Time for some random Take-chan facts!
He debuted August 18th 2012 against El Generico.
His birthday is May 29th, 1995. A Gemini.
He's billed as being 6'2", 230 lbs.
He won the KO-D Openweight Championship on his 21st birthday. His opponent was Daisuke Sasaki.
His first kiss was from Danshoku Dieno at a show he attended in 2007. (Dieno gives random kisses to young guys in the crowd. š
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He is an avid gamer and has streamed in the past (his channel is on a Japanese streaming platform and there are none in English, so I never linked it here.)
His favorite American wrestler when he was younger was HBK, Shawn Michaels. He quotes "Sexy Boy" often. His early gear had a Back To The Future type design on one side, and hearts on the other, which you can assume was inspired by HBK's old gear.
His best friend is Chris Brookes, a wrestler from the UK.
The first time he and Chris talked, they were on the DDT bus and Chris had gotten a cold after arriving in Japan. Take suggested some medicine, then actually bought him some from the conbini. (Always a little sweetie!)
His stablemate, Yuki Ueno, was a classmate before they became wrestlers.
He's been in 3 stables: Happy Motel, All Out, and The 37Kamiina (current.)
Take and Tetsuya Endo defeated The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) to win the tag team title in DDT. Video:
Kenny Omega called Takeshita "The Future of DDT." Take had the words "The Future" on most of his gear throughout his career. When he says another wrestler is the future, it isn't just a nice thing to say, it's an extremely high compliment coming from him.
He debuted at 17 years old. He was recently very moved seeing Nick Wayne, 17, starting his career at the same age.
He fought Hiroshi Tanahashi at 19 in a cross-promotional match between DDT and NJPW.
He is the only person to receive Tokyo Sports Magazine's rookie of the year while still in high school.
He wrote his graduation thesis on the German Suplex. He included many examples of variations used by different wrestlers and the mechanics of the move. It was 20 pages and, yes, he got an A.
His rival in DDT is Tetsuya Endo. They were in Happy Motel together until Take faced Endo for a title. Afterwards, Endo turned on Take and joined the Damnation stable. They've been at odds ever since, and it keeps DDT interesting š
One of Take's first matches in AEW wasn't aired. It was a 10 man tag match at The House Always Wins. Take was on a team with Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, and Michael Nakazawa.
He also fought 2 matches on AEW's Dark YouTube shows before returning to Japan.
At one of DDT's shows, the wrestlers cosplayed WWE guys. Take was "The NishinariTaker" (The Undertaker.)
DDT has also had some matches where the boys became girls š Meet Keiko Takeshita Jr.
His love of restaurants is not new. One of his captions on a DDT show said that he loved a restaurant so much that he wanted to be in their TV ad.
In a Rojo match that happened inside a store, I saw this man pick a watermelon out, stand in line, pay for it, then drop a man on it headfirst.
He competed in a bodybuilding contest a few years ago. Right after is when he totally started to transform into whatever Greek God he is now š
He said that he and Eddie Kingston are friends backstage. They drink and watch old Japanese wrestling matches together. He said sometimes there will be 20 or 30 wrestlers gathered around the TV watching.
He has an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch scheduled against Atsushi Onita in September. Right after it was announced, Eddie announced his against Jericho. Take's giving people ideas š
Dax is also his drinking buddy. They drink tequila together.
He recommended Andrew the Giant, an indy wrestler from DPW, to DDT. Andrew debuted there in an amazing match, tagging with Chris Brookes against Shunma and MAO of Take's stable. The 37kamiina. Takeshita and Andrew had a match against each other in DPW August 6th.
He has a submission hold called the Plus Ultra. Yes, he's an anime fan.
He refers to himself as a "big baby."
His favorite English karaoke song is Change The World by Eric Clapton. He also loves I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys.
He once mentioned his brother attending a school club function and that he had never really did anything with clubs when he was in school. This boy truly trained his whole life for this career.
Although fans here think he's innocent, I assure you, he is not. There is NO shame in this man's game. I'm not even going to type this one. See for yourself š
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And on that note, I'll end this post. š
I may do another later, if the page continues to grow and more people are curious about Take-chan.
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