Yoshihiro Takayama
| Yoshihiro Takayama | |
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Takayama in November 2011
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| Born |
September 19, 1966 Sumida, Tokyo |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Takan Hansen Takayama Yoshihiro Takayama |
| Billed height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Billed weight | 130 kg (290 lb) |
| Trained by |
Giant Baba Nobuhiko Takada |
| Debut | June 28, 1992 vs. Hiromitsu Kanehara |
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| Years active | 2001–2002 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 5 |
| Wins | 1 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 2 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Yoshihiro Takayama (高山 善廣 Takayama Yoshihiro?, born September 19, 1966) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.
Takayama is well known for his ability to endure massive amounts of punishment, especially after his fight at PRIDE 21 against Don Frye. He is one of two men to hold all three of puroresu's major heavyweight titles (the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, and the GHC Heavyweight Championship), the other being Kensuke Sasaki.
A former rugby player, kendoka and lifeguard, Takayama started his professional wrestling careers for shoot-style promotion Union of Wrestling Forces International (UWFI). Put under the tutelage of top star Nobuhiko Takada, Takayama debuted against Hiromitsu Kanehara and became a usual competitor of the Junior League Tournaments through the years. In 1995, with the interpromotional feuds with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and WAR, he allied himself with Yoji Anjo and Kenichi Yamamoto to form the semi-serious "Golden Cups" stable. They competed extensively against NJPW representatives, specially against Masahiro Chono's Ookami Gundan. The trio was famous for their involvement in comedic and parodic skits, like assuming masks in NJPW as the "200% Machines" to mock "Super Strong Machine" Junji Hirata, and playing a pop band gimmick to the point of releasing a CD album in July 1996. In WAR, they feuded with Gedo, Jado and Hiromichi Fuyuki, having several important garbage wrestling matches against them.
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