
Birthday:
09-19-1966
(58 years)
Birthplace:
Not available
Biography
Yoshihiro Takayama is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Takayama is well known for his ability to endure massive amounts of punishment, especially after his fight at PRIDE 21 against Don Frye. He is one of two men to hold all 3 of puroresu's major heavyweight titles (the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, and the GHC Heavyweight Championship), the other being Kensuke Sasaki.
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Cromartie High School: The Movie
Act like Yutaka Takenouchi
event2005 star_border 5.5
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When a good student named Kamiyama gets placed in a high school filled with disobedient kids, he steps up to the plate and takes a position of leadership. Urging the young slackers and rebels to clean up their act, Kamiyama is in store for a lot of resistance.
Pride 18: Cold Fury 2
Act like Self
event2001 star_border 6
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Pride 18: Cold Fury 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan on December 23, 2001.
Pride 21: Demolition
Act like Self
event2002 star_border 6
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Pride 21: Demolition was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on June 23, 2002.
Pride 14: Clash Of The Titans
Act like Self
event2001 star_border 6
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PRIDE 14: Clash of the Titans was a mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships. It took place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on May 27, 2001.
The Calamari Wrestler
Act like Himself
event2004 star_border 5.3
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This wild comedy pokes fun at the world of pro-wrestling by placing its accomplished wrestler protagonist Koji Taguchi against a giant squid known as the Calamari Wrestler. The Calimari Wrestler not only proves to be Koji's most difficult opponent yet, but also has an effect on several people's personal lives when he becomes the unlikely object of a young girl's affection.
Don's Road 14
event2015
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The fourteenth 'Don's' Road' film.
Don's Road Final
event2015
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The final 'Don's Road' film.
NOAH Navigate For Evolution 2002 - Day 10
event2002
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Pro Wrestling NOAH's Navigate for Evolution tour continues, headlined by a tag team match between Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata vs Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa
NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line 2003 - Day 13
event2003
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Pro Wrestling NOAH's Navigation Over the Date Line tour sails on, headlined by a GHC Heavyweight Title match between champion Kenta Kobashi and Yujii Nagata
NJPW Bisshibishi Tradition! Makai World 2003 - Day 8: Memorial Rainbow Dash35
event2003
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NJPW returns to the Nagoya Rainbow Hall, headlined by an IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contenders match between Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Manabu Nakanishi.
NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12
event2007
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Pro Wrestling NOAH's Summer Navigation tour rolls on from Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.
NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
event2003
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The G1 Climax tournament continues on, featuring some of NJPW's top stars.
Tokyo Tribe
Act like Guard
event2014 star_border 6.5
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In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. The simmering tension between them is about to boil over into all-out war.
Nagurimono: Love & Kill
event2005
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A foppish English businessman (Christian Storms) stages a martial-arts contest between champions of two rival yakuza gangs to resolve a dispute over a wonder drug he is dealing and that both sides want.
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
Act like Yoshihiro Takayama
event2012
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Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2012. It was the 21st January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the sixth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. This was the final Wrestle Kingdom where a Roman numeral was used as part of the event's name. The event featured twelve matches (including one dark match), three of which were contested for championships.
NJPW The New Beginning 2012
Act like Yoshihiro Takayama
event2012
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The New Beginning (2012) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on February 12, 2012, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. The event featured eight matches, four of which were contested for championships. It was the third event under the New Beginning name, and the first major event held by NJPW after the promotion had been sold to Bushiroad.
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
Act like Yoshihiro Takayama
event2011
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Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2011. It was the 20th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the fifth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured thirteen matches (including two dark matches), four of which were contested for championships.
NJPW G1 Climax 21: Day 10 (Final)
Act like Yoshihiro Takayama
event2011
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The tenth and final night of the tournament took place at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan on August 14, 2011.
Silence
Act like Large Man
event2016 star_border 7.1
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In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
Act like Yoshihiro Takayama
event2010 star_border 8
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Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2010. It was the 19th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the fourth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured ten matches, five of which were contested for championships.
Muscle Heat
Act like Muscle Dome Wrestler B
event2002 star_border 3
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In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug.
NOAH: Departure 2004
event2004
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Departure was a major professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling Noah. The event took place on July 10, 2004 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, and marked Noah's first ever show in the arena. The main event was marketed as the culmination of the long running feud between former allies and tag team partners Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, then held by Kobashi. Beginning on Noah's very first show in 2000 and having spanned over four years since then, it marked the first time Akiyama and Kobashi had faced off in singles competition since August 6, 2000 where Akiyama won by referee stoppage.
NJPW Nexess
event2004
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NJPW presents a wrestling pay-per-view event from the Tokyo Dome in Tokoy, Japan.
AJPW October Giant Series 1997 - Day 18
event1997
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All Japan Pro Wrestling's October Giant Series rolls on with an epic clash between Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi.
AJPW Super Power Series 1999 Finals
event1999
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The 1999 Super Power Series comes to a close with its 14th day of action, headlined by Mitsuharu Misawa taking on Kenta Kobashi in an instant classic.
AJPW October Giant Series 1998 - Day 18
event1998
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AJPW's Giant Series comes to a conclusion as Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi face off in a classic encounter.
NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals
event2003
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The 10th Best of Super Juniors tournament comes to a close as some of the world's greatest junior heavyweights square off.
TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014
Act like Yoshihiro Takayama
event2014
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On March 2, 2014, 14 TNA wrestlers were part of a TNA/Wrestle-1 supershow in Tokyo, Japan. TNA taped the event to air as a One Night Only pay-per-view. The TNA World Heavyweight, X Division and World Tag Team Championships were all defended during the event. The event also featured several matches not involving TNA wrestlers, dubbed "Part 1". Below are matches taped for the One Night Only PPV from "Part 2", which was Aired on PPV on July 4, 2014. Also aired on the One Night Only PPV was a 6-man tag team match originally aired at Lockdown (2014).
Hustle Aid 2007
Act like Yoshihiro Takayama
event2007
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Hustle was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion managed by Nobuhiko Takada. Hustle can be described as an industry experiment to market the sports entertainment style of professional wrestling in Japan. HUSTLE AID is one of the main annual shows put on by the promotion. This years event was held in the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9
event2001
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NOAH concludes their first Accomplish Our First Navigation Tour., headlined by Mitsuharu Misawa defending his GCW Heavyweight Title against Jun Akiyama.
Pro Wrestling Expo Part I: Green Chapter
event2008
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Pro Wrestling Expo was a three part series of pro wrestling shows in Japan.
NOAH: Great Voyage
event2000
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December 23rd, 2000 :: Pro Wrestling Noah presents The Great Voyage. In the wake of the great Exodus from All Japan Pro Wrestling the young upstart Pro Wrestling Noah promotion embarks on one of its' inaugural shows which took place in Tokyo at the Ariake Colosseum. The show marked third event held by the Pro Wrestling Noah and was considered the biggest show up to that point. Matches include: ⦁ Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama ⦁ Mitsuhara Misawa vs. Vader ⦁ Shinya Hashimoto vs. Takao Omori ⦁ Akira Taue vs. Yoshihiro Takayama ⦁ Daisuke Ikeda & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Akitoshi Saito & Masashi Aoyagi ⦁ Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & KENTA vs. Scorpio & Kishin Kawabata ⦁ Naomichi Marufuji & Tamon Honda vs. Kodo Fuyuki & Tetsuhiro Kuroda ⦁ Kentaro Shiga, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takeshi Morishima vs. Masao Inoue, Takeshi Rikio & Takashi Sugiura ⦁ Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota & Makoto Hashi vs. Jun Izumida, Satoru Asako & Haruka Eigen
NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7
event2009
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NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7 was a professional wrestling event that took place on March 1, 2009, at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter
Act like Sirius (voice) (1 ep.)
event2002 star_border 7.9
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The Bronze Saints enter the deepest realm of the Underworld, Elysion, where they face off against Hades's two most powerful servants, The Twin Gods, Hypnos and Thanatos, before they can reach Hades for the final battle.
OUR HOUSE
(9 ep.)
event2016
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Our House is a British Entertainment television programme. Broadcast on UKTV Style, it is a show which more thoroughly follows the DIY show fad of the late 1990s.
The object of the show is to take a dilapidated house and completely do it up into a "Dream" house. The shows claims to: bring together everything you need to know about creating your own dream home under one roof - expert advice, step-by-step DIY guides, tricks of the trade
The show has a central presenter in Andrea McLean, and a series of experts, including: Harry Greene, Craig Phillips, Gavin Lowe, Steve Toms Fran McAteer, John Amabile and Tommy Walsh
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