Yoshihiro Takayama

Acting

Yoshihiro Takayama

Born

1966-09-19 (60)

Known for

Acting

Credits

39 titles

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.

Known for

Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter poster
8.0

Hades is planning to take over the world, to achieve that goal, he sends out deceased Gold Saints to take Athena's head. Seiya and the other Bronze Saints come to help but their help isn't appreciated by the remaining Gold Saints that are still alive.

Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter

2002

Silence poster
7.1

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.

Silence

2016

Tokyo Tribe poster
6.5

In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro, joins forces with heavy-hitting gangster Buppa of Buppa Town. With Buppa's support, Merra aims to initiate a gang war between the Wu-Ronz and the Musashino Saru, and in a confrontation between the two attempts to kill Kai of the Musashino Saru. The inadvertent murder of Kai's friend Tera (a Musashino Saru member beloved by all Tribes since before their formation) leads to the joining of forces between all of the Tribes in an all-out war against Merra and Buppa.

Tokyo Tribe

2014

OUR HOUSE poster
NR

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

OUR HOUSE

2016

Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 2

1998

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5 poster
NR

Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, on January 4, 2011, and was headlined by Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5

2011

Film credits

2010s · 11 titles

Silence poster
7.1

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.

Silence

2016

Tokyo Tribe poster
6.5

In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro, joins forces with heavy-hitting gangster Buppa of Buppa Town. With Buppa's support, Merra aims to initiate a gang war between the Wu-Ronz and the Musashino Saru, and in a confrontation between the two attempts to kill Kai of the Musashino Saru. The inadvertent murder of Kai's friend Tera (a Musashino Saru member beloved by all Tribes since before their formation) leads to the joining of forces between all of the Tribes in an all-out war against Merra and Buppa.

Tokyo Tribe

2014

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5 poster
NR

Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, on January 4, 2011, and was headlined by Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5

2011

NJPW G1 Climax 21: Day 10 (Final) poster
NR

The tenth and final night of the tournament took place at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan on August 14, 2011.

NJPW G1 Climax 21: Day 10 (Final)

2011

Don's Road 14 poster
NR

The fourteenth 'Don's' Road' film.

Don's Road 14

2015

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV poster
8.0

Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2010, headlined by Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV

2010

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6 poster
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Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2012, headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6

2012

TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014 poster
NR

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).

TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014

2014

NJPW The New Beginning 2012 poster
NR

The New Beginning (2012) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on February 12, 2012, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. The event featured eight matches, four of which were contested for championships. It was the third event under the New Beginning name, and the first major event held by NJPW after the promotion had been sold to Bushiroad.

NJPW The New Beginning 2012

2012

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6.0

No synopsis available yet.

AAA Lucha Libre World Cup 2015

2015

Don's Road Final poster
NR

The final 'Don's Road' film.

Don's Road Final

2015

2000s · 20 titles

Cromartie High School: The Movie poster
5.7

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.

Cromartie High School: The Movie

2005

Muscle Heat poster
6.2

In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug.

Muscle Heat

2002

NJPW Nexess poster
NR

NJPW presents a wrestling pay-per-view event from the Tokyo Dome in Tokoy, Japan.

NJPW Nexess

2004

Pride 18: Cold Fury 2 poster
6.0

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.

Pride 18: Cold Fury 2

2001

Pride 14: Clash Of The Titans poster
6.0

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.

Pride 14: Clash Of The Titans

2001

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NR

The G1 Climax tournament continues on, featuring some of NJPW's top stars.

NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3

2003

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NR

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

NOAH Navigate For Evolution 2002 - Day 10

2002

Pride 21: Demolition poster
6.0

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.

Pride 21: Demolition

2002

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NR

Pro Wrestling Expo was a three part series of pro wrestling shows in Japan.

Pro Wrestling Expo Part I: Green Chapter

2008

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10.0

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.

Nagurimono: Love & Kill

2005

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NR

Pro Wrestling NOAH's Summer Navigation tour rolls on from Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.

NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12

2007

Hustle Aid 2007 poster
NR

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.

Hustle Aid 2007

2007

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The 10th Best of Super Juniors tournament comes to a close as some of the world's greatest junior heavyweights square off.

NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals

2003

The Calamari Wrestler poster
5.5

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.

The Calamari Wrestler

2004

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NR

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

NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line 2003 - Day 13

2003

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NR

NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7 was a professional wrestling event that took place on March 1, 2009, at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.

NOAH The Second Navigation 2009: Day 7

2009

NOAH: Great Voyage poster
NR

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

NOAH: Great Voyage

2000

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NOAH concludes their first Accomplish Our First Navigation Tour., headlined by Mitsuharu Misawa defending his GCW Heavyweight Title against Jun Akiyama.

NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9

2001

NOAH: Departure 2004 poster
NR

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.

NOAH: Departure 2004

2004

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NJPW returns to the Nagoya Rainbow Hall, headlined by an IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contenders match between Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Manabu Nakanishi.

NJPW Bisshibishi Tradition! Makai World 2003 - Day 8: Memorial Rainbow Dash35

2003

1990s · 6 titles

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