Championship (1 time) IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3 times) IWGP Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Masa Saito (1), Takashi Iizuka (1), and Kensuke Sasaki (1) NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles/Japan version) (1 time) – with Seiji Sakaguchi WWF International Heavyweight Championship (1 time) G1 Climax (1996) Super Grade Tag League (1992) – with Shinya Hashimoto Six Man Tag Team Cup League (1988) – with Antonio Inoki and Kantaro Hoshino World Cup Tournament (1989) Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him #55 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1993 PWI ranked him #30 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003 PWI ranked him #17, and #25 of the 100 best tag team of the "PWI Years" with Yoshiaki Yatsu and Animal Hamaguchi, respectively, in 2003 Tokyo Sports Distinguished Service Award (1983) Effort Award (1977) Fighting Spirit Award (1979, 1986, 1988, 1989) Match of the Year Award (1983) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami on April 3 Match of the Year Award (1984) vs. Antonio Inoki on August 2 Match of the Year Award (1985) vs. Jumbo Tsuruta on November 4 Match of the Year Award (1993) vs. Genichiro Tenryu on January 4 Service Award (1997) Technique Award (1981) Universal Wrestling Association UWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) UWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Gran Hamada Wrestling Observer Newsletter Best Booker (1992) Promoter of the Year (1995, 1996, 1997) Wrestler of the Year (1987) Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996) References External links 1951 births IWGP Heavyweight champions Japanese male sport wrestlers Japanese male professional wrestlers Japanese people of Korean descent Living people Naturalized citizens of Japan Olympic wrestlers of South Korea Professional wrestling executives Senshu University alumni South Korean emigrants to Japan South Korean male sport wrestlers South Korean male professional wrestlers Sportspeople from Yamaguchi Prefecture Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Zainichi Korean people IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions UWA World Tag Team Champions 20th-century professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers UWA World Heavyweight Champions NWA North American Tag Team Champions (Los Angeles/Japan version) NWA International Tag Team Champions PWF World Heavyweight Champions