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Wrestler Onita to run in Nagasaki election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Atsushi Onita, a professional wrestler and former upper house legislator, announces his plan to run in next year's Nagasaki gubernatorial election in Nagasaki City on Dec. 2, 2009.

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Ex-wrestler Onita to give up upper house seat

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Onita, a House of Councillors member of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 23 and says he will not run in the July upper house election. A former wrestler, Onita won the Diet seat in 2001 in the proportional representation bloc.

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Japanese wrestler-turned politician delights Afghan children

KABUL, Afghanistan - Atsushi Onita (standing), a Japanese pro wrestler-turned lawmaker, holds an exhibition match of professional wrestling in Kabul on Sept. 27, winning the heart of hundreds of Afghan children. Onita, 45, matched up with a wrestler who traveled with him from Japan and showed off his wrestling techniques as well as his trademark comical ways.

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Lawmaker Onita inspects demining work near Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japan's House of Councillors lawmaker Atsushi Onita points to a land mine in a mine-strewn area some 30 kilometers north of Kabul on Feb. 27. Onita is in Afghanistan to check on how Japan' promised aid to Afghanistan will be used.

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Pro wrestler Onita victorious in 1st Diet election

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Onita (C), a popular ''independent-minded'' professional wrestler, conducts a celebratory ''One, Two, Three, Fire'' shout with his supporters at his election campaign office in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on July 29 after being assured of victory in the House of Councillors elction. Onita, 43, ran on the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ticket in the proportional representation section.

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Butcher, Onita in pro-wresting match

Abdullah the Butcher (L) attacks Atsushi Onita's face with a broken beer bottle during a pro-wrestling tag team match at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 28, 2001, in an event held on the occasion of the third anniversary of star wrestler's Giant Baba's death.

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Atsushi Onita in pro-wresting match

Atsushi Onita (top), a House of Councillors lawmaker, holds down The Atchee, head of a local pro-wrestling group, in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 6, 2005.

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Lawmakers in pro-wresting match

Atsushi Onita (R) and Hiroshi Hase, both of them fighters and lawmakers, face off in a pro-wrestling match in Osaka on May 3, 2003.

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Atsushi Onita in pro-wresting match

People watch Atsushi Onita's pro-wrestling exhibition match in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 27, 2002.

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Ex-wrestler Onita to give up upper house seat

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Onita, a House of Councillors member of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 23 and says he will not run in the July upper house election. A former wrestler, Onita won the Diet seat in 2001 in the proportional representation bloc. (Kyodo)

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Lawmaker Onita inspects demining work near Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japan's House of Councillors lawmaker Atsushi Onita points to a land mine in a mine-strewn area some 30 kilometers north of Kabul on Feb. 27. Onita is in Afghanistan to check on how Japan' promised aid to Afghanistan will be used.

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Wrestler Onita to run in Nagasaki election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Atsushi Onita, a professional wrestler and former upper house legislator, announces his plan to run in next year's Nagasaki gubernatorial election in Nagasaki City on Dec. 2, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Japanese wrestler-turned politician delights Afghan children

KABUL, Afghanistan - Atsushi Onita (standing), a Japanese pro wrestler-turned lawmaker, holds an exhibition match of professional wrestling in Kabul on Sept. 27, winning the heart of hundreds of Afghan children. Onita, 45, matched up with a wrestler who traveled with him from Japan and showed off his wrestling techniques as well as his trademark comical ways. (Kyodo)

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Pro wrestler Onita victorious in 1st Diet election

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Onita (C), a popular ''independent-minded'' professional wrestler, conducts a celebratory ''One, Two, Three, Fire'' shout with his supporters at his election campaign office in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on July 29 after being assured of victory in the House of Councillors elction. Onita, 43, ran on the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ticket in the proportional representation section.