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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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