All Japan Pro Wrestling superstar and AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion Atsushi Aoki passed away today (June 3rd) following an accident while he was riding his motorcycle in Tokyo, Japan, according to reports out of the country who note that while making a turn at a curve, Aoki crashed his bike and passed away.

Aoki had wrestled on All Japan’s June 2nd event at the Kobe Sanbo Hall in Kobe, Japan where he teamed with Yusuke Okada and Hikaru Sato against Jake Lee, Koji Iwamoto and Nobe Bryant.

On behalf of everyone associated with Wrestling-News.Net, we would like to express our condolences to the family, friends and fans of Atsushi Aoki.