(1985-07-22) July 22, 1985 (age 38)[1] Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan[1]
Children
1
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Akira Tozawa Tozawa[2] Tozawa Kengai[3]
Billed height
5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[4]
Billed weight
156 lb (71 kg)[4]
Billed from
Kobe, Japan[4][5]
Trained by
Kenichiro Arai[2] Masaaki Mochizuki[2]
Debut
April 3, 2005[2]
Akira Tozawa (戸澤 陽, Tozawa Akira, born July 22, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he performs on the Raw brand. He is a former one-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion and 16-time WWE 24/7 Champion.[Note 1]
Prior to working for the WWE, he had a twelve-year run in Dragon Gate where he is a former Open the Brave Gate, Open the Twin Gate, Open the Triangle Gate and Open the Owarai Gate champion and the winner of the 2011 and 2012 Summer Adventure Tag League. He is also known for his year-long excursion to the United States, during which he performed for promotions such as Chikara, Dragon Gate USA, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
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^ abcd"Cagematch profile". Cagematch. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
^"Dragon Gate Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2010". Cagematch. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
^ abc"Akira Tozawa". WWE. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
^"Evolve profile". Evolve. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
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AkiraTozawa (戸澤 陽, TozawaAkira, born July 22, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he performs on the Raw brand...
leader Chad Gable, and formerly consisted of Otis, Maxxine Dupri, and AkiraTozawa. Gable and Otis are former one-time Raw Tag Team Champions. Gable and...
Men's division Akam AkiraTozawa Braun Strowman Bron Breakker Bronson Reed Brutus Creed Carlito Chad Gable CM Punk Cruz Del Toro Damian Priest Dexter Lumis...
Tozawa (written: 戸澤 or 戸沢) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: AkiraTozawa (戸澤 アキラ) (born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler...
Men's division Akam AkiraTozawa Braun Strowman Bron Breakker Bronson Reed Brutus Creed Carlito Chad Gable CM Punk Cruz Del Toro Damian Priest Dexter Lumis...
AkiraTozawa about his war cry chanting. On October 10 episode of 205 Live, Gulak attacked Tozawa on the ramp and later injured his voice box. Tozawa...
while Group B consisted of Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, El Hijo del Fantasma, AkiraTozawa, and Gentleman Jack Gallagher. Although Maverick was released from WWE...
for not assisting him to win the title by cheating, Dupri, Otis and AkiraTozawa walked out of Alpha Academy on the June 17 episode of Raw. Zmrzel has...
Main Event, trading victories in matches over the likes of Ricochet and AkiraTozawa. On the September 28 episode of Raw, Ali would return to in ring action...
(July 13, 2019). "Evolve 10th Anniversary live results: Adam Cole vs. AkiraTozawa". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved June 27, 2020. Gronemann,...
14, 2017). "6/13 WWE 205 Live Report: Cedric Alexander vs. AkiraTozawa, TJP vs. AkiraTozawa, plus Nese, Aries Gallagher". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived...
quarterfinals. On 27 March episode of 205 Live, Murphy defeated TJP, AkiraTozawa, Kalisto in a fatal four-way match for a future shot at the Cruiserweight...
Raw, Priest helped Bad Bunny win the 24/7 Championship by knocking out AkiraTozawa, who pinned R-Truth moments ago. Over the following weeks, Priest began...
After defeating AkiraTozawa on the April 13 episode of Raw, Vega's other associates, Garza and Andrade joined him in beating down Tozawa as all three posed...
December 29, 2023. "AkiraTozawa – WWE". WWE.com. WWE. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2021. "AkiraTozawa". Gerweck.net...
Tournament. Takagi began teaming with AkiraTozawa and Taku Iwasa after the faction they had been members of, Tozawa-juku, had disbanded, with the trio officially...
Men's division Akam AkiraTozawa Braun Strowman Bron Breakker Bronson Reed Brutus Creed Carlito Chad Gable CM Punk Cruz Del Toro Damian Priest Dexter Lumis...
NXT: Halloween Havoc Night 1, AkiraTozawa returned to NXT and stole the Heritage Cup under The Meta-Four's noses. Tozawa returned the Heritage Cup to...
he refused to wrestle AkiraTozawa, who had recently been kicked out of the group. Uhaa then formed a new partnership with Tozawa and Shingo Takagi. On...
with international standouts Zack Sabre Jr., Noam Dar, Ho Ho Lun, and AkiraTozawa were announced for the Cruiserweight Classic. At an independent show...
April 29 episode of Raw, Miz and Truth defeated Alpha Academy (Otis & AkiraTozawa) to retain their titles. On the May 20 episode of Raw, they retained...
Men's division Akam AkiraTozawa Braun Strowman Bron Breakker Bronson Reed Brutus Creed Carlito Chad Gable CM Punk Cruz Del Toro Damian Priest Dexter Lumis...
lessons to the new AkiraTozawa, who declined. This eventually led to a street fight on the May 23, 2017, episode of 205 Live, in which Tozawa defeated Kendrick...
Men's division Akam AkiraTozawa Braun Strowman Bron Breakker Bronson Reed Brutus Creed Carlito Chad Gable CM Punk Cruz Del Toro Damian Priest Dexter Lumis...
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