Akira Taue

Akira Taue
Born (1961-05-08) May 8, 1961 (age 63)[1]
Chichibu, Saitama, Japan[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Akira Taue
Tamakirin (sumo)
Billed height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Billed weight120 kg (265 lb)[1]
Trained by
DebutJanuary 2, 1988
RetiredDecember 7, 2013[2]

Akira Taue (田上 明, Taue Akira, born May 8, 1961) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He is also a former All Japan Pro Wrestling Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, a former GHC Heavyweight Champion and has had fifteen 5 Star Matches as awarded by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d "田上 明 (Taue Akira) (profile)" (in Japanese). Pro Wrestling NOAH. Archived from the original on 21 December 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Retirement was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Perez, Roberth (19 August 2023). "10 Pro Wrestlers With The Most Dave Meltzer 5-Star Matches". TheSportster. Retrieved 6 May 2024. Akira Taue had 15 five-star matches in his career, but 14 of them were tag team matches, most of them with his longtime partner Toshiaki Kawada. Taue's only five-star singles match was against Mitsuharu Misawa at AJPW Champion Carnival 1995.