In Wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Growing Up (STF rollover to pinfall)
- Musasabi Press (Diving splash)
- Old Boy (STF / Abdominal stretch combination)
- STF
- Signature moves
- Dragon screw
- Dragon suplex
- Jumping corkscrew lariat
- Entrance themes
- "Rhapsody" by Chage and Aska (NJPW, 1988–1989 as Akira Nogami)
- "Burn/Hope" by Osamu Totsuka (NJPW, 1989–1992 as Akira Nogami)
- "Tokyo Road" by Bon Jovi (NJPW, 1991–1992 as AKIRA)
- "Scream" (NJPW, 1992–1998 as Akira Nogami)
- "1,000 Suns" (WCW, Clash Of The Champions XIX, 1992 as Akira Nogami)
- "Silence Actor" (NJPW, 1999–2002 as AKIRA)
- "Break on Through (To the Other Side)" by The Doors (AJPW/NJPW, 2002–2010)
- "Ukifune" by GO!GO!7188 (NJPW, 2010 as AKIRA)
- "Attero Dominatus" by Sabaton (SMASH/WNC, 2010–present as AKIRA)
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