Takao Yoshida
Acting1973Morioka, 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
Acting History
Future
Mystery Wrestling #23
as Taka Michinoku
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Ridiculous One More Time
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVI
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Road in Ishikari 2025
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3
as TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 6
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 4
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Royal Quest IV
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 5
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 13
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 5
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 4
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 7
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 11
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 10
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 8
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 16
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 3
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 12
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2024
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
as TAKA Michinoku
2023
NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
as Taka Michinoku
All Together Again
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023
as TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 9
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 6
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 14
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
as TAKA Michinoku
JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
as TAKA Michinoku
JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together ~ Last TAKATaichi
as TAKA Michinoku
2019
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 1
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 8
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW 47th Anniversary Show
as TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 4
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 17
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
as Taka Michinoku
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 9
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 5
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 11
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 7
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 13
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 15
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2018
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
2017
NJPW Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Power Struggle 2017
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
as TAKA MichinokuMinoru Suzuki
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
as TAKA Michinoku
New Japan Pro Wrestling
TVas TAKA Michinoku / Taka Michinoku• 1 eps
2016
The Great Sasuke
as TAKA Michinoku
2015
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
as TAKA Michinoku
2014
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
as Himself
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
as TAKA Michinoku
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
as Taka Michinoku
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
as Taka Michinoku
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
as Takao Yoshida
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
as TAKA Michinoku
2013
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
as Taka Michinoku
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Destruction 2013
as TAKA Michinoku
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
as Taka Michinoku
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
as TAKA Michinoku
2012
NJPW Dominion 6.16
as Taka Michinoku
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW 40th Anniversary Show
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW The New Beginning 2012
as TAKA Michinoku
2007
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
as TAKA Michinoku
2005
AJPW Realize
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW New Japan Cup
TVas TAKA Michinoku
2004
HUSTLE-3
as TAKA Michinoku
2003
AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary
as TAKA Michinoku
2001
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
as Taka Michinoku
2000
WWE WrestleMania 2000
as TAKA Michinoku
1999
ECW CyberSlam 1999
as TAKA Michinoku
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999
as TAKA Michinoku
WWE Survivor Series 1999
as TAKA Michinoku (Appearance)
The Best of Eddy Guerrero
as TAKA Michinoku
ECW on TNN
TVas Taka Michinoku• 59 eps
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TVas Taka Michinoku
1998
WWE WrestleMania XIV
as TAKA Michinoku
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
as TAKA Michinoku
WWE King of the Ring 1998
as TAKA Michinoku
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
as TAKA Michinoku
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
as TAKA Michinoku
WWE SummerSlam 1998
as TAKA Michinoku
Battlarts Battle Fiction
as TAKA Michinoku
WWE Heat
TVas Taka Michinoku• 1 eps
1997
Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary
as TAKA Michinoku
ECW Barely Legal 1997
as Taka Michinoku
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
as Taka Michinoku
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
as Taka Michinoku
ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997
as TAKA Michinoku
1996
Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days
as TAKA Michinoku
NJPW Skydiving J
as TAKA Michinoku
FMW Kawasaki Stadium 7th Anniversary
as TAKA Michinoku
1994
NJPW Super J-Cup 1994
as TAKA Michinoku
1993
Raw
TVas Taka Michinoku