Championships and Accomplishments
- European Union
- European Union Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Fighting Network RINGS
- RINGS Battle Dimensions Tournament (1993–1996)
- New Japan Pro Wrestling
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Osamu Kido (1) and Nobuhiko Takada (1)
- Greatest Wrestlers (Class of 2009)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #40 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003
- PRI ranked him #13 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" with Nobuhiko Takada in 2003
- Tokyo Sports Grand Prix
- Best Bout (1986)-
- Effort Prize Award (1981)
- MVP Award (1989)
- Special Grand Prize (1988)
- Technique Award (1983)
- World Wrestling Federation
- WWF International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Promoter of the Year (1989)
- Wrestler of the Year (1988)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)
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