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Jun Akiyama


Last updated by Sean Sweeny on April 28, 2014

Title History

 

  • 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);

 

Career Highlights

 

  • 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..