Akira Jō

Akira Jo — the name alone has a cool, punchy ring to it, the kind that fits a pro wrestler perfectly. Born in Tokyo in 1993, he's barely into his thirties and already doing one of the hardest jobs in entertainment: taking real punishment in the ring night after night while making it look like a spectacle worth watching. Pro wrestling doesn't get enough credit as a craft — the conditioning, the timing, the ability to tell a story with your body — and anyone carving out a career in that world has earned at least a nod of respect from me. He debuted at 15 on an Antonio Inoki-produced IGF card, founded his own AlmaLibre brand in 2018 and plays drums professionally on the side, and there's something compelling about a guy building his own stage like that. I'm rooting for him.

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Akira Jō is a Japanese professional wrestler born on November 24, 1993, in Tokyo. Active in the professional wrestling scene, he competes under the ring name Akira Jō. He debuted with IGF in November 2009 at 15, in a show produced by Antonio Inoki, and in 2018 founded AlmaLibre, the promotion he belongs to; he is also a professional drummer.

Name (English)

Akira Jō

Name (Japanese)

定アキラ

Reading

じょう あきら

Born

November 24, 1993 (age 32)

Origin

Nerima, Tokyo, Japan

Height

176 cm

Occupation

Professional Wrestler

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

Agency

AlmaLibre

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%9A%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11452158

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Professional Wrestler

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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