Takao Yoshida

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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(1993) Taka Michinoku

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WWE SmackDown

(1999) Taka Michinoku

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New Japan Pro Wrestling

(2015) TAKA Michinoku

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ECW Barely Legal 1997

(1997) Taka Michinoku

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WWE WrestleMania XIV

(1998) TAKA Michinoku

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WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

(1998) TAKA Michinoku

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ECW CyberSlam 1999

(1999) TAKA Michinoku

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WWE Judgment Day: In Your House

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024 2024-01-05 Movie
2023	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final) 2023-08-13 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18 2023-08-12 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17 2023-08-10 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW/AJPW/NOAH All Together: Again 2023-06-09 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall 2023-06-04 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023 2023-04-08 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3 2023-03-08 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1 2023-03-05 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 2 2023-02-05 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 1 2023-02-04 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023 2023-01-05 Movie
2022	TAKA Michinoku	JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together ~ Last TAKATaichi 2022-12-19 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania 2022-09-12 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17 2022-08-14 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16 2022-08-13 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15 2022-08-10 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14 2022-08-09 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13 2022-08-07 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11 2022-08-05 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10 2022-08-02 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9 2022-07-31 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8 2022-07-30 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7 2022-07-27 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6 2022-07-26 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5 2022-07-24 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4 2022-07-23 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3 2022-07-20 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2 2022-07-17 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1 2022-07-16 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022-05-01 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	New year’s Golden Series night 14 2022-02-19 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10 2022-02-13 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Night 6 2022-02-07 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW New Year’s Golden Series Night 1 2022-01-20 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3 2022-01-08 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2 2022-01-05 Movie
2019	Taka Michinoku	NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Night 1 2019-05-03 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard 2019-04-06 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 1 2019-04-05 Movie
2018	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018 2018-09-24 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 13 2018-08-02 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 11 2018-07-30 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 9 2018-07-27 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 7 2018-07-22 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 5 2018-07-20 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3 2018-07-16 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1 2018-07-14 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1 2018-05-03 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018 2018-01-05 Movie
2017	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW Power Struggle 2017 2017-11-05 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017 2017-05-03 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW New Japan Cup 2017: Night 2 2017-03-12 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW 45th Anniversary Show 2017-03-06 Movie
2016	TAKA Michinoku	The Great Sasuke 2016-03-05 Movie
2014	N/A	NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6 2014-12-20 Movie
	Himself	NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11 2014-12-07 Movie
	N/A	NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11 2014-12-07 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW Power Struggle 2014 2014-11-08 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2 2014-11-03 Movie
	Takao Yoshida	NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014 2014-09-21 Movie
	Himself	NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final) 2014-08-10 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 6 2014-07-31 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 2014-01-04 Movie
2013	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW Power Struggle 2013 2013-11-20 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013 2013-10-14 Movie
	N/A	NJPW Destruction 2013 2013-09-30 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2 2013-07-30 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	WWE: The Best Of In Your House 2013-05-27 Movie
2012	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love 2012-07-01 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	NJPW Dominion 6.16 2012-06-16 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW 40th Anniversary Show 2012-03-04 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom VI 2012-01-04 Movie
2007	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW Wrestle Kingdom I 2007-01-04 Movie
2005	TAKA Michinoku	AJPW Realize 2005-02-16 Movie
2004	TAKA Michinoku	HUSTLE-3 2004-05-08 Movie
2003	TAKA Michinoku	AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary 2003-10-26 Movie
	N/A	ECW on TNN 1999-08-27 TV Show
	TAKA Michinoku	The Best of Eddy Guerrero 1999-08-01 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999 1999-05-16 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	WWE SmackDown 1999-04-29 TV Show
	TAKA Michinoku	ECW CyberSlam 1999 1999-04-02 Movie
1998	TAKA Michinoku	Battlarts Battle Fiction 1998-11-23 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	WWE Judgment Day: In Your House 1998-10-18 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	WWE SummerSlam 1998 1998-08-30 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	WWE Heat 1998-08-02 TV Show
	Taka Michinoku	WWE Heat 1998-08-02 TV Show
	TAKA Michinoku	WWE King of the Ring 1998 1998-06-28 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	WWE Over the Edge: In Your House 1998-05-31 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	WWE WrestleMania XIV 1998-03-29 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House 1998-02-15 Movie
1997	Taka Michinoku	WWE D-Generation X: In Your House 1997-12-07 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary 1997-10-10 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede 1997-07-06 Movie
	Taka Michinoku	ECW Barely Legal 1997 1997-04-13 Movie
1996	TAKA Michinoku	Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days 1996-10-10 Movie
	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW Skydiving J 1996-07-06 Movie
1994	TAKA Michinoku	NJPW Super J-Cup 1994 1994-04-16 Movie
1993	N/A	ECW Hardcore TV 1993-04-06 TV Show
	Taka Michinoku	WWE Raw 1993-01-11 TV Show
1972	TAKA Michinoku	New Japan Pro Wrestling 1972-03-06 TV Show
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