In Wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Fujiwara armbar – WCW
- Hercules Cutter (Argentine neckbreaker)
- Mana Bauer (Backbreaker rack, sometimes dropped into a bridging German suplex)
- Mount Fuji Suplex (Delayed high-angle bridging German suplex)
- Signature moves
- Belly to belly suplex
- Brain Claw (Head vice)
- Clutch bomb
- Cobra Twist
- Double underhook suplex
- Front missile dropkick
- Headbutt
- Knee drop
- Kurasawa Crush (Armbreaker)
- Lariat
- McEnroe (Modified chop block)
- Mountain Bomb
- Multiple running big boot followed by a bicycle kick
- One-handed bulldog
- Over the shoulder single leg Boston crab
- Prison Lock (Kneeling figure four leglock)
- Reverse figure four leglock
- Seated armbar
- Shoot kick
- Spear
- Superplex
- Thesz press
- Yajin Hammer (Discus double axe handle)
- Managers
- Col. Robert Parker
- Nicknames
- "Yajin"(野人)
- "The Japanese Hercules"
- "The Last Gorilla of Primates"(霊長類最後のゴリラ)
- "Manabu Akashiya"(明石家学)
- "Mr. Unbelievable"
- Entrance themes
- "Zwptune" by Bruce Kulick (NJPW, 1992–1993)
- "Naval Gun" (NJPW, 1993–1995)
- "Kurasawa" (WCW, 1995–1996)
- "Hard Shuffle" (NJPW, 1996–1998)
- "No Problem" (NJPW, 1998–2002)
- "Seize The Tatics" (NJPW, 2002–present)
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