28 Facts About Masahiro Takanashi

Masahiro Takanashi is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Masa Takanashi.

Masahiro Takanashi is known for his work in women's wrestling promotion Ice Ribbon, where he performed under the ring name Ribbon Masahiro Takanashi and became a one-time International Ribbon Tag Team and Triangle Ribbon Champion.

Masahiro Takanashi was first trained in professional wrestling by Ultimo Dragon at his Ultimo Dragon Gym.

From August 19 to September 6,2003, Masahiro Takanashi wrestled several exhibition matches for DDT, before making his official debut for the promotion on September 14, where he, now working under the shortened ring name Masa Masahiro Takanashi, was defeated by Super Uchu Power.

From April to May 2005, Masahiro Takanashi represented DDT in Kaientai Dojo's K-Metal League, where he failed to make it to the finals.

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In January 2006, Masahiro Takanashi was, in storyline, brought under the spell of Poison Sawada Julie and turned into a human snake.

Masahiro Takanashi then entered a battle royal, where he lost the title to Natsuki?Head, before regaining it from Mikami and then losing it to Mecha Mummy.

Also in 2006, Masahiro Takanashi made his debut for El Dorado Wrestling, where he worked alongside his Ultimo Dragon Gym training partners as King Pocota.

The character then moved to DDT, where he was renamed Poco Masahiro Takanashi and won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship two more times, each time holding the title less than a day.

Masahiro Takanashi wrestled his return match on June 19,2011, and before the end of the month, won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship for the eleventh time.

Later that same event, Masahiro Takanashi used his contract, after Sanshiro Takagi had defeated Danshoku Dino to win the KO-D Openweight Championship, and defeated him to become the new champion.

Later that same day, Masahiro Takanashi made a special appearance for Pro Wrestling Noah, facing former training partner Taiji Ishimori in a losing effort.

Masahiro Takanashi responded by announcing that he was forming his own stable with Toru Owashi and Yuji Hino and going after Los Calientes.

Masahiro Takanashi returned to title contention on June 13,2013, when he unsuccessfully challenged Kenny Omega for the DDT Extreme Championship.

Ten days later, Masahiro Takanashi took part in a nine-man battle royal, during which he won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship from Gorgeous Matsuno for the twelfth time, only to lose it to Tomomitsu Matsunaga nine seconds later.

On January 13,2014, Masahiro Takanashi won a four-way match to earn the right to challenge for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship whenever and wherever he wanted.

Masahiro Takanashi used the right later that same event, surprising DDT Triple Crown Champion Harashima with a schoolboy after his match to become the new Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion.

Early on in the match, Masahiro Takanashi lost the title to Tomomitsu Matsunaga, but later came back to defeat Yasu Urano, regain the title and leave the match as the reigning champion.

However, following the match, Masahiro Takanashi revealed that he and Emi Sakura had tricked DDT General Manager Amon Tsurumi into signing a contract making him the number one contender, regardless of the result of the match.

However, after Kudo captured the KO-D Openweight Championship later in the main event, Masahiro Takanashi announced he would not be betraying his "brother" and using the contract.

Masahiro Takanashi received another shot at the title on August 23 at Ryogoku Peter Pan 2015, but was this time defeated by Antonio Honda.

On January 3,2016, Masahiro Takanashi was named the number one contender to the KO-D Openweight Championship, after pinning Harashima in a six-man tag team match.

On October 15,2006, Masahiro Takanashi, working under the ring name Ribbon Masahiro Takanashi, made his debut for the newly founded women's professional wrestling promotion, Ice Ribbon, teaming with Makoto in a losing effort against the team of Choun Shiryu and Riho.

Masahiro Takanashi has wrestled for the promotion regularly ever since, becoming the only male wrestler to hold a regular spot in its roster, while helping Emi Sakura in training wrestlers for the promotion.

On July 29,2008, Masahiro Takanashi won his first title in Ice Ribbon, when he, working under his transvestite character Masako Masahiro Takanashi, teamed with Chounko to defeat Etsuko Mita and Makoto for the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship, with the two becoming the first male wrestlers to have held the title.

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Later that day, after title changes involving Remi Nagano and Hikari Minami, Masahiro Takanashi regained the title from Sakura and returned to DDT with it.

Masahiro Takanashi made his first title defense on January 4,2012, at Shinshun Ribbon, defeating Miyako Matsumoto and Yasu Urano.

Masahiro Takanashi then began working regularly for Emi Sakura's new Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling promotion.