Yoshihiro Takayama (高山 善廣, Takayama Yoshihiro, born September 19, 1966) is a Japanese former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Debuting...
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to the September 11 attacks. He fought bouts with Ken Shamrock and Yoshihiro Takayama during his two years in Pride. He departed the promotion to compete...
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March 12, 1981, in Sōka, Japan. He trained under Kenta Kobashi and Yoshihiro Takayama. Prior to wrestling professionally, Kobayashi had a variety of athletic...
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actress-singer Yoshihiro Takayama (born 1966), Japanese professional wrestler Yukiko Takayama (1939/1940–2023), Japanese screenwriter and director Naoto Takayama, a...
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It was created on April 15, 2001 when Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a 16-man tournament final. Though its name implies a particular...
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chairman Antonio Inoki's army of fighters, Sapp replaced an injured Yoshihiro Takayama in his October 14 match against Manabu Nakanishi. The two exchanged...
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Championship, and the GHC Heavyweight Championship), the others being Yoshihiro Takayama, Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima, and Yuji Nagata - totalling seven world...
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competing for NJPW as a freelancer, where he aligned himself with Yoshihiro Takayama and won the IWGP Tag Team Championship from Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Osamu...
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captured the All Asia Tag Team Championship. In 1998, he and newcomer Yoshihiro Takayama formed the NO FEAR tag team. The team soon won both the All Asia Tag...
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Shinsuke Nakamura defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Yoshihiro Takayama. This was the first match between the two in six years and was billed...
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Tokyo, Japan 1 392 10 32 Yoshihiro Takayama May 2, 2003 Ultimate Crush Tokyo, Japan 1 185 3 This match was also for Takayama's NWF Heavyweight Championship...
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with a background in MMA, including Fujita, Yoshihiro Takayama, Tsuyoshi Kosaka, and Tadao Yasuda. Takayama won the tournament on January 4, 2003, beating...
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professional wrestling tag team that consisted of Takao Omori and Yoshihiro Takayama. During their history, the team competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling...
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All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) Dojo by Tamon Honda, who (along with Yoshihiro Takayama) oversaw all of Sugiura's training. Sugiura made his debut on December...
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On that show Williams and Albright defeated Masahito Kakihara and Yoshihiro Takayama. Albright became the leader of the Triangle of Power after Williams...
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Y2P-160kg Wild Child (Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori) Kohei Sato and Yoshihiro Takayama Stepbrother Tag (Minoru Fujita and Takuya Sugawara) Charles Evans...
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August 17. Jun Akiyama from Pro Wrestling Noah, along with freelancer Yoshihiro Takayama were invitees. The 2004 G1 Climax was a two-block, sixteen-man tournament...
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matches and mixed martial arts fights. The show was headlined by Yoshihiro Takayama defending the NWF Heavyweight Championship against Yuji Nagata, who...
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Tokyo Dome event, against Yuji Nagata on September 12, 2003, against Yoshihiro Takayama on April 25, 2004, and against Jun Akiyama in the main event of Noah's...
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Kazushi Sakuraba, Daijiro Matsui, Naoki Sano, Masahito Kakihara, Yoshihiro Takayama, Kenichi Yamamoto and Hiromitsu Kanehara. Several wrestlers began...
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other Japanese promotions (such as Hiroshi Hase, Shigeo Okumura and Yoshihiro Takayama) were not given pushes, but in Hase's case, it was voluntarily, due...
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Suzuki-gun and Suzuki's close friend, Pro Wrestling Noah representative Yoshihiro Takayama, who began making semi-regular NJPW appearances as a member of the...
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NWF Heavyweight Championship but was defeated by eventual winner Yoshihiro Takayama, giving Fujita his first loss in New Japan since January 2000. On...
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Kea, Tatsumi Fujinami, Tiger Mask, Toshiaki Kawada, Wataru Inoue, Yoshihiro Takayama, and Yuji Nagata. Masahiro Chono Shinsuke Nakamura Hiroshi Tanahashi...
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Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura and NWF Heavyweight Champion Yoshihiro Takayama. Nakamura won the match, retiring the NWF Championship after only...
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2023 Match of the Year (2007) with Jun Akiyama vs. Kenta Kobashi and Yoshihiro Takayama on December 2 Wrestler of the Year (2007, 2009) Ranked No. 2 of the...
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including a match for the vacant NWF Heavyweight Championship that Yoshihiro Takayama won by defeating Tsuyoshi Kosaka in the finals of a four-man tournament...
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Heavyweight Championship May 2 Ultimate Crush Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan Yoshihiro Takayama (NWF─c) vs. Yuji Nagata (IWGP─c) for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship...
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professional wrestler Yoshihiro Takayama (高山 善廣, 21st century), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter Yoshihiro Akiyama (秋山 成勲, born 1975)...
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its "Autumn Navigation" tour. Wrestling in Yokohama, he teamed with Yoshihiro Takayama to defeat Mitsuharu Misawa and Takeshi Morishima. Two days later,...
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