Nobuhiko Takada

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nobuhiko Takada
Occupation	Mma Fighter
Date Of Birth	Apr 12, 1962(1962-04-12)
Age	62
Birthplace	Izumi-ku, Yokohama
Country	Japan
Birth City	Kanagawa Prefecture
Horoscope	Aries

Nobuhiko Takada Biography

Nobuhiko Takada is one of the most popular and richest MMA Fighter who was born on April 12, 1962 in Izumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The pioneer in MMA in Japan He founded PRIDE Fighting Championships, and HUSTLE Wrestling Organization.

His two first MMA losses came at the defeat by Rickson Grace.

Immediately after his affair with Backlund, Takada was put in a different style fight against boxing champion Trevor Berbick, in a reminiscence of Antonio Inoki’s match with Muhammad Ali in 1976. The nature of the bout as a worked match or a shoot fight is unknown, but what transpired in the bout was again not the planned course. Early in the match, after receiving some low kicks from Takada to his left leg, Berbick immediately protested, apparently believing that kicking under the waist was illegal. Though the referee seemed to clear the situation, it happened again and Berbick protested every time Takada landed a low kick; at the end, when Takada scored a head kick, the boxer abandoned the ring and walked out of the arena. According to UWFi trainer Pat McCarthy, “no rules were ever changed. [Berbick] just never wanted to listen.” Anyway, the win increased Takada’s popularity.

After training in the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) dojo under Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Takada made his professional wrestling debut in 1981 against Norio Honaga. As accustomed to puroresu neophytes, Takada spent his first year as a jobber, though scoring occasional victories against other rookies.Among them, he feuded with Kazuo Yamazaki, and their matches were so well received that TV Asahi included one of them as part of the NJPW show, something unheard at the time. Takada was appointed Antonio Inoki’s personal assistant. He was also Hulk Hogan’s assistant for his Japanese tours. Also during that time, Takada was nicknamed Seishun no Esperanza (“Youth Esperanza”), due to his gutsy and hopeful rookie antics.

The place he was raised was Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Japan.

Nobuhiko Takada Net Worth

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

He was a renowned wrestler who was a part of The Universal Wrestling Federation.

In the wake of wrestling as well as MMA He began an acting career in film.

Nobuhiko Takada (Japanese: 高田伸彦 , ring name: 高田 延彦) (born April 12, 1962) is a Japanese former mixed martial artist, retired professional wrestler and actor. He competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) and Union of Wrestling Forces International (UWFI) in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming one of the highest figures of the “shoot-style” movement.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Nobuhiko Takada height 6 ft 0 in Nobuhiko weight 95 kg & body measurements will update soon.

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As champion, Takada was involved in another different style fight with Koji Kitao, a karate stylist and former grand sumo champion known for his career scandals. Having defeated Yamazaki, Kitao was pitted against Takada at the October 23, 1992 UWFi event. However, discussions over the outcome of the match were difficult, leading to an agreement of a draw. During the match, Takada shot on Kitao, throwing a roundhouse kick which legitimately knocked him out. Like the Berbick situation, it served as a boost for Takada in the eyes of the audience.

Facts & Trivia

Nobuhiko Ranked on the list of most popular MMA Fighter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Nobuhiko Takada celebrates birthday on April 12 of every year.

Takada entered the world of mixed martial arts when he joined the recently founded KRS PRIDE, an event created to host a fight between him and Brazilian jiu-jitsu master Rickson Gracie. The bout had been highly anticiped since Gracie had defeated the UWF-i wrestler Yoji Anjo in 1994, as Takada was still expected to face Rickson in order to restore his late promotion’s reputation. However, although he had been believed to be a strong legitimate wrestler by the Japanese audiences for most of his career, Takada was actually not a trained fighter. He had no experience or background in combat sports or martial arts, and after a grueling 17 years professional wrestling career he was already too away from his physical prime to cultivate his fighting skills. According to Bas Rutten, Takada had been submitted by Brazilian jiu-jitsu white belt practitioners while in a training trip to the Beverly Hills Jiu- Jitsu Club, which deemed him unfit to compete. His placement in the main event scene would also force him to fight only high-level opponents, which included several of the greatest fighters of his generation, like Igor Vovchanchyn, Mark Kerr and Mirko Filipović.