| Milano Collection A.T. | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | Milano Collection A.T. Masked Italiano |
| Billed height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Billed weight | 85 kg (190 lb) |
| Born | August 27, 1976 Iwate Prefecture, Japan |
| Trained by |
Jorge "Skayde" Rivera Rudy Boy Gonzalez(Texas Wrestling Academy) |
| Debut | May 13, 2000 |
| Retired | January 18th, 2010 |
Akihito Terui (born August 27, 1976), also known as Milano Collection A.T., is a Japanese retired professional wrestler.
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Terui made his debut in 2000 in Toryumon, and gained success. He later adopted the persona of Milano Collection A.T. (A.T. being his initials; compare Magnum T.A. in the United States) to achieve greater success and attract attention from many, and upon his landing in Japan, he was the ace of Toryumon's T2P class. His gimmick is that of an Italian fashion aficionado/supermodel, wearing lavish coats and trunks and showing his outrageousness with an invisible dog named Mikeru. In mid 2006, he surfaced at the Texas Wrestling Academy in San Antonio, Texas at the urging of World Wrestling Entertainment's Shoichi Funaki, and trained under Rudy Boy Gonzalez. During his tenure in the TWA, he held the Television Championship for 8 months. He has wrestled for many other American wrestling federations, including East Coast Wrestling Association, Ring of Honor, NWA Anarchy, and Chikara. His legitimacy as a wrestler was proven full-force in 2007 when he won New Japan Pro Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors tournament.
He worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling as a part of the R.I.S.E. faction. He competed in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's World X Cup as a part of Team Japan, winning his first and only singles match for TNA against Curry Man, gaining 2 points for his team.[1] He then competed at Victory Road in the third round, which was a four team triple elimination match, dominating early in the match before getting eliminated.[2]
On January 18, 2010, Terui announced his retirement from the professional wrestling because of inferior oblique palsy. A retirement ceremony was held on February 14.