Takao Yoshida
Acting
Born 1973-10-26
Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
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Takao Yoshida, better known by his ring name TAKA Michinoku, is a Japanese professional wrestler, trainer, former mixed martial artist, and the founder of Just Tap Out (JTO). Trained by The Great Sasuke, he debuted in 1992 and became one of the most influential junior heavyweights of his generation, finding international fame during his time in the WWF (now WWE), where he became the inaugural WWF Light Heavyweight Champion. He has also enjoyed championship success across Japan, Mexico, Europe, and North America, including lengthy reigns as the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Champion and WEW Six-Man Tag Team Champion, while simultaneously holding the World Junior Heavyweight Championship, Michinoku Pro Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship, and Kaientai Dojo Strongest-K Championship for nearly ten months. He founded Kaientai Dojo in 2002 before launching JTO in 2019, received the Tokyo Sports Technique Award in 2005, and was ranked No. 22 in the 1998 PWI 500.
Since 2007, Michinoku has been a regular competitor for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship while also spending more than a decade as a member of Suzuki-gun before joining Just 5 Guys. Widely respected as both a wrestler and trainer, his influence extends far beyond his own accomplishments, helping shape generations of wrestlers through Kaientai Dojo and JTO while remaining an active competitor well into his 50s.
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Acting
59 credits
Raw
New Japan Pro Wrestling
WWE Heat
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
ECW on TNN
WWE Metal
NJPW New Japan Cup
WWE King of the Ring 1998
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
WWE WrestleMania XIV
FMW Kawasaki Stadium 7th Anniversary
WWE WrestleMania 2000
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
WWE Survivor Series 1999
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 15 (Final)
WWE SummerSlam 1998
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 8
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 7
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 5
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 2
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 4
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 8
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
Battlarts Battle Fiction
NJPW Skydiving J
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 2
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 10
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 8
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
ECW CyberSlam 1999
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 1
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 12
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 9
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 7
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 6
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
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