1. Hido is best known for his time with hardcore wrestling federations Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and Wrestling International New Generations.
24 Facts About Hido
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At Odawara Brazing Night in Odawara, Takayama developed himself as a villain by shortening his given name to "Hido", but lost to Takashi Okano.
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Hido began feuding with Yukihiro Kanemura, which culminated in a loser leaves W*ING street fight on February 15,1994, which Hido lost, forcing him to leave W*ING.
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Hido's debut match was a six-man tag team match with W*ING members Hideki Hosaka and Mitsuhiro Matsunaga against FMW's Koji Nakagawa, Battle Ranger Z and Masato Tanaka, which W*ING won.
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Hido mainly competed as a mid-carder and was usually utilized in tag team matches alongside W*ING members while losing in singles competition.
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Hido picked up his first win in a singles match in FMW on April 24,1995 against Gosaku Goshogawara.
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Hido began getting more wins against lower-tier wrestlers of the company but failed to win against more established wrestlers.
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Hido participated in the Young Spirit Tournament to promote the younger generation of FMW which would lead the company after the company's ace Atsushi Onita retired from wrestling.
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Hido scored only four points with two wins against Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda, while losing to Hideki Hosaka, W*ING Kanemura and Masato Tanaka.
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Hido participated in a tournament to crown the inaugural Independent Heavyweight Champion, losing to Super Leather in the quarter-final.
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The group began feuding with FMW and Hido turned villain as a result.
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On January 7,1998, Gannosuke, Kanemura and Hido lost a street fight to ZEN's Atsushi Onita, Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda at ZEN's first promoted show.
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At 9th Anniversary Show, Hido picked up a major win by defeating ZEN member and former ally Hideki Hosaka.
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Hido defeated Takeshi Ono in the quarter-final and Masao Orihara in the final before losing to eventual winner Mr Gannosuke in the semi-final.
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Orihara and Ono left TNR due to their differences with the group and Gedo and Hido defeated Orihara and Ono on January 5,1999.
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Hido teamed with Yukihiro Kanemura to participate in a round robin tournament for the vacant Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship and ended the tournament by losing all the matches.
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Hido continued to compete with TNR against FMW throughout the year.
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At 10th Anniversary Show, Hido faced karateka Willie Williams in a different style fight, losing via knockout in the second round.
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Hido travelled to United States and worked for Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, debuting for the promotion against Sabu in a losing effort at No Blood, No Guts, No Glory on May 12,2001.
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Hido participated in the promotion's King of the Deathmatch Tournament by defeating Bull Pain in the first round and then he was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to injury, thus forfeiting his quarter-final match against Corporal Robinson.
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Hido feuded with Necro Butcher during his tour in IWA-MS.
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Four days later, Hido lost a Loser Leaves IWA Mid-South match to Butcher, forcing him to leave the promotion and vacate the title.
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Hido returned to Japan in 2002 and became a freelancer, working on several independent promotions.
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Hido became semi-retired in 2008 by reducing his matches per year.