Nobuhiko Takada

Japanese professional wrestler

髙田延彦 · 高田延彥 · 다카다 노부히코

Born

12 April 1962, Yokohama

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

mixed martial arts, professional wrestling

Occupation

professional wrestler, mixed martial arts fighter, tarento, actor

Height

185 cm (6 ft 1 in)

Team / club

Takada Dōjō

Nobuhiko Takada (Japanese: 高田伸彦, ring name: 高田 延彦) (born April 12, 1962) is a Japanese former mixed martial artist, retired professional wrestler, actor, and writer. He competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) and the Union of Wrestling Forces International (UWFI) in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming one of the highest figures of the "shoot-style" movement.

Takada later turned to mixed martial arts (MMA) where, despite his controversial match fixing ventures and lack of competitive success, he was credited with the existence and development of global MMA promotion Pride Fighting Championships, in which he worked as an executive after his retirement from active competition until its closure. He also founded and starred at the sports entertainment professional wrestling promotion Hustle from 2004 to 2009, and worked as an executive for the Rizin Fighting Federation from 2015 to 2023.

Awards and honours

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

Teachers

• Antonio Inoki
• Karl Gotch

Students

• Kazushi Sakuraba
• Daijiro Matsui
• Kiyoshi Tamura
• Yūkō Miyato

External links

• Wikipedia
• Sherdog
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q1188451 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.