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    Nobuhiko Takada (Japanese: 高田伸彦, ring name: 高田 延彦) (born April 12, 1962) is a Japanese former mixed martial artist, retired professional wrestler, actor...
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    Jack (2017-07-03). "Nobuhiko Takada: MMA's Most Important Bad Fighter". Vice. Retrieved 2023-07-04. "Royce Gracie vs. Nobuhiko Takada, Pride Grand Prix...
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    professional wrestling promotion HUSTLE. At Pride 5, Coleman fought Nobuhiko Takada, who would become HUSTLE's owner and booker. Though thought to be the...
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  • defeating Nobuhiko Takada in a tournament final, successfully defending it against the likes of Shiro Koshinaka, Owen Hart, Keiichi Yamada and Takada. He held...
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  • of the UWF. The UWF-i featured most of UWF's roster, and was led by Nobuhiko Takada, who was the top star and the face of the promotion. Other natives...
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  • Hassuru) was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion managed by Nobuhiko Takada. Hustle can be described as an industry experiment to market the sports...
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    Anjo's superior Nobuhiko Takada in the Pride 1 event. Before the Tokyo Dome's 47,860 spectators, Gracie defeated the inexperienced Takada, mounting him...
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  • made as a theme for Japanese pro wrestler and mixed martial artist Nobuhiko Takada. Yngwie Malmsteen - guitars, backing vocals Mike Vescera - vocals Mats...
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  • public. The main attraction and most popular star of the UWFi was Nobuhiko Takada. The other precursors of Pride were the Japanese mixed martial arts...
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    Kushida began training in a mixed martial arts (MMA) career at Nobuhiko Takada's Takada Dojo while in junior high school. He debuted in MMA in 2003 for...
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    leaving Pride. It was reported that Sakuraba left Takada Dojo (run by Pride's general manager, Nobuhiko Takada), and conspicuously was not entered into Pride's...
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  • Takada (高田 雅史, born 1970), Japanese video game music composer Minayoshi Takada, Japanese photographer Miwa Takada, Japanese actress Nobuhiko Takada,...
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  • Takada Dojo is a mixed martial arts academy in Tokyo, Japan. The dojo takes its name from Nobuhiko Takada its founder. Many members, including Takada...
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    Wrestling Forces International (UWFI). Put under the tutelage of top star Nobuhiko Takada, Takayama debuted against Hiromitsu Kanehara and became a usual competitor...
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  • professional wrestler Nobuhiko Takada (髙田 延彦, born 1962), Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler Nobuhiko Ushiba (牛場 信彦, 1909–1984), Japanese...
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    Big Fight Series II Night 19 5 3 December 5, 1984 Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Nobuhiko Takada UWF Year-End Special Day 10 5 4 December 8, 1984 Bruiser Brody and...
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  • Gran Hamada. Soon, however, they were joined by Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Nobuhiko Takada, Satoru Sayama (the original Tiger Mask) and Kazuo Yamazaki, and this...
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  • spent 2 days in intensive care." Vovchanchyn then faced off against Nobuhiko Takada at PRIDE 11, who was the trainer of Sakuraba and Matsui. Vovchanchyn...
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    attended his retirement ceremony. In 1988, Maeda formed Newborn UWF with Nobuhiko Takada and others, this time as its number one star, using the notoriety he...
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  • culmination of the lengthy invasion angle between NJPW and UWFi as UWFi's Nobuhiko Takada lost the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to NJPW's Shinya Hashimoto....
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    Tatsumi Fujinami, Akira Maeda, Satoru Sayama, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Nobuhiko Takada, Masakatsu Funaki, Masahiro Chono, Shinya Hashimoto, Riki Choshu, Minoru...
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  • continuation of UWF International, having most of its former roster: Nobuhiko Takada, Yoji Anjo, Kazushi Sakuraba, Daijiro Matsui, Naoki Sano, Masahito...
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    Shinya Hashimoto captured the IWGP heavyweight championship from Nobuhiko Takada via cross armbreaker submission to headline the 4/29 Tokyo Dome show...
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    joined its new incarnation, UWF-i, where he became an apprentice under Nobuhiko Takada. A promising rookie, he was booked accordingly and soon had wins over...
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  • International (UWFI) upon recommendation from former NJPW comrades Nobuhiko Takada and Kazuo Yamazaki, the top stars of UWFI. In UWFI, he adopted the...
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    still commonly used as a modern Japanese male given name, for example Nobuhiko Takada.[citation needed] Originally a compound of sun (日, hi) and woman (女...
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    quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Vader defeated Kiyoshi Tamura, and beat Nobuhiko Takada in the finals to win the tournament and the UWFi Pro-Wrestling World...
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  • champion. In 1991, he traveled to the UWFi promotion in Japan to fight Nobuhiko Takada in a "boxer vs. wrestler" bout. Berbick claimed that he had been double-crossed...
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    which were with Norio Honaga but also against other wrestlers such as Nobuhiko Takada, Tatsutoshi Goto, Masanobu Kurisu, Makoto Arakawa, Fumihiro Niikura...
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  • Weight class Method Round Time Notes Openweight Royce Gracie def. Nobuhiko Takada Decision (Unanimous) 1 15:00 Openweight Kazushi Sakuraba def. Guy Mezger...
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