Akira Taue
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| Akira Taue | |
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| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Akira Taue Tamakirin |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Billed weight | 265 lb (120 kg/18.9 st) |
| Born | May 8, 1961 Chichibu, Saitama, Japan |
| Debut | January 2, 1988 |
Akira Taue (田上 明 Taue Akira?) is a Japanese professional wrestler, who works for Pro Wrestling NOAH.
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[edit] Career
Akira Taue competed as a sumo wrestler (his shikona was Tamakirin) before becoming a professional wrestler. He debuted in a tag team match for All Japan Pro Wrestling in 1988, teaming with the legendary Giant Baba. As with Genichiro Tenryu, Hiroshi Wajima and Arashi before him, his debut was much hyped. Throughout the years he became one of AJPW's top stars, even holding the Triple Crown on one occasion in 1996.
However, he became better known for tag team wrestling. He won his first championship in 1990, the All Asia Tag Team Championship with Shinichi Nakano. He won the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship for the first time in 1992, teaming with Jumbo Tsuruta. He formed a tag team with Toshiaki Kawada, called Holy Demon Army, a team which ended up holding the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship 6 times. The team split when Taue left AJPW for Mitsuharu Misawa's new Pro Wrestling NOAH promotion, while Toshiaki Kawada decided to stay.
In NOAH Taue continued tag team wrestling, teaming mostly with Takuma Sano. On November 5, 2005, Taue was able to defeat Takeshi Rikio with his Ore ga Taue finisher to capture the GHC Heavyweight Championship, which he held into the new year before losing it to Jun Akiyama on January 22, 2006.
[edit] Finishing and signature moves
- Ore ga Taue (Translated to I am Taue in English) (Back suplex chokeslam) – Innovated
- Chichibu Cement (Vertical suplex chokeslam) – Innovated
- Nodowa Otoshi
- Tsukuba Makiwari (Choke suplex)
- Dynamic Bomb (Sitout powerbomb)
- Dynamic Kick (Running big boot)
- Dynamic Suplex (Trapping suplex)
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- All Japan Pro Wrestling
- AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shinichi Nakano
- AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship (7 times) – with Jumbo Tsuruta (1) and Toshiaki Kawada (6)
- Champion's Carnival (1996)
- World's Strongest Tag Team League – with Toshiaki Kawada (1996)
- World's Strongest Tag Team League – with Toshiaki Kawada (1997)
- Pro Wrestling NOAH
