WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Jun Akiyama Real Name: Jun Akiyama Birthday: October 9, 1969 Hometown: Izumi City, Osaka, Japan Marital Status: Height & Weight: 6'2" - 240lbs Trained by: Debut: September 17, 1992 Previous Names: Finishing Move: Blue Thunder Favorite Moves: Exploder Sternness Dust Wrist-clutch Exploder High-angle Exploder Jumping Knee Grounded Front Neck Lock Cradle Tombstone Piledriver Northern Lights Suplex Hold German Suplex Hold Notable Feuds: Kenta Kobashi
AJPW All Asia Tag Team titles w/Takao Omori defeating Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton [Tournament] (January 29, 1995); AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Mitsuharu Misawa defeating Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (May 23, 1996); AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Kenta Kobashi defeating Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (January 7, 1999); AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Kenta Kobashi defeating Yoshinari Ogawa & Mitsuharu Misawa (October 23, 1999); NOAH Global Honored Crowned Heavyweight title defeating Mitsuharu Misawa (July 27, 2001); NOAH GHC Tag Team titles w/Akitoshi Saito defeating Takeshi Rikioh & Takeshi Morishima (September 23, 2002); NOAH Global Honored Crowned Open-Weight Hardcore title declared himself champion (April 18, 2004); NOAH Global Honored Crowned Heavyweight title defeating Akira Taue (January 22, 2006); NOAH Global Honored Crowned Tag Team titles w/Takeshi Rikioh defeating Mohammed Yone & Takeshi Morishima (April 1, 2007);
Jun Akiyama debuted in an excellent match against Kenta Kobashi.. Jun Akiyama formed a tag team with Kenta Kobashi known as "Burning".. February 27, 2000: Jun Akiyama defeated Mitsuharu Misawa.. Mid-2000: Jun Akiyama left All Japan and joined Mitsuharu Misawa's NOAH promotion.. NOAH's 1st Show: Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi defeated Mitsuharu Misawa & Akira Taue in a 2/3 Falls Tag Match.. ~~~Jun Akiyama then betrayed Kobashi, before defeating him the following day and beginning a long rivalry.. May 29, 2005--NOAH: Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Mitsuharu Misawa & Kotaro Suzuki.. May 31, 2005--NOAH: Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima & Naomichi Marufuji b Akiyama & Jun Izumida & Yoshinobu Kanemaru.. August 4, 2005--Wrestle-One (debut show): Jun Akiyama defeated Katsuyori Shibata.. October 2, 2005--WRESTLE-1 GP: Bob Sapp defeated Jun Akiyama (GP 2nd round).. November 12, 2005--Universal Uproar: Jun Akiyama & Doug Williams defeated Go Shiozaki & Kenta Kobashi.. November 18 2005--NOAH: Jun Akiyama & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Kenta Kobashi & Kentaro Shiga.. November 20, 2005--NOAH: Akiyama/Yoshinobu Kanemaru/Shiro Koshinaka b Mitsuharu Misawa/Yoshinari Ogawa/Kotaro Suzuki November 21, 2005--NOAH: Jun Akiyama & Akira Taue defeated Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi .. November 22, 2005--NOAH: Jun Akiyama & Genichiro Tenryu defeated Akira Taue & Takuma Sano.. November 23, 2005--NOAH: Doug Williams & Ricky Marvin defeated Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru.. November 24, 2005--NOAH: Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiosaki.. November 26, 2005--NOAH: Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda & Kentaro Shiga beat Jun Akiyama & Genichiro Tenryu & SUWA.. November 27, 2005--NOAH: Jun Akiyama defeated Takashi Sugiura.. November 29, 2005--NOAH: Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Doug Williams & Low Ki.. December 4, 2005--NOAH: Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Jun Akiyama & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi.. January 22 2006--NOAH: Jun Akiyama defeated Akira Taue to win the GHC Heavyweight Title!! September 9, 2006: Naomichi Marufuji defeated Jun Akiyama in 27:29 to win the GHC Heavyweight title at Budokan Hall.. December 2, 2007--NOAH: Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama beat Kenta Kobashi (1st match back) & Yoshihiro Takayama..