Cast & creator
Takao Yoshida
Best known for Raw, New Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling
Takao Yoshida, better known by his ring name TAKA Michinoku, is a Japanese professional wrestler, trainer, former mixed martial artist, and the founder of Just Tap Out (JTO). Trained by The Great Sasuke, he debuted in 1992 and became one of the most influential junior heavyweights of his generation, finding international fame during his time in the WWF (now WWE), where he became the inaugural WWF Light Heavyweight Champion. He has also enjoyed championship success across Japan, Mexico, Europe, and North America, including lengthy reigns as the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Champion and WEW Six-Man Tag Team Champion, while simultaneously holding the World Junior Heavyweight Championship, Michinoku Pro Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship, and Kaientai Dojo Strongest-K Championship for nearly ten months. He founded Kaientai Dojo in 2002 before launching JTO in 2019, received the Tokyo Sports Technique Award in 2005, and was ranked No. 22 in the 1998 PWI 500. Since 2007, Michinoku has been a regular competitor for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship while also spending more than a decade as a member of Suzuki-gun before joining Just 5 Guys. Widely respected as both a wrestler and trainer, his influence extends far beyond his own accomplishments, helping shape generations of wrestlers through Kaientai Dojo and JTO while remaining an active competitor well into his 50s.
Also known as: Pepe Michinoku, Taka, Taka Michinoku, Takako Michinoku
200
film credits
10
television credits
210
1972–2026 · acting roles
7.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (210)
Showing 210 of 210 credits
Raw
Taka Michinoku
1993
New Japan Pro Wrestling
TAKA Michinoku
1972New Japan Pro Wrestling
Taka Michinoku
1972
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Taka Michinoku
1999WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
ECW Hardcore TV
1993
WWE Heat
Taka Michinoku
1998
ECW on TNN
Taka Michinoku
1999WWE Metal
Taka Michinoku
1999
NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall 2023
TAKA Michinoku
2023
NJPW New Japan Cup
TAKA Michinoku
2005
FMW 7th Anniversary Show
TAKA Michinoku
1996
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
Taka Michinoku
2014
WWE Survivor Series 1999
TAKA Michinoku (Appearance)
1999
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
TAKA Michinoku
1998
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
Taka Michinoku
2001
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 8
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 8
TAKA Michinoku
2019
WWE King of the Ring 1998
TAKA Michinoku
1998FMW Year End Spectacular '95 - Day 10
TAKA Michinoku
1995
WWE SummerSlam 1998
TAKA Michinoku
1998
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
TAKA Michinoku
1998NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 15 (Final)
TAKA Michinoku
2022
WWE WrestleMania 2000
TAKA Michinoku
2000
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
TAKA Michinoku
1998
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
Taka Michinoku
1997
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2023
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
Taka Michinoku
2013
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3
TAKA Michinoku
2025
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2023NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 10
TAKA Michinoku
2022
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999
TAKA Michinoku
1999NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2025NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
TAKA Michinoku
2025
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
Taka Michinoku
2018
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
Taka Michinoku
1997NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 11
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW 40th Anniversary Show
TAKA Michinoku
2012
WWE WrestleMania XIV
TAKA Michinoku
1998
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
TAKA Michinoku
2007
ECW Barely Legal 1997
Taka Michinoku
1997NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 6
TAKA Michinoku
2022
ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
TAKA Michinoku
2019NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 4
TAKA Michinoku
2025
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2018NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 13
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2024NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 7
TAKA Michinoku
2025
NJPW Dominion 6.16
Taka Michinoku
2012
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
TAKA Michinoku
2023NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 14
TAKA Michinoku
2022NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 1
TAKA Michinoku
2022NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 9
TAKA Michinoku
2022NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 12
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014
TAKA Michinoku
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2022NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 7
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW 47th Anniversary Show
TAKA Michinoku
2019
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
TAKA Michinoku
2013
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
Taka Michinoku
2014
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
TAKA Michinoku
2012
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
Taka Michinoku
2013
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
TAKA Michinoku
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 9
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
TAKA Michinoku
2022NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
TAKA Michinoku
2023
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 1
TAKA Michinoku
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
TAKA Michinoku
2022NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 5
TAKA Michinoku
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
TAKA Michinoku
2017
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1
TAKA Michinoku
2025
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
TAKA Michinoku
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18
TAKA Michinoku
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
TAKA Michinoku
2023
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023
TAKA Michinoku
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
TAKA Michinoku
2022NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 8
TAKA Michinoku
2025NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
TAKA Michinoku
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 15
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2019NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
TAKA Michinoku
2024NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2018NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 5
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2017
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
TAKA Michinoku
2022NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 13
TAKA Michinoku
2024NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
TAKA Michinoku
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
TAKA MichinokuMinoru Suzuki
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
TAKA Michinoku
2022NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 6
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 3
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 4
TAKA Michinoku
2024NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
TAKA Michinoku
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 4
TAKA Michinoku
2024NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
TAKA Michinoku
2017NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
TAKA Michinoku
2022NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
TAKA Michinoku
2023
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
TAKA Michinoku
2019NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
Himself
2014NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
2014
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
TAKA Michinoku
2017NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 11
TAKA Michinoku
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
TAKA Michinoku
2024Michinoku Pro 4th Anniversary
TAKA Michinoku
1997
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
TAKA Michinoku
2012
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 17
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
TAKA Michinoku
2023
NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
TAKA Michinoku
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 11
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVI
TAKA Michinoku
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
TAKA Michinoku
2023
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 13
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW Royal Quest IV
TAKA Michinoku
2024NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
TAKA Michinoku
2023NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 4
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW The New Beginning 2012
TAKA Michinoku
2012
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
TAKA Michinoku
2024NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 1
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
TAKA Michinoku
2014
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
Takao Yoshida
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event
TAKA Michinoku
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
TAKA Michinoku
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 7
TAKA Michinoku
2018NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
TAKA Michinoku
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous
TAKA Michinoku
2025NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
TAKA Michinoku
2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
TAKA Michinoku
2014AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary
TAKA Michinoku
2003
NJPW Power Struggle 2017
TAKA Michinoku
2017
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10
TAKA Michinoku
2022NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
TAKA Michinoku
2024NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
TAKA Michinoku
2024ECW International Invasion: The Best of Super Crazy, Tajiri, Taka & Tanaka
TAKA Michinoku
1999NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 2
TAKA Michinoku
2018NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
2014
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2024
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2018
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
Taka Michinoku
2023
NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
TAKA Michinoku
2013NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 7
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
TAKA Michinoku
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
TAKA Michinoku
2022
Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days
TAKA Michinoku
1996
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
TAKA Michinoku
2013ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997
TAKA Michinoku
1997
NJPW Super J-Cup 1994
TAKA Michinoku
1994NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 5
TAKA Michinoku
2024NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 2
TAKA Michinoku
2025
NJPW New Japan Road in Ishikari 2025
TAKA Michinoku
2025NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
TAKA Michinoku
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 5
TAKA Michinoku
2018
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
TAKA Michinoku
2022
JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania
TAKA Michinoku
2022NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
TAKA Michinoku
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
TAKA Michinoku
2022NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17
TAKA Michinoku
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 8
TAKA Michinoku
2024NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 16
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
TAKA Michinoku
2017NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 10
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017
TAKA Michinoku
2017NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
TAKA Michinoku
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
TAKA Michinoku
2022The Best of Eddy Guerrero
TAKA Michinoku
1999
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Ridiculous One More Time
TAKA Michinoku
2025NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 12
TAKA Michinoku
2024Battlarts Battle Fiction
TAKA Michinoku
1998
All Together Again
TAKA Michinoku
2023
ECW CyberSlam 1999
TAKA Michinoku
1999
JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together ~ Last TAKATaichi
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 1
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 2
TAKA Michinoku
2022
NJPW Destruction 2013
TAKA Michinoku
2013HUSTLE-3
TAKA Michinoku
2004NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 6
TAKA Michinoku
2022
Mystery Wrestling #23
Taka Michinoku
2026NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 14
TAKA Michinoku
2022NJPW Skydiving J
TAKA Michinoku
1996AJPW Realize
TAKA Michinoku
2005NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 9
TAKA Michinoku
2022
The Great Sasuke
TAKA Michinoku
2016