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Akira Raijin
Statistics
Ring Names	Akira Raijin Kowabata Kiyoshi
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	210 lb (85 kg)
Born	July 17, 1978
	Takarazuka City, Hyogo, Japan
Died:
Resides
Billed from	Takarazuka City, Hyogo, Japan Osaka, Japan
Trained by	Masanobu Kurisu Animal Hamaguchi Arashi Kaz Hiyashi Scott D'Amore Shigeo Okumura Keiji Mutoh
Debut	February 1, 1998
Retired

Akira Raijin is a Japanese professional wrestler from All Japan Pro Wrestling who currently competes as Kiyoshi in North America for the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion.

Career

Japan (1998-2007)

Trained by former junior heavyweight contender Masanobu Kurisu, Raijin made his debut in 1998, competing primarily on the independent circuit. In 2004, he competed in All Japan for sometime with marginal success, as he would generally be wrestling the first match of all of the shows with no victories. He spent 2005 and 2006 in similar fashion, but would get some levels of success competing occasionally with Mutoh as well as Suwama. In 2007, he left Japan to live in Windsor, Ontario, Canada with Scott D'Amore to gain "learning experience" in North America, where he competed for numerous independent promotions, including a match against the NWA Junior heavyweight champion Mike Quackenbush in CHIKARA, which he lost.

In wrestling

• As Kiyoshi
  • Finishing moves
    • Diving headbutt
    • Moonsault
    • Reverse thrown Death Valley driver
  • Signature moves
    • Asian mist
    • High speed roundhouse kick to the head of a seated or kneeling opponent
    • Inverted stomp facebreaker
    • Kiyoshi bends the opponent backwards and hits an overhead chop to their chest, dropping them down to the mat back first
    • Mongolian chop
    • Sliding clothesline
    • Straight jacket neckbreaker

• As Akira Raijin
  • Finishing moves
    • Lightning Flash (Reverse thrown Death Valley driver)
    • Moonsault
    • Raijin Buster (Sitout side powerslam)
  • Signature moves
    • Belly to belly suplex
    • Hammerlock DDT
    • Inverted stomp facebreaker
    • Sliding clothesline
    • Straight jacket neckbreaker

• As Kowabata
  • Finishing moves
    • Crossface
    • Diving headbutt
  • Signature moves
    • Kurt Cobain (Inverted stomp facebreaker)
    • Standing or a running STO

Championships and accomplishments

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