Takao Yoshida
Born: 1973-10-26
Place of Birth: Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Takao Yoshida, better known by his ring name TAKA Michinoku, is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist best known for his time in WWF (WWE) from 1997 to 2001, where he became the inaugural WWF Light Heavyweight Champion. He founded Kaientai Dojo, where he wrestled until 2019 before creating Just Tap Out, and currently competes as a freelancer for New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
Known For
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
2019★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
2019★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
2018★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1
2024★ 0.0
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 2
2022★ 0.0
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
2014★ 9.0
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 6
2022★ 0.0
NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall
2023★ 0.0
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 1
2019★ 0.0
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
2022★ 0.0
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 1
2022★ 0.0
ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
2019★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 2
2017★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 2
2025★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 2
2018★ 0.0
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
2014★ 0.0
ECW Barely Legal 1997
1997★ 8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3
2018★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 4
2024★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18
2017★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
2024★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 17
2018★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 6
2024★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
2022★ 0.0
NJPW Dominion 6.16
2012★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
2022★ 0.0
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
2013★ 9.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
2017★ 7.0
ECW CyberSlam 1999
1999★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
2018★ 0.0
WWE WrestleMania 2000
2000★ 7.2
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Ridiculous One More Time
2025★ 0.0
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10
2022★ 0.0
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
2018★ 0.0
WWE SummerSlam 1998
1998★ 9.0
All Together Again
2023★ 0.0
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
1998★ 8.7
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
2001★ 7.4
WWE WrestleMania XIV
1998★ 7.8
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
2022★ 8.0
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
1998★ 9.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
2007★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
2014★ 10.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 • Day 2
2024★ 0.0
WWE Survivor Series 1999
1999★ 8.5
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 11
2018★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
2019★ 0.0
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 14
2022★ 0.0
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
2018★ 0.0
NJPW Royal Quest IV
2024★ 0.0
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
1998★ 7.1
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
2023★ 0.0
WWE King of the Ring 1998
1998★ 8.4
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 9
2022★ 0.0
JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together ~ Last TAKATaichi
2022★ 0.0
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
1997★ 7.8
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
2025★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 3
2024★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 13
2018★ 0.0
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
2013★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1
2018★ 0.0
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
2023★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 5
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVI
2025★ 10.0
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
2024★ 0.0
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
2013★ 9.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
2023★ 0.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
2018★ 7.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
2022★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
2013★ 0.0
NJPW Power Struggle 2017
2017★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
2023★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 10
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2
2024★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
2017★ 0.0
NJPW Destruction 2013
2013★ 7.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 13
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Super J-Cup 1994
1994★ 10.0
NJPW New Japan Road in Ishikari 2025
2025★ 0.0
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999
1999★ 1.0
The Great Sasuke
2016★ 0.5
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
2023★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 4
2024★ 0.0
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2024
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
2012★ 0.0
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
2025★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 8
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
2019★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9
2024★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
2017★ 10.0
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
2017★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 2
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023
2023★ 0.0
NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event
2025★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
2023★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
2024★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
2023★ 7.3
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 16
2024★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 7
2024★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 4
2018★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 7
2018★ 0.0
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
2014★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
2022★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
2018★ 8.8
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 11
2024★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 9
2018★ 0.0
NJPW 47th Anniversary Show
2019★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
2022★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
2022★ 0.0
NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
2025★ 6.0
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
2017★ 0.0
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
1997★ 9.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
2023★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
2019★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 5
2018★ 0.0
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
2024★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 15
2018★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
2018★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 12
2024★ 5.5
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
2024★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
2023★ 0.0
JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania
2022★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
2024★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning 2012
2012★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
2017★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 1
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1
2025★ 0.0
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
2017★ 0.0
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
2012★ 0.0
NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
2024★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
2019★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
2013★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
2017★ 0.0
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous
2025★ 0.0
NJPW Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017
2017★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
2017★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 2
2024★ 0.0
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
2024★ 0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
2014★ 0.0
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014
2014★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 5
2024★ 0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2018
2018★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
2019★ 0.0
Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days
1996★ 10.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 2
2018★ 0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
2019★ 0.0