Click. The door to PUREBRED opened and in walked Kozo Nakamura. Every Japanese gym Nakamura entered, he had the respect of the room and this was no different, especially considering he ran the joint. His contributions to combat sports in the country were recognized by those around him – even the legends. It was sometime around the year 2000, and this day wasn’t that much different than the rest of them, except that Nakamura had a special guest with him as his son Rinya was accompanying. Born into combat sports, Rinya Nakamura took his first unofficial wrestling class that day – the combat sports mold continued to tighten around the youngster
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