The Top Ten Moves of Jinsei Shinzaki

Jinsei Shinzaki is probably familiar to most of you out there, if nothing else for his WWF run in the mid 1990s. Jinsei began his career with the fledgling Michinoku Pro company. Portraying the character of a Buddhist Monk covered in Kanji tattoos(actually, paint, but yeah), Shinzaki began employing a Praying motion during some of his moves, such as a Shoulder Block, Diving Headbutt, and the spectacular Praying Rope Walk Chop(even performing this move on barbed wire ropes on occasion). His action caught the eye of the World Wrestling Federation, and in 1994, he was signed. Right away, he was put over as a threat to the WWF Champion, Bret Hart, even defeating him decisively at a house show. However, he would lose his title bout, and afterward, his push was essentially gone. He briefly turned face, and soon departed the company, and went back to Japan. There, he immediately returned to Michinoku Pro, and also made a sporadic appearance for New Japan Pro Wrestling. Later in the year, he came up against rising superstar Hayabusa, defeating him at Michinoku Pro's now famous "These Days" event, using his new Kota Otoshi finishing technique. Soon after, the two would form a tag team that lasted several years. The two stood together against the returning Mr. Gannosuke in FMW, and the two also traveled to All Japan Pro Wrestling to compete in the Real World Tag League tournament, facing the best that AJPW had to offer. They also hosted Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama at an FMW event in a match that many proclaim to be the greatest in FMW history(and sadly, one of the rarest wrestling matches of recent time). Jinsei had now pretty much dedicated himself to FMW full time, as well as Michinoku Pro when he could. In April of 1998, he defeated Mr. Gannosuke in a non-title bout(Gannosuke was the Double Champion at the time). That summer, Jinsei returned to the United States, teaming with Hayabusa against RVD and Sabu at Heatwave 1998. Upon their return, Hayabusa and Shinzaki returned to AJPW for a series of matches. Shinzaki kept his focus on FMW, and the occasional Michinoku Pro show. In 2001, following Hayabusa's injury, Shinzaki focused on Michinoku Pro a bit more as FMW began its decline. Since then, Michinoku Pro has been Jinsei's home. Jinsei's style is a bit different from Michinoku Pro's usual LuchaResu style. Most of his moves are preceeded by a brief prayer. The Nenbutsu Powerbomb has claimed many victories, and when that fails, the Koya Otoshi most certainly won't.

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[thezbreer454]

this guy was hakushi in wwf right?

[TheSuicidalDragon]

Correct.

[robaleenaa]

what are his finishers?

[TheSuicidalDragon]

The Nenbutsu Bomb is his primary finishing move, and the Koya Otoshi is a move he used when the Nenbutsu Bomb fails to get the job done.

[heavyhandeddoom]

Didn't Shinzaki have a modified stalling Northern Lights Suplex, as well, or was that someone else? I think he had it in VPW2.

[TheSuicidalDragon]

I believe the move is known as Muken. I've never seen Jinsei use it, however, which is odd.

[garry159]

Jinsei Shinzaki (Hakushi) is living in his car after his home and restaurant were destroyed by the earthquake & tsunami. i pray for him and the citizens of japan

[GeneralKuno]

Mu-ken: watch?v=n5cklj80rIs

[TheTrueFranchise]

Mandala Hineri. Out of all the moves on here that's my favorite. It's basic yet has a lot of style and looked like it would blow your knee up!

[JoaoCangaceiro]

@GeneralKuno Thank you so much! I've been looking for this for so long.

[jonnyboy5000]

So agile for a heavyweight and good at his gimmick, I am curious though is he still in charge of Michinoku Pro? or is he doing that Ice Ribbon promotion now?

[bojadesignor]

About Muken: that's because he used the move only once, against Misawa. They build the match so that, having Shinzaki used all his moves without success, he did come with this as a last resort... but to no avail, still. He thrusts his head against opponent's stomach and then lifts him, grabbing his arms from under. There's a picture of it in Shinzaki's own website.

After that, the move figured in nearly all his game appearances, despite its "sealing".

[rodneydepiper]

@TheSuicidalDragon Nenbutsu is sometimes called the praying powerbomb, right?

[Mujangga]

新崎はプロレスの一番軽業師です。

[mckendo83]

taka michunoki was a twink.

[audiohead7]

thanks for this!