George Takano

Quick Facts

Full Name	George Takano
Occupation	Sumo Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Jun 23, 1958(1958-06-23)
Age	66
Birthplace	Yamaguchi
Country	Japan
Birth City	Yamaguchi Prefecture
Horoscope	Cancer

George Takano Biography

George Takano is one of the most popular and richest Sumo Wrestler who was born on June 23, 1958 in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

George Takano (高野 讓治 , Takano Jōji, ring name: ジョージ高野 ) , born June 23, 1958, is an American-Japanese retired professional wrestler who was billed from Uganda under the alias The Cobra, a masked wrestler persona. He worked for various Japanese and American wrestling promotions from the late 1970s to early 1990s. He is the older brother of Shunji Takano.

Takano debuted in 1977 and worked for Stampede Wrestling, winning its British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship in September 1983. A mere two months later, he defeated Davey Boy Smith for the vacated NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. Still working under the ringname The Cobra, Takano performed in the World Wrestling Federation throughout the early and mid- 1980s. In December 1984, he defeated Dynamite Kid for its Junior Heavyweight Championship. The following title loss to Hiro Saito was redeemed in July 1985, the same month that he lost and then won back the NWA World Junior Heavyweight title in the same night against the very same man, Saito. In October that year, his WWF title was vacated when New Japan Pro Wrestling separated from WWF. He would lose the tournament final to determine the inaugural IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion against Shiro Koshinaka in June

1986. It was during 1986, he removed the mask and began wrestling as George Takano. He went on to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship with Super Strong Machine in March 1989, before losing the titles to Riki Choshu and Takayuki Iizuka nearly four months later.

George Takano Net Worth

George Takano is one of the richest Sumo Wrestler from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, George Takano 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Takano was born on June 23, 1958. His father was a black American Marine who belonged to the Iwakuni base, and has also become a promising boxer. However, his father returned to the United States and left his wife, a japanese woman, and children in Japan. Takano grew up at home with his mother and brother, and he was a mixed-blooded child. He was introduced at the age of 15 to the grand sumo room of sumo wrestling, and stepped foots for the first time in a dojo on March 1974, but in January 1976 the place becomes out of numbering and goes out of business.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

George Takano height 6 ft 1 in Gillian weight 254  lbs & body measurements will update soon.

Who is George Takano Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Gillian Ranked on the list of most popular Sumo Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. George Takano celebrates birthday on June 23 of every year.