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Great Kabuki
Nickname: Mystery of the Orient
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 240 lbs
From: Singapore, Japan
Birthday: Sep 8th
Pro Debut: October 31, 1964
Aliases: Akihisha Takachiho, Professor Takachiho, Takachiho, Yoshina Sato, Hito Togo, Rising Sun # 1, Mr. Sato, Hito Tojo, Yoshino Sato, Takuchiho, Mr. Hito, Mr. Kiyomoto, Mr. Sato, Devil Sato, Akahisha Mera
Feds Worked For: MSW, NWA-West, WCCW, AWA, NWA, WCW, WWF, WWWF, All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Big Time Wrestling (MI), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre (Mexico), Continental Wrestling Association (AL/KY/TN), Dotonbori Pro Wrestling (Japan), Dradition Pro-Wrestling (Japan), Dramatic Dream Team (Japan), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (Japan), Fuyuki Army Promotion (Japan), Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling (Japan), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), International Wrestling Enterprise (Japan), IWA Japan (Japan), Japan Wrestling Association (Japan), Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project (Japan), Kyushu Pro Wrestling (Japan), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), National Wrestling Federation (NJ/NY/OH/PA), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), NWA Big Time Wrestling (CA), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Hollywood (CA), Osaka Pro Wrestling (Japan), Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS (Japan), Pro Wrestling KAGEKI (Japan), Pro Wrestling Land's End (Japan), Pro Wrestling NOAH (Japan), Social Pro Wrestling Federation (Japan), Pro Wrestling ZERO1 (Japan), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), STYLE-E Pro Wrestling (Japan), Super Pro Wrestling (NY/PA), Super World Sports (Japan), Tenryu Project (Japan), Tokyo Gurentai (Japan), Tokyo Pro Wrestling (Japan), Toryumon Japan (Japan), Union of Professional Wrestling Force International (Japan), World Championship Wrestling (Australia), World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (Japan), Wrestle Association-R (Japan), WRESTLE-1 (Japan)
Finisher: Thrust Kick
Signature Moves: Nerve Hold, Spraying Mist, Uppercut, Fist Drop, Oriental Claw
Career Highlights: AJPW/JWA All Asia Tag Team Champion (w/ Samson Kutsuwada)
-AJPW Tag Team Champion (w/ Jumbo Tsuruta)
-JWA United National Champion
-MSW Louisiana Champion
-NWA American Champion
-NWA Central States Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Pak Song, Karl Kox, and Rufus R. Jones)
-NWA (Detroit) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Mitsu Arakawa)
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (2x; w/ Mr. Saito)
-NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team Champion (3x; all w/ Mr. Saito)
-NWA (Los Angeles) Beat the Champ Television Champion
-NWA Mid-America Champion
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Champion
-NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Champion (2x)
-NWA (Texas) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Chang Chung)
-NWA (Toronto) Television Champion
-NWA Western States Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Ricky Romero and Mr. Sato)
-NWF Tag Team Champions (w/ Mitsu Arakawa)
-WCCW All-Asian Champion
-WCCW All-Asian Tag team champion (w/ Magic Dragon)
-WCCW World Television Champion
-WCW Austra-Asian Tag Team Champion (w/ Hiro Tojo)
Affiliates: Daikokubo Benkei, Mr. Saito, Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta, Samson Kutsuwada, Mitsu Arakawa, Shiro Koshinaka, Genichiro Tenryu, Kengo Kimura, Takashi Ishikawa, Magic Dragon, Masanobu Fuchi, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Rusher Kimura, Gary Hart, Hiroshi Wajima, Akitoshi Saito, Masashi Aoyagi, Kazuo Sakurada, Mighty Inoue, Shin'ichi Nakano, Akio Sato, John Tenta, Mitsuharu Misawa, Akira Taue, Pak Song, Karl Kox, The Great Muta, Percival Pringle III, Tim Brooks, J. J. Dillon, Michael Hayes, Arman Hussein, Sunshine, Tojo Yamamoto, Chang Chung, Ricky Romero, Hiro Tojo, Skandar Akbar, Rising Sun
Notable Feuds: Motoshi Okuma, Great Kojika, Genichiro Tenryu, Haruka Eigen, Kodo Fuyuki, Goro Tsurumi, Jimmy Valiant, Toshiaki Kawada, Ashura Hara, Masio Koma, Mitsu Hirai, Rusher Kimura, Takashi Ishikawa, Kotetsu Yamamoto, Masayuki Fujii, Mike Graham, Jerry Brisco, Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu, Abdullah the Butcher, Kerry Von Erich, Steve Keirn, Kazuo Sakurada, Kantaro Hoshino, The Fabulous Freebirds, Ushinosuke Hayashi, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Kevin Von Erich, Masanobu Fuchi, Tiger Jeet Singh, Bob Brown, Rufus R. Jones, Kim Duk, Hiroshi Hase, Bugsy McGraw, Keiji Muto, Jack Brisco, Umanosuke Ueda, Gantetsu Matsuoka, AKIRA, Masahiro Chono, Mitsuharu Misawa, Al Madril, Shigeo Okumura, Dick Murdoch, Masao Ito, Takashi Iizuka, Osamu Kido, Stan Hansen, Munenori Higo, Dusty Rhodes, Shin'ichi Nakano, Mark Lewin, Mil Máscaras, David Von Erich, Kintaro Oki, Bruiser Brody, Matti Suzuki, Katsuji Adachi, Hiro Saito, Masao Orihara, Animal Hamaguchi, Chris Adams, Scott Casey
Other Facts: -Began wrestling in Japan Wrestling Association as Akihisha Takachiho. Adopted The Great Kabuki gimmick in WCCW in the early 1980's.
-When The Great Muta debuted in the US, it was reported that The Great Kabuki was his father
-Was one of the first wrestlers to spray mist from his mouth
-Had a pre-match ritual of showing his skills with the nunchucks that intimidated most opponents.
-Former member of Revolution
-Former member of Heisei Ishingun
-Former member of the Japanese Connection
-Owns a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan. He is now semi-retired and works behind the scenes for New Japan Pro Wrestling
-Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2020
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Spotlight in History
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- 1986 Bruiser Brody def. Rick Rude for the WCCW Television Champion
- 1987 The Lightning Express (Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner) def. Rick Steiner & Sting for the UWF Tag Team Champions
- 1996 The Bad Boyz (Krull Danzig & Brett Knight) def. The Texas Outlaws (Bobby Burns & Dan Wilder) for the WWEmp Tag Team Champions
- 2008 El Super Colibri def. Tim Rockwell for the ComPro Oklahoma X Division Champion
- 2008 Michael York def. Brett Taylor for the SECW Light Heavyweight Champion
- 2008 Michael York became the SECW Eastern Oklahoma Champion
- 2009 Kevin Morgan became the AWFUL Heavyweight Champion
- 2014 The Sexy Camachos (Angel Camacho & Roberto Camacho & Vinnie Camacho) def. Team Bull (The Bronze Bull & Bobby Starr) for the IZW Tag Team Champions
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- 05-12 2002 Rocco Valentino became the OCW Oklahoma Television Champion
- 05-12 2012 The New Era [2nd] (Richie Adams & Goldeneye) def. The Dramatic Athletes (Jake McCoy & X-Cal) for the ComPro Tag Team Champions
- 05-12 2012 Venus became the IZW Queens Champion
- 05-12 2013 The Canadian Red Devil def. Bobby Starr for the MSWA Oklahoma Champion
- 05-12 2013 Impact, Inc. (Jermaine Johnson & Jordan Jacobs) def. Shawn Sanders & Tyson Jaymes for the MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion
- 05-12 2018 Garrett Murphy became the NAW Lightweight Champion
- 05-12 2018 Big Smooth def. Dusty Gold for the NAW Heavyweight Champion
- 05-12 2018 Brayden def. Kareem Sadat for the BCW Independent Hardcore Champion
- 05-12 2018 Gavin Dixon def. Mikey [2nd] for the BCW Heavyweight Champion
- 05-12 2023 Ronnie Morton def. Red James for the RDW Brass Knucks Champion
- 05-13 1979 Wahoo McDaniel def. The Spoiler for the WCCW American Heavyweight Champion
- 05-13 1984 Magnum T. A. def. Mr. Wrestling II for the MSW North American Heavyweight Champion
- 05-13 2006 Justin Lee def. Gary Gram for the NWA-U X Division Champion
- 05-13 2012 Les Mayne became the MSWA Oklahoma Champion
- 05-13 2016 Terry Montana & Mighty Mouse def. Dynamic Shields (Justin Dynamic & Shawn Shields) for the ComPro Tag Team Champions
- 05-13 2017 Sam Stackhouse def. Drake Gallows for the BCW Buzzsaw Champion
- 05-13 2017 Garrett Murphy def. Anarchy [2nd] for the NAW Lightweight Champion
- 05-13 2023 Lunchador def. Dr. Corvus for the WAH Hunger Dojo Champion
- 05-13 2023 Rush Freeman became the WAH Heavyweight Champion
- 05-13 2023 The Psychotic Messengers (Tank Bryson & Malachi) def. Dark Forces (San La Muerte & Reese) for the WAH Tag Team Champions
- 05-14 1975 John Tolos def. Al Madril for the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion
- 05-14 1975 Danny Miller def. Skandor Akbar for the TSW North American Champion
- 05-14 2004 Butch Dalton def. Jon Davis for the TPW Heavyweight Champion
- 05-14 2004 Devon Monroe def. Mitch Carter for the TPW Light Heavyweight Champion
- 05-14 2005 John O'Malley became the IZW Hardcore Champion
- 05-14 2005 Impact Inc. (John Zorthos & Bernie Donderwitz) became the IZW Tag Team Champions
- 05-15 1959 Mike DiBiase def. Dory Funk for the TSW Oklahoma Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 05-15 1962 Bull Curry def. Jack Dalton [1st] for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
- 05-15 2010 X-Rated (Kevin James Sanchez & Bobby Star) def. Rick Russo for the SWCW Tag Team Champions
- 05-15 2010 Jonathan Cross def. Anarchy [2nd] for the UWE Heavyweight Champion
- 05-15 2015 Charlie Haas def. Jerome Daniels for the NWA-TXO Heavyweight Champion
- 05-15 2021 Killbane def. The Canadian Red Devil for the NCWO Oklahoma Champion
- 05-16 1981 Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton def. Akbar Army (Jerry Brown & Ron McFarlane) for the TSW Tag Team Champions
- 05-16 1983 Chris Adams def. Terry Gordy for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
- 05-16 2009 Impact, Inc. (Johnny Z & Bernie D) became the IZW Tag Team Champions
- 05-16 2015 The K. C. Wolves (Graham Bell & Luke Langley) def. Team Bull (Aaron Neil & Bobby Starr) for the IZW Tag Team Champions
- 05-16 2015 Clint Cassidy def. Mr. Nasty for the UWE United States Champion
- 05-16 2015 Brett Stopp def. Fuel for the UWE Heavyweight Champion
- 05-16 2015 Anarchy [2nd] def. Brett Stopp for the UWE Heavyweight Champion
- 05-17 1965 Bull Curry def. Karl Kox for the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
- 05-17 1986 Bruiser Brody def. Rick Rude for the WCCW Television Champion
- 05-17 1987 The Lightning Express (Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner) def. Rick Steiner & Sting for the UWF Tag Team Champions
- 05-17 1996 The Bad Boyz (Krull Danzig & Brett Knight) def. The Texas Outlaws (Bobby Burns & Dan Wilder) for the WWEmp Tag Team Champions
- 05-17 2008 El Super Colibri def. Tim Rockwell for the ComPro Oklahoma X Division Champion
- 05-17 2008 Michael York def. Brett Taylor for the SECW Light Heavyweight Champion
- 05-17 2008 Michael York became the SECW Eastern Oklahoma Champion
- 05-17 2009 Kevin Morgan became the AWFUL Heavyweight Champion
- 05-17 2014 The Sexy Camachos (Angel Camacho & Roberto Camacho & Vinnie Camacho) def. Team Bull (The Bronze Bull & Bobby Starr) for the IZW Tag Team Champions
- 05-18 1970 Boris Malenko def. Mil Mascaras for the WCCW American Heavyweight Champion
- 05-18 1973 Jose Lothario def. Blackjack Mulligan for the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion
- 05-18 1979 Mark Lewin became the WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
- 05-18 1984 Gino Hernandez def. Jimmy Garvin for the WCCW American Heavyweight Champion
- 05-18 2007 Lonnie Valdez & Epic became the ACW Tag Team Champions
- 05-18 2013 The P.I.N.K. Nation (Ray Martinez & Tommy Toops) def. Bobby Burns & Sam Stackhouse (substituting for Psycho Sawyer) for the SRPW Tag Team Champions
- 05-18 2013 B-Arthur became the SRPW Womens Champion
- 05-18 2013 Anarchy [2nd] def. The Mercenary for the UWE Heavyweight Champion
- 05-18 2014 Striker def. Robert Lee for the WFC Hometown Heroes Champion
- 05-18 2019 Skylar Slice def. Erica for the MSWA Ladies Champion
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- Lucas May 24th
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- Gemini [2nd] May 24th
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- Guy Atticus May 25th
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- Dark Journey May 25th
- Dominique Lereaux May 25th
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- Michael Duplanti May 26th
- Justin Adams May 26th
- Tank Bryson May 26th
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- Crucifer May 27th
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- Jim Thorpe May 28th
- Dean Lambert May 28th
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- Psycho Mike May 29th
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- Boss Hardzog May 30th
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Current Champions
Wrestling For a Cause
Prime Champion
Alex Royal
- Heavyweight Champion: Tim Rockwell
- Tag Team Champions: Eddie LeVaughn & Mr. Nasty
- Hometown Heroes Champion: Wesley Crane
