Sanshiro Takagi
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| Born |
January 13, 1970 Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan |
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| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Dai Kotei Sanshiro Nagachika Narita Sanshiro Takagi Toyotomi Hideyoshi Up Up Machine |
| Billed height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Billed weight | 95 kg (209 lb) |
| Billed from | Freedom Hill, Nagoya, Japan |
| Trained by | Mitsuhiro Matsunaga |
| Debut | February 16, 1995 |
Sanshiro Takagi (高木 三四郎 Takagi Sanshirō?, born January 13, 1970 in Toyonaka, Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler. Takagi plays a parody of Stone Cold Steve Austin of World Wrestling Federation fame.
He is known in Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) and around the micro-indy scene for his hilarious promos and natural charisma as well as his extensive use of comedy in his matches. He is the president of DDT and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Wrestle-1.
Sanshiro Takagi was trained by Goro Tsurumi and started at his International Pro Wrestling revival promotion, IWA Kakuto Shijuku. Soon, however, Takagi broke off, seeing that IWAKS's limited exposure would only limit him to be an independent wrestler, in 1997 he formed DDT (Dramatic Dream Team), which not only would promote in Tokyo (as opposed to Tsurumi's Chigasaki, Kanagawa base), but also be based on the entertainment wrestling kingpin of the day, World Wrestling Entertainment. Since then Takagi's show has acquired a cult following as a good version of American-style entertainment wrestling. Takagi has also made appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling, but prefers to remain his own man and his own promoter.
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