Akira Hokuto
Height: 5ft 6 Weight: 65kg
DOB:13th July 1967
Debut: May 28th, 1985
Career Span: Akira wrestled from 1985 to 2003 having time away during that time for 1)injury-broken neck 2)children.
Titles: All Japan Juniors wrestling under her real name, Hisako Uno defeated Condor Saito March 20th, 1986. WWWA World Tag with Yumiko Hotta beat Leilani Kai & Judy Martin April 15th, 1987. 2x WWWA World Tag (Marine Wolves) Hokuto & Suzuka Minami defeated Grizzly Iwamoto and Bison Kimura, June 18th, 1989 & defeating Aja Kong and Grizzly Iwamoto, February 7th, 1990. All Pacific Singles defeating former Marine Wolves partner Suzuka Minami, April 29th, 1991. CMLL Singles defeating La Diabolica, July 30th, 1994 in Mexico City wrestling under a mask as Reina Jubuki. WWWA World Tag with Mima Shimoda to win the 3WA World Tag titles September 24th, 1995. WCW World Women's defeated Madusa in the finals of a tournament December 29th, 1996.AAAW Tag Title with Mayumi Ozaki defeated Chikayo Nagashima and Sugar Sato, December 17th, 2000.
Highlights: Also known as "Hisako Uno" (her real name), "Reina Jabuki" (her masked character she used on occasion) "The Dangerous Queen" or "The Mummy" (both nicknames) there is no doubting that Akira Hokuto is truly one of the all time greats. Akira Hokuto had an amazing presence in the ring which was undeniable. From the moment she stepped out to the ring all eyes were often on Akira and she played this up well by dressing up in costume at times for her ring entrance. In WCW Akira Hokuto came to the wrestling ring for the her tag team match with partner Bull Nakano at the WCW- World War 3 pay per view on November 23, 1995 against Mayumi Ozaki & Cutie Suzuki dressed in a huge white wig with a long kimono and wearing a demon mask on her face. When Akira removes the attire fans then see the beautiful Akira in one of her many amazingly decorative bright and attractive wrestling costumes. Akira started her career in the "Crush girl" era. During the mid 1980's Japanese women's wrestling was at its peak and the crush girls (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Aska) were sport and rock idols. This was easily the toughest time for any woman in Japan to break into wrestling as the auditions were crowded with girls wanting to follow in the footsteps of their idols and become wrestlers. Akira was a great athlete and was able to stand out at auditions to be accepted in what would have to be the most elite group of wrestlers ever to come out of Japan from any time period.
Akira made her wrestling debut under her real name Hisako Uno on May 28th, 1985 against Kumiko Iwamotoon for the All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling promotion, at the time it was the number one women's wrestling promotion in the world. Akira Hokuto won her first title the All Japan Juniors belt under her real name Hisako Uno when she defeated Condor Saito on March 20th, 1986 with a little under a year in the pro ranks under her belt. Akira Hokuto held onto the title until May 29th, 1986 when she lost it to Yasuko Ishiguro.
Early on in her career Akira became a favourite with audiences however it wasn't until later in her later career that she really started to show the amazing confidence and charisma she had in the ring. Akira would at times appear to be playing with the audience during her matches both to their amusement and delight. A part of her charm and indeed her confidence probably came from her ability to overcome what at times seemed the impossible. Early in her career Akira Hokuto suffered what many believed would be a career ending broken neck from a piledriver off the second rope gone wrong. In the actual match in which it happened Akira Hokuto refused to let it get in her way and finished the match whilst clutching at her head at various times. After time off to recover Akira Hokuto came back to the ring only to suffer further injury throughout her career including another neck injury and a bad knee injury.
In tag team action Akira Hokuto formed strong aliances. With Yumiko Hotta Akira was able to win the WWWA World Tag on April 15th, 1987 against Leilani Kai and Judy Martin. Akira Hokuto then teamed with Suzuka Minami to form the very successful "Marine Wolves". Together Akira Hokuto and Suzuka Minami were able to take out the WWWA World Tag titles on June 18th, 1989 defeating Grizzly Iwamoto and Bison Kimura, and again on February 7th, 1990 by defeating Aja Kong and Grizzly Iwamoto.
Akira Hokuto's partnership with Suzuka Minami also led to further title defences as the pair became involved in a series of single title matches. On April 29th, 1991 Akira defeated her former tag team partner Suzuka Minami to take out the All Pacific Singles title. As with any good feud Suzuka Minami was able to seek her revenge however when she took the title from Akira Hokuto on October 4th, 1991. In her own country of Japan Akira Hokuto was to become a major drawcard.On the 20th of November, 1994 Akira Hokuto main evented at The Tokyo Egg Dome show after making her way through the V* Top Women's tournament that featured women from different promotions in Japan. 42,500 fans witnessed Akira Hokuto down monster heel Aja Kong in the final to become the V*Top Woman Tournament winner.
Japan was not the only country in which Akira Hokuto was able to make her presence felt however and in 1992 whilst in Mexico Akira Hokuto formed the "Las Cachoras Orientales" with Etsuko Mita which on their return to Japan was joined by Mima Shimoda. The three women combined were an awesome combination and a favourite amongst Japanese wrestling fans. Akira returned to Mexico again in 1994 and on July 30th in Mexico City a masked Akira Hokuto performing under the name of "Reina Jubuki" managed to beat Mexican luchadora "La Diabolica" for the CMLL Singles title. Akira Hokuto retained the CMLL title until she was stripped of it for working for WCW in America.
In America Akira Hokuto was also a sensation as she became the first WCW World Women's title holder. Akira's wrestling for WCW came about as a result of a contract between WCW and the GAEA promotion in Japan that Akira was working for from 1996 onwards. Akira Hokuto defeated Madusa in the finals of an 8 women tournament. Akira won the title at the Starrcade payperview on December 29th, 1996. Akira appeared a few more times for WCW in America and on June 14, 1997 Akira Hokuto beat America's long time favorite girl wrestler Madusa in a "if Madusa loses, she will retire" match. In on match Akira Hokuto retained her title and retired the ever popular Madusa. Akira Hokuto left wrestling in 1997/8 to give birth to a baby boy on November 6, 1998. Akira after a year absence from the ring returned to wrestling as a freelancer and worked for GAEA again. On the 17th of december, 2000 Akira Hokuto and Mayumi Ozaki teamed up to take out the AAAW Tag Title. In 2002 Akira Hokuto "The Dangerous Queen" retired from professional wrestling. Since then Akira has made some appearances in the ring for the men's wresting promotion "Dragon Gate."