Masayuki Naruse

Masayuki Naruse (成瀬 昌由) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, competing in the light heavyweight division.

Mixed martial arts career
Naruse started practising shotokan karate in high school before turning his attention to puroresu. He was eventually accepted in Fighting Network RING and trained under his chairman Akira Maeda.

Fighting Network RINGS
A longtime competitor in RINGS before the organization began hosting MMA bouts. Naruse experienced little success early in his shootfighting career, dropping six of his first seven mixed martial arts bouts, including fights against Valentijn Overeem and Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov (commonly referred to by his nickname Volk Han).

He turned things around as a participant in the eight-man Light Heavyweight title tournament in 1997,defeating Lee Hasdell, Wataru Sakata and Chris Haseman en route to becoming the first RINGS Light Heavyweight Champion. He then went 3-6 over his next nine fights before RINGS dissolved in 2002.

After RINGS
After wrestling for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Naruse decided to go back to competing in MMA. On December 31, 2003, he defeated Jan Nortje by rear-naked choke at K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!!. He then defeated Tony Williams via armbar at Jungle Fight 3 in Brazil.

Return to MMA
Nine years after retiring in 2004, Naruse returned to MMA on October 27, 2013, as he lost to Sanae Kikuta via armbar at Grabaka Live! 3. Naruse then faced Japanese MMA legend Yuki Kondo at Pancrase: 257 on March 30, 2014. He lost the fight via majority decision.

Puroresu

 * All Japan Pro Wrestling
 * All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Mitsuya Nagai


 * New Japan Pro Wrestling
 * IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * G1 Jr. Six Man Tag Team Tournament (2001) - with Minoru Tanaka and Masahito Kakihara

Mixed martial arts

 * Fighting Network RINGS
 * RINGS Light Heavyweight Champion (1 time, last)