Takao Yoshida
Takao Yoshida better known by his ring name TAKA Michinoku is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. Michinoku is known in North America for his work for WWE where he had the first ever WWE Light Heavyweight Championship reign recognized by the North American promotion. Michinoku is the founder and former promoter of Kaientai Dojo, where he also wrestled until 2019. In 2019, Michinoku started another promotion, Just Tap Out. Michinoku currently appears for New Japan Pro-Wrestling as a freelancer, where he is a member of Suzuki-gun.
Known For
Acting
Born
October 26, 1973 (age 51)
Place of Birth
Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
2012NJPW Dominion 6.16
2019GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 1
2022NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
2022NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
2022NJPW New Year’s Golden Series Night 1
1997ECW Barely Legal 1997
2023NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
2012NJPW 40th Anniversary Show
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
2023NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall
2022NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Night 6
2022NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10
2022New year’s Golden Series night 14
2023NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 1
2007NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
2023NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 2
2023NJPW/AJPW/NOAH All Together: Again
2023NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
2023NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
2022NJPW Wrestling Dontaku
1998WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
2022JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together ~ Last TAKATaichi
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
2023NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
1997WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
1997WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
1998WWE SummerSlam 1998
1998WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
2013NJPW Destruction 2013
2013NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
2014NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
1999The Best of Eddy Guerrero
2022JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania
2016The Great Sasuke
1996NJPW Skydiving J
1999ECW International Invasion: The Best of Super Crazy, Tajiri, Taka & Tanaka
2024NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
2024NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Night 1
2014NJPW Power Struggle 2014
2014NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
2014NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
2024NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
2014NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
2014NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
2024NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
2024NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
2024NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Night 2
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
2018NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
2022NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
2023NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
2018NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
2017NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
2017NJPW New Japan Cup 2017: Night 2
2018NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 11
2018NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 13
2013NJPW Power Struggle 2013
2012NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
2017NJPW Power Struggle 2017
2012NJPW The New Beginning 2012
2000WWE WrestleMania 2000
2014NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
2013NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
2018NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
2017NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
2018NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Night 1
2024NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
1999WWE Survivor Series 1999
2018NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 7
2018NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 5
2018NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 9
1997ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997
2018NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 15
2024NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 2
2024NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 1
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 7
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 5
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 10
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 8
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 4
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 6
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 11
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 13
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 12
2024NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 5
2024NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
2024NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 3
2024NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 4
2024NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
2024NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 • Day 2
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
2024NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 16
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
2023NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023
2018NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
2018NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
2018NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1
1998WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
2017NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
2014WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
2013WWE: The Best Of In Your House
2013ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
2004HUSTLE-3
2019ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
2019NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Night 1
1998Battlarts Battle Fiction
2018NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3
2017NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
1994NJPW Super J-Cup 1994
1996Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days
1997Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary
1998WWE WrestleMania XIV
2012NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
2005AJPW Realize
1998WWE King of the Ring 1998
1999ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999
1999ECW CyberSlam 1999
2003AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary
2024NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2
2024NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
2024NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4
2024NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
2024NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2024
2024NJPW: Royal Quest IV
2024NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
2025NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
2025NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
2001WWE Royal Rumble 2001
2017NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
2025NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event
2025NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Final
2015NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
2018NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 17
2025NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1
2025NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 2
2023ECW on TNN
2023ECW Hardcore TV
2023WWE SmackDown
2023Raw
2023New Japan Pro Wrestling
2023WWE Heat
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