1966
Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
Yoshihiro Takayama
Japanese former professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter (born 1966)
- Born
- 1966
Yoshihiro Takayama is a Japanese former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Debuting for UWF International (UWFI) in the 1990s, Takayama joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in 1997 after UWF-i folded. In 2000, he joined Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), and later became a mainstay in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) where he arguably achieved his greatest success, holding the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and NWF Heavyweight Championship simultaneously in 2003. He is one of only five men to hold all three puroresu major heavyweight titles, the others being Kensuke Sasaki, Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima, and Yuji Nagata.