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Takao Yoshida(I)

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  • Director
  • Producer
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Takao Yoshida
Takao Yoshida was born on 26 October 1973 in Japan. He is an actor and director, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), Eastern Championship Wrestling (1993) and Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW) (2002). He has been married to Rachel Fantana since 16 January 2008. They have three children.
BornOctober 26, 1973
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BornOctober 26, 1973
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    • Known for

    Randy Orton, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, Chelsea Green, and Jacob Fatu in WWE Smackdown! (1999)
    WWE Smackdown!
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Taka Michinoku
    Eastern Championship Wrestling (1993)
    Eastern Championship Wrestling
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Taka Michinoku
    Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW)
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2002
    CM Punk, Pentagon Jr., Joe Anoa'i, Gionna Daddio, and Demi Bennett in WWE Monday Night RAW (1993)
    WWE Monday Night RAW
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Taka Michinoku

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Kenny Omega, Tevita Fifita, Pate Leone, and Kazuchika Okada in New Japan Pro Wrestling (2015)
      New Japan Pro Wrestling
      8.5
      TV Series
      • TAKA Minchinoku
      • 2015
    • NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 (2013)
      NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
      7.6
      TV Special
      • TAKA Michinoku (as TAKA Michinoku)
      • 2013
    • WWF Jakked (1999)
      WWF Jakked
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Taka Michinoku
      • 1999–2001
    • WWE Sunday Night Heat (1998)
      WWE Sunday Night Heat
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Taka Michinoku
      • 1998–2001
    • CM Punk, Pentagon Jr., Joe Anoa'i, Gionna Daddio, and Demi Bennett in WWE Monday Night RAW (1993)
      WWE Monday Night RAW
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Taka Michinoku
      • 1997–2001
    • Randy Orton, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, Chelsea Green, and Jacob Fatu in WWE Smackdown! (1999)
      WWE Smackdown!
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Taka Michinoku
      • 1999–2001
    • WWE Metal (1999)
      WWE Metal
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Taka Michinoku
      • 1999–2001
    • Kurt Angle, Solofa Fatu Jr., Steve Austin, Chris Benoit, Steve Blackman, Mark Calaway, Devon Hughes, Chris Jericho, Glenn Jacobs, Dwayne Johnson, Chyna, Paul Levesque, John Layfield, Mark LoMonaco, and Ron Simmons in Royal Rumble (2001)
      Royal Rumble
      8.0
      TV Special
      • Taka Michinoku (as Taka Michinoku)
      • 2001
    • WWF No Mercy (2000)
      WWF No Mercy
      8.4
      Video Game
      • Taka Michunoku
      • 2000
    • Mark Calaway, Mick Foley, Glenn Jacobs, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Levesque, Ray Traylor, and Paul Wight in Royal Rumble (2000)
      Royal Rumble
      7.9
      TV Special
      • Taka Michinoku (as Taka Michinoku)
      • 2000
    • Steve Austin, Mick Foley, and Dwayne Johnson in Best of Raw Vol. 1 (1999)
      Best of Raw Vol. 1
      5.3
      Video
      • Taka Michinoku
      • 1999
    • WWF Super Astros
      TV Series
      • Taka Michinoku
      • 1999
    • Eastern Championship Wrestling (1993)
      Eastern Championship Wrestling
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Taka Michinoku
      • 1999
    • Peter Senerchia, Rob Van Dam, and Jerome Young in ECW Cyberslam '99 (1999)
      ECW Cyberslam '99
      8.1
      Video
      • Taka Michinoku
      • 1999
    • WWF Attitude (1999)
      WWF Attitude
      6.6
      Video Game
      • Taka Michinoku (voice)
      • 1999

    Director

    • K-DOJO 16th Anniversary Club-K Super Evolution 16 (2018)
      K-DOJO 16th Anniversary Club-K Super Evolution 16
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2018
    • K-DOJO Tokyo Big Show (2018)
      K-DOJO Tokyo Big Show
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2018
    • K-DOJO Club-K SUPER in TKP Garden City Chiba (2018)
      K-DOJO Club-K SUPER in TKP Garden City Chiba
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW)
      TV Series
      • co-director
      • 2002

    Producer

    • One Man Kru vs. Japan Vol. 3 (2019)
      One Man Kru vs. Japan Vol. 3
      Video
      • producer
      • 2019
    • One Man Kru vs. Japan Vol. 2 (2019)
      One Man Kru vs. Japan Vol. 2
      Video
      • producer
      • 2019

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • TAKA Michinoku
    • Height
      • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
    • Born
      • October 26, 1973
      • Japan
    • Spouse
      • Rachel FantanaJanuary 16, 2008 - present (3 children)
    • Other works
      TV Commercial for Bop It (1998)

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      First English words he said on WWF TV were "You, Jackass!" to Jerry Lawler
    • Trademarks
        Trademark move: Asai Moonsault

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