Acting
Francesco Akira Begnini
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.
Filmography
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026
Film · 2026
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 1
Film · 2026
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~
Film · 2026
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 2
Film · 2026
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 6
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NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2026
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 8
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 9
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 10
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NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 7
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NJPW 54th Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 6
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 7
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 8
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 9
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 10
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 11
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 12 (Final)
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026
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NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 3
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 4
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 5
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 6
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 7
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NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 8
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 1
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 2
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 3
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 5
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 6
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 7
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 8
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 9
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 10
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 11
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 12
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NJPW New Japan Road in Karatsu 2026 ~ Ignition to Dominion
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 4
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 13
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 6
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 4
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NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 5
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NJPW Tiger Mask's Retirement Match
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 18
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NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 19 (Final)
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AEW All In 2026: London
Film · 2026
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
Film · 2025
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
Film · 2025
NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
Film · 2025
NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event
Film · 2025
NJPW Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima
Film · 2025
CMLL Presenta NJPW Fantastica Mania México 2025
Film · 2025
RevPro 13 Year Anniversary Show - Day 1: Global Wars UK
Film · 2025
NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 2
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NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2025 - Day 1
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 1
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18
Film · 2024
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
Film · 2024
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
Film · 2024
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 2
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NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 2
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 1
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 4
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 10
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 11
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 14
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 15
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 3
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 5
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 4
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
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NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 1
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
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NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 16
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NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
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NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2024
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NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
Film · 2024
NJPW x STARDOM: Historic X-Over II
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
Film · 2023
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
Film · 2023
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
Film · 2023
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls
Film · 2023
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome
Film · 2023
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Show
Film · 2023
RevPro Revolution Rumble 2023
Film · 2023
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
Film · 2023
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023
Film · 2023
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023
Film · 2023
NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall 2023
Film · 2023
NJPW Royal Quest III
Film · 2023
NJPW x STARDOM: Historic X-Over
Film · 2022
RevPro High Stakes 2022
Film · 2022
NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16
Film · 2022
RevPro 10 Year Anniversary - Day One
Film · 2022
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2022
Film · 2022
NJPW Declaration of Power
Film · 2022
NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2022
Film · 2022
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
Film · 2022
RevPro Uprising 2021
Film · 2021
SIW System
Series · 2021
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Series · 2019
World Wonder Ring Stardom
Series · 2011
NJPW New Japan Cup
Series · 2005