Takao Yoshida
Birthday
1973/10/26 (51 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Also know as
Pepe Michinoku, Taka, Taka Michinoku, Takako Michinoku
Biography
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.
Acting
(2012) NJPW Dominion 6.16
as Taka Michinoku
(2019) GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 1
as Taka Michinoku
(2022) NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
as Taka Michinoku
(2022) NJPW New Year’s Golden Series Night 1
as TAKA Michinoku
(1997) ECW Barely Legal 1997
as Taka Michinoku
(2023) NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
as Taka Michinoku
(2012) NJPW 40th Anniversary Show
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
(2023) NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall
as Taka Michinoku
(2022) NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Night 6
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10
as Taka Michinoku
(2022) New year’s Golden Series night 14
as Taka Michinoku
(2023) NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 1
as TAKA Michinoku
(2007) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
as TAKA Michinoku
(2023) NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Night 2
as TAKA Michinoku
(2023) NJPW/AJPW/NOAH All Together: Again
as TAKA Michinoku
(2023) NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
as TAKA Michinoku
(2023) NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW Wrestling Dontaku
as TAKA Michinoku
(1998) WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together ~ Last TAKATaichi
as TAKA Michinoku
(2023) NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
as TAKA Michinoku
(2023) NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
as TAKA Michinoku
(2023) NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
as TAKA Michinoku
(1997) WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
as Taka Michinoku
(1997) WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
as Taka Michinoku
(1998) WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
as TAKA Michinoku
(1998) WWE SummerSlam 1998
as TAKA Michinoku
(2013) NJPW Destruction 2013
as ---
(2013) NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
as TAKA Michinoku
(2014) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
as Taka Michinoku
(1999) The Best of Eddy Guerrero
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania
as TAKA Michinoku
(2016) The Great Sasuke
as TAKA Michinoku
(1996) NJPW Skydiving J
as TAKA Michinoku
(1999) ECW International Invasion: The Best of Super Crazy, Tajiri, Taka & Tanaka
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Night 1
as TAKA Michinoku
(2014) NJPW Power Struggle 2014
as TAKA Michinoku
(2014) NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
as ---
(2014) NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
as Takao Yoshida
(2024) NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
as TAKA Michinoku
(2014) NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
as Himself
(2014) NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
as ---
(2024) NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Night 2
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
as TAKA Michinoku
(2018) NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
as TAKA Michinoku
(2022) NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
as TAKA Michinoku
(2023) NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
as TAKA Michinoku
(2018) NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
as TAKA Michinoku
(2017) NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
as TAKA Michinoku
(2017) NJPW New Japan Cup 2017: Night 2
as TAKA Michinoku
(2018) NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 11
as TAKA Michinoku
(2018) NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 13
as TAKA Michinoku
(2013) NJPW Power Struggle 2013
as TAKA Michinoku
(2017) NJPW Power Struggle 2017
as TAKA Michinoku
(2012) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
as TAKA Michinoku
(2012) NJPW The New Beginning 2012
as TAKA Michinoku
(2000) WWE WrestleMania 2000
as TAKA Michinoku
(2014) NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
as TAKA Michinoku
(2013) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
as TAKA Michinoku
(2018) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
as TAKA Michinoku
(2017) NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
as TAKA Michinoku
(2018) NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Night 1
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
as TAKA Michinoku
(1999) WWE Survivor Series 1999
as TAKA Michinoku (Appearance)
(2018) NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 7
as TAKA Michinoku
(2018) NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 5
as TAKA Michinoku
(2018) NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 9
as TAKA Michinoku
(1997) ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997
as TAKA Michinoku
(2018) NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 15
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 5
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 4
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 6
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 7
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 12
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 11
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 8
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 10
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 13
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 5
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 3
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 4
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW New Japan Cup 2024: Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 16
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
as TAKA Michinoku
(2023) NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023
as TAKA Michinoku
(2018) NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
as TAKA Michinoku
(2018) NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
as Taka Michinoku
(2018) NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1
as TAKA Michinoku
(1998) WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
as TAKA Michinoku
(2017) NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
as TAKA Michinoku
(2014) WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
as Taka Michinoku
(2013) WWE: The Best Of In Your House
as Taka Michinoku
(2013) ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
as Taka Michinoku
(2004) HUSTLE-3
as TAKA Michinoku
(2019) ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
as Taka Michinoku
(2019) NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Night 1
as Taka Michinoku
(1998) Battlarts Battle Fiction
as TAKA Michinoku
(2018) NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3
as TAKA Michinoku
(2017) NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
as TAKA Michinoku
(1994) NJPW Super J-Cup 1994
as TAKA Michinoku
(1996) Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days
as TAKA Michinoku
(1997) Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary
as TAKA Michinoku
(1998) WWE WrestleMania XIV
as TAKA Michinoku
(2012) NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
as TAKA Michinoku
(2005) AJPW Realize
as TAKA Michinoku
(1998) WWE King of the Ring 1998
as TAKA Michinoku
(1999) ECW CyberSlam 1999
as TAKA Michinoku
(1999) ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999
as TAKA Michinoku
(2003) AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
as Taka Michinoku
(2024) NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2024
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW: Royal Quest IV
as TAKA Michinoku
(2024) NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
as Taka Michinoku
(1999) ECW on TNN
as ---
(1993) ECW Hardcore TV
as ---
(1999) WWE SmackDown
as Taka Michinoku
(1993) Raw
as Taka Michinoku
(1972) New Japan Pro Wrestling
as TAKA Michinoku
(1998) WWE Heat
as Taka Michinoku