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CAREER Akira Taue competed as a Sumo wrestler (his shikona was Tamakirin) before becoming a professional wrestler. He debuted in a tag team match for All Japan Pro Wrestling in 1988 , teaming with the legendary Giant Baba . As with Genichiro Tenryu , Hiroshi Wajima and Arashi before him, his debut was much hyped. Throughout the years he became one of AJPW's top stars, even holding the Triple Crown on one occasion in 1996 . However, he became better known for tag team wrestling. He won his first championship in 1990 , the All Asia Tag Team Championship with Shinichi Nakano . He won the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship for the first time in 1992 , teaming with Jumbo Tsuruta . He formed a tag team with Toshiaki Kawada , a team which ended up holding the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship 6 times. The team split when Taue left AJPW for Mitsuharu Misawa 's new Pro Wrestling NOAH promotion, while Toshiaki 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. PROFILE
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