Age, Biography and Wiki
Akira Taue was born on 8 May, 1961 in Chichibu, Saitama, Japan, is a Japanese professional wrestler and rikishi. Discover Akira Taue's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?
| Popular As |
Akira Taue |
| Occupation |
N/A |
| Age |
62 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
| Born |
8 May, 1961 |
| Birthday |
8 May |
| Birthplace |
Chichibu, Saitama, Japan |
| Nationality |
Japan
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He is a member of famous professional with the age 62 years old group.
Akira Taue Height, Weight & Measurements
At 62 years old, Akira Taue height is 1.92 m and Weight 115 kg.
| Physical Status |
| Height |
1.92 m |
| Weight |
115 kg |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Not Available |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Not Available |
Akira Taue Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Akira Taue worth at the age of 62 years old? Akira Taue’s income source is mostly from being a successful professional. He is from Japan. We have estimated Akira Taue's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
professional |
Akira Taue Social Network
Timeline
Akira Taue (田上 明) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler.
He is also a former All Japan Pro Wrestling Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, a former GHC Heavyweight Champion and has had fourteen 5 Star Matches as awarded by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
On the 8th of May, 1961 Akira Taue was born the eldest son of a construction worker, in Saitama, Japan.
As a teenager and young adult in Kagemori Junior High School, Taue was quite active in various sports such as shotput, baseball and judo.
After graduating, Taue would work as a part time auto-mechanic, while attending the Saitama Prefectural Chichibu High School.
There Taue was sent a recommendation for the high school's sumo club.
He joined the club in his second year of high school, and he won the third place in the national sumo high school championship.
Taue was then invited in the Oshiogawa stable, and made his professional sumo debut, in January 1980.
For the first six years of Taue's sumo career he went under his real name, until May 1986, when he was promoted to the rank of jūryō, he was given the shikona of Tamakirin Yasumasa. He fought in the second highest jūryō division for seven tournaments before retiring from sumo in July 1987.
After his debut, Taue would mostly wrestle in the tag team division of AJPW.
During this time he along with Shinichi Nakano would win the All Asia Tag Team Championship belts on June 5, 1990.
Soon after their formation, Taue would defect to Jumbo Tsuruta's stable, otherwise known as Tsuruta-gun.
The ensuing rivalry between the Super Generation Army and Tsuruta-gun would produce all time tag team, and 6-man tag team classic matches.
On September 30, 1990, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter would award Taue and Tsuruta versus Misawa and Kawada, 5 stars.
However, he became better known for tag team wrestling.
He won his first championship, the All Asia Tag Team Championship, with Shinichi Nakano on June 5, 1990.
He won the World Tag Team Championship for the first time on March 4, 1992, teaming with Jumbo Tsuruta.
He formed a tag team with Toshiaki Kawada, called The Holy Demon Army, a team which ended up holding the World Tag Team Championship 6 times.
The team split when Taue left AJPW for Mitsuharu Misawa's new Pro Wrestling Noah promotion in August 2000, while Kawada decided to stay.
In Noah Taue continued tag team wrestling, teaming mostly with Takuma Sano.
On November 5, 2005, Taue was able to defeat Takeshi Rikio with his Ore ga Taue finisher to capture the GHC Heavyweight Championship, which he held into the new year before losing it to Jun Akiyama on January 22, 2006.
On June 27, 2009, following the June 13 death of Mitsuharu Misawa, Akira Taue was appointed as the new president of Pro Wrestling Noah.
On May 12, 2013, Taue announced that he would be officially retiring from the ring in December.
On December 7, 2013, Taue wrestled his retirement match, where he, Takeshi Morishima, Takashi Sugiura, and Genba Hirayanagi defeated Genichiro Tenryu, Tatsumi Fujinami, Masao Inoue, and Kentaro Shiga, with Taue pinning Inoue for the final win of his career.
Taue served as the Noah president until November 1, 2016, when the company was sold to IT development company Estbee, after which he was given the new role of an advisor.
He would resign from his position in February 2017.
In June 2017, after studying with Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, Taue opened his own steakhouse in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, called Steak Izakaya Champ, where he personally cuts and cooks the steak, as well as greeting customers.
On August 22, 2018, Taue announced at a press conference that he was battling stomach cancer.
The diagnosis came from when he was originally hospitalized from a fall at his home on March 2 that caused bleeding from the stomach, which required an emergency blood transfusion.
He also revealed that on April 16, he underwent a gastrectomy after discovering the cancer during an examination.
