Jun Akiyama

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);
  • DDT Extreme title defeating Joey Janela (December 4, 2022);

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..
  • October 30, 2021–DDT: Jun Akiyama, Yukio Naya & Yusuke Okada defeated DISASTER BOX (HARASHIMA, Kazuki Hirata & Naomi Yoshimura).
  • November 3, 2021–DDT: Yuki Ueno defeated Jun Akiyama.
  • November 6, 2021–DDT: Yuji Hino defeated Jun Akiyama.
  • November 7, 2021–DDT: Jun Akiyama, Yukio Naya & Yusuke Okada defeated Akito, HARASHIMA & Super Sasadango Machine.
  • November 10, 2021–DDT: Jun Akiyama defeated Tetsuya Endo.
  • November 13, 2021–DDT: Jun Akiyama defeated Naomi Yoshimura.
  • November 21, 2021–DDT: Jun Akiyama defeated The Bodyguard.
  • November 28, 2021–DDT: HARASHIMA, Hiroshi Yamato & Yuji Hino defeated Chris Brookes, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada.
  • December 5, 2021–DDT: Jun Akiyama, Naomi Yoshimura, Tetsuya Endo, The Bodyguard & Yuji Hino defeated Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi, MAO & Yuji Okabayashi.
  • December 9, 2021–DDT: Akitoshi Saito, HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama & Mohammed Yone defeated Mitsuya Nagai, Sanshiro Takagi, Tetsuya Endo & Yuto Aijima.
  • December 11, 2021–DDT: Shunma Katsumata defeated Hideki Okatani and Jun Akiyama in a 3-way match.
  • December 12, 2021–DDT: HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama & Konosuke Takeshita defeated Kazusada Higuchi, Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Ueno.
  • December 18, 2021–DDT: DISASTER BOX (HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura), Jun Akiyama & Yukio Naya defeated Tetsuya Endo, The Bodyguard, Yuji Hino & Yusuke Okada.
  • December 26, 2021–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku) defeated The 37KAMIINA (MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ueno).
  • January 7, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku) defeated The 37KAMIINA (Konosuke Takeshita, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ueno).
  • January 9, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) & The Bodyguard defeated Eruption (Hideki Okatani & Kazusada Higuchi) & Naomi Yoshimura.
  • January 10, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) defeated Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida.
  • January 15, 2022–DDT: The 37KAMIINA (Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno) defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku).
  • January 16, 2022–DDT: The 37KAMIINA (Konosuke Takeshita, MAO & Yuki Ueno) defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku).
  • January 22, 2022–DDT: Antonio Honda & Jun Akiyama defeated Yuki Ishida & Yukio Naya.
  • January 30, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) defeated Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya.
  • February 5, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) defeated Eruption (Hideki Okatani & Kazusada Higuchi).
  • February 6, 2022–DDT: The 37KAMIINA (Konosuke Takeshita, MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno) defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku).
  • February 12, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) defeated Eruption (Hideki Okatani & Kazusada Higuchi) & Toru Owashi.
  • February 14, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) defeated Kazuki Hirata & Shuji Kondo.
  • February 20, 2022–DDT: Kaji Tomato, Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada).
  • February 23, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) defeated The 37KAMIINA (MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno).
  • February 27, 2022–DDT: The 37KAMIINA (Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno) defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo).
  • March 2, 2022–DDT: Burning (Tetsuya Endo [C], Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada) defeated The 37KAMIINA (Konosuke Takeshita [C], Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno).
  • March 12, 2022–DDT: The 37KAMIINA (Konosuke Takeshita, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ueno) defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku).
  • March 13, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku) defeated The 37KAMIINA (Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ueno) in a tag team elimination match.
  • March 20, 2022–DDT: Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori defeated Eruption (Hideki Okatani & Kazusada Higuchi).
  • March 27, 2022–DDT: Kazuki Hirata defeated Jun Akiyama.
  • April 1, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) defeated The 37KAMIINA (Shunma Katsumata, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ueno).
  • April 2, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) defeated Eruption (Hideki Okatani, Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi).
  • April 10, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Antonio Honda, HARASHIMA & Konosuke Takeshita.
  • April 17, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) defeated The 37KAMIINA (MAO, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ueno).
  • April 22, 2022–DDT: Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi) & Yuki Ueno defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada).
  • April 24, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) defeated The 37KAMIINA (MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno).
  • May 1, 2022–DDT: Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi) defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada) to retain the KO-D tag team titles.
  • May 6, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku) defeated Yuji Hino, Yuki Ishida & Yukio Naya.
  • May 8, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) & Naomi Yoshimura defeated The 37KAMIINA (MAO & Toi Kojima) & Shiro Koshinaka.
  • May 11, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) defeated Burning (Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku).
  • May 15, 2022–DDT: Eruption (Hideki Okatani, Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi) defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada.
  • May 22, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku) defeated El Unicorn, Ilusion, Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya.
  • May 28, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) defeated Eruption (Hideki Okatani, Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi).
  • May 29, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) defeated DISASTER BOX (HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura) & Yuki Ishida.
  • May 31, 2022–NPH/Kyohei Wada & Fumihito Kihara Produce: Jake Lee, Joe Doering & Takao Omori vs. Jun Akiyama, Kento Miyahara & Minoru Suzuki ended in a time limit draw.
  • June 1, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) & Kazusada Higuchi defeated DISASTER BOX (HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura) & Soma Takao.
  • June 5, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) & Kazusada Higuchi defeated Eruption (Hideki Okatani & Yukio Sakaguchi) & Yuki Ishida.
  • June 12, 2022–Cyberfest: Atsushi Kotoge, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Yoshiki Inamura defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) & Kazusada Higuchi by referee’s decision.
  • June 16, 2022–DDT: Jun Akiyama defeated Yukio Sakaguchi in the 1st round.
  • June 19, 2022–DDT: Jun Akiyama defeated Yuki Ino in the 2nd round.
  • June 25, 2022–DDT: Eruption (Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi) defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada).
  • July 3, 2022–DDT: Kazusada Higuchi defeated Jun Akiyama in the semi-finals of the King of DDT tournament.
  • July 7, 2022–DDT: DISASTER BOX (HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi) & Eruption (Hideki Okatani & Yukio Sakaguchi) defeated Jun Akiyama, Yuji Hino, Yuki Ishida & Yukio Naya.
  • July 16, 2022–DDT: The 37KAMIINA (Shunma Katsumata, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ueno) defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku).
  • July 18, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada) defeated Chris Brookes & Yuki Ishida.
  • July 24, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) & Chris Brookes defeated HARASHIMA, Soma Takao & Yukio Sakaguchi.
  • July 30, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada) & The Bodyguard defeated Yuji Hino, Yuki Ishida & Yukio Naya.
  • August 14, 2022–DDT: Harimao (Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura) defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo).
  • August 20, 2022–DDT: Jun Akiyama & Saki Akai defeated ASUKA & Chris Brookes.
  • August 24, 2022–DDT: Chris Brookes, Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku).
  • August 26, 2022–DDT: The 37KAMIINA (MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Toi Kojima) defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku.
  • September 4, 2022–DDT: Makoto Oishi, Yuji Hino & Yuki Ueno defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku).
  • September 10, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) & Yuji Hino defeated Harimao (Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura) & Yukio Naya.
  • September 13, 2022–DDT: HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Yukio Naya defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada).
  • September 18, 2022–DDT Jun Akiyama 30th Anniversary Show: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated The 37KAMIINA (Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata) & Yuji Nagata.
  • September 25, 2022–DDT: HARASHIMA, Sanshiro Takagi, Soma Takao & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) & Takeshi Masada.
  • October 1, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) defeated Antonio Honda, HARASHIMA & MAO.
  • October 2, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada) & Yukio Naya defeated The 37KAMIINA (MAO, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ueno).
  • October 8, 2022–DDT: Harimao (Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida) & Akito defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku).
  • October 10, 2022–DDT: Antonio Honda & Jun Akiyama defeated Kikutaro & Kuishinbo Kamen.
  • October 12, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) & Yuji Hino defeated Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi) & HARASHIMA.
  • October 15, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) defeated Noriyuki Yoshida & Yuya Koroku.
  • October 16, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) & Noriyuki Yoshida defeated The 37KAMIINA (Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno) & Chris Brookes.
  • October 23, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku) defeated Osamu Nishimura, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Yuki Ishida.
  • October 30, 2022–DDT: Hiroshi Yamato, Jun Akiyama & Yukio Naya defeated Harimao (Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida).
  • November 1, 2022–DDT: HARASHIMA & Jun Akiyama defeated  Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku.
  • November 3, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku) defeated Soma Takao, Takeshi Masada & Toi Kojima.
  • November 5, 2022–DDT: HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama, Soma Takao & Yukio Naya defeated The 37KAMIINA (MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Toi Kojima) & Takeshi Masada.
  • November 18, 2022–AEW Rampage #69: Jun Akiyama & Konosuke Takeshita defeated Eddie Kingston & Ortiz.
  • November 19, 2022–AEW Full Gear – Zero Hour: Eddie Kingston defeated Jun Akiyama.
  • November 27, 2022–DDT: Joey Janela, Makoto Oishi & Yuji Hino defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku).
  • December 3, 2022–DDT: The 37KAMIINA (MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno) defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku).
  • December 4, 2022–DDT: Jun Akiyama defeated Joey Janela in a TLC match to win the Extreme title.
  • December 10, 2022–DDT: Ryouji Sai, The Bodyguard & Zeus defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) & Sanshiro Takagi.
  • December 14, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) & Kotaro Suzuki defeated DISASTER BOX (HARASHIMA, Kazuki Hirata & Toru Owashi) & Yukio Naya.
  • December 17, 2022–DDT: The 37KAMIINA (MAO, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ueno) defeated Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku).
  • December 18, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) defeated Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Takeshi Masada.
  • December 21, 2022–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama & Tetsuya Endo) & DJ Nira defeated Harimao (Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida) & Thanomsak Toba.
  • December 29, 2022–DDT: Jun Akiyama defeated Super Sasadango Machine to retain the Extreme title.
  • January 3, 2023–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki, Tetsuya Endo, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku) defeated Harimao (Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida), HARASHIMA, RSP & Soma Takao.
  • January 13, 2023–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) defeated HARASHIMA, Hideki Okatani & Keigo Nakamura.
  • January 14, 2023–DDT: Jun Akiyama & Toru Owashi defeated Takeshi Masada & Yukio Naya.
  • January 22, 2023–DDT: Jun Akiyama defeated Antonio Honda in a monoboke death match to retain the Extreme title.
  • January 29, 2023–DDT: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya defeated Jun Akiyama, Naruki Doi & Soma Takao.
  • February 5, 2023–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) defeated DISASTER BOX (HARASHIMA & Kazuki Hirata) & Yukio Sakaguchi.
  • February 11, 2023–DDT: Burning (Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada) & Noriyuki Yoshida defeated Akito, Chris Brookes, Kazuma Sumi & Soma Takao.
  • February 18, 2023–DDT: Jun Akiyama defeated Akito to retain the Extreme title.
Updated: February 22, 2023 @ 11:03 am

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Debut

September 17, 1992

Birthday

October 9, 1969

Hometown

Izumi City, Osaka, Japan

Gender

Male

Height

6'2"

Weight

240lbs

Finishing Move(s)

Blue Thunder

Favorite Move(s)

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

Status

Living