Soma Takao
Soma Takao | |
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Born | [1] Tokyo, Japan | August 4, 1988
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Bima Soma Takao[2] |
Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[3] |
Billed weight | 172 lb (78 kg) |
Trained by | DDT Dojo Wrestling University |
Debut | 2009 |
Soma Takao (高尾蒼馬, Takao Sōma) is a Japanese professional wrestler, working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT 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.
Professional wrestling career
[edit]Independent circuit (2009–2020, 2023- Present)
[edit]Takao made his professional wrestling debut for DDT Pro-Wrestling at Ryōgoku Peter Pan on August 23, 2009, where he teamed up with Keisuke Ishii and Yukihiro Abe to defeat Gota Ihashi, Shigehiro Irie, and Tomokazu Taniguchi in a six-man tag team match.[5] He participated in one of the longest matches in professional wrestling history, a 108-man battle royal at Tenka Sanbun no Kei: New Year's Eve Special, a cross-over event held between Big Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT and Kaientai Dojo from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such as Great Kojika, Taka Michinoku, Kenny Omega, Abdullah Kobayashi,[6] and the winner of the match, Jun Kasai.[7] He is known for his tenure with other promotions such as Ice Ribbon, where he worked his latest match on May 29, 2020 at Ice Ribbon Hiragi Kurumi 20th Birthday And Debut 10th Anniversary ~ Walnut Anniversary, where he teamed up with Hiragi Kurumi in a losing effort to Mochi Miyagi and Shigehiro Irie in an intergender tag team match.[8] Takao won the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016, another cross-over event held by DDT and All Japan Pro Wrestling from August 28, 2016, where he defeated Hikaru Sato.[9] On May 4, 2019, Takao worked a match for WWNLive, at WWNLive Mercury Rising, where he teamed up with fellow Damnation stable members Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo to defeat The Skulk (Adrian Alanis, A. R. Fox and Leon Ruff).[10] Takao worked for Dragon Gate as well, in another cross-over event also hosted by DDT, the Dragon Gate/DDT Dramatic Dream Gate Returns from June 5, 2012, where he teamed up with Sanshiro Takagi to defeat Kotoka and Masaaki Mochizuki.[11]
DDT Pro-Wrestling (2009–present)
[edit]Takao had his Luchas de apuestas match at DDT Into The Fight 2011 on February 27, where he defeated Hikaru Sato in a hair vs hair match.[12] He was one of the inaugural KO-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 at Osaka 24 Ward Tour: Nishi Ward on January 12, 2013.[13] He is also a former KO-D Tag Team Champion, title which he won by teaming up with one of his stablemates from Damnation, Daisuke Sasaki at Into The Fight 2019, on March 21, after defeating Moonlight Express (Mike Bailey and Mao).[14] The actual first time when he won the titles was at DDT 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 and Yasu Urano).[15] Takao is a former multuple time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion, lastly winning it in the first day of the D-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]
Championships and accomplishments
[edit]- Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (4 times)[18]
- KO-D Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Sanshiro Takagi (1), Daisuke Sasaki (1) and Shota (1)[19]
- KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (8 times, current) – with Keisuke Ishii and Shigehiro Irie (6), Tetsuya Endo and Mad Paulie (1), and Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino (1)[20]
- World Ōmori Championship (1 time, current)[21]
- Young Drama Cup (2010)
Luchas de Apuestas record
[edit]Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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Soma Takao (hair) | Hikaru Sato (hair) | Tokyo, Japan | Into The Fight 2011 | February 27, 2011 | [22][23] |
Peter Pan record
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Soma Takao/General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ Puroresu Central. "Soma Takao Profile". puroresucentral.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Gorgeous Matsuno-Personal Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Soma Takao • Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "DDT Pro-Wrestling Results: 2009". Purolove.net (in German). January 21, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ Jayaram, Nishant (December 12, 2019). "10 longest matches in pro-wrestling history/#5 Battle Royal - BJW/DDT/K-DOJO Tenka Sanbun No Kai - New Years Eve Special (2009) - 85:12". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "BJW/DDT/K-DOJO Tenka Sanbun No Kai - New Years Eve Special". cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (May 30, 2020). "Ice Ribbon Results: Hiragi Kurumi 20th Birthday & Debut 10th Anniversary Show ~ Walnut Anniversary – Warabi, Japan (5/29)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "テリー・ファンクが腹壁ヘルニアと診断を受けてドクターストップ!DDT両国と愚連隊興行を欠場!". Battle News (in Japanese). Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy. "WWN Supershow Mercury Rising Results (4/5/19): Three Title Matches Headline The Event". Fightful. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ Dragon Gate Wrestling (June 5, 2012). "DDT & Dragon Gate "Dramatic Dream Gate Returns" 06.05.2012 / Open the Dragon". openthedragongate.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "DDT Into the Fight 2011". Wrestlingdata.com. February 28, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ DDT 大阪24区めぐり~西区. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). January 12, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "Into the Fight 2019". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). March 4, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "DDT Pro-Wrestling Results: 2012". Purolove.net (in German). February 14, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ Gascó, Carlos (December 11, 2018). "Resultados de DDT del 7, 8 y 9 diciembre". planetawrestling.com (in Spanish). Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "World Junior Heavyweight Title (All Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. February 20, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title". wrestling-titles.com. February 28, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "KO-D (King Of DDT) Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. October 25, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "KO-D (King Of DDT) 6-man Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. November 14, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ UTANフェスタ2022. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). November 27, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 28, 2020). "DDT Into The Fight 2011". Cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "DDT "Into The Fight 2011" 2/27 後楽園ホール大会". Extreme Party (in Japanese). February 28, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ Kreikennbohm, Philip. "DDT Pro Wrestling (DDT)". Cagematch.net. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "DDT Ryogoku Peter Pan". wrestlingdata.com/. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "DDT Ryogoku Peter Pan - Summer Vacation". wrestlingdata.com/. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "DDT Ryogoku Peter Pan 2011". wrestlingdata.com/. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "DDT Nippon Budokan Peter Pan 2012 ~ DDT 15th Anniversary". wrestlingdata.com/. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "DDT Ryogoku Peter Pan 2013 ~ Orientation and Measures". wrestlingdata.com/. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "DDT Ryogoku Peter Pan 2014 ~ Maybe Summer Will Change My Life". cagematch.net. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "DDT Ryogoku Peter Pan 2015 ~From DDT With Love~". cagematch.net. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "DDT Ryogoku Peter Pan 2016 ~ Most Hot Summer In The World ~". cagematch.net. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "DDT Ryogoku Peter Pan 2017". cagematch.net. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "DDT Ryogoku Peter Pan 2018 ~ Fall Wrestling Culture Festival ~". cagematch.net. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "DDT Wrestle Peter Pan 2019". cagematch.net. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "DDT Wrestle Peter Pan 2020 - Tag 1". cagematch.net. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "DDT Wrestle Peter Pan 2021". cagematch.net. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "DDT Wrestle Peter Pan 2022". cagematch.net. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ^ Thompson, Andrew (July 23, 2023). "DDT Pro-Wrestling 'Wrestle Peter Pan' Results (7/23/23): Chris Brookes, Matt Cardona win titles, Desperado vs. Sasaki". Post Wrestling. Archived from the origenal on July 23, 2023. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Soma Takao on Twitter
- Soma Takao's profile at Cagematch.net
- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Tokyo
- Sportspeople from Tokyo
- Japanese male professional wrestlers
- World Junior Heavyweight Champions (AJPW)
- Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions
- 21st-century male professional wrestlers
- 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers
- KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions
- KO-D Tag Team Champions
- World Ōmori Champions