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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1988-08-04)August 4, 1988 (age 37)[3] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bima Soma Takao[1] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[2] |
| Billed weight | 172 lb (78 kg) |
| Trained by | DDT Dojo Wrestling University |
| Debut | 2009 |
Soma Takao (高尾蒼馬,Takao Sōma) is aJapaneseprofessional wrestler, working for the Japaneseprofessional wrestling promotionDDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT).[4] Takao has taken part in every edition of DDT's flagship annual event,Peter Pan, where he had a series of 13 straight victories.
Takao made hisprofessional wrestling debut forDDT Pro-Wrestling atRyōgoku Peter Pan on August 23, 2009, where he teamed up withKeisuke Ishii and Yukihiro Abe to defeat Gota Ihashi,Shigehiro Irie, and Tomokazu Taniguchi in asix-man tag team match.[5] He participated in one of the longest matches in professional wrestling history, a108-man battle royal atTenka Sanbun no Kei: New Year's Eve Special, a cross-over event held betweenBig Japan Pro Wrestling,DDT andKaientai Dojo from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such asGreat Kojika,Taka Michinoku,Kenny Omega,Abdullah Kobayashi,[6] and the winner of the match,Jun Kasai.[7] He is known for his tenure with otherpromotions such asIce Ribbon, where he worked his latest match on May 29, 2020 atIce Ribbon Hiragi Kurumi 20th Birthday And Debut 10th Anniversary ~ Walnut Anniversary, where he teamed up withHiragi Kurumi in a losing effort to Mochi Miyagi and Shigehiro Irie in anintergender tag team match.[8] Takao won theAJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship atRyōgoku Peter Pan 2016, another cross-over event held by DDT andAll Japan Pro Wrestling from August 28, 2016, where he defeatedHikaru Sato.[9] On May 4, 2019, Takao worked a match forWWNLive, atWWNLive Mercury Rising, where he teamed up with fellowDamnation stable membersDaisuke Sasaki andTetsuya Endo to defeat The Skulk (Adrian Alanis,A. R. Fox andLeon Ruff).[10] Takao worked forDragon Gate as well, in another cross-over event also hosted by DDT, theDragon Gate/DDT Dramatic Dream Gate Returns from June 5, 2012, where he teamed up withSanshiro Takagi to defeat Kotoka andMasaaki Mochizuki.[11]
Takao had hisLuchas de apuestas match atDDT Into The Fight 2011 on February 27, where he defeated Hikaru Sato in ahair vs hair match.[12] He was one of the inauguralKO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions alongside Keisuke Ishii and Shigehiro Irie as part of the Team Dream Futures stable after defeating Team Shiro (Akito,Makoto Oishi and Sanshiro Takagi) in the finals of a four-team tournament which culminated atOsaka 24 Ward Tour: Nishi Ward on January 12, 2013.[13] He is also a formerKO-D Tag Team Champion, title which he won by teaming up with one of his stablemates from Damnation, Daisuke Sasaki atInto The Fight 2019, on March 21, after defeating Moonlight Express (Mike Bailey andMao).[14] The actual first time when he won the titles was atDDT Judgement 2012 on March 11, where he teamed up with former fellow New World Japan stable member Sanshiro Takagi to defeat Crying Wolf (Yuji Hino andYasu Urano).[15] Takao is a former multiple timeIronman Heavymetalweight Champion, lastly winning it in the first day of theD-Oh Grand Prix 2019 In Shin-Kiba, on December 7, 2018, where he defeated Tetsuya Endo in a match of the tournament's block B.[16]
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soma Takao (hair) | Hikaru Sato (hair) | Tokyo, Japan | Into The Fight 2011 | February 27, 2011 | [22][23] |
