Yoshihiro Takayama
(高山 善廣)
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Born
1966 (59 years old)
Sumida, TokyoPosition
Wrestler
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Retired
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Asian
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1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
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125 kg (276 lb)
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Yoshihiro Takayama (高山 善廣, Takayama Yoshihiro, born September 19, 1966) is a Japanese former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Debuting for UWF International (UWFI) in the 1990s, Takayama joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in 1997 after UWF-i folded. In 2000, he joined Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), and later became a mainstay in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) where he arguably achieved his greatest success, holding the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and NWF Heavyweight Championship simultaneously in 2003. He is one of only five men to hold all three puroresu major heavyweight titles (New Japan Pro-Wrestling's IWGP Heavyweight Championship, All Japan Pro Wrestling's Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, and Pro Wrestling Noah's GHC Heavyweight Championship), the others being Kensuke Sasaki, Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima, and Yuji Nagata.
Takayama first became known for his toughness after he began competing in mixed martial arts, when he took part in one of the most famous fights in MMA history at PRIDE 21 against Don Frye. Through his career Takayama had several career-threatening injuries, including a stroke after a match against Kensuke Sasaki in 2004. Takayama's career ended with a spinal cord injury in May 2017, which left him paralyzed from the shoulders down.
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 Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion |  _Retired WWE | 2009 | |
 IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion | _Retired WWE | 2004 | |
 IWGP Heavyweight Champion | _Retired WWE | 2003 | |
 GHC Heavyweight Champion | _Retired WWE | 2002 |
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