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Akihito Nishigaki (西垣彰人, Nishigaki Akihito, born February 28, 1987) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Akito (彰人). He currently works for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where he is a former two-times DDT Extreme Division Champion and a former two-times Ironman Heavymmetal Champion. Akito also competed on DDT's sub-brand New Beijing Pro Wrestling (NBPW), where he is a former one-time Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Champion alongside Cho-un Shiryu.

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Akito was trained under Hakaru Imai and the Sportiva Dojo. He would eventually made is debut on November 23, 2009 losing to the veteran Shinjiro Otani at Pro Wrestling Zero1. He would then compete throughout extensively across the japanese independent circuit including promotions like Big Japan Pro Wrestling, BattlARTS, Style-E Pro Wrestling, and Osaka Pro Wrestling. He would then move on to compete for Dramatic Dream Team.

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2010-Present)

Akito made his unofficial debut DDT Pro-Wrestling on March 3, 2010. His official debut took place on March 10 teaming with Toru Suiura losing Gota Ihashi and Tomomitsu Matsunaga. On October 30, 2011 Akito took part of a 1º contendership match to the KO-D Tag Team Championship teaming with Soma Takao in a losing effort against Antonio Honda and Yasu Urano. Akito also debuted a chinese gimmick named Cao Zhang. On April 29 Zhang won his first championship title alongside Cho-un Shiryu to become the first Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Champions. The lost the titles to Munenori Sawa and Sanshiro Takagi. On November 27 Akito joined the Homoiro Clover Z stable winning a battle royal to become the newest member of the stable. On July 29, 2012 Akito defeated Hiroshi Fukuda to win the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. The title had a 24/7 rule, where it could be won anytime and anywhere. During Akito celebration Cho-un Shiryu pinned Akito to loose in newly won Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. On August 26, DDT General Manager Amon Tsurumi ordered all stables in the promotion disbanded. In Homoiro Clover Z's farewell match on September 19, Akito, Danshoku Dino and Kota Ibushi defeated their stablemates Kudo, Hiroshi Fukuda and Makoto Oishi.

In January Akito formed a team with Makoto Oishi and Sanshiro Takagi dubbed as "Team Castle" took part of a tournament to crown the first KO-D 6-man Tag Team Champions. They ended up making into the finals losing to Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao). On March 21 Akito won the Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere. However he lost the contract Oishi. On May 26, 2013 Akito made his last match under the affiliation of Sportiva Entertaniment. Afterwards he announced that he was going to sign full-time with DDT. On June 28 Akito took part of the 2013 King of DDT, losing to Hikaru Sato at the first round.

In wrestling

Finishing moves
- Ankle lock
- Triangle Scorpion (No-hands Sasori-gatame)
- Running knee strike
Finishing moves
- Belly-to-back suplex
- Dragon Screw
- Elbow Drop
- Hanamasa (Inverted facelock lifted and dropped into a sitout scoop slam piledriver)
- Kinniku-Daido (Muscle buster into a Sitout spinebuster)
- Samotorake no Nike (Chickenwing facebuster)
- Sasorigatame (Sharpshooter)
- Suishaotoshi (Double underhook suplex)
Nicknames
- "Nagoya Wrestling Star"
Entrance themes
- "Hero’s Come Back!!" by nobodyknows+

Championships and accomplishments

Dramatic Dream Team
- DDT Extreme Division Championship (2 times)
- Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (2 times)
- Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere (2013,2014,2017)
- Fluorescent Lighttubes IPPON Grand Prix (2016)
New Beijing Pro Wrestling
- Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Cho-un Shiryu
Kaientai Dojo
- Bo-So Golden Tag Tournament (2013) – with Taishi Takizawa
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #264 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2015
Other
- Wakao League (2011)

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-{{nihongo|'''Akihito Nishigaki'''|西垣彰人|Nishigaki Akihito|born February 28, 1987}} is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name {{nihongo|'''Akito'''|彰人}}. He currently works for [[Dramatic Dream Team]] (DDT), where he is a former two-times [[DDT Extreme Division Championship|DDT Extreme Division Champion]] and a former two-times [[Ironman Heavymetal Championship|Ironman Heavymmetal Champion]]. Akito also competed on DDT's sub-brand New Beijing Pro Wrestling (NBPW), where he is a former one-time [[Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Championship|Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Champion]] alongside [[Cho-un Shiryu]].
+{{nihongo|'''Akihito Nishigaki'''|西垣彰人|Nishigaki Akihito|born February 28, 1987}} is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name {{nihongo|'''Akito'''|彰人}}. He currently works for [[DDT Pro-Wrestling]] (DDT), where he is a former two-times [[DDT Extreme Division Championship|DDT Extreme Division Champion]] and a former two-times [[Ironman Heavymetal Championship|Ironman Heavymmetal Champion]]. Akito also competed on DDT's sub-brand New Beijing Pro Wrestling (NBPW), where he is a former one-time [[Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Championship|Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Champion]] alongside [[Cho-un Shiryu]].
 ==Professional wrestling career==
+===Early career===
+Akito was trained under [[Hakaru Imai]] and the Sportiva Dojo. He would eventually made is debut on November 23, 2009 losing to the veteran Shinjiro Otani at Pro Wrestling Zero1. He would then compete throughout extensively across the japanese independent circuit including promotions like Big Japan Pro Wrestling, BattlARTS, Style-E Pro Wrestling, and Osaka Pro Wrestling. He would then move on to compete for [[Dramatic Dream Team]].
+===DDT Pro-Wrestling (2010-Present)===
+Akito made his unofficial debut [[DDT Pro-Wrestling]] on March 3, 2010. His official debut took place on March 10 teaming with Toru Suiura losing Gota Ihashi and Tomomitsu Matsunaga. On October 30, 2011 Akito took part of a 1º contendership match to the KO-D Tag Team Championship teaming with Soma Takao in a losing effort against Antonio Honda and Yasu Urano. Akito also debuted a chinese gimmick named Cao Zhang. On April 29 Zhang won his first championship title alongside [[Cho-un Shiryu]] to become the first Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Champions. The lost the titles to Munenori Sawa and Sanshiro Takagi. On November 27 Akito joined the Homoiro Clover Z stable winning a battle royal to become the newest member of the stable. On July 29, 2012 Akito defeated Hiroshi Fukuda to win the [[Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship]]. The title had a 24/7 rule, where it could be won anytime and anywhere. During Akito celebration Cho-un Shiryu pinned Akito to loose in newly won Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. On August 26, DDT General Manager Amon Tsurumi ordered all stables in the promotion disbanded. In Homoiro Clover Z's farewell match on September 19, Akito, Danshoku Dino and Kota Ibushi defeated their stablemates Kudo, Hiroshi Fukuda and Makoto Oishi.
+In January Akito formed a team with Makoto Oishi and Sanshiro Takagi dubbed as "Team Castle" took part of a tournament to crown the first KO-D 6-man Tag Team Champions. They ended up making into the finals losing to Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao). On March 21 Akito won the Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere. However he lost the contract Oishi. On May 26, 2013 Akito made his last match under the affiliation of Sportiva Entertaniment. Afterwards he announced that he was going to sign full-time with DDT. On June 28 Akito took part of the 2013 King of DDT, losing to Hikaru Sato at the first round.
 ==In wrestling==
 *'''Finishing moves'''
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 **[[DDT Extreme Division Championship]] (2 times)
 **[[Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship]] ([[Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship#Title history|2 times]])
+**[[Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere]] (2013,2014,2017)
 **Fluorescent Lighttubes IPPON Grand Prix (2016)
 *'''New Beijing Pro Wrestling'''
 **[[Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Championship]] (1 time) – with [[Cho-un Shiryu]]
 *'''[[Kaientai Dojo]]'''
 **[[Bo-So Golden Tag Tournament]] ([[Bo-So Golden Tag Tournament#2013|2013]]) – with [[Taishi Takizawa]]
 *'''''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'''''
 **PWI ranked him #'''264''' of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2015
+*'''Other'''
+**Wakao League (2011)
 [[Category:Wrestlers]]
 [[Category:DDT Roster]]