Billed height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Name Sanshiro Takagi Billed weight 95 kg (209 lb) Role Professional wrestler | Trained by Mitsuhiro Matsunaga Spouse Kayako Takagi Debut February 16, 1995 | |
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Ring name(s) Dai Kotei SanshiroNagachika NaritaSanshiro TakagiUp Up Machine Billed from Freedom Hill, Nagoya, Japan | ||
Sanshiro takagi vs munenori sawa ddt pro wrestling 2009 06 28
Sanshiro Takagi (高木 三四郎, Takagi Sanshirō, born January 13, 1970 in Toyonaka, Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler. Takagi plays a parody of Stone Cold Steve Austin of World Wrestling Federation fame.
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- Career
- Personal life
- In wrestling
- Championships and accomplishments
- References
He is known in Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) and around the micro-indy scene for his hilarious promos and natural charisma as well as his extensive use of comedy in his matches. He is the president of DDT and has also worked as the chief executive officer of Wrestle-1.
Career
Sanshiro Takagi was trained by Goro Tsurumi and started at his International Pro Wrestling revival promotion, IWA Kakuto Shijuku. Soon, however, Takagi broke off, seeing that IWAKS's limited exposure would only limit him to be an independent wrestler, in 1997 he formed DDT (Dramatic Dream Team), which not only would promote in Tokyo (as opposed to Tsurumi's Chigasaki, Kanagawa base), but also be based on the entertainment wrestling kingpin of the day, World Wrestling Entertainment. Since then Takagi's show has acquired a cult following as a good version of American-style entertainment wrestling. Takagi has also made appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling, but prefers to remain his own man and his own promoter.
On May 5, 2015, Takagi was announced as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Wrestle-1. He also continued serving as the president of DDT, while being involved with Wrestle-1's management. Starting on April 1, 2017, Takagi will serve in the role of an advisor to new president Kaz Hayashi. In March 2017, Wrestle-1 underwent a change in management, which led to Takagi assuming the new role of an advisor, from which he resigned the following September.
On September 1, 2017, DDT was sold to the CyberAgent company. Takagi retained his position as the company's president.
Personal life
His wife is Kayako Takagi, who actually helped him out backstage and on-screen in DDT storylines in 2004.