1987Nominee
Best Performance
WWE WrestleMania III
Shigeru Akabane
Actor
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
July 5, 1941
Biography
Shigeru Akabane (赤羽 茂, Akabane Shigeru), best known under his ring name Little Tokyo, was a Japanese professional midget wrestler who competed in North American promotions from the 1970s into the 1990s including appearances for American Wrestling Association (AWA), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the WWE most notably appearing at WrestleMania III in a mixed tag team match with Lord Littlebrook and King Kong Bundy against Hillbilly Jim, the Haiti Kid and Little Beaver in 1987. He held the NWA World Midget's Championship on three occasions
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1976Nominee
Best Performance
Black Samurai
2008Nominee
Best Performance
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
Career Highlights
1985Highlight
Best Performance
AWA Super Clash
2007Highlight
Best Performance
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
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WWE WrestleMania III
Black Samurai