Championships and Accomplishments
- All Japan Pro Wrestling
- AJPW All Asia Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA International Tag Team Championship (6 times) - with Jumbo Tsuruta
- NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- PWF World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
- Champion's Carnival (1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982)
- World's Strongest Tag Team League (1978, 1980) – with Jumbo Tsuruta
- Japan Wrestling Association
- NWA International Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- NWA International Tag Team Championship (6 times) - with Michiaki Yoshimura (1), Antonio Inoki (4), and Seiji Sakaguchi (1)
- World Big League (6 times)
- NWA Detroit
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version) (1 time) - with Jumbo Tsuruta
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #10 of the 100 best tag teams during the PWI Years - with Jumbo Tsuruta in 2003.
- PWI ranked him #26 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
- Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
- Class of 2008
- Tokyo Sports Grand Prix
- 30th Anniversary Special Achievement Award (1990)
- Best Tag Team of the Year (1978, 1980, 1982)-
- Match of the Year (1979)-
- Match of the Year (1980)-
- Match of the Year (1981)-
- Match of the Year (1982)-
- Outstanding Performance Award (1974, 1980)
- Popularity Award (1988)
- Special Achievement Award (1999)
- Special Award for breaking 5000 Matches (1993)
- Special Grand Award (1977, 1980)
- Special Popularity Award (1976)
- Wrestler of the Year (1975, 1979)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- 5 Star Match (1994)
- Best Booker (1989–1991)
- Promoter of the Year (1990–1994)
- Worst Tag Team (1990, 1991)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)
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