Takao Yoshida

Born: 1973-10-26

Takao Yoshida better known by his ring name TAKA Michinoku is a Japanese professional wrestler[4] and former mixed martial artist. Michinoku is known in North America for his work for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) where he had the first ever WWF Light Heavyweight Championship reign recognized by the North American promotion. Michinoku is the founder and former promoter of Kaientai Dojo, where he also wrestled until 2019. In 2019, Michinoku started another promotion, Just Tap Out. Michinoku currently appears for New Japan Pro-Wrestling as a freelancer, where he is a member of Suzuki-gun.


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WWE WrestleMania XIV

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 1998-03-29

Stone Cold Steve Austin battles Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship with Mike Tyson as...

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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2024-05-04

Wrestling Dontaku 2024 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling...

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ECW Barely Legal 1997

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 1997-04-13

ECW presents Barely Legal. Terry Funk, Sandman, and Big Stevie Cool compete in a Three-Way Dance...

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WWE King of the Ring 1998

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 1998-06-28

Stone Cold Steve Austin puts the WWE Championship on the line against the demonic Kane in a...

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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2024-05-03

Wrestling Dontaku 2024 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling...

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WWE Judgment Day: In Your House

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 1998-10-18

In the main event, Kane battles The Undertaker for the vacant WWE Championship with Stone Cold...

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WWE SummerSlam 1998

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 1998-08-30

Stone Cold Steve Austin defends the WWE Championship against The Undertaker. Edge & Sable face...

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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2024-02-11

The New Beginning is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling...

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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 2

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2023-02-05

The New Beginning in Sapporo 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro...

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WWE: The Best Of In Your House

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2013-05-27

In the mid-90’s, no pay-per-view series produced more epic matches, historic moments or...

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WWE Over the Edge: In Your House

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 1998-05-31

Stone Cold Steve Austin and Dude Love compete for the WWE Championship in a No Disqualification...

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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2014-01-04

Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced...

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WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 1997-07-06

In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede took place on July 6, 1997 at the Saddledome in Calgary,...

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NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2024-01-05

NJPW New Year Dash !! 2024 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro...

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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 1

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2023-02-04

The New Beginning in Sapporo 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro...

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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2023-04-08

Professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event will take...

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WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 1998-02-15

WWE No Way Out features a wild 8-Man main event featuring Stone Cold Steve Austin, Cactus Jack,...

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NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2017

as uncredited
Released: 2017-10-09

King of Pro-Wrestling (2017) was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan...

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NJPW Dominion 6.16

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2012-06-16

Dominion 6.16 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan...

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WWE D-Generation X: In Your House

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 1997-12-07

Shawn Michaels defends the WWF Championship against Ken Shamrock. The Rock challenges Stone Cold...

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NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2022-02-13

As NJPW rounds the corner into the last week of the New Year’s Golden Seriers, action hits Osaka...

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ECW CyberSlam 1999

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 1999-04-02

Date: 1999, April 03 Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Commentator: Joey Styles Jerry Lynn...

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JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2022-09-12

JTO celebrates TAKA Michinoku's 30th anniversary in wrestling with this independent show...

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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2023-08-12

The eighteenth night of the tournament took place on August 12th, 2023 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in...

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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2023-08-13

The nineteenth and final night of the tournament took place on August 13th, 2023 at Ryogoku...

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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2017-05-03

Wrestling Dontaku 2017 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling...

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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2022-07-23

The fourth night of the tournament took place on July 23, 2022 at Ota City General Gymnasium in...

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NJPW New Year’s Golden Series Night 1

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2022-01-20

January 20 sees the New year’s Golden Series get underway. The throwback tour title is a call...

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ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2013-07-30

Following the success of ECW Unreleased Vol 1, WWE delves even deeper into the ECW archives,...

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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2022-07-16

The first night of the tournament took place on July 16, 2022, at Hokkai Kitayell in...

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NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2023-06-04

Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan...

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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Night 1

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2019-05-03

Wrestling Dontaku 2019 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling...

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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom I

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2007-01-04

Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome (レッスルキングダム in 東京ドーム, Ressuru Kingudamu in Tōkyō Dōmu)...

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WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2014-11-03

What does everybody want? Head to the nearest man cave, give your boss a Stone Cold salute and...

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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014

as Himself
Released: 2014-09-21

Destruction in Kobe (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan...

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NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2022-01-08

Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 3 is an upcoming three-day professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV)...

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NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Night 6

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2022-02-07

After a fortnight’s break, NJPW resumes touring action on February 6 in Chiba, before the next...

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NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2012-07-01

We Are Pro-Wrestling Love was a supercard produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling and All-Japan Pro...

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NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2018-07-16

The third night of the 28th edition of the G1 Climax that returns to the A Block. Taking place...

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NJPW New Year Dash 2018

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2018-01-05

NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018 took place in Tokyo, Japan. The event took place on January 5, 2018

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NJPW Power Struggle 2014

as Himself
Released: 2014-11-08

Power Struggle (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro...

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NJPW/AJPW/NOAH All Together: Again

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2023-06-09

For the first time in 11 years, New Japan, All Japan and Pro-Wrestling NOAH come together on...

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NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2018-07-14

The opening night of the 28th edition of the G1 Climax featuring A Block matches. Taking place...

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New year’s Golden Series night 14

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2022-02-19

After a month of touring around Japan, the New Year’s Golden Series comes to a close over two...

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ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2019-04-06

For 16 years, Ring of Honor Wrestling has created some of the top stars in professional...

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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2022-05-01

Wrestling Dontaku 2022 is a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling....

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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2022-07-24

The fifth night of the tournament took place on July 24, 2022 at Ota City General Gymnasium in...

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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2022-07-17

The second night of the tournament took place on July 17, 2022 at Hokkai Kitayell in...

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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2022-07-20

The third night of the tournament took place on July 20, 2022 at Xebio Arena Sendai in Sendai,...

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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2022-01-05

Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2 is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New...

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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2018-05-03

New Japan returns to Fukuoka for the annual Wrestling Dontaku event! This time, it will be held...

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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2023-08-10

The seventeenth night of the tournament took place on August 10th, 2023 at Funabashi Arena in...

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NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 6

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2014-07-31

The 2014 version of the G1 Climax tournament is scheduled to take place between July 21 and...

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Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 1996-10-10

‘These Days’ was Michinoku Pro Wrestling's 3rd anniversary card from the Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

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NJPW 45th Anniversary Show

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2017-03-06

NJPW 45th Anniversary Event took place on March 6, 2017 from the Ota City General Gymnasium in...

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JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2022-12-19

TAKA+Taichi 50th Anniversary was a Special Event produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling and Various...

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GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 1

as Taka Michinoku
Released: 2019-04-05

The most talked about event of Wrestlemania weekend returns for the sequel to the sequel! The...

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ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 1999-05-16

Buh Buh Ray Dudley takes on Taz with the ECW World Championship on the line. Rob Van Dam defends...

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The Great Sasuke

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 2016-03-05

The Great Sasuke chronicles a-year-in-the-life of an aging Japanese professional wrestler and...

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NJPW Super J-Cup 1994

as TAKA Michinoku
Released: 1994-04-16

Super J-Cup: 1st Stage was the first Super J-Cup professional wrestling tournament hosted by New...

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WWE Raw

as Taka Michinoku
First aired: 1993-01-11

A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.

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WWE SmackDown

as Taka Michinoku
First aired: 1999-04-29

The superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment's "SmackDown" brand collide each and every...

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ECW Hardcore TV

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-04-06

ECW Hardcore TV is a hard-hitting, edgy alternative to more mainstream sports entertainment...

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New Japan Pro Wrestling

as TAKA Michinoku
First aired: 1972-03-06

New Japan Pro Wrestling is a Japanese promotion founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972. Owing to its...

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WWE Heat

as Taka Michinoku
First aired: 1998-08-02

WWE Heat is a professional wrestling television program that was produced by World Wrestling...

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ECW on TNN

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-08-27

The Superstars of Extreme Championship Wrestling show off their hardcore skills and in-ring...

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WWE Heat

as Taka Michinoku
First aired: 1998-08-02

WWE Heat was a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling...

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