Japanese professional wrestler
Akira Hyodo
Hyodo in December 2019
Personal information Born (1995-04-30 ) April 30, 1995 (age 30) [ 2] Professional wrestling career Ring name(s) Akira Kyodo Billed height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[ 1] Billed weight 105 kg (231 lb) Debut 2018 Retired 2022
Akira Hyodo (兵頭彰 Hyodo Akira is a Japanese retiredprofessional wrestler best known for his tenure with the Japanesepromotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling where he is a formerYokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion .[ 3]
Professional wrestling career [ edit ] [ edit ] Hyodo has worked as a freelancer for a small part of his career, competing in various promotions from theJapanese independent scene . He made sporadic appearances forAll Japan Pro Wrestling and one of his most notable ones took place on the eighteenth night of theReal World Tag League from December 8, 2019, where he teamed up with Daisuke Sekimoto and fell short toJake Lee andNaoya Nomura .[ 4] DDT/BJW Toshikoshi Pro-Wrestling , a cross-over event between BJW andDDT Pro-Wrestling which took place on December 31, 2020, he teamed up withMakoto Oishi and competed in ashuffle tag team tournament in which they fell short toKonosuke Takeshita and Takuya Nomura two times in the same night.[ 5] 2AW Tank Nagai Kanzen Nensho , an event promoted byActive Advance Pro Wrestling , he competed inTank Nagai 's retirement bout, a24-person gauntlet match in which he, alongside 23 other participants defeated Nagai himself. The likes of the other participants wereAyame Sasamura ,Ayato Yoshida ,Tomato Kaji ,Kengo Mashimo ,Kotaro Yoshino ,Tsukushi Haruka ,Ricky Fuji and many others.[ 6]
[ edit ] Hyodo made hisprofessional wrestling debut inBig Japan Pro Wrestling on the third night of theBJW Ueno Winter Festival from February 3, 2018, where he wrestledYuki Ishikawa into atime-limit draw in anexhibition match .[ 7] BJW Dainichi Black Company Hell October Series Round 2 on October 9, 2021, he unsuccessfully challengedDrew Parker for theGCW Ultraviolent Championship .[ 8] BJW Death Market 66 on March 27, 2022, he unsuccessfully challengedYuko Miyamoto for theBJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship in aSuper G-Shock deathmatch .[ 9] BJW Osaka Surprise 58 ~ Perfect Star on April 24, 2022, he teamed up with his "GShock1010" tag team partnerKankuro Hoshino to unsuccessfully challengeGaina andTaro Nohashi for theUWA World Tag Team Championship .[ 10]
He is known for competing in various of the promotion's signature events. In theIkkitousen Strong Climb , he made his first appearance at the 2020 edition of the tournament where he fought in the block A and scored a total of three points after competing againstDaichi Hashimoto ,Yoshiki Inamura ,Ryuichi Kawakami andT-Hawk .[ 11] Hideyoshi Kamitani ,Isami Kodaka and Yuki Ishikawa.[ 12] Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor , Hyodo made his only appearance at the 2021 edition of the tournament in which he competed in the block D where he scored a total of four points after going against Hideyoshi Kamitani, Isami Kodaka and Ishikawa.[ 13] Saikyo Tag League , he made his only appearance at the 2019 edition where he teamed up with Takuho Kato and competed in the block A where they failed to score any points after competing against the teams ofShigehiro Irie andYuji Okabayashi , Okami (Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani),Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami, Daisuke Sekimoto andThe Bodyguard ,Ryota Hama andYasufumi Nakanoue , StrongHearts (El Lindaman and T-Hawk), andFuminori Abe andTakuya Nomura .[ 14]
In September 2022, Hyodo announced his retirement fromprofessional wrestling due to struggling with health problems.[ 15]
Championships and accomplishments [ edit ] ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip."KUBITO/Career Data" .cagematch.de (in German). RetrievedFebruary 18, 2023 . ^ Saalbach, Axel."Akira Hyodo • General Information" .wrestlingdata.com . RetrievedFebruary 20, 2023 . ^ InternetWrestling Database (IWD)."Akira Hyodo Profile & Match Listing" .profightdb.com . RetrievedFebruary 20, 2023 . ^ Dark Angel (December 17, 2019)."AJPW: "Real World Tag League 2019" Days 17 and 18" .superluchas.com . RetrievedFebruary 21, 2023 . ^ Dark Angel (January 15, 2021)."BJW / DDT: "Shuffle Tag Tournament" HARASHIMA and Okabayashi, winners" .superluchas.com . RetrievedFebruary 21, 2023 . ^ Dark Angel (February 23, 2022)."2AW: "Tank Nagai Kanzen Nensho" .superluchas.com . RetrievedFebruary 21, 2023 . ^ Big Japan Pro Wrestling (February 3, 2018).ダイニチ冬の上野プロレス祭り」3日目 東京･上野恩賜公園野外ステージ(水上音楽堂)大会 bjw.co.jp (in Japanese). RetrievedFebruary 20, 2023 .^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 9, 2021)."BJW Dainichi Black Company Hell October Series Round 2" .cagematch.de . RetrievedFebruary 18, 2023 . ^ Dark Angel (April 6, 2022)."BJW: "Death Market 66" Yuko Miyamoto continues to reign" .superluchas.com . RetrievedFebruary 21, 2023 . ^ Dark Angel (May 2, 2022)."BJW: "Osaka Surprise 58" UWA World Couples Championship Match" .superluchas.com . RetrievedFebruary 21, 2023 . ^ Daly, Wayne (March 3, 2020)."BJW Results: Ikkitousen Strong Climb 2020 Day 1 – Tokyo, Japan (3/3)" .wrestling-news.net . Archived fromthe original on June 9, 2023. RetrievedJune 3, 2021 . ^ "NEWS: BJW Ikkitousen Death Match Survivor 2021 – Participants & Schedule Announced" .puro.news . Puro News. February 5, 2021. Archived fromthe original on February 3, 2023. RetrievedFebruary 3, 2023 .^ Dark Angel (June 27, 2021)."BJW: "Ikkitousen Death Match Survivor 2021" Defined the grand finale" .superluchas.com . RetrievedFebruary 21, 2023 . ^ Dark angel (September 5, 2019)."BJW: Participants and schedule of the «Saikyou Tag League 2019»" .superluchas.com . RetrievedJuly 26, 2021 . ^ Dark Angel (September 12, 2022)."BJW: Akira Hyodo announces his retirement" .superluchas.com . RetrievedFebruary 21, 2023 .
2010s Kazuki Hashimoto ,Takumi Tsukamoto andYuji Okabayashi Kankuro Hoshino ,Ryuji Ito andShinya Ishikawa Abdullah Kobayashi ,Jaki Numazawa andKazuki Hashimoto Ryuichi Kawakami ,Shinya Ishikawa andYuji Okabayashi Daisuke Sekimoto ,Jaki Numazawa andRyuji Ito Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu andTakayuki Ueki Great Kojika ,Kankuro Hoshino andMasato Inaba Abdullah Kobayashi ,Masaya Takahashi andTakayuki Ueki Moon Vulcan (Hideki Suzuki ,Takuya Nomura andYoshihisa Uto ) Ryota Hama ,Shogun Okamoto andYasufumi Nakanoue Daisuke Sekimoto ,Hideyoshi Kamitani andKohei Sato Ryota Hama ,Yasufumi Nakanoue andYoshihisa Uto Daichi Hashimoto ,Hideyoshi Kamitani andRyuichi Kawakami Daichi Hashimoto ,Daisuke Sekimoto andHideyoshi Kamitani 3rd Generation Chimidoro Brothers (Masaya Takahashi ,Takayuki Ueki andToshiyuki Sakuda ) Abdullah Kobayashi ,Jaki Numazawa andRyuji Ito Abdullah Kobayashi ,Jaki Numazawa andYuko Miyamoto Jaki Numazawa ,Ryuji Ito andYuko Miyamoto Ryota Hama , Takeshi Irei andYasufumi Nakanoue Abdullah Kobayashi ,Hideki Suzuki andYoshihisa Uto Fuma ,Sagat andYusuke Kubo Sento Minzoku (Isami Kodaka ,Minoru Fujita andRyuichi Sekine ) Ryuji Ito ,Takashi Sasaki andYuko Miyamoto Abdullah Kobayashi ,Drew Parker andYoshihisa Uto Akira Hyodo ,Daisuke Sekimoto andTakuho Kato 2020s Daichi Hashimoto ,Hideyoshi Kamitani andYuya Aoki Chicharito Shoki,Yasufumi Nakanoue andYuji Okabayashi Abdullah Kobayashi ,Daiju Wakamatsu andKankuro Hoshino Hideyoshi Kamitani ,Kazumi Kikuta andYuki Ishikawa Daichi Hashimoto , Kazumasa Yoshida andYasufumi Nakanoue Project Havoc (Leyton Buzzard , Tempesta and Tyson Maddux) Kazumi Kikuta ,Yasufumi Nakanoue andYuya Aoki Masaki Morihiro and Okami (Daichi Hashimoto andHideyoshi Kamitani ) Kankuro Hoshino , Kengo Takai and Kenta KosugiDaisuke Sekimoto ,Kazumi Kikuta andYasufumi Nakanoue Abdullah Kobayashi ,Kankuro Hoshino andRyuji Ito (current)
