Tadashi Takagi, better known by his ring name Sanshiro Takagi, is a Japanese professional wrestler.
14 Facts About Sanshiro Takagi
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Sanshiro Takagi is known in Dramatic Dream Team and around the micro-indy scene for his hilarious promos and natural charisma as well as his extensive use of comedy in his matches.
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Sanshiro Takagi is the president of DDT and has worked as the chief executive officer of Wrestle-1.
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Sanshiro Takagi became the new president of Pro Wrestling Noah when CyberAgent purchased the company.
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Sanshiro Takagi was trained by Goro Tsurumi and started at his International Pro Wrestling revival promotion, IWA Kakuto Shijuku.
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Soon Sanshiro Takagi broke off, seeing that IWAKS's limited exposure would only limit him to be an independent wrestler, in 1997 he formed DDT, which not only would promote in Tokyo, but be based on the entertainment wrestling kingpin of the day, World Wrestling Entertainment.
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Since then Sanshiro Takagi's show has acquired a cult following as a good version of American-style entertainment wrestling.
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Sanshiro Takagi has made appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling, but prefers to remain his own man and his own promoter.
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On May 5,2015, Sanshiro Takagi was announced as the new chief executive officer of Wrestle-1.
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Sanshiro Takagi continued serving as the president of DDT, while being involved with Wrestle-1's management.
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In March 2017, Wrestle-1 underwent a change in management, which led to Sanshiro Takagi assuming the new role of an advisor, from which he resigned the following September.
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On July 15,2019, at Wrestle Peter Pan 2019, Sanshiro Takagi won the inaugural O-40 Championship by defeating Super Sasadango Machine.
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On January 30,2020 Sanshiro Takagi became new president of Pro Wrestling Noah and commented that Mitsuharu Misawa once saved DDT when he gave chances to DDT wrestlers to perform at Noah events and he wanted to rise both DDT and Noah as world class promotions.
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Sanshiro Takagi's wife is Kayako Takagi, who actually helped him out backstage and on-screen in DDT storylines in 2004.