Akiya Anzawa
Akiya Anzawa (Born January 9, 1981) is a retired professional wrestler from Japan. Anzawa would spend his entire professional wrestling career, competing for NJPW (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Birth name | Akiya Anzawa |
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Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Akiya Anzawa |
Billed height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Billed weight | 88 kg (194 lb) |
Trained by | NJPW dojo, Animal Hamaguchi |
Debut | 21st September, 2003 |
Retired | August 2006 |
Professional wrestling career
Akiya has a background in sports as he competed in Judo, a type of Mixed Martial Arts. He began training in the NJPW dojo as a "young lion" to become a professional wrestler.
New Japan Pro Wrestling (2003 - 2006)
Akiya's work as a young lion would become noticed by NJPW officals. Anzawa would then make his professional debut on September 21, 2003 at an NJPW Road to Ulimate Crush show, being televised. He would compete against Ryusuke Taguchi in a loosing effort. He would win his first match days after against fellow young lion, Hiroshi Nagao at a house show. The two wrestlers began trading victories against each other.[1]
Retirement
In early August, on 2006. Akiya Anzawa announced his retirement from professional wrestling as a whole. He now lives in Niigata.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Signature moves
See also
References
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Matches « Akiya Anzawa « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 2017-05-09.