , Rings - Budokan Hall 1995 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 8:11 , Tokyo, Japan ,

Mixed rules

, Win , align=center, 7–4-1 , Mikhail Simov , Submission (kneebar) , Rings - Fighting Extension 6 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 6:38 ,

Kagoshima , abbreviated to , is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu, Kagoshima is the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern wor ...

, Japan , - , Draw , align=center, 6–4-1 , Vladimir Klementiev , Draw , Rings Megaton Fight 1994 , , align=center, 6 , align=center, 18:00 ,

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

, Japan , - , Win , align=center, 6–4 , Mikhail Simov , Submission , Rings Korakuen Experimental League 1993 Round 6 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 1:32 ,

, Japan , - , Win , align=center, 5–4 , Yoshinori Nishi , Decision (unanimous) , Rings Korakuen Experimental League 1993 Round 3 , , align=center, 5 , align=center, 15:00 ,

, Japan , - , Win , align=center, 4–4 ,

, KO (knees) , Rings Korakuen Experimental League 1993 Round 2 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:37 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 3–4 , Sandor Telgen , Submission (toe hold) , Rings Korakuen Experimental League 1993 Round 1 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 5:27 ,

, Japan , - , Loss , align=center, 2-4 , Masaaki Satake , KO (palm strike) , Rings - Mega Battle Tournament 1992 First Round , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:24 ,

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 2–3 , Willie Peeters , Decision (unanimous) , Rings - Mega Battle VI , , align=center, 5 , align=center, 15:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 2-2 , Nobuaki Kakuda , Decision (unanimous) , Rings Mega Battle 5th - Shishiku , , align=center, 5 , align=center, 15:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 1–2 , Dick Vrij , TKO (palm strike) , Rings - Mega Battle IV , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 6:11 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 1-1 , Koichiro Kimura , KO (palm strikes and knees) , Rings Mega Battle 1st - Kaiten , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 28:05 ,

Urayasu 260px, old Urayasu is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 170,533 in 81,136 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Urayasu is best known as the home of the Tokyo ...

, Japan , - , Loss , align=center, 0-1 ,

, TKO , Rings Astral Step Final - Blaze Up , , align=center, 4 , align=center, 0:34 ,

, Japan

Kickboxing record

, - , , Loss , Musashi , K-1 Spirits '99 ,

Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

, KO (left mid kick) , 1 , 3:00 , 0-6-1 , - , , Loss , Ryuji Murakami , K-1 Spirits '99 ,

, Decision (unanimous) , 2 , 3:00 , 0-5-1 , - , , Loss ,

, K-1 Rising '99 ,

, KO (right punch) , 2 , 1:20 , 0-4 , - , , Loss ,

Jan Nortje Johannes "Jan" Nortje (born 11 April 1975) is a South African professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist and undefeated professional boxer who has fought for Strikeforce, DREAM, K-1, Inoki Genome Federation, PRIDE Fighting Championship and N ...

, K-1 Japan '98 Kamikaze ,

, TKO (punch) , 1 , 2:51 , 0-3 , - , , Loss ,

Tsuyoshi Nakasako Tsuyoshi Nakasako ( ja, 中迫剛; born January 29, 1974) is a Japanese retired heavyweight kickboxer who competed in K-1. During his ten-year career from 1998 until 2008, he fought a variety of K-1 champions including Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aert ...

, K-1 Bushido '98 ,

, TKO (left high kick) , 2 , 2:55 , 0-2 , - , , Loss , Reed , Japan Kickboxing Federation - Kick Over IX ,

, Decision (unanimous) , 3 , 5:00 , 0-1 , - , - , colspan=9 , ''Legend'':

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nagai, Mitsuya 1968 births Living people Japanese male mixed martial artists Middleweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing shootboxing Mixed martial artists utilizing wrestling Japanese male kickboxers Japanese male professional wrestlers Masked wrestlers All Asia Tag Team Champions