Takao Yoshida

Oct 26, 1973 (51 years old) in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

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

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ECW Hardcore TV

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WWE Heat

Taka Michinoku

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New Japan Pro Wrestling

TAKA Michinoku

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ECW on TNN

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WWE Royal Rumble 2001

Taka Michinoku

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WWE WrestleMania 2000

TAKA Michinoku

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WWE Survivor Series 1999

TAKA Michinoku (Appearance)

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WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

Taka Michinoku

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WWE WrestleMania XIV

TAKA Michinoku

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WWE King of the Ring 1998

TAKA Michinoku

Credits

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 2 2025

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1 2025

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Final 2025

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event 2025

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata 2025

TAKA Michinoku

★ 6
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025 2025

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024 2024

Taka Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW: Royal Quest IV 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2024 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5 2024

Taka Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final) 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 16 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 13 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 12 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ 5.5
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 11 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 10 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 8 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 7 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 6 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 5 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 4 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 5 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 4 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 3 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 2 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 1 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 • Day 2 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Night 2 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Night 1 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024 2024

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023 2023

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final) 2023

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18 2023

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17 2023

TAKA Michinoku

★ 7.3
NJPW/AJPW/NOAH All Together: Again 2023

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall 2023

Taka Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023 2023

Taka Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3 2023

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1 2023

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 2 2023

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 1 2023

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023 2023

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together ~ Last TAKATaichi 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ 8
New year’s Golden Series night 14 2022

Taka Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10 2022

Taka Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Night 6 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Year’s Golden Series Night 1 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3 2022

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2 2022

Taka Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Night 1 2019

Taka Michinoku

★ NR
ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard 2019

Taka Michinoku

★ NR
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 1 2019

Taka Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018 2018

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018 2018

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 17 2018

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 15 2018

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 13 2018

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 11 2018

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 9 2018

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 7 2018

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 5 2018

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3 2018

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1 2018

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1 2018

Taka Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Night 1 2018

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018 2018

TAKA Michinoku

★ 7
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 2018

TAKA Michinoku

★ 8.8
NJPW Power Struggle 2017 2017

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017 2017

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017 2017

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017 2017

TAKA Michinoku

★ 7
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017 2017

TAKA Michinoku

★ 10
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017: Night 2 2017

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show 2017

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
The Great Sasuke 2016

TAKA Michinoku

★ 0.5
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015 2015

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6 2014

★ NR
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11 2014

★ NR
NJPW Power Struggle 2014 2014

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2 2014

Taka Michinoku

★ 9
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014 2014

Takao Yoshida

★ NR
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final) 2014

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 2014

Taka Michinoku

★ 10
NJPW Power Struggle 2013 2013

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013 2013

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Destruction 2013 2013

★ 7
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2 2013

Taka Michinoku

★ 9
WWE: The Best Of In Your House 2013

Taka Michinoku

★ 9
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 2013

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love 2012

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Dominion 6.16 2012

Taka Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW 40th Anniversary Show 2012

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW The New Beginning 2012 2012

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6 2012

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1 2007

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
AJPW Realize 2005

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
HUSTLE-3 2004

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary 2003

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
WWE Royal Rumble 2001 2001

Taka Michinoku

★ 7.3
WWE WrestleMania 2000 2000

TAKA Michinoku

★ 7.4
WWE Survivor Series 1999 1999

TAKA Michinoku (Appearance)

★ 8.5
ECW International Invasion: The Best of Super Crazy, Tajiri, Taka & Tanaka 1999

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
ECW on TNN 1999

★ 8.9
The Best of Eddy Guerrero 1999

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999 1999

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
WWE SmackDown 1999

Taka Michinoku

★ 7.4
ECW CyberSlam 1999 1999

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
Battlarts Battle Fiction 1998

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House 1998

TAKA Michinoku

★ 8.7
WWE SummerSlam 1998 1998

TAKA Michinoku

★ 9
WWE Heat 1998

Taka Michinoku

★ 5.1
WWE King of the Ring 1998 1998

TAKA Michinoku

★ 8.4
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House 1998

TAKA Michinoku

★ 9
WWE WrestleMania XIV 1998

TAKA Michinoku

★ 7.6
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House 1998

TAKA Michinoku

★ 7.1
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House 1997

Taka Michinoku

★ 7.8
Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary 1997

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede 1997

Taka Michinoku

★ 9
ECW Barely Legal 1997 1997

Taka Michinoku

★ 8
ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997 1997

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days 1996

TAKA Michinoku

★ 10
NJPW Skydiving J 1996

TAKA Michinoku

★ NR
NJPW Super J-Cup 1994 1994

TAKA Michinoku

★ 10
ECW Hardcore TV 1993

★ 7.1
Raw 1993

Taka Michinoku

★ 6.8
New Japan Pro Wrestling 1972

TAKA Michinoku

★ 8.5