Masashi Takeda (wrestler)
Takeda in September 2015
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| Birth name | Masashi Takeda (竹田 誠志 Takeda Masashi?) |
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| Born |
August 13, 1985 Machida, Tokyo |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Masashi Takeda |
| Billed height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
| Billed weight | 87 kg (192 lb) |
| Trained by | Jun Kasai |
| Debut | January 20, 2007 |
| Masashi Takeda | |
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| Born |
August 13, 1985 Machida, Tokyo |
| Other names | Crazy Kid |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) |
| Division | Welterweight |
| Team | U-File |
| Years active | 2005-present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 16 |
| Wins | 11 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| By submission | 5 |
| By decision | 0 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 0 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Masashi Takeda (竹田 誠志 Takeda Masashi?, born August 13, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, primarily working for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), Freedoms and occasionally All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) as a freelancer.
While in junior high school, Takeda discovered deathmatch wrestling and mixed martial arts, becoming a huge fan of both. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in the U-File Camp, training for a career in MMA. After receiving some pro wrestling training from Jun Kasai, Takeda debuted as a wrestler for Style-E in January 2007.
Takeda debuted in BJW on May 23, 2008, teaming with Kankuro Hoshino in a loss to Craig Classic and Masada. In October of that year, he competed in his first ever deathmatch, teaming with Shuji Ishikawa and Ryuji Ito in a loss to Saboru Inematsu, Jaki Numazawa and mentor Jun Kasai. In early 2009, Takeda teamed with Isami Kodaka in the Maximum Tag League, winning his first deathmatch on March 26, when he and Kodaka defeated Numazawa and Kasai. The two finished first in their block with 6 points, allowing them to advance to the semi-finals where they defeated Block A runners-up Ryuji Ito and Shuji Ishikawa. In the final, Takeda and Kodaka wrestled Takashi Sasaki and Yuko Miyamoto to a draw in a Fluorescent Lighttubes Tower Of Death Match, but defeated them in overtime to become the new BJW Tag Team Champions. Takeda and Kodaka held the championships until July, dropping them to Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi in their first defence. That same month, Takeda won the D-Dash Tournament, defeating Shinya Ishikawa in the final, and unsuccessfully challenged Yuko Miyamoto for the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship in a scaffold deathmatch. In December, Takeda teamed with Takuma Obe in the D-Dash Tag Tournament, making it to the semi-finals before being eliminated by Ryuichi Kawakami and Shinya Ishikawa. Takeda again challenged for the Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship in July 2010, this time losing to Ryuji Ito in a glass and fluorescent light tubes alpha deathmatch.
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