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Akiya Anzawa

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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 nameAkiya Anzawa
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Akiya Anzawa
Billed height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Billed weight88 kg (194 lb)
Trained byNJPW dojo, Animal Hamaguchi
Debut21st September, 2003
RetiredAugust 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

  1. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Matches « Akiya Anzawa « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 2017-05-09.