Acting credits
9
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Shigeru Akabane
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.2
Low visibility
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Movies: 6Series: 3Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 3591934
IMDb ID: nm1695194
Known for: Acting
Born: July 5, 1941
Died: September 6, 2011
Age: 70
Place of birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2008
Years active: 34
Average TMDB rating: 6.41
Also known as
Little Tokyo
Other jobs
Stunts (1)
Biography
Shigeru Akabane (赤羽 茂, Akabane Shigeru), best known under his ring name Little Tokyo, was a Japanese professional midget wrestler who competed in North American promotions from the 1970s into the 1990s including appearances for American Wrestling Association (AWA), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the WWE most notably appearing at WrestleMania III in a mixed tag team match with Lord Littlebrook and King Kong Bundy against Hillbilly Jim, the Haiti Kid and Little Beaver in 1987. He held the NWA World Midget's Championship on three occasions
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Shigeru Akabane.
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
as Little Tokyo
2008 Movie
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
as Little Tokyo
2007 Movie
7.3
WWE WrestleMania III
as Little Tokyo
1987 Movie
7.9
AWA Super Clash
as Little Tokyo
1985 Movie
WCCW Christmas Star Wars '81
as Little Tokyo
1981 Movie
5.5
Black Samurai
as Janicott's Henchman Little Tokyo
1976 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Shigeru Akabane.
