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Japanese professional wrestler
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Birth name | Akito Nishigaki |
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Born | (1987-02-28) February 28, 1987 (age 37)
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Nagoya,
Japan |
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Ring name(s) | - Akihiko Nishigaki
- Akiko
- Akito
- Akito "Co-Chin" Nishigaki
- Cao Zhang
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Billed height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
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Billed weight | 84 kg (185 lb) |
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Debut | 2009 |
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Akito Nishigaki (西垣彰人, Nishigaki Akito) is a Japanese
professional wrestler, better known by his
ring name Akito (彰人, Akito). He is currently working for the Japanese
professional wrestling promotion
DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT).
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Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2009-present)
Nishigaki made his
professional wrestling debut at Sportiva It's Saturday Pro DX !! ~ Tsurumai Muso 09 from November 28, 2009, an event hosted by the Sportiva Entertainment
[4] promotion, where he scored a defeat in front of Kekumo.
[5] He worked for other promotions such as
Kaientai Dojo, where he worked alongside Michio Kageyama and Toru Sugiura to unsuccessfully challenge Silence (Daigoro Kashiwa, Kaji Tomato and
Marines Mask) for the
Chiba Six Man Tag Team Championship at
Kaientai Dojo's 10th Anniversary on February 2, 2012.
[6] He also wrestled in cross-over events held between
Dramatic Dream Team,
Big Japan Pro Wrestling and
Kaientai Dojo such as the BJW/ DDT/K-Dojo: Sapporo Pro-Wrestling Festa 2014 on October 14, where he teamed up with Ryuichi Kawakami and Ryuichi Sekine in a losing effort to
Ryuji Ito,
Harashima and
Kengo Mashimo in a
six-man tag team match.
[7] On November 28, 2016, Nishigaki worked a match for
Tokyo Gurentai at the Tokyo Dream 2016 show where he teamed up with
Cima and
Masato Tanaka and scored a victory against
Minoru Fujita,
Mazada and
Kikuzawa.
[8]
DDT Pro-Wrestling (2010-present)
Nishigaki worked most of his career in
DDT under the name Akito. He is a
DDT Extreme Champion, title which he won the first time after defeating
Danshoku Dino in a
nobody knows rules match at DDT Dramatic General Election 2014 on September 13.
[9] He was a part of the All Out stable, and alongside his fellow stablemates
Konosuke Takeshita and
Diego, defeated Damnation (
Daisuke Sasaki,
Mad Paulie and
Shuji Ishikawa to win the
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship at DDT Shin-Kiba, I Came Back! from November 2, 2017.
[10] Akito won the
championship on two more occasions under the stable, first with
Konosuke Takeshita and
Shunma Katsumata after defeating
Chihiro Hashimoto,
Dash Chisako and
Meiko Satomura at the DDT/Sendai Girls All Out X Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling
[11] event on June 24, 2019, and the other time also with
Takeshita and Yuki Ino at DDT Live! Maji Manji Super - New Year Special on January 3, 2019, scoring a victory against #StrongHearts (
Cima,
T-Hawk and Duan Yingnan).
[12] He is a multiple time
Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion, last time winning it at DDT You Can Get A Lot Of Protein From Peanuts! on September 7, 2019 when he teamed up with
Konosuke Takeshita to take on Damnation (
Daisuke Sasaki and
Puma King) in a
tag team match in which he pinned the latter to win the contest and the title.
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Championships and accomplishments
- Ranked No. 264 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the
PWI 500 in 2015
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References
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^ Saalbach, Axel.
"Akito/General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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^ Kreikenbohm, Philip.
"Akito-Personal Data". cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD).
"Akito • Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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^ Puroresu Central.
"Puroresu Central/Sportiva Entertainment Roster". puroresucentral.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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^ Kreikenbohm, Philip.
"Sportiva It's Saturday Pro DX !! ~ Tsurumai Muso 09 - Tag 1". cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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^ Kreikenbohm, Philip.
"K-DOJO KAIENTAI DOJO 10th Anniversary Nagoya Show". cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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^ Dark angel (October 14, 2014).
"BJW / DDT / K-Dojo: Results "Sapporo Pro-Wrestling Festa 2014" - 12/10/2014". superluchas.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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^ Dark angel (October 25, 2016).
"Tokyo Gurentai: Ready the poster for "Tokyo Dream 2016" -28/11/2016". superluchas.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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^ Voices Of Wrestling Staff (October 9, 2014).
"DDT "DRAMATIC GENERAL ELECTION 2014" REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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^ Dark angel (November 8, 2017).
"DDT: Results "Shinkiba! I Came Back "Danshoku Dino imposes his law". superluchas.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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^ Ashish (June 24, 2019).
"Sendai Girls vs. ALL Out Results from Tokyo, Japan 06.24.19". 411mania.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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^ Rudakov, Danil (January 11, 2019).
"Обзор шоу DDT Live! Maji Manji Super - New Year Special! All Seats 2000 Yen Show (03.01.2019)". vk.com (in Russian). Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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^ Dark angel (September 12, 2019).
"DDT: Puma King loses and recovers Iron Man Heavy Metal". superluchas.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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^
"DDT Extreme Division Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. February 28, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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大中華統一中原タッグ選手権 (in Japanese). Extreme Party. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
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大中華統一中原タッグ選手権 (in Japanese). Syu-Kaku Kombu. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
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"Ironman Heavymetalweight Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. February 28, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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"KO-D (King Of DDT) 6-man Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. November 14, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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^
DDT Pro-Wrestling (July 4, 2021).
"BLACK OUT presents KING OF DDT 2021 FINAL!!". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 4, 2021.
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^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD).
"Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2015". profightdb.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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2010s |
- Team Drift (
Keisuke Ishii,
Shigehiro Irie and
Soma Takao)
- Monster Army (
Antonio Honda,
Daisuke Sasaki and
Yuji Hino)
- Golden☆Rendezvous~ (
Gota Ihashi,
Kenny Omega and
Kota Ibushi)
- Monster Army (
Antonio Honda,
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Yuji Hino)
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Danshoku Dino,
Kensuke Sasaki and
Makoto Oishi)
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Akebono,
Sanshiro Takagi and
Toru Owashi
- Team Homo Sapiens (
Aja Kong,
Danshoku Dino and
Makoto Oishi)
- Golden☆Storm Riders (
Daisuke Sasaki,
Kenny Omega and
Kota Ibushi)
- Shuten-dōji (
Kudo,
Masa Takanashi/Masahiro Takanashi and
Yukio Sakaguchi)
- Happy Motel (
Antonio Honda,
Konosuke Takeshita and
Tetsuya Endo)
- T2Hii (
Kazuki Hirata,
Sanshiro Takagi and
Toru Owashi)
- Genpatsu Daio (
Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and
Gorgeous Matsuno)
- #OhkaTeikoku (
Danshoku Dino,
Ken Ohka and
Super Sasadango Machine)
- #OhkaTeikoku (
Danshoku Dino,
Kenso and
Super Sasadango Machine)
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Kazusada Higuchi,
Kouki Iwasaki and
Shunma Katsumata
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Damnation (
Daisuke Sasaki,
Mad Paulie and
Tetsuya Endo)
- Team DNA (
Kazusada Higuchi,
Kouki Iwasaki and
Mizuki Watase)
- NωA (
Makoto Oishi,
Mao and
Shunma Katsumata)
- All Out (
Akito,
Diego and
Konosuke Takeshita)
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Koju Takeda,
Kota Umeda and
Yuki Ueno
- All Out (
Akito,
Shunma Katsumata and
Konosuke Takeshita)
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Damnation (
Tetsuya Endo,
Mad Paulie and
Soma Takao)
- #StrongHearts (
Cima,
T-Hawk and Duan Yingnan)
- All Out (
Akito,
Konosuke Takeshita and
Yuki Iino)
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Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling (
Chihiro Hashimoto,
Dash Chisako and
Meiko Satomura)
- All Out (
Konosuke Takeshita,
Shunma Katsumata and
Yuki Iino)
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2020s |
- #DamnHearts (
Tetsuya Endo,
T-Hawk and
El Lindaman)
- Eruption (
Kazusada Higuchi,
Yukio Sakaguchi and
Saki Akai)
- Young Communication Generation (
Akito,
Kazuki Hirata and
Shota)
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Damnation (
Tetsuya Endo,
Soma Takao and
Yuji Hino)
- Pheromones (
Danshoku Dino,
Yuki Iino and
Yumehito Imanari)
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Damnation T.A. (
Daisuke Sasaki,
Minoru Fujita and
MJ Paul)
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Damnation T.A. (
Daisuke Sasaki,
MJ Paul and
Kanon)
- Omega (
Yuji Hino,
Makoto Oishi and
Shiori Asahi)
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Naruki Doi,
Toru Owashi and
Kazuki Hirata
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Burning (
Tetsuya Endo,
Kotaro Suzuki and
Yusuke Okada)
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Shinya Aoki,
Super Sasadango Machine and
Yuki Ueno
- Harimau (
Kazusada Higuchi,
Ryota Nakatsu and
Yuki Ishida)
- Eruption (
Yukio Sakaguchi,
Saki Akai and
Hideki Okatani)
- D・O・A (
Jun Akiyama,
Danshoku Dino and
Makoto Oishi) (current)
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2020s |
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Shinya Aoki,
Super Sasadango Machine,
Antonio Honda and
Kazuki Hirata
- Team Thoroughbred (
Sanshiro Takagi,
Yukio Naya, Chikara and Yakan Nabe)
- Team Olympian (
Yoshiaki Yatsu,
Akito,
Hiroshi Yamato and
Keigo Nakamura)
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Toru Owashi,
Antonio Honda,
Kazuki Hirata and Yoshihiko
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Poison Sawada Julie,
Gentaro,
Takashi Sasaki,
Mikami and
Thanomsak Toba
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The37Kamiina (
Mao,
Yuki Ueno,
Shunma Katsumata,
Toy Kojima) and
Shinya Aoki
- Schadenfreude International (
Antonio Honda,
Masahiro Takanashi,
Takeshi Masada, Mecha Mummy and
Takayuki Ueki)(current)
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