Ryūshi Yanagisawa (柳澤 龍志, born June 22, 1972) is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and kickboxer.
After the Shamrock fight, Yanagisawa entered Pancrase's 1995 Neo Blood Tournament where he made it to the finals before losing to Takafumi Ito.
Yanagisawa would go 1–2 in his next fights including losses to Bobby Hoffman and Fedor Emelianenko before leaving RINGS and MMA in late 2001.
In November 2002, Yangisawa teamed with Yasuda and Makai #1 in the Triathlon Survivor Tournament but the group finished in last place with 1 point.
He would emerge victorious, defeating Kenzo Suzuki in the semi-finals and then Yutaka Yoshie in the finals to win the cup.
[8] After the NWF Title match, Yanagisawa largely went into the midcard for the next year and a half continuing to represent the Makai Club.
He continued to remain in the midcard with his only notable moment was when he competed in the 2005 New Japan Cup but lost in the first round to Koji Kanemoto.