Yoshihiro Takayama

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.

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The Calamari Wrestler (2004)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Kawasaki
CAST:  Osamu Nishimura  •  Akira Nogami  •  Miho Shiraishi  •  Nobuo Kameko

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Kawasaki
CAST:  Osamu Nishimura  •  Akira Nogami  •  Miho Shiraishi  •  Nobuo Kameko

Nagurimono: Love & Kill (2005)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Sunaga
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Takanori Jinnai  •  Mitsuki Koga

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Sunaga
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Takanori Jinnai  •  Mitsuki Koga

Cromartie High School: The Movie (2005)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yudai Yamaguchi
CAST:  Takamasa Suga  •  Tak Sakaguchi  •  Kenichi Endo  •  Itsuji Itao

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yudai Yamaguchi
CAST:  Takamasa Suga  •  Tak Sakaguchi  •  Kenichi Endo  •  Itsuji Itao

Muscle Heat (2002)

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

DIRECTION:  Ten Shimoyama
CAST:  Kane Kosugi  •  Ikkei Watanabe  •  Show Aikawa  •  Masaya Kato

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

DIRECTION:  Ten Shimoyama
CAST:  Kane Kosugi  •  Ikkei Watanabe  •  Show Aikawa  •  Masaya Kato

Tokyo Tribe (2014)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Young Dais  •  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Nana Seino

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Young Dais  •  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Nana Seino

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DIRECTION:  Dorian Roldan
CAST:  Alberto Rodriguez  •  Luis Urive  •  Óscar Gutiérrez  •  Jorge Bolly

Pride 21: Demolition (2002)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Bob Sapp  •  Gary Goodridge  •  Anderson Silva  •  Jeremy Horn

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.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Bob Sapp  •  Gary Goodridge  •  Anderson Silva  •  Jeremy Horn

Pride 18: Cold Fury 2 (2001)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Daijiro Matsui  •  Quinton Jackson  •  Alex Stiebling  •  Allan Goes

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.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Daijiro Matsui  •  Quinton Jackson  •  Alex Stiebling  •  Allan Goes

Pride 14: Clash Of The Titans (2001)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Antonio Schembri  •  Johil de Oliveira  •  Daijiro Matsui  •  Jose Landi-Jons

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.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Antonio Schembri  •  Johil de Oliveira  •  Daijiro Matsui  •  Jose Landi-Jons

Silence (2016)

Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Scorsese
CAST:  Andrew Garfield  •  Adam Driver  •  Tadanobu Asano  •  Ciarán Hinds

Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Scorsese
CAST:  Andrew Garfield  •  Adam Driver  •  Tadanobu Asano  •  Ciarán Hinds

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DIRECTION:  Hitoshi Ozawa
CAST:  Yûko Moriyama  •  Kazuki Takeda  •  Momoka Saeki  •  Non

NOAH: Departure 2004 (2004)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Kenta Kobashi  •  Jun Akiyama  •  Mitsuharu Misawa  •  Takeiji Muto

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Kenta Kobashi  •  Jun Akiyama  •  Mitsuharu Misawa  •  Takeiji Muto

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV (2010)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Shinsuke Nakamura  •  Yoshihiro Takayama  •  Takashi Sugiura  •  Hirooki Goto

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Shinsuke Nakamura  •  Yoshihiro Takayama  •  Takashi Sugiura  •  Hirooki Goto

NJPW Nexess (2004)

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

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Shinsuke Nakamura  •  Bob Sapp  •  Katsuyori Shibata  •  Sean Christopher Haire

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

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Shinsuke Nakamura  •  Bob Sapp  •  Katsuyori Shibata  •  Sean Christopher Haire

AJPW October Giant Series 1997 - Day 18 (1997)

All Japan Pro Wrestling's October Giant Series rolls on with an epic clash between Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Kenta Kobashi  •  Mitsuharu Misawa  •  Toshiaki Kawada  •  Yoshihiro Takayama

All Japan Pro Wrestling's October Giant Series rolls on with an epic clash between Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Kenta Kobashi  •  Mitsuharu Misawa  •  Toshiaki Kawada  •  Yoshihiro Takayama

AJPW October Giant Series 1998 - Day 18 (1998)

AJPW's Giant Series comes to a conclusion as Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi face off in a classic encounter.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Kenta Kobashi  •  Mitsuharu Misawa  •  Akira Taue  •  Toshiaki Kawada

AJPW's Giant Series comes to a conclusion as Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi face off in a classic encounter.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Kenta Kobashi  •  Mitsuharu Misawa  •  Akira Taue  •  Toshiaki Kawada

NJPW Best Of The Super Junior X - Finals (2003)

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

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Masahito Kakihara  •  Akira Nogami  •  Koji Kanemoto  •  Takashi Sugiura

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

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Masahito Kakihara  •  Akira Nogami  •  Koji Kanemoto  •  Takashi Sugiura

AJPW Super Power Series 1999 Finals (1999)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Mitsuharu Misawa  •  Kenta Kobashi  •  Leon White  •  Michael Polchlopek

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.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Mitsuharu Misawa  •  Kenta Kobashi  •  Leon White  •  Michael Polchlopek

TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014 (2014)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Christopher Daniel Covell  •  René Goguen  •  Eric Maher  •  Masakatsu Funaki

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Christopher Daniel Covell  •  René Goguen  •  Eric Maher  •  Masakatsu Funaki

NOAH: Accomplish Our First Navigation 2001 - Day 9 (2001)

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

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Mitsuharu Misawa  •  Jun Akiyama  •  Takao Omori  •  Yoshihiro Takayama

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

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Mitsuharu Misawa  •  Jun Akiyama  •  Takao Omori  •  Yoshihiro Takayama
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