S.M.O.P.

S.M.O.P (Super Megaton Ohzumo Powers) is a stable formed by Akebono and Ryota Hama as tag team on September 23, 2009.the former two-times All Asia Tag Team Champions with Ryota Hama and they current NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champions with Shogun Okamoto

Formation and Split (2009–2010)
After Ryota Hama retring from Sumo and Akebono returning to AJPW the two would face in singles macth against each other. After on On 23 September 2009 the two would form a team known collectively as SMOP (Super Megaton Ohzumo Powers) and they would won the All Asia Tag Team Championship, defeating Minoru Suzuki and Nosawa Rongai. The two later participated in the 2009 World's Strongest Tag Determination League, finishing 5th out of 9 teams with four victories and four defeats and Hama won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, defeating champion Satoshi Kojima on March 21, 2010. Hama holds the record for fastest superstar to attain the Triple Crown title, winning the title 503 days after his debut. S.M.O.P. would only defend the title once before losing them 7 months later to VOODOO-MURDERS members Big Daddy Voodoo and TARU. After that, Akebono splited with Hama and became the member of the group Partisan Forces (Minoru Suzuki, Masakatsu Funaki and Taiyo Kea) to continue his feud with the VOODOO-MURDERS.

Return and Second Split (2009–2010)
Partisan Forces broke up in June 2011, so Akebono reformed S.M.O.P. with Hama. After having an unsuccessful shot at KENSO and The Great Muta for the vacant World Tag Team Championship, Akebono and Hama entered a short feud with Big Daddy and MAZADA, whom they defeated on several occasions, and also competed in the 2011 Real World Tag League, receiving two more chances for the All Asia Tag Team Championship against Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi, lost both times. S.M.O.P. finally regained the All Asia title by defeating Sekimoto and Okabayashi on 1 July 2012, but vacated them on 4 September 2012, due to Akebono being sidelined with pneumonia. In November 2012, Akebono debuted his masked alter ego "Brazo de Bono", based on Brazo de Plata. On July 10, 2013, They broke up again when Hama left AJPW due was Nobuo Shiraishi taking over as the new president of the promotion and was announced as part of Keiji Mutoh's new Wrestle-1 promotion. Also on September 1, 2013, Akebono signed a contract with All Japan, officially ending his freelancing days.

Third Return and ZERO1 (2016–present)
On November 1, 2015 it was announced that Akebono was leaving All Japan and once again becoming a freelancer. On March 13, 2016, Akebono made his debut for AJPW splinter promotion Wrestle-1, reuniting with SMOP partner Ryota Hama. Ōdō held its first event on April 20 in Korakuen Hall. The main event of the show saw Akebono, Ryota Hama and Taiyo Kea defeat Daisuke Sekimoto, Masato Tanaka and Yuji Okabayashi. On July 23 Shogun Okamoto joined SMOP turing tag team into stable.On July 24 they unssuccefuly challenged The Twin Towers (Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa) for the BJW Tag Team Championship at BJW's Ryogokutan event.After that they participed in the 2016 BJW's Saikyou Tag League in the Strong Block B and finished with 6 points advancing to the quarterfinals but they to Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi).In December 2016 they participed in the ZERO1's Furinkazan Tag Tournamnet they Masato Tanaka and James Raideen in 1st round and they defeated Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto in the semifinals but they lost in the finals to KAI and Yusaku Obata.On Febuary 3 Akebono and Okamoto defeated VOODOO-MURDERS TARU and Hartley Jackson to become the new NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champions.

In wrestling

 * Akebono's Finishing moves
 * Banzai Drop (Corner slingshot seated senton) – 2006–2007; adopted from Yokozuna
 * Japanese Drop /Yokozuna Drop (Samoan drop, sometimes from the second rope)
 * M64 (Falling hip toss to an oncoming opponent)
 * Muso (Waist-lift side slam) – 2012–present; adopted from Takeshi Rikio
 * Yokozuna Impact (Jumping piledriver) – 2013–present
 * Yokozuna Press (Running splash)
 * '''Ryota Hama's Finishing moves
 * Running splash
 * Ryota Hammer (Vertical suplex powerslam)
 * '''Shogun Okamoto's Finishing moves
 * Backdrop (Bridging belly-to-back suplex)

Championships and accomplishments

 * All Japan Pro Wrestling
 * All Asia Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ryota Hama
 * Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time) - Hama
 * January 2 Korakuen Hall Heavyweight Battle Royal (2010) - Akebono
 * Pro Wrestling Zero1
 * NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time, current)