1. Akitoshi Saito is a Japanese retired professional wrestler primarily known for his tenures with Pro Wrestling Noah where he is a former five-time GHC Tag Team Champion and a former two-time Global Tag League winner in 2008 and 2011.
16 Facts About Akitoshi Saito
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Akitoshi Saito seconded Aoyagi in his matches against Atsushi Onita in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in 1989.
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Akitoshi Saito was trained for pro wrestling by Aoyagi and Yoshiaki Fujiwara.
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Akitoshi Saito made his pro wrestling debut in Pioneer Senshi and spent much of his early career in W*ING, a small promotion where he enjoyed moderate success.
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Akitoshi Saito joined New Japan Pro-Wrestling in December 1991, along with his mentor Masashi Aoyagi, feuding with Shiro Koshinaka and Kuniaki Kobayashi.
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Akiyama and Akitoshi Saito proceeded to hold the titles for more than 8 months before losing them to Kenta Kobashi and Tamon Honda in June 2003.
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Akitoshi Saito would go on to form his own stable, Dark Agents, with Takashi Sugiura, Masao Inoue and former Heisei Ishingun stablemate Shiro Koshinaka.
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Akitoshi Saito awarded himself the GHC Great Happy Christmas Championship in 2004, a title that was defended only once a year, on Christmas Eve.
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Akitoshi Saito won the 2011 Global Tag League becoming the first man ever to do so twice.
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On June 13,2014, Noah announced that Akitoshi Saito had re-signed with the promotion.
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That year, Akitoshi Saito partook in the 2014 Global League, which was his fifth in a row.
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Akitoshi Saito won six points defeating Takeshi Morishima, Katsuhiko Nakajima, and Satoshi Kojima, however he finished four points away from eventual block winner Daisuke Sekimoto.
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Akitoshi Saito took part in another Global Tag League, this one with Yone as his partner.
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On March 31,2024, Akitoshi Saito won his first singles championship, the World Heavyweight Championship at ZERO1 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Charity Pro Wrestling, a house show promoted by Pro Wrestling Zero1, defeating Chris Vice.
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At Noah Destination on July 13,2024, Akitoshi Saito dropped the championship to Go Shiozaki.
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Akitoshi Saito then announced his retirement from professional wrestling would take place at the end of 2024 on November 17.