Tenshin Nasukawa To Team With DDT Wrestlers At Halloween Festival

Tenshin Nasukawa is stepping into the world of professional wrestling.

Legendary kickboxer and boxer Tenshin Nasukawa is set to compete in a trios match alongside DDT Pro-Wrestling talent at a festival in Chiba on October 31. The 28-year-old will team with Yuki Ueno and Shinya Aoki to face Danshoku Dino, Takeshi Masada and To-y.

The bout is billed as a “street-pro wrestling” match, a DDT speciality in which the action takes place outside a traditional wrestling ring, often incorporating comedy and hardcore elements. Notable examples in recent years include Minoru Suzuki’s match against Sanshiro Takagi inside an empty Tokyo Dome, as well as the promotion’s various matches held aboard trains.

Tenshin Nasukawa is one of Japan’s most famous kickboxers of his generation. He retired from kickboxing with an unbeaten 42-0 record before transitioning to professional boxing full-time in 2023, where he has since compiled an 8-2 record. According to BoxRec, he is currently ranked seventh among bantamweights worldwide.

DDT has a long history of collaborating with fighters from other disciplines, most notably the aforementioned Shinya Aoki, who boasts a 49-13 record in mixed martial arts.

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As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on Tenshin Nasukawa’s upcoming DDT appearance as soon as we hear more.