Francesco Akira Begnini
Acting Born Nov 22, 1999 Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy 24 credits
Biography
Francesco Begnini, better known by his ring name Francesco Akira, is an Italian professional wrestler who joined New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in 2022, where he is a member of the United Empire stable. He has since become a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and won the 2023 Super Junior Tag League alongside TJP as part of the tag team Catch 22.
Begnini began his professional wrestling career in 2015 on the European independent scene before competing in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he won the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship and the 2021 Junior Battle of Glory tournament.
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Frequent co-stars
Yujiro Takahashi
3 shared titles
Yoshinobu Kanemaru
3 shared titles
Aaron Phillip Wolf
3 shared titles
Daiki Nagai
3 shared titles
Yōhei Komatsu
2 shared titles
Shota Umino
2 shared titles
Ryohei Oiwa
2 shared titles
Oskar Münchow
2 shared titles
Taiji Ishimori
2 shared titles
Shin Takagi
2 shared titles
Career timeline
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 6NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2026NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 1NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
NJPW Royal Quest III
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16
SIW System
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Stardom on Stardom World
NJPW New Japan Cup
Full filmography
- All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (2019) as Francesco Akira
- Stardom on Stardom World (2011) as Francesco Akira
- SIW System (2021) as himself
- NJPW New Japan Cup (2005) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14 (2022) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026 (2026) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Royal Quest III (2023) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16 (2022) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 1 (2025) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 6 (2026) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3 (2026) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2026 (2026) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final) (2026) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026 (2026) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 (2025) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 3 (2026) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1 (2026) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2 (2026) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 2 (2026) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 12 (Final) (2026) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 11 (2026) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2 (2026) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 8 (2026) as Francesco Akira
- NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 3 (2026) as Francesco Akira