Nobuhiko Takada
| Nobuhiko Takada | |
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| Born |
April 12, 1962 Isogo-ku, Yokohama |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb) |
| Team | Takada Dojo |
| Years active | 1981 – 2009 (Professional wrestling) 1997 – 2002 (MMA) |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 10 |
| Wins | 2 |
| By submission | 2 |
| Losses | 6 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Draws | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Nobuhiko Takada (Japanese: 高田延彦, born April 12, 1962) is a Japanese formermixed martial arts fighter and professional wrestler. He was an executive of PRIDE Fighting Championships and founder of the HUSTLE professional wrestling promotion.
He is best known for helping to popularize shoot-style professional wrestling, as one of the biggest stars of the Universal Wrestling Federation and Union of Wrestling Forces International in the 1980s and 1990s. Despite his irregular fight record and kayfabe politics, Takada is credited with the existence and boom of Japanese MMA.
After training in the New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo under Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Takada made his professional wrestling debut in 1981 against Norio Honaga. As accustomed to puroresu neophites, Takada spent his first year as a jobber, though scoring occasional victories against other rookies. Among them, he feuded with Kazuo Yamazaki, and their matches were so well received that TV Asahi included one of them as part of the NJPW show, something unheard at the time. Takada was appointed Antonio Inoki's personal assistant.
In August 1983, Takada accompanied Inoki to Canada for a special apparition in Stampede Wrestling, and he ended replacing the retiring Tiger Mask in the event, having his first worldwide match, defeating Athol Foley. It granted an ascension in the rankings for Takada, and he was made part of the 1984 WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship league, facing Bret Hart, Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith, among others. His staying in NJPW lasted until April 1984, when started working in Universal Wrestling Federation by Fujiwara's invitation, and in June he was officially part of the new promotion.
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