He held the NWA World Midget's Championship on three occasions Akabane began his professional wrestling career in the early 1970s in his native Japan working under his real name.

At some point during his first year in the business a troupe of professional midget wrestlers toured Japan with Lord Littlebrook striking up a friendship with Akabane.

[1] The friendship led to Akabane travelling to the United States where he became part of a touring troupe of midget wrestlers, known as "Little Tokyo" playing off his Japanese heritage and martial arts background.

[3][4] On December 25, 1981, Little Tokyo lost the championship to Tiny Tom as part of Big Time Wrestling's Christmas Star Wars show.

[11] On September 29, 1994, on the last show ever held by Universal Wrestling Federation, Little Tokyo defeated Karate Kid to become the first and only holder of the UWF Midget World Championship.