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Akira Maeda
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Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1955
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Guntai no nai kokka
- Ilbon hwaltonggadŭl i mal hanŭn Han-Il 'wianbu' habŭi ŭi minnat
- "Ianfu" mondai no genzai
- "Ianfu" mondai, Nikkan "gōi" o kangaeru
- Shisō no haikyo kara
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Film & TV
Osaka, Japan
Akira Maeda (born in 1959 as Go Il-myeong) is a former Japanese professional wrestler, martial artist, and promoter, best known as one of the pioneers of shoot-style wrestling, which aimed to bring a more realistic and combat-oriented approach to pro wrestling in Japan. He began his career with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in 1978 after gaining attention in karate. He wrestled in the UK under…
Known for
- Yawara!1989
- The Legend of the Stardust Brothers — Pro-wrestler (UWF)1985
- WWE Old School — Akira Maeda1973
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 5
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Occupation
- professional wrestler
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Student of
- Yoshiaki Fujiwara
- Member of team
- Fighting Network Rings
- Official website
- rings.co.jp/リングスについて/前田日明プロフィール
- Image
- TAKAYAMANIA CIMG4811 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1959-01-24
- student
- Tsuyoshi Kosaka
- name in kana
- まえだ あきら
- start of work period
- 1978-08-25
- social media followers
- 237000
- Commons category
- Akira Maeda
- official blog URL
- akiramaedastaff.hatenablog.com
- birth name
- 前田 明
Sources (2)
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