Yoshihiro Takayama

Yoshihiro Takayama

Born: September 19, 1966
Yoshihiro Takayama is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Takayama is well known for his ability to endure massive amounts of punishment, especially after his fight at PRIDE 21 against Don Frye. He is one of two men to hold all 3 of puroresu's major heavyweight titles (the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, and the GHC Heavyweight Championship), the other being Kensuke Sasaki.

Movies for Yoshihiro Takayama...

Silence
Title: Silence
Character: Large Man
Released: December 22, 2016
Type: Movie
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
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Title: OUR HOUSE
Released: April 17, 2016
Type: TV
Our House is a British Entertainment television programme. Broadcast on UKTV Style, it is a show which more thoroughly follows the DIY show fad of the late 1990s. The object of the show is to take a dilapidated house and completely do it up into a "Dream" house. The shows claims to: bring together everything you need to know about creating your own dream home under one roof - expert advice, step-by-step DIY guides, tricks of the trade The show has a central presenter in Andrea McLean, and a series of experts, including: Harry Greene, Craig Phillips, Gavin Lowe, Steve Toms Fran McAteer, John Amabile and Tommy Walsh
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AAA Lucha Libre World Cup 2015
Title: AAA Lucha Libre World Cup 2015
Character: Himself
Released: May 24, 2015
Type: Movie
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Don's Road Final
Title: Don's Road Final
Released: February 19, 2015
Type: Movie
The final 'Don's Road' film.
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Don's Road 14
Title: Don's Road 14
Released: January 15, 2015
Type: Movie
The fourteenth 'Don's' Road' film.
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Tokyo Tribe
Title: Tokyo Tribe
Character: Guard
Released: August 30, 2014
Type: Movie
In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. The simmering tension between them is about to boil over into all-out war.
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TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014
Title: TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014
Character: Yoshihiro Takayama
Released: July 4, 2014
Type: Movie
On March 2, 2014, 14 TNA wrestlers were part of a TNA/Wrestle-1 supershow in Tokyo, Japan. TNA taped the event to air as a One Night Only pay-per-view. The TNA World Heavyweight, X Division and World Tag Team Championships were all defended during the event. The event also featured several matches not involving TNA wrestlers, dubbed "Part 1". Below are matches taped for the One Night Only PPV from "Part 2", which was Aired on PPV on July 4, 2014. Also aired on the One Night Only PPV was a 6-man tag team match originally aired at Lockdown (2014).
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
Title: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
Character: Himself
Released: January 4, 2010
Type: Movie
Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome (レッスルキングダムIV in 東京ドーム, Ressuru Kingudamu IV in Tōkyō Dōmu) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2010. It was the 19th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the fourth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured ten matches, five of which were contested for championships. Through NJPW's international working relationships, the event featured wrestlers from the American Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotions for the third and second year in a row, respectively. In addition, wrestlers from Japanese promotions Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1 also took part in the show.
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Pro Wrestling Expo Part I: Green Chapter
Title: Pro Wrestling Expo Part I: Green Chapter
Released: October 24, 2008
Type: Movie
Pro Wrestling Expo was a three part series of pro wrestling shows in Japan.
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NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12
Title: NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12
Released: July 15, 2007
Type: Movie
Pro Wrestling NOAH's Summer Navigation tour rolls on from Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.
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Hustle Aid 2007
Title: Hustle Aid 2007
Character: Yoshihiro Takayama
Released: June 17, 2007
Type: Movie
Hustle was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion managed by Nobuhiko Takada. Hustle can be described as an industry experiment to market the sports entertainment style of professional wrestling in Japan. HUSTLE AID is one of the main annual shows put on by the promotion. This years event was held in the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
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Nagurimono: Love & Kill
Title: Nagurimono: Love & Kill
Released: September 3, 2005
Type: Movie
A foppish English businessman (Christian Storms) stages a martial-arts contest between champions of two rival yakuza gangs to resolve a dispute over a wonder drug he is dealing and that both sides want.
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Cromartie High School: The Movie
Title: Cromartie High School: The Movie
Character: Yutaka Takenouchi
Released: February 25, 2005
Type: Movie
When a good student named Kamiyama gets placed in a high school filled with disobedient kids, he steps up to the plate and takes a position of leadership. Urging the young slackers and rebels to clean up their act, Kamiyama is in store for a lot of resistance.
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The Calamari Wrestler
Title: The Calamari Wrestler
Character: Himself
Released: July 30, 2004
Type: Movie
This wild comedy pokes fun at the world of pro-wrestling by placing its accomplished wrestler protagonist Koji Taguchi against a giant squid known as the Calamari Wrestler. The Calimari Wrestler not only proves to be Koji's most difficult opponent yet, but also has an effect on several people's personal lives when he becomes the unlikely object of a young girl's affection.
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NOAH: Departure 2004
Title: NOAH: Departure 2004
Released: July 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Departure was a major professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling Noah. The event took place on July 10, 2004 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, and marked Noah's first ever show in the arena. The main event was marketed as the culmination of the long running feud between former allies and tag team partners Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, then held by Kobashi. Beginning on Noah's very first show in 2000 and having spanned over four years since then, it marked the first time Akiyama and Kobashi had faced off in singles competition since August 6, 2000 where Akiyama won by referee stoppage.
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NJPW Nexess
Title: NJPW Nexess
Released: May 3, 2004
Type: Movie
NJPW presents a wrestling pay-per-view event from the Tokyo Dome in Tokoy, Japan.
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NJPW Bisshibishi Tradition! Makai World 2003 - Day 8: Memorial Rainbow Dash35
Title: NJPW Bisshibishi Tradition! Makai World 2003 - Day 8: Memorial Rainbow Dash35
Released: September 14, 2003
Type: Movie
NJPW returns to the Nagoya Rainbow Hall, headlined by an IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contenders match between Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Manabu Nakanishi.
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NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line 2003 - Day 13
Title: NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line 2003 - Day 13
Released: September 12, 2003
Type: Movie
Pro Wrestling NOAH's Navigation Over the Date Line tour sails on, headlined by a GHC Heavyweight Title match between champion Kenta Kobashi and Yujii Nagata
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NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
Title: NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
Released: August 12, 2003
Type: Movie
The G1 Climax tournament continues on, featuring some of NJPW's top stars.
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NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals
Title: NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals
Released: July 14, 2003
Type: Movie
The 10th Best of Super Juniors tournament comes to a close as some of the world's greatest junior heavyweights square off.
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Title: Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter
Character: Sirius (voice)
Released: November 9, 2002
Type: TV
The Bronze Saints enter the deepest realm of the Underworld, Elysion, where they face off against Hades's two most powerful servants, The Twin Gods, Hypnos and Thanatos, before they can reach Hades for the final battle.
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Muscle Heat
Title: Muscle Heat
Character: Muscle Dome Wrestler B
Released: October 25, 2002
Type: Movie
In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug.
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Pride 21: Demolition
Title: Pride 21: Demolition
Character: Self
Released: June 23, 2002
Type: Movie
Pride 21: Demolition was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on June 23, 2002.
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NOAH Navigate For Evolution 2002 - Day 10
Title: NOAH Navigate For Evolution 2002 - Day 10
Released: February 17, 2002
Type: Movie
Pro Wrestling NOAH's Navigate for Evolution tour continues, headlined by a tag team match between Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata vs Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa
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Pride 18: Cold Fury 2
Title: Pride 18: Cold Fury 2
Character: Self
Released: December 23, 2001
Type: Movie
Pride 18: Cold Fury 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan on December 23, 2001.
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NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9
Title: NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9
Released: July 27, 2001
Type: Movie
NOAH concludes their first Accomplish Our First Navigation Tour., headlined by Mitsuharu Misawa defending his GCW Heavyweight Title against Jun Akiyama.
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Pride 14: Clash Of The Titans
Title: Pride 14: Clash Of The Titans
Character: Self
Released: May 27, 2001
Type: Movie
PRIDE 14: Clash of the Titans was a mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships. It took place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on May 27, 2001.
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NOAH: Great Voyage
Title: NOAH: Great Voyage
Released: December 23, 2000
Type: Movie
December 23rd, 2000 :: Pro Wrestling Noah presents The Great Voyage. In the wake of the great Exodus from All Japan Pro Wrestling the young upstart Pro Wrestling Noah promotion embarks on one of its' inaugural shows which took place in Tokyo at the Ariake Colosseum. The show marked third event held by the Pro Wrestling Noah and was considered the biggest show up to that point. Matches include: ⦁ Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama ⦁ Mitsuhara Misawa vs. Vader ⦁ Shinya Hashimoto vs. Takao Omori ⦁ Akira Taue vs. Yoshihiro Takayama ⦁ Daisuke Ikeda & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Akitoshi Saito & Masashi Aoyagi ⦁ Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & KENTA vs. Scorpio & Kishin Kawabata ⦁ Naomichi Marufuji & Tamon Honda vs. Kodo Fuyuki & Tetsuhiro Kuroda ⦁ Kentaro Shiga, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takeshi Morishima vs. Masao Inoue, Takeshi Rikio & Takashi Sugiura ⦁ Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota & Makoto Hashi vs. Jun Izumida, Satoru Asako & Haruka Eigen
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AJPW Super Power Series 1999 Finals
Title: AJPW Super Power Series 1999 Finals
Released: June 11, 1999
Type: Movie
The 1999 Super Power Series comes to a close with its 14th day of action, headlined by Mitsuharu Misawa taking on Kenta Kobashi in an instant classic.
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AJPW October Giant Series 1998 - Day 18
Title: AJPW October Giant Series 1998 - Day 18
Released: October 31, 1998
Type: Movie
AJPW's Giant Series comes to a conclusion as Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi face off in a classic encounter.
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Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 2
Title: Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 2
Character: Rensuke Washinosu
Released: September 23, 1998
Type: Movie
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Hong Kong Underworld: Kenka-Gumi
Title: Hong Kong Underworld: Kenka-Gumi
Released: July 29, 1998
Type: Movie
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Bloody Crest: Kenka-Gumi
Title: Bloody Crest: Kenka-Gumi
Released: July 29, 1998
Type: Movie
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AJPW October Giant Series 1997 - Day 18
Title: AJPW October Giant Series 1997 - Day 18
Released: October 21, 1997
Type: Movie
All Japan Pro Wrestling's October Giant Series rolls on with an epic clash between Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi.