Masakazu Imanari

Masakazu Imanari is a Japanese mixed martial artist and submission wrestler, born on 10 February 1976, who has competed professionally since 2000 and fights in the bantamweight division of Rizin Fighting Federation. He is a veteran of ONE Championship, DEEP, ZST, Pancrase, PRIDE Fighting Championships and Cage Rage, and he was the final Cage Rage Featherweight Champion, a DEEP Bantamweight Champion, a two-time DEEP Featherweight Champion and a finalist in the DREAM Japan Grand Prix. As a submission wrestler he twice finished runner-up at the All-Japan Combat Wrestling Championship, and the Imanari roll maneuver is named after him. He runs the Imanari Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Shinjuku.