was a Japanese

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, better known under the

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or simply . He is best known for his time with

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federations

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(BJW),

Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South Independent Wrestling Association (IWA) Mid-South (also known as IWA Mid-South, IWA-MS, and IWA Mid South Wrestling) is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in New Albany, Indiana. It was formed by Ian Rotten in 1996 ...

(IWA-MS),

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989, by Atsushi Onita as (FMW). The promotion specializes in hardcore wrestling involving weapons such as barbed wire and fire. They held their ...

(FMW) and

Wrestling International New Generations Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING) was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion specialized in deathmatches. History After leaving Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in the summer of 1991, Kazuyoshi Osako and Kiyoshi "Mickey" Ibar ...

(W*ING).

Professional wrestling career

W*ING (1993–1994)

Hideo Takayama made his

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debut for

(W*ING) against Masahiko Takasugi in a losing effort on January 20, 1993 at an interpromotional show between W*ING,

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(MPW) and Union Pro Wrestling (UPW). Takayama picked up his first win against Ryo Miyake on October 23. At ''Odawara Brazing Night'' in

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, Takayama developed himself as a

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by shortening his given name to "Hido", but lost to Takashi Okano. Hido would lose most of his matches during his early career in W*ING but learnt the

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style of W*ING which would continue with him throughout his career. He began feuding with

Yukihiro Kanemura ( ko, 김행호 ''Kim Hyeong-ho'') (born August 9, 1970) is a Zainichi-Korean retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . He is also known as W*ING Kanemura or . He is best known for his death matches in Apache Army, Big Japa ...

, which culminated in a loser leaves W*ING street fight on February 15, 1994, which Hido lost, forcing him to leave W*ING. Coincidentally, W*ING disbanded shortly after Hido's departure from the promotion.

Wrestle Association R / Wrestle and Romance (1994)

After leaving W*ING, Takayama joined

Wrestle Association R Wrestle Association R (formerly known as Wrestle and Romance and abbreviated as WAR) was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded and run by Genichiro Tenryu as the successor to Super World of Sports, and which lasted from 1992 to 2000 ...

(WAR), where he debuted for the promotion on June 1 under a new

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Yaiba by teaming with

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and

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to defeat

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and

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in a

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. On June 3, Yaiba defeated Matsuoka in his first singles match and faced

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in a match later at the event, which Yaiba won by disqualification. This led to a rematch between the two on June 5, which Yaiba lost. Takayama soon dropped the Yaiba character and began competing under his real name. On June 30, Takayama teamed with Hiroshi Itakura and Ichiro Yaguchi against

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in a losing effort in the quarter-final round of a tournament to crown the promotion's first World Six-Man Tag Team Champions. Takayama joined

(FMW) in the fall of 1994, which would lead to his departure from WAR. His last match took place on October 16, in which Takayama and Yaguchi lost to

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Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling

W*ING Alliance (1994–1997)

Takayama debuted in FMW on October 9 as a member of

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, a group consisting of former wrestlers from the defunct W*ING who wanted to avenge the end of W*ING from

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and his FMW and they aimed to end FMW. His debut match was a six-man tag team match with W*ING members

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and Mitsuhiro Matsunaga against FMW's

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, Battle Ranger Z and

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, which W*ING won. Hido mainly competed as a mid-carder and was usually utilized in tag team matches alongside W*ING members while losing in singles competition. Hido picked up his first win in a singles match in FMW on April 24, 1995 against Gosaku Goshogawara. At 6th Anniversary Show, Hido, Hideki Hosaka and Mitsuhiro Matsunaga lost a match to

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, Apollo Sagawa and

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. Hido began getting more wins against lower-tier wrestlers of the company but failed to win against more established wrestlers. He participated in the Young Spirit Tournament to promote the younger generation of FMW which would lead the company after the company's

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retired from wrestling. Hido scored only four points with two wins against Koji Nakagawa and

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, while losing to Hideki Hosaka,

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and Masato Tanaka. On September 26, Hido turned on his W*ING partners Hideki Hosaka and W*ING Kanemura in a match against Masato Tanaka, Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to join

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and insulted W*ING for siding with FMW. Hido, along with Super Leather and other Lethal Weapons feuded with their former W*ING teammates for the next two months. On November 25, Hido and Super Leather rejoined W*ING in a swerve by turning on Horace Boulder against Hideki Hosaka, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & W*ING Kanemura in a street fight. In early 1996, W*ING turned into fan favorites and formed an alliance with FMW after the formation of Funk Masters of Wrestling. At the 7th Anniversary Show, Hido, Hosaka and Matsunaga defeated Miguel Perez, Shoji Nakamaki and Toryu. This would be Matsunaga's last match in FMW as he left the company after the match. On June 12, Hido competed as BADBOY Hido for the first time at a W*ING promoted show ''W*ING Take Off 2nd''. Hido participated in a tournament to crown the inaugural Independent Heavyweight Champion, losing to Super Leather in the quarter-final. Hido's first major win of his FMW career took place at Summer Spectacular on August 1, where he won a

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by last eliminating Tetsuhiro Kuroda. Hido received his first title shot on September 20 as he and Hideki Hosaka unsuccessfully challenged

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for the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship. On April 25, 1997, Hido and W*ING Kanemura defeated Headhunters to win the title thus ending Headhunters' year-long reign and Hido won the first championship of his career. At 8th Anniversary Show, Hido and Dragon Winger lost to

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and

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. Hido lost to

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at Shiodome Legend. After holding the title for nearly four months, Hido and Kanemura lost the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship to

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and

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in their fourth title defense on August 21. W*ING Alliance was forced to disband after W*ING Kanemura lost a match to Atsushi Onita at Kawasaki Legend.

ZEN and Team No Respect (1997–1999)

After ending W*ING Alliance,

became upset at FMW for not accepting W*ING wrestlers in their group and denounced himself as a member of FMW and then took

and Hido under his wing and formed

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. The group began feuding with FMW and Hido turned

as a result. On October 14, Onita, Hido and Kuroda defeated

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and

to win the World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Hayabusa, Tanaka and

on December 20. Friction began rising in ZEN as

, Kanemura and Hido became upset at Onita for

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ing himself in the

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of the December 19 show. They attacked Onita after Onita lost a

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match to Hayabusa on December 22 and then Gannosuke, Kanemura and Hido officially left ZEN. On January 7, 1998, Gannosuke, Kanemura and Hido lost a street fight to ZEN's Atsushi Onita, Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda at ZEN's first promoted show. After the match,

joined Gannosuke, Kanemura and Hido in attacking ZEN and both groups merged to form

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. Hido was involved in a hilarious skit of TNR in which the group mocked Hido's legitimate wedding with

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by holding their own wedding of Hido and

Jado (born September 28, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . He is best known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as part of a tag team with his partner Gedo. Jado and Gedo's careers have largely para ...

as "Megumi Jado" in their white underwears. On March 29, Hido and Kodo Fuyuki defeated their own TNR teammates Mr. Gannosuke and Yukihiro Kanemura to win the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Hayabusa and Masato Tanaka on April 17. At 9th Anniversary Show, Hido picked up a major win by defeating ZEN member and former ally Hideki Hosaka. On May 5, Hido replaced the injured Mr. Gannosuke to team with Kodo Fuyuki and Yukihiro Kanemura to defeat Atsushi Onita, Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda for the World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. On May 19, Hido and Super Leather took on their TNR teammates Jado and Gedo in a losing effort. On June 19, Hido picked up an upset win over Leather in a loser leaves TNR match with the help of Jado and Yukihiro Kanemura. As a result, Hido began feuding with Super Leather and the match culminated in a chain street fight between the two on July 10, which Leather won. Hido would lose to Leather in another rematch at Welcome to the Darkside. On November 20, Hido teamed with Go Ito to defeat

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and

in an intergender tag team match. The following month, Hido participated in the Over the Top Tournament to determine the #1 contender for the Double Championship (the unified Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship and the Independent Heavyweight Championship). Hido defeated Takeshi Ono in the quarter-final and

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in the final before losing to eventual winner Mr. Gannosuke in the semi-final. Orihara and Ono left TNR due to their differences with the group and Gedo and Hido defeated Orihara and Ono on January 5, 1999. On January 6, Hido lost to Ono to end the feud. Hido teamed with Yukihiro Kanemura to participate in a

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for the vacant Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship and ended the tournament by losing all the matches. Hido continued to compete with TNR against FMW throughout the year.

Willie Takayama (1999–2000)

At 10th Anniversary Show, Hido faced

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ka Willie Williams in a different style fight, losing via knockout in the second round. Williams respected Hido after the match. On December 12, Hido left TNR and changed his ring name to "Willie Takayama" in honor of Williams and developed the character of a karateka influenced by Williams. Takayama defeated Naohiko Yamazaki at the event. Takayama defeated Tarek Pasca on January 5, 2000 and unsuccessfully challenged

for the WEW World Heavyweight Championship on February 25. On April 30, Takayama and Williams unsuccessfully challenged

and

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for the

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. At 11th Anniversary Show, Takayama, Williams and Williams' students Bouzu and Megane unsuccessfully challenged Koji Nakagawa,

and Gedo for the

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. Takayama's final match in FMW came on May 27, when he and Yoshinori Sasaki lost to

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and Ruben Cruise.

Independent circuit (2001–2013)

Hido travelled to

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and worked for

(IWA-MS), debuting for the promotion against Sabu in a losing effort at ''No Blood, No Guts, No Glory'' on May 12, 2001. Hido participated in the promotion's King of the Deathmatch Tournament by defeating

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in the first round and then he was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to injury, thus forfeiting his quarter-final match against

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. Hido feuded with

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during his tour in IWA-MS. On July 14, Hido defeated

Chip Fairway Brett J. Keen (November 2, 1972 – April 9, 2011), better known by the ring name Chip Fairway, was an American professional wrestler. One of the top cruiserweight wrestlers in the Midwestern United States during the mid-to-late 1990s, his in-ri ...

and Trent Baker in a

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to win the promotion's Mid-South Heavyweight Championship. Four days later, Hido lost a Loser Leaves IWA Mid-South match to Butcher, forcing him to leave the promotion and vacate the title. Hido returned to Japan in 2002 and became a freelancer, working on several

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. He would work

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ventures under the ''Onita Pro'' banner and for

's World Entertainment Wrestling (WEW)

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, a successor to FMW, which had closed in February 2002. On April 29, 2003, Hido and YOSHIYA defeated

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and Daisaku Shimoda to win the

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. The title was vacated shortly after. On December 19, Ryuji Ito and BADBOY Hido defeated Daikokubo Benkei and

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in a

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to win the

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at a

(BJW) event. Ito and Hido lost the title to

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and Mr. Big Japan on December 23. On August 19, 2004, Hido and

Kintaro Kanemura ( ko, 김행호 ''Kim Hyeong-ho'') (born August 9, 1970) is a Zainichi-Korean retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . He is also known as W*ING Kanemura or . He is best known for his death matches in Apache Army, Big Jap ...

defeated

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and

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to win the World Magma the Greatest Tag Team Championship at

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's ''Take Off'' event. Hido and Kanemura would split up and they competed at ''Crushing Each Other!'' where Hido teamed with

against Kanemura and Ishii, with both men putting their titles on the line. Hido and Kuroda won the match and Hido kept the title. On August 6, 2006, Hido and Takashi Sasaki defeated

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and Tetsuhiro Kuroda in the final of a round robin tournament to win the reactivated

at an

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show. They lost the title to Kasai and

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in a scramble bunkhouse barbed wire baseball bat and ladder deathmatch at the company's ''3rd Anniversary Show''. Hido became semi-retired in 2008 by reducing his matches per year. Takayama wrestled his last match on May 4, 2013 at

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's ''Big Bang'' event by teaming with

and Kintaro Kanemura against Atsushi Onita, Tetsuhiro Kuroda and

in a losing effort.

Personal life

Takayama began dating fellow FMW wrestler

during the mid-1990s and they got married on July 12, 1998. He died on October 17, 2021.

Championships and accomplishments

( 1 time) – with

Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling Fighting of World Japan Pro-Wrestling, frequently shortened to World Japan or WJ was a professional wrestling promotion formed in Japan in 2002 by former New Japan Pro-Wrestling employees Riki Choshu and Katsuji Nagashima, who also served as chairm ...

** World Magma the Greatest Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with

(1) and

(1) * Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling / World Entertainment Wrestling /

FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship The FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship was a tag team hardcore wrestling championship contested in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989, b ...

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) – with

(1) and

(1) **

FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship The FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship was a championship in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling. It was initially active from May 1996 until May 1999. The title was abandoned by Shoichi Arai on November 20, 1998 and presented to the d ...

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) – with

and

(1), and Kodo Fuyuki and Kintaro Kanemura (1) **

( 1 time) – with YOSHIYA **

( 1 time) – with Takashi Sasaki *

IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship The IWA World Championship is the major title in the Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South based in Louisville, Kentucky. The title debuted at the "Crowning of a Champion" event on April 3, 1997, when Tower of Doom won a twelve man tournamen ...

( 1 time)

References

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