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AKIRA

Birthdate: March 13th, 1968
Height: 5'11''
Weight: 198 lbs.
Debut: October 12th, 1984
Promotion History: New Japan (1984 to 2004), All Japan (2004 to 2007), and New Japan (2007 to present)
Background: New Japan Dojo
Alliances: Legend-gun
Ring Attire: Black pants
Card Position: Mid-Card
Major Tournaments Won: None
Current Title Held: None

Major Titles Held:

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship:
- Defeated Jushin Thunder Liger on 8/9/91 and lost to Norio Honaga on 11/5/91

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship with Jushin Thunder Liger:
- Defeated Minoru and Prince Devitt on 2/17/08 and lost to Devitt and Minoru on 7/21/08

Pictures:
- AKIRA with a tope suicida
- A dropkick by AKIRA

Signature Moves:
- DDT
- Dragon Suplex Hold
- German Suplex Hold
- Growing Up
- Musasabi Press

2005 Recap:
Due to his busy movie career, AKIRA was not a regular for All Japan in 2005. When he did wrestle on the cards, he tended to stay towards the beginning of the card wrestling in tag matches. Even though he was not on every tour, he was still protected fairly well and enjoyed a fair amount of success.

2007 New Japan Recap:
After being away from New Japan for many years, AKIRA returned in September to join the new Legend-gun faction with other veterans. While he is not a contracted wrestler, he frequently tags with his faction mates against the other factions in New Japan. He has not had any major matches however and is not considered a threat to any of the titles.

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