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Taka Michinoku

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Japanese professional wrestler (born 1973)

Taka Michinoku
Michinoku in February 2017
Personal information
BornTakao Yoshida
(1973-10-26)October 26, 1973 (age 52)
Morioka, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Pepe Michinoku
Piza Michinoku
Taka
Taka Michinoku
Takako Michinoku
Billed height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Billed weight201 lb (91 kg)
Trained byThe Great Sasuke
Gran Hamada
DebutSeptember 4, 1992

Takao Yoshida (吉田 貴男,Yoshida Takao) (born October 26, 1973), better known by hisring nameTaka Michinoku (TAKAみちのく) (stylized asTAKA Michinoku), is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler,trainer, and formermixed martial artist. He primarily appears forNew Japan Pro-Wrestling. He was a member ofSuzuki-gun from 2011 until its disbandment in 2022. He was then a member ofJust 5 Guys from 2023 until its disbandment in 2025. He established the promotionJTO in 2019.

Michinoku became known in North America for his work for the WWF (nowWWE), where he was the inaugaralWWF Light Heavyweight Champion. He is the founder and former head of Kaientai Dojo (nowActive Advance Pro Wrestling), where he also primarily wrestled until 2019. Having held championship titles all aroud Asia, Europe, and North America, he is known for his long title reigns.

Michinoku held the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Title for a combined duration of more than 15 months, the WWF Light Heavyweight Title for a record-setting 10 months, and the WEW Six-Man Tag Team Title for almost a year. He held theWorld Junior Heavyweight Championship, Michinoku ProTohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship, and Kaientai DojoStrongest-K Championship simultaneously for almost 10 months.

Early life

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Takao Yoshida was born inMorioka[1] on October 26, 1973.[2][3][4]

Professional wrestling career

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Early career (1992-1997)

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Yoshida was trained byThe Great Sasuke andGran Hamada.[5] He adopted thering nameTaka Michinoku out of respect for The Great Sasuke,[6][7] who was the owner ofMichinoku Pro Wrestling and had also used "Michinoku" as part of his ring name.[8] He debuted at a Wrestling International New Generations and Michinoku Pro Wrestling joint event on September 4, 1992,[2][3][4] teaming up with The Great Sasuke in a losing effort againstSuper Delfin andTerry Boy. He would later move to Federacion Universal De Lucha Libre and debuted by teaming with Buffalo Chohe to defeatMongolian Yuga andShiryu. He debuted forFrontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in a six-man tag team match atSummer Spectacular in 1993 and would primarily compete at MPW, UWF, and FMW in his early career.[9]

His debut forNew Japan Pro-Wrestling came duringSuper J-Cup 1994 and was eliminated from the competition in the first round byBlack Tiger. He competed inBest of the Super Juniors 1994 and only gained two points therefore losing the tournament. He also went up againstSuper Delfin for theCMLL World Welterweight Championship and had a J-Crown Title #1 Contendership match withKoji Kanemoto, both of which he lost.[10]

Michinoku's first title reign came in the form of theFMW Independent Junior Heavyweight Championship, which he won by defeatingKoji Nakagawa on May 5, 1996. He would lose the title toEl Satanico after holding the title for one year and one month and defeating fellow young wrestlersMinoru Tanaka,Naohiro Hoshikawa and Hayato Nanjyo, he would later regain the championship two months later. He would vacate the championship to focus on theWWF Light Heavyweight Championship.[10]

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1997, 1999)

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Michinoku made his ECW and American debut on February 14, 1997, in a match where he teamed withDick Togo & Terry Boy to defeatGran Hamada,Gran Naniwa &The Great Sasuke. This three on three feud lasted untilECW Barely Legal 1997Gran Hamada,Masato Yakushiji &The Great Sasuke would defeat the trio. This was also Michinoku's firstpay per view appearance. After this Michinoku left the company to jointhe World Wrestling Federation.[11]

In 1999 Michinoku would return at ECWCyberslam 1999 defeatingPapi Chulo. He also wrestledSuper Crazy atHardcore Heaven 1999. Other matches include two tag matches teaming withYoshihiro Tajiri, a Hardcore Heaven rematch with Super Crazy ending In another victory for Super Crazy, a loss againstJerry Lynn & his last two matches for ECW was in the form of two wins against Mosco de la Merced.[11]

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (1997)

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While competing in ECW and then in WWF, Michinoku also had a spell inCMLL in 1997, competing as atecnico. In that period, two other Japanese wrestlers wrestled inConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, namelyUltimo Dragon andYoshihiro Tajiri. Michinoku fought between the others The Headhunters andVal Venis, at the time using the mask ofSteele. In the summer of 1997, both Taka Michinoku and Yoshihiro Tajiri moved to World Wrestling Federation.

World Wrestling Federation (1997–2001)

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Light Heavyweight Champion (1997–1998)

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He made hisWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF) debut on July 6, 1997, at the WWF pay-per-viewCanadian Stampede losing toThe Great Sasuke but getting a huge reaction from the crowd. He lost a rematch to Sasuke the following night onRaw. Taka was part of the Light Heavyweight division. He was entered in the WWF Light Heavyweight Title Tournament where the winner would become the firstWWF Light Heavyweight Champion, he beatDevon Storm in the quarterfinal,Aguila in the semifinal. On December 7, 1997, Michinoku defeatedBrian Christopher atD-Generation X: In Your House to become the firstWWF Light Heavyweight Champion recognized by the WWF.[11][12] Taka successfully defended the WWF Light Heavyweight Title atNo Way Out of Texas: In Your House againstPantera, atWrestleMania XIV againstAguila and against multiple different opponents on Raw is War andShotgun Saturday Night.[13] After holding the title for more than 10 months, Michinoku lost the title toChristian atJudgment Day: In Your House on October 18.[11][14]

Kaientai (1998–2001)

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Main article:Kai En Tai

Taka started to become "Americanised" and on Raw, he teamed with Bradshaw and segments where shown of Taka and Bradshaw doing generalised and stereotyped American activities. He was attacked by Kai En Tai for unknown reasons, and their alliance with Taka in Japan was not mentioned. Taka began feuding withKai En Tai. Michinoku would team up withBradshaw to take onDick Togo,Mens Teioh &Shoichi Funaki atOver the Edge: In Your House only to be defeated.[11] He would then also team up withThe Headbangers to defeat Togo, Teioh & Funaki atKing of the Ring.[11] With Kai En Tai also feuding withVal Venis the pair teamed up to take on Togo and Funaki in a tag team match, Taka made a swerve, however, by turning against Venis, proclaiming thatMrs. Yamaguchi-San was his sister. Venis was dragged backstage by Kaientai to be castrated, though the audience did not see what happened next. A few weeks later Michinoku was involved in a gauntlet match with Togo, Teioh and Funaki to defeat Venis. Michinoku once again teamed up with Togo, Teioh and Funaki to go against The Oddities (Giant Silva,Golga &Kurrgan) atSummerSlam 1998 only to lose the match. With Kai En Tai in 1998 he had multiple chances to become a champion, going up against Christian andDuane Gill for the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship andX-Pac for theWWF European Championship.[11]

After Togo, Teioh and both Yamaguchis left the WWF, Michinoku and Funaki began wrestling as a tag team using the name Kaientai. They were primarily comedy jobbers, best known for their "Indeed!" skits in which voices in English were dubbed byBruce Prichard into their promos while they badly lip-synced. Their first tag team match together came in the form of a loss to theHardy Boyz. AtWrestleMania 2000 the pair were part of a hardcore battle royal for theWWF Hardcore Championship, Funaki even became the Hardcore champion for a small amount of time however Michinoku never held the title.[11] Taka's biggest venture in WWF came when he challengedTriple H for theWWF Championship on the April 10, 2000 edition ofRaw, coming up short despite interference on his behalf from Funaki and theAcolytes Protection Agency. In 2000 they had a chance to become the number one contenders for theWWF World Tag Team Championship in a number one contendership battle royal in which The APA won. In 2001 Kaientai took on theDudley Boyz for theWWF Tag Team Championship but failed to capture them. In 2000 and 2001 Michinoku had multiple opportunities to become the WWF Light Heavyweight Champion taking onDean Malenko,Jeff Hardy and others. In their last match together Michinoku and Funaki defeatedJustin Credible andRaven on the October 20, 2001 edition ofWWF Jakked.[11] Michinoku suffered a shoulder injury and left the WWF in late 2001.[15]

Kaientai Dojo (2002–2019)

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After departing from the WWF in late 2001[15] Michinoku returned to Japan to rehabilitate a serious shoulder injury.

On May 19, 2002, Michinoku debuted forKaientai Dojo at K-Dojo New Talent Presentation where Michinoku had several matches with four new K-Dojo talents and won all four matches.[16] In June, Michinoku took part in CLUB-K Super Take tournament and would be knocked out byDaigoro Kashiwa. In March 2003, Michinoku teamed up with Mr. X5 to take part inUWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship number one contendership tournament and were eliminated in the second round byMIYAWAKI and Ofune.[17]

On January 10, 2005, Michinoku defeatedKaz Hayashi for theStrongest-K Championship, the highest honor one can achieve in Kaientai Dojo. Michinoku started a feud withKazma, which led to several championship matches between the two where Michinoku would come out on top. He would go on to beat Bambi in the finals of Strongest-K 2005.[17] The beginning of 2006 proved to be a problem for Michinoku as on January 6, 2006, he would lose the Strongest-K Championship to JOE, holding the championship for almost one year and making him the longest Strongest-K Champion up to that point.[17]

However, after losing the championship, a few months later on June 4, 2006, Michinoku teamed up withTOMO Michinoku to beatShiori Asahi andMakoto Oishi to win theWEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship and would lose the championship to Apple Miyuki and YOSHIYA almost a month later on July 8.[17] K-DOJO was separated into two distinct sides, GET and RAVE, which ran separate shows but often joined during large shows and tours and GET was led by Taka Michinoku while RAVE's leader wasHi69. Michinoku participated in the GET block of Strongest-K 2006, Michinoku gained four points and therefore did not progress forward. Michinoku teamed up with TAKU Michinoku to take part in a four-way match for the WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship and lost.[17]

2007 kicked of for Michinoku in the form of a New Year battle royal, which was won by Boso Boy Raito.[17] Michinoku teamed up with Kazma to take part in the GET block part of K-DOJO Tag League 2007, the pair reached the final before being eliminated by Makoto Oishi and Shiori Asahi. After Hi69's departure, Taka Michinoku became commissioner of RAVE and 296 became commissioner of GET. On April 22, 2007, RAVE ran its last show; the two brands merged and now run joint shows. Michinoku would go on to win Strongest-K 2007 after defeatingYuji Hino in the final. With this win, he went on to take on Strongest-K championKengo Mashimo in September and lost.[18]

Michinoku would bounce back from this defeat by teaming up with JOE and defeatedKengo Mashimo and Madoka to become theStrongest-K Tag Team Champions in November.[18] Michinoku and JOE would begin calling themselves Handsome. At the same time Michinoku andDick Togo became theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions forNew Japan Pro-Wrestling and Handsome and Strongest-K Tag Team Championship was put on the back burner somewhat. In the beginning of 2008 Handsome took part in K-DOJO Tag Tag League 2008 and were eliminated in the first round by Kazma and Yuji Hino. During this time, Michinoku and Togo lost their championship and Handsome would compete a lot more because of it.[18] They would defend their championship against other factions such as Omega and Gekirin. However, on June 20, 2008, Handsome would lose the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship to Omega's Kazma and Miyawaki.[18] Handsome would regain the championship a few months later on August 31.[18] They would lose it to Omega once again with Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi defeating them on December 14.[19] Handsome would take part in K-DOJO Tag Team League 2009 but didn't progress further. Michinoku won Strongest-K next challenger tournament and went on to beat Kengo Mashimo to become a two time Strongest-K Champion. Michinoku finally lost the championship to his longtime rival Kazma on October 10, 2009.[19] In late 2009, Handsome went separate ways.[19]

Michinoku teamed up withTaishi Takizawa in K-DOJO Tag League 2010 and reached the final before being eliminated by Daigoro Kashiwa and Kengo Mashimo and would lose to Kengo Mashimo again in Strongest-K 2010.[19] Michinoku would be part of multiple number one contendorship matches for the Strongest-K Championship and also participated in Strongest-K tournament 2011 but lost all.[20] Michinoku and Quiet Storm took on Ryuichi Sekine & Saburo Inematsu in a match for the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship and lost.[20] Michinoku teamed with Kengo Mashimo to become the Strongest-K Tag Team Champions and would go on to win the K-DOJO Tag League 2012.[20] Michinoku and Kengo teamed withIsami Kodaka to become the Chiba 6 Man Tag Team Champions.[21] They would lose the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship to Saburo Inematsu and Yuji Hino. He would lose to Taishi Takizawa in the semifinal of Kaio Tournament.[20] On October 14, 2012, Michinoku celebrated his twentieth anniversary in professional wrestling with a six-man tag team match, where he,Cima andFunaki were defeated by Minoru Suzuki, Nosawa Rongai andTaichi.[22] On April 14, 2013, Michinoku defeatedYuki Sato to win theUWA World Middleweight Championship for the first time.[23] On May 11, he defeated Nanjyo Hayato in a title vs. title match to also win the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship for the third time.[24] Michinoku lost the UWA title to Ryuichi Sekine on August 11.[25] On November 10, he once again became a double champion, when he and Kaji Tomato defeated Kazma Sakamoto and Kengo Mashimo for the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship.[26] They, however, lost the title to Hiroshi Fukuda and Shiori Asahi just six days later.[27] Michinoku and Tomato regained the title from Fukuda and Asahi on January 26, 2014.[28] On March 2, Michinoku and Tomato lost the title to Hiroki and Yuji Hino.[29] On September 6, Michinoku lost the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship toTeppei in his seventeenth title defense.[30] On July 12, 2015, Michinoku won the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship alongside Men's Teioh.[31]

In November 2018, it was revealed Michinoku had maintained an extramarital relationship with a woman for eight years, prompting K-Dojo to fire him and enforce a one-year payment suspension.[32] On January 22, 2019, he left the promotion to work as a freelancer.[33]

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2003–2010, 2017)

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Michinoku debuted forAll Japan Pro Wrestling in August 2003.[34] `He would quickly join the stable calledRoughly Obsess and Destroy (RO&D). He would regularly team up withThe Gladiator andGigantes, which led to Michinoku and Gigantes gaining a shot at theWorld Tag Team Champions Arashi andKeiji Muto on September 6 at AJPW Summer Action Series II.[34] Michinoku would go on to team up withD'Lo Brown to take part inWorld's Strongest Tag Determination League 2003 and gained a total of six points, not enough to progress to the next stage.[34] At AJPW Excite Series 2004, Michinoku took onKaz Hayashi in a match for the vacantWorld Junior Heavyweight Championship, which Hayashi won.[34] On January 10, 2005, Michinoku took on Hayashi in an all or nothing match where the Strongest-K Championship andWorld Junior Heavyweight Championship were on the line and Michinoku won.[35] With this win and many more successes, RO&D would dominate AJPW, which led to an AJPW vs RO&D best of three falls match, which RO&D won.[35] Michinoku teamed up with RO&D honorary member PSYCHO to take part inAll Asia Tag Team Championship tournament and reached the second round before being eliminated byKatsuhiko Nakajima andTomoaki Honma.[35] On October 22, 2005, Michinoku would lose the World Junior Heavyweight Championship toShuji Kondo.[35] Michinoku would team up with RO&D enemy Kaz Hayashi to take part inWorld's Strongest Tag Determination League 2006 but with only five points the pair didn't progress to the next stage.[36] Michinoku gained only four points in theAJPW Junior League 2006 and therefore didn't progress.[36] In late 2006, RO&D disbanded. After RO&D Michinoku participated inWorld's Strongest Tag Determination League 2006 and teamed up with former RO&D memberTaiyo Kea and gained only five points and didn't progress further.[36]

Pepe Michinoku (Taka Michinoku),El Nosawa Mendoza, andMiguel Hayashi Jr formed a team during the AJPWChampion Carnival called Mexico Amigos.[37] El Hijo del Araya Segundo (Nobutaka Araya) joined the team after Six-Man Action between Mexico Amigos and Araya/Fuchi/Hirai at the Carnival's final show. After multiple bouts againstMinoru Suzuki, Nosawa (NOSAWA Rongai) offered Suzuki an invitation into Mexico Amigos, to which he declined. This resulted in the group changing multiple assets. Their name was changed to Mexico Amigos Black, the previous worn Mexican Flag attire became Black and Gold attire, and Nobutaka Araya was kicked out of the group.[37] At the AJPW's December 16, 2007 "Fan Appreciation Day" show, The Mexico Amigos teamed with "Ray Suzuki" and defeated Ryuji Hijikata, Kikutaro, T28 and Ryuji Yamaguchi. After the match, Ray Suzuki revealed himself as Minoru Suzuki and stated the starting next year he would throw his Amigos tights away and return to Nosawa Rongai, then kidnapped him to start early training. This led to Pepe and Miguel stating they would return to Mexico, but Kaz and Taka would return come the new year.[37] After one last "Viva Mexico" Mexico Amigos disbanded.[37]

Between 2008 and 2009, Michinoku would sporadically compete at All Japan, which included Nobutaka Araya retirement show.[37] In 2010, he lost to Kaz Hayashi in a match for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship and would also participate inAJPW Junior League 2010.[37] At AJPW Summer Explosion 2017, Michinoku made his return to AJPW and won the All Asia Tag Team Championship withBlack Tiger VII.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2007–present)

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In the beginning of 2007, Michinoku would team up sporadically at New Japan events with Kaientai Dojo wrestlerDick Togo.[38] On May 2, 2007, Michinoku and Togo would beat tag team legendsGedo and Jado to become the newIWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. The pairing would defend the championships on both New Japan events but also Kaientai events too.[38] Although holding the championships for several months, Michinoku and Togo would rarely compete for New Japan and only wrestled in matches for the championships, however, the pair would still regularly compete for Kaientai Dojo. After several defences against the likes ofKoji Kanemoto andWataru Inoue, the pair finally lost the championships to Control Terrorism Unit membersPrince Devitt andMinoru.[38]

Michinoku withSuzuki-gun in February 2012

In late 2010, Michinoku returned to New Japan and began teaming up withSatoshi Kojima, Nosawa Rongai and Taichi to formKojima-gun in early 2011.[39] On February 20, 2011, atThe New Beginning, Michinoku took on Prince Devitt for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, which Devitt retained. Michinoku teamed up with Taichi to take on Devitt andRyusuke Taguchi for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and lost. After Satoshi Kojima lost theIWGP Heavyweight Championship toHiroshi Tanahashi atWrestle Kingdom V, Kojima suffered another big loss against longtime rival Togi Makabe on May 3 and following the match, Michinoku and Taichi entered the ring and attacked Kojima, who quickly took care of both of them. This led to the surprise return of freelancer Minoru Suzuki, who appeared behind Kojima and locked him in a sleeper hold, before leaving the ringside area with Michinoku and Taichi, who proclaimed Suzuki as their new leader and renamed the stable "Suzuki-gun".[40] Michinoku participated inBest Of The Super Juniors XVIII and gained eight points but not enough to progress to the semifinal. Michinoku and Taichi became a tag team in New Japan's junior heavyweight tag team division. On September 11, 2011, the pair would take onApollo 55 for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and for the second time running lost. AtPower Struggle, Michinoku for the second time took on Devitt for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and for the second time lost.[41] AtWrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome, Michinoku and Taichi teamed up withAtlantis andValiente to lose toJyushin Thunder Liger,Kushida,Máscara Dorada andTiger Mask.[42]

Michinoku in September 2014

Both Michinoku and Taichi participated inBest of the Super Juniors XIX, however, neither progressed to the semifinal. After their elimination from the tournament, Michinoku and Taichi had set their sights on the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, but were, on June 16 atDominion 6.16, defeated by Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask in a match for the vacant championship.[43] In August, Michinoku and Taichi began blaming each other for their recent losses, which led to the two agreeing to a match, where the loser would be expelled from Suzuki-gun.[44] The match took place on August 22 at Michinoku's Kaientai Dojo promotion, but ended without a winner as Minoru Suzuki interrupted the match and got the two men to make peace with each other.[45] Taka and Taichi participated inSuper Junior Tag Tournament 2012 and made it to the semifinal before losing to theTime Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida). From late May to early June 2013, Michinoku took part in the2013 Best of the Super Juniors. After originally failing to advance from his block, Michinoku was given a spot in the semifinals, after original block winner Ryusuke Taguchi suffered a hip injury. He was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals on June 9 by Alex Shelley.[46] On July 20, Michinoku and Taichi received another shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, but were defeated by the defending champions, theForever Hooligans (Alex Koslov andRocky Romero).[47] On September 29 atDestruction, Michinoku and Taichi failed to earn another shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, when they were defeated in a number one contender's match by Time Splitters.[48] However, when Alex Shelley was sidelined with an injury,[49] Michinoku and Taichi were given the title shot and, on October 14 atKing of Pro-Wrestling, defeated the Forever Hooligans to become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.[50] Michinoku and Taichi made their first successful title defense on November 1, defeating Gedo and Jado at their self-produced independent event.[51] After a reign of 26 days, Michinoku and Taichi lost the title toThe Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) on November 9 atPower Struggle.[52]

Michinoku holding theSuzuki-gun banner in March 2014

In January 2015, Suzuki-gun entered a storyline, where the entire stable invaded thePro Wrestling Noah promotion.[53] Michinoku andEl Desperado won theGHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on March 15 by defeatingChoukibou-gun (Hajime Ohara andKenoh) and No Mercy (Daisuke Harada andGenba Hirayanagi) in a three-way match.[54] They lost the title toAtsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada in their fifth defense on October 4.[55] Suzuki-gun's Noah invasion storyline concluded in December 2016,[56] which led to the stable's return to NJPW on January 5, 2017.[57] In May, Michinoku took part in the2017 Best of the Super Juniors, where he finished second to last in his block with a record of two wins and five losses.[58] From March 2018 until May 2019, he was the manager and occasional tag team partner ofZack Sabre Jr.

In May 2019, Michinoku participated in the2019 Best of the Super Juniors. Going winless in his first 5 matches, he injured his ankle during his 6th match againstShingo Takagi. He would then forfeit his remaining matches, finishing the tournament with 0 wins and 9 losses.[59] Michinoku would disappear shortly after to focus on starting his new promotion, Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out.[60]

In November 2021, through the NJPW website, it was announced that Michinoku would return after 2 years and 6 months away to participate into theWorld Tag League tournament, with his partner being his "boss" and teammate Minoru Suzuki.[61] The duo finished their Tag League campaign at the bottom of the block with 0 points, failing to win a single match.[62] On January 4, 2022, at night one ofWrestle Kingdom 16, Michinoku competed in theNew Japan Rambo but failed to last till the final 4.[63]

In March, Michinoku competed in theNew Japan Cup, losing toCima in the first round.[64] Michinoku continued to team with his Suzuki-gun stablemates for the remainder of the year in mainly tag-team matches. In December 2022, at theWorld Tag League &Best of the Super Juniors finals, Minoru Suzuki announced the disbandment of Suzuki-gun by the end of the year.[65] The final match between the faction took place on December 23, where the team of Taichi, Sabre Jr, Kanemaru and Douki defeated Suzuki, Archer, Desperado and Michinoku. After the match, each of the Suzuki-gun members spoke about their memories as a part of the group and thanked leader Suzuki. The night ended with all members posing with the Suzuki-gun flag, only to be interrupted by former memberTakashi Iizuka, causing all 9 men to pose in the ring, behind the Suzuki-gun flag, which was raised by Michinoku.[66]

Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out (2019-present)

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On April 12, 2019, Michinoku announced that he would be creating a new promotion calledProfessional Wrestling Just Tap Out (JTO).[60][67] It held its first show at Korakuen Hall on July 8, 2019, where Michinoku was defeated by Minoru Suzuki.[68] Although the second and later rounds were delayed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, Michinoku won the Only Give Up Tournament by defeatingHayato Tamura on August 14, 2020.[69]

Championships and accomplishments

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