Japanese professional wrestler, actor and mixed martial arts fighter
Nobuhiko Takada
Takada dressed as Generalissimo Takada in HUSTLE
Born
(1962-04-12) April 12, 1962 (age 62)
Izumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
The Esperanza Generalissimo Takada Nobuhiko Takada
Billed height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Trained by
Antonio Inoki Karl Gotch Kotetsu Yamamoto Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Debut
May 9, 1981
Retired
July 26, 2009
Martial arts career
Nationality
Japanese
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
95.25 kg (210 lb; 15 st 0 lb)
Division
Heavyweight Openweight
Style
Shootfighting
Team
Takada Dojo
Years active
1997–2002
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[1][2] (Japanese: 高田伸彦, ring name: 高田 延彦) (born April 12, 1962) is a Japanese former[3] mixed martial artist, retired professional wrestler, actor, and writer. He competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) and the Union of Wrestling Forces International (UWFI) in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming one of the highest figures of the "shoot-style" movement.
Takada later turned to mixed martial arts (MMA) where, despite his controversial match fixing ventures and lack of competitive success, he was credited with the existence and development of global MMA promotion Pride Fighting Championships,[4][5] in which he worked as an executive after his retirement from active competition until its closure. He also founded and starred at the sports entertainment professional wrestling promotion Hustle from 2004 to 2008, and currently works as an executive for the Rizin Fighting Federation.
^"Nobuhiko Takada profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
^"Profile at Puroresu Central". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
^"高田道場オフィシャルサイト - 高田延彦/NOBUHIKO TAKADA - プロフィール". Takada-dojo.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
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NobuhikoTakada (Japanese: 高田伸彦, ring name: 高田 延彦) (born April 12, 1962) is a Japanese former mixed martial artist, retired professional wrestler, actor...
Jack (2017-07-03). "NobuhikoTakada: MMA's Most Important Bad Fighter". Vice. Retrieved 2023-07-04. "Royce Gracie vs. NobuhikoTakada, Pride Grand Prix...
professional wrestling promotion HUSTLE. At Pride 5, Coleman fought NobuhikoTakada, who would become HUSTLE's owner and booker. Though thought to be the...
of the UWF. The UWF-i featured most of UWF's roster, and was led by NobuhikoTakada, who was the top star and the face of the promotion. Other natives...
Anjo's superior NobuhikoTakada in the Pride 1 event. Before the Tokyo Dome's 47,860 spectators, Gracie defeated the inexperienced Takada, mounting him...
public. The main attraction and most popular star of the UWFi was NobuhikoTakada. The other precursors of Pride were the Japanese mixed martial arts...
Takada Dojo is a mixed martial arts academy in Tokyo, Japan. The dojo takes its name from NobuhikoTakada its founder. Many members, including Takada...
leaving Pride. It was reported that Sakuraba left Takada Dojo (run by Pride's general manager, NobuhikoTakada), and conspicuously was not entered into Pride's...
Big Fight Series II Night 19 5 3 December 5, 1984 Kazuo Yamazaki vs. NobuhikoTakada UWF Year-End Special Day 10 5 4 December 8, 1984 Bruiser Brody and...
spent 2 days in intensive care." Vovchanchyn then faced off against NobuhikoTakada at PRIDE 11, who was the trainer of Sakuraba and Matsui. Vovchanchyn...
attended his retirement ceremony. In 1988, Maeda formed Newborn UWF with NobuhikoTakada and others, this time as its number one star, using the notoriety he...
Shinya Hashimoto captured the IWGP heavyweight championship from NobuhikoTakada via cross armbreaker submission to headline the 4/29 Tokyo Dome show...
Wrestling Forces International (UWFI). Put under the tutelage of top star NobuhikoTakada, Takayama debuted against Hiromitsu Kanehara and became a usual competitor...
professional wrestler Nobuhiko Takada (髙田 延彦, born 1962), Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler Nobuhiko Ushiba (牛場 信彦, 1909–1984), Japanese...
against the likes of Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu, Hiroshi Hase, NobuhikoTakada, Kengo Kimura and a few others. He also wrestled tag matches in that...
still commonly used as a modern Japanese male given name, for example NobuhikoTakada.[citation needed] Originally a compound of sun (日, hi) and woman (女...
joined its new incarnation, UWF-i, where he became an apprentice under NobuhikoTakada. A promising rookie, he was booked accordingly and soon had wins over...
when he knocked out NobuhikoTakada with his signature German suplex at Yokohama Arena in front of an announced crowd of 14,000. Takada was UWFi's biggest...
International (UWFI) upon recommendation from former NJPW comrades NobuhikoTakada and Kazuo Yamazaki, the top stars of UWFI. In UWFI, he adopted the...
champion. In 1991, he traveled to the UWFi promotion in Japan to fight NobuhikoTakada in a "boxer vs. wrestler" bout. Berbick claimed that he had been double-crossed...
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