Takao Yoshida
Acting · Born Oct 26, 1973 · Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
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.
Known for
Films
Mystery Wrestling #23
20266.0
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Ridiculous One More Time
2025
NJPW New Japan Road in Ishikari 2025
2025
NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous
2025
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVI
202510.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 2
2025
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 8
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 7
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 5
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 4
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 2
2025
NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event
2025
NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
20256.0
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
2025
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
2024
NJPW Royal Quest IV
2024
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2024
2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4
2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 3
2024
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2
2024
NJPW Shingo Takagi's 20th Debut Anniversary Event
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 16
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 13
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 12
20245.5
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 11
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 10
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 9
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 8
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 7
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 6
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 5
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 4
2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 5
2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 4
2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 3
2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 2
2024
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 1
2024
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
2024
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
2024
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
2024
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 2
2024
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1
2024
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
2024
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
2024
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
2024
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
20237.3
All Together Again
2023
NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall 2023
2023
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
2023
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2
2023
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
2023
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
2023
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
2023
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
2023
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
2023
JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together ~ Last TAKATaichi
2022
JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
2022
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
20228.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 15 (Final)
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 14
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 13
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 12
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 11
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 10
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 9
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 8
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 7
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 6
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 1
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 14
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 9
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 6
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 2
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 1
2022
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
2022
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
2022
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 8
2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
2019
ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
2019
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 1
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
2019
NJPW 47th Anniversary Show
2019
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
2019
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
2019
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
2018
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 17
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 15
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 13
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 11
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 9
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 7
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 5
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 3
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1
2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 2
2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 4
2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 2
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2018
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
2018
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
20187.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
20188.8
NJPW Power Struggle 2017
2017
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
2017
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18
2017
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
20177.0
NJPW Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017
2017
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
201710.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 2
2017
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
2017
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
2017
The Great Sasuke
20160.5
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
2014
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
20149.0
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 24: Day 12 (Final)
2014
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014
2014
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
201410.0
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
2013
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
2013
NJPW Destruction 2013
20137.0
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
20139.0
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
20139.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
2013
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
2012
NJPW Dominion 6.16
2012
NJPW 40th Anniversary Show
2012
NJPW The New Beginning 2012
2012
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
2012
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
2007
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
20017.5
WWE WrestleMania 2000
20007.3
WWE Survivor Series 1999
19998.5
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999
19991.0
ECW CyberSlam 1999
19997.0
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
19988.7
WWE SummerSlam 1998
19989.0
WWE King of the Ring 1998
19987.9
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
19989.3
WWE WrestleMania XIV
19987.7
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
19987.3
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
19978.1
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
19978.0
ECW Barely Legal 1997
19978.0
Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days
199610.0
FMW 7th Anniversary Show
1996
FMW Year End Spectacular '95 - Day 10
1995
NJPW Super J-Cup 1994
199410.0
