Shunji Takano was born on February 16,1964 and is a Japanese former professional wrestler and actor, whose artistic alias is Ken Takano.
14 Facts About Shunji Takano
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Shunji Takano's father was a black American Marine who belonged to the Iwakuni base, and has become a promising boxer.
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Shunji Takano debuted for New Japan Pro-Wrestling on December 8,1981, defeating Fumihiro Niikura.
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In 1983, Shunji Takano went on an excursion to Canada, wrestling for Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling in Calgary.
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In October 1986, Shunji Takano went on an excursion to the United States.
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Shunji Takano's first stop was for Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association in Minneapolis, through Masa Saito's connections, where he wrestled under a mask and went by the name, the Super Ninja.
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In January 1987, Shunji Takano had his first major title match against Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, in which he won by disqualification.
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In July 1987, Shunji Takano won his first championship, the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship with Rip Oliver, with whom he held the titles for nearly two months, before Oliver left the territory, and was replaced by Joey Jackson, who Shunji Takano held the titles for nearly two months with, before finally losing them to The Southern Rockers.
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The Calgary Hurricanes continued to feud with the other groups through September 1986, with Shunji Takano mostly appearing in tag team and six man tag matches with fellow Hurricanes members.
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Shunji Takano returned to AJPW in February 1988 touring in North America, and by that time, his stock was beginning to rise.
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On SWS's pre-launch show on September 29,1990, a one-night singles tournament took place, in which Shunji Takano defeated Fumihiro Niikura and Kendo Nagasaki, before losing to his older brother George in the semi-finals.
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When SWS officially launched the promotion on October 18,1990, Shunji Takano teamed with his brother George for the one-night tag team tournament, in which they defeated Isao Takagi and Yoshiaki Yatsu in the semi-finals and Genichiro Tenryu and The Great Kabuki in the finals.
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Shunji Takano voiced characters in japanese such as Gary Daniels in Rage from 1995 and Fatman in Spriggan from 1998.
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Shunji Takano released a single named Ultra Bazooka through King Records in 1999.