Takao Yoshida
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1973-10-26
Place of Birth
Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
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.
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NJPW Dominion 6.16
Jun 16, 2012
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 1
Apr 05, 2019
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
Jan 08, 2022
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
Jan 05, 2022
NJPW New Year’s Golden Series Night 1
Jan 20, 2022
ECW Barely Legal 1997
Apr 13, 1997
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
Apr 08, 2023
NJPW 40th Anniversary Show
Mar 04, 2012
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
Jul 16, 2022
NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall
Jun 04, 2023
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Night 6
Feb 07, 2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10
Feb 13, 2022
New year’s Golden Series night 14
Feb 19, 2022
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 1
Feb 04, 2023
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
Jan 04, 2007
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 2
Feb 05, 2023
NJPW/AJPW/NOAH All Together: Again
Jun 09, 2023
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
Mar 05, 2023
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
Jul 17, 2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
Jul 20, 2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
Jul 23, 2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
Mar 08, 2023
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
Jul 24, 2022
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku
May 01, 2022
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
Oct 18, 1998
JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together ~ Last TAKATaichi
Dec 19, 2022
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
Aug 13, 2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
Aug 12, 2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
Aug 10, 2023
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
Jul 06, 1997
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
Dec 07, 1997
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
May 31, 1998
WWE SummerSlam 1998
Aug 30, 1998
NJPW Destruction 2013
Sep 30, 2013
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
Oct 14, 2013
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
Jan 04, 2014
The Best of Eddy Guerrero
Aug 01, 1999
JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania
Sep 12, 2022
The Great Sasuke
Mar 05, 2016
NJPW Skydiving J
Jul 06, 1996
ECW International Invasion: The Best of Super Crazy, Tajiri, Taka & Tanaka
Oct 01, 1999
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
Feb 11, 2024
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Night 1
Feb 23, 2024
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
Nov 08, 2014
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
Dec 20, 2014
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
Sep 21, 2014
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
Jan 05, 2024
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
Dec 07, 2014
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
Dec 07, 2014
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
May 03, 2024
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
May 04, 2024
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Night 2
Feb 24, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
Jul 26, 2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
Jul 27, 2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
Aug 02, 2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
Aug 05, 2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
Jul 30, 2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
Jul 31, 2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
Aug 07, 2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
Aug 09, 2022
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
Sep 24, 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
Aug 10, 2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
Aug 13, 2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
Aug 14, 2022
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
Jan 05, 2023
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
Sep 15, 2018
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
Sep 24, 2017
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017: Night 2
Mar 12, 2017
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 11
Jul 30, 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 13
Aug 02, 2018
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
Nov 09, 2013
NJPW Power Struggle 2017
Nov 05, 2017
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
Jan 04, 2012
NJPW The New Beginning 2012
Feb 12, 2012
WWE WrestleMania 2000
Apr 02, 2000
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
Aug 10, 2014
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
Jan 04, 2013
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
Jan 04, 2018
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
Sep 16, 2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Night 1
Jan 27, 2018
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
Jan 20, 2024
WWE Survivor Series 1999
Nov 14, 1999
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 7
Jul 22, 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 5
Jul 20, 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 9
Jul 27, 2018
ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997
Feb 14, 1997
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 15
Aug 05, 2018
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 1
Jun 16, 2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 2
Jun 18, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 5
Jul 27, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 4
Jul 25, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 6
Jul 28, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 7
Jul 29, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 12
Aug 07, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9
Aug 03, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 11
Aug 06, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 8
Jul 31, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 10
Aug 04, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 13
Aug 08, 2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 5
Jun 23, 2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 3
Jun 19, 2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 4
Jun 22, 2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
Jul 03, 2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
Jul 05, 2024
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 • Day 2
Mar 07, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17
Aug 15, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
Aug 17, 2024
NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
Sep 07, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 16
Aug 14, 2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
Aug 18, 2024
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023
Sep 24, 2023
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
Jan 05, 2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
May 03, 2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1
Jul 14, 2018
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Feb 15, 1998
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
May 03, 2017
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
Nov 03, 2014
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
May 27, 2013
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
Jul 30, 2013
HUSTLE-3
May 08, 2004
ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
Apr 06, 2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Night 1
May 03, 2019
Battlarts Battle Fiction
Nov 23, 1998
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3
Jul 16, 2018
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
Mar 06, 2017
NJPW Super J-Cup 1994
Apr 16, 1994
Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days
Oct 10, 1996
Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary
Oct 10, 1997
WWE WrestleMania XIV
Mar 29, 1998
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
Jul 01, 2012
AJPW Realize
Feb 16, 2005
WWE King of the Ring 1998
Jun 28, 1998
ECW CyberSlam 1999
Apr 02, 1999
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999
May 16, 1999
AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary
Oct 26, 2003
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2
Sep 08, 2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
Sep 09, 2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4
Sep 11, 2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
Sep 14, 2024
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2024
Sep 29, 2024
NJPW: Royal Quest IV
Oct 20, 2024
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
Nov 04, 2024
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
Jan 06, 2025
NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
Jan 19, 2025
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
Jan 21, 2001
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
Apr 09, 2017
NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event
Mar 06, 2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Final
Mar 20, 2025
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
Jan 05, 2015
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 17
Aug 10, 2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1
May 03, 2025
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 2
May 04, 2025
ECW on TNN
Aug 27, 1999
ECW Hardcore TV
Apr 06, 1993
WWE SmackDown
Apr 29, 1999
Raw
Jan 11, 1993
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Mar 06, 1972
WWE Heat
Aug 02, 1998