Shigeru Akabane | |
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Born | Tokyo, Japan[1] | July 5, 1941
Died | September 6, 2011[1] St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.[1] | (aged 70)
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Shigeri Akabane Little Tokyo Tokyo |
Billed height | 4 ft (122 cm)[1] |
Billed weight | 98 lb (44 kg)[2] |
Trained by | Lord Littlebrook |
Debut | Early 1970s[2] |
Retired | 1998 |
Shigeru Akabane (赤羽 茂, Akabane Shigeru, July 5, 1941 – September 6, 2011), best known under his ring name Little Tokyo, was a Japanese professional midget wrestler who competed in North American promotions from the 1970s into the 1990s including appearances for American Wrestling Association (AWA), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the World Wrestling Federation, (WWF) most notably appearing at WrestleMania III in a mixed tag team match with Lord Littlebrook and King Kong Bundy against Hillbilly Jim, the Haiti Kid and Little Beaver in 1987. He held the NWA World Midget's Championship on three occasions