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Takao Yoshida

Takao Yoshida better known by his ring name TAKA Michinoku is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. Michinoku is known in North America for his work for WWE where he had the first ever WWE 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, 1973-10-26

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1994	NJPW Super J-Cup 1994	TAKA Michinoku	100
2	1996	NJPW Skydiving J	TAKA Michinoku	0
3	1996	Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days	TAKA Michinoku	100
4	1997	ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997	TAKA Michinoku	0
5	1997	ECW Barely Legal 1997	Taka Michinoku	80
6	1997	WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede	Taka Michinoku	90
7	1997	Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary	TAKA Michinoku	0
8	1997	WWE D-Generation X: In Your House	Taka Michinoku	78
9	1998	WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House	TAKA Michinoku	71
10	1998	WWE WrestleMania XIV	TAKA Michinoku	76
11	1998	WWE Over the Edge: In Your House	TAKA Michinoku	90
12	1998	WWE King of the Ring 1998	TAKA Michinoku	84
13	1998	WWE SummerSlam 1998	TAKA Michinoku	90
14	1998	WWE Judgment Day: In Your House	TAKA Michinoku	87
15	1998	Battlarts Battle Fiction	TAKA Michinoku	0
16	1999	ECW CyberSlam 1999	TAKA Michinoku	0
17	1999	ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999	TAKA Michinoku	0
18	1999	The Best of Eddy Guerrero	TAKA Michinoku	0
19	1999	ECW International Invasion: The Best of Super Crazy, Tajiri, Taka & Tanaka	TAKA Michinoku	0
20	1999	WWE Survivor Series 1999	TAKA Michinoku (Appearance)	85
21	2000	WWE WrestleMania 2000	TAKA Michinoku	74
22	2001	WWE Royal Rumble 2001	Taka Michinoku	73
23	2003	AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary	TAKA Michinoku	0
24	2004	HUSTLE-3	TAKA Michinoku	0
25	2005	AJPW Realize	TAKA Michinoku	0
26	2007	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1	TAKA Michinoku	0
27	2012	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6	TAKA Michinoku	0
28	2012	NJPW The New Beginning 2012	TAKA Michinoku	0
29	2012	NJPW 40th Anniversary Show	TAKA Michinoku	0
30	2012	NJPW Dominion 6.16	Taka Michinoku	0
31	2012	NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love	TAKA Michinoku	0
32	2013	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7	TAKA Michinoku	0
33	2013	WWE: The Best Of In Your House	Taka Michinoku	90
34	2013	ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2	Taka Michinoku	90
35	2013	NJPW Destruction 2013		70
36	2013	NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013	TAKA Michinoku	0
37	2013	NJPW Power Struggle 2013	TAKA Michinoku	0
38	2014	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8	Taka Michinoku	100
39	2014	NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)	TAKA Michinoku	0
40	2014	NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014	Takao Yoshida	0
41	2014	WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2	Taka Michinoku	90
42	2014	NJPW Power Struggle 2014	TAKA Michinoku	0
43	2014	NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11	Himself	0
44	2014	NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11		0
45	2014	NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6		0
46	2015	NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015	TAKA Michinoku	0
47	2016	The Great Sasuke	TAKA Michinoku	5
48	2017	NJPW 45th Anniversary Show	TAKA Michinoku	0
49	2017	NJPW New Japan Cup 2017: Night 2	TAKA Michinoku	0
50	2017	NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017	TAKA Michinoku	100
51	2017	NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017	TAKA Michinoku	70
52	2017	NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017	TAKA Michinoku	0
53	2017	NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017	TAKA Michinoku	0
54	2017	NJPW Power Struggle 2017	TAKA Michinoku	0
55	2018	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12	TAKA Michinoku	88
56	2018	NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018	TAKA Michinoku	70
57	2018	NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Night 1	TAKA Michinoku	0
58	2018	NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1	Taka Michinoku	0
59	2018	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1	TAKA Michinoku	0
60	2018	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3	TAKA Michinoku	0
61	2018	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 5	TAKA Michinoku	0
62	2018	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 7	TAKA Michinoku	0
63	2018	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 9	TAKA Michinoku	0
64	2018	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 11	TAKA Michinoku	0
65	2018	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 13	TAKA Michinoku	0
66	2018	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 15	TAKA Michinoku	0
67	2018	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 17	TAKA Michinoku	0
68	2018	NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018	TAKA Michinoku	0
69	2018	NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018	TAKA Michinoku	0
70	2019	GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 1	Taka Michinoku	0
71	2019	ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard	Taka Michinoku	0
72	2019	NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Night 1	Taka Michinoku	0
73	2022	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2	Taka Michinoku	0
74	2022	NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3	TAKA Michinoku	0
75	2022	NJPW New Year’s Golden Series Night 1	TAKA Michinoku	0
76	2022	NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Night 6	TAKA Michinoku	0
77	2022	NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10	Taka Michinoku	0
78	2022	New year’s Golden Series night 14	Taka Michinoku	0
79	2022	NJPW Wrestling Dontaku	TAKA Michinoku	80
80	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1	TAKA Michinoku	0
81	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2	TAKA Michinoku	0
82	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3	TAKA Michinoku	0
83	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4	TAKA Michinoku	0
84	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5	TAKA Michinoku	0
85	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6	TAKA Michinoku	0
86	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7	TAKA Michinoku	0
87	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8	TAKA Michinoku	0
88	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9	TAKA Michinoku	0
89	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10	TAKA Michinoku	0
90	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11	TAKA Michinoku	0
91	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13	TAKA Michinoku	0
92	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14	TAKA Michinoku	0
93	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15	TAKA Michinoku	0
94	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16	TAKA Michinoku	0
95	2022	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17	TAKA Michinoku	0
96	2022	JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania	TAKA Michinoku	0
97	2022	JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together ~ Last TAKATaichi	TAKA Michinoku	0
98	2023	NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023	TAKA Michinoku	0
99	2023	NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 1	TAKA Michinoku	0
100	2023	NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 2	TAKA Michinoku	0
101	2023	NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1	TAKA Michinoku	0
102	2023	NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3	TAKA Michinoku	0
103	2023	NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023	Taka Michinoku	0
104	2023	NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall	Taka Michinoku	0
105	2023	NJPW/AJPW/NOAH All Together: Again	TAKA Michinoku	0
106	2023	NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17	TAKA Michinoku	73
107	2023	NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18	TAKA Michinoku	0
108	2023	NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)	TAKA Michinoku	0
109	2023	NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023	TAKA Michinoku	0
110	2024	NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024	TAKA Michinoku	0
111	2024	NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya	TAKA Michinoku	0
112	2024	NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024	TAKA Michinoku	0
113	2024	NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Night 1	TAKA Michinoku	0
114	2024	NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Night 2	TAKA Michinoku	0
115	2024	NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 • Day 2	TAKA Michinoku	0
116	2024	NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1	TAKA Michinoku	0
117	2024	NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2	TAKA Michinoku	0
118	2024	NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 1	TAKA Michinoku	0
119	2024	NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 2	TAKA Michinoku	0
120	2024	NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 3	TAKA Michinoku	0
121	2024	NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 4	TAKA Michinoku	0
122	2024	NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 5	TAKA Michinoku	0
123	2024	NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6	TAKA Michinoku	0
124	2024	NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7	TAKA Michinoku	0
125	2024	NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 4	TAKA Michinoku	0
126	2024	NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 5	TAKA Michinoku	0
127	2024	NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 6	TAKA Michinoku	0
128	2024	NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 7	TAKA Michinoku	0
129	2024	NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 8	TAKA Michinoku	0
130	2024	NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9	TAKA Michinoku	0
131	2024	NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 10	TAKA Michinoku	0
132	2024	NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 11	TAKA Michinoku	0
133	2024	NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 12	TAKA Michinoku	55
134	2024	NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 13	TAKA Michinoku	0
135	2024	NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 16	TAKA Michinoku	0
136	2024	NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17	TAKA Michinoku	0
137	2024	NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18	TAKA Michinoku	0
138	2024	NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)	TAKA Michinoku	0
139	2024	NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event	TAKA Michinoku	0
140	2024	NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2	TAKA Michinoku	0
141	2024	NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3	TAKA Michinoku	0
142	2024	NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4	TAKA Michinoku	0
143	2024	NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5	Taka Michinoku	0
144	2024	NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2024	TAKA Michinoku	0
145	2024	NJPW: Royal Quest IV	TAKA Michinoku	0
146	2024	NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024	Taka Michinoku	0
147	2025	NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025	TAKA Michinoku	0
148	2025	NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata	TAKA Michinoku	60
149	2025	NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event	TAKA Michinoku	0
150	2025	NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Final	TAKA Michinoku	0
151	2025	NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1	TAKA Michinoku	0
152	2025	NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 2	TAKA Michinoku	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	New Japan Pro Wrestling	TAKA Michinoku	85
2	1972	New Japan Pro Wrestling	Taka Michinoku	85
3	1993	Raw	Taka Michinoku	68
4	1993	ECW Hardcore TV		71
5	1998	WWE Heat	Taka Michinoku	51
6	1999	WWE SmackDown	Taka Michinoku	75
7	1999	ECW on TNN	Taka Michinoku	89