Akitoshi Saito
| Akitoshi Saito | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 8, 1965 Sendai, Miyagi |
| Residence | Nagoya, Aichi |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Akitoshi Nyanzawa Akitoshi Saito Super Akira Taue |
| Billed height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Billed weight | 120 kg (260 lb) |
| Trained by |
Masashi Aoyagi Yoshiaki Fujiwara |
| Debut | December 20, 1990 |
Akitoshi Saito (斎藤 彰俊 Saitō Akitoshi?, born August 8, 1965) is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah.
Before pro wrestling, Akitoshi Saito was trained in karate by Masashi Aoyagi. Saito seconded Aoyagi in his matches against Atsushi Onita in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in 1989. He was trained for pro wrestling by Aoyagi and Yoshiaki Fujiwara.
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.
He joined New Japan Pro Wrestling in December 1991, along with his mentor Masashi Aoyagi, feuding with Shiro Koshinaka and Kuniaki Kobayashi. In 1992, the four formed a faction later named Heisei Ishingun, but left the promotion in 1998.
After a lengthy hiatus, Saito made his surprise return to pro wrestling in October 2000 for Pro Wrestling Noah, teaming up with longtime mentor Masashi Aoyagi.
In 2001, he joined Jun Akiyama's STERNNESS faction as second-in-command and his career skyrocketed. Obtaining success like never before, he won the GHC Tag Team Title with Akiyama in September 2002, his first championship belt in his 12-year career. Akiyama and 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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