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Gedo
Height: 5'8" (172cm)
Weight: 198lbs (90kg)
Date of Birth: 2/20/69
Place of Birth: Musashino City, Tokyo
Debut: March 19th, 1989 (vs. Monkey Magic Wakita)
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Title History:
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title (4):
- (w/ Jado) Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (7/20/01) / Jushin Thunder Liger & Minoru Tanaka (5/2/02)
- (w/ Jado) Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto (11/29/03) / American Dragon & Curry Man (3/12/04)
- (w/ Jado) American Dragon & Curry Man (6/5/04) / Koji Kanemoto & Wataru Inoue (3/4/05)
- (w/ Jado) El Samurai & Ryusuke Taguchi (7/8/06) / Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku (5/2/07)
BJW Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Jado) Seiji Yamakawa & Yoshihiro Tajiri (12/22/97) / Seiji Yamakawa & Yoshihiro Tajiri (1/2/98)
FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Koji Nakagawa) Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (6/13/99) / Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hisakatsu Oya (8/23/99)
FMW World Street Fight 6 Man Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado) The Headhunters & Hisakatsu Oya (3/21/97) / Vacated (7/97)
Rocky Mountain North American Mid-Heavyweight Title (1):
- Ricky Fuji (8/31/97) / Vacated (1998)
UWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title (4):
- (w/ Punish) Silver King & El Texano (11/8/91) / Scorpio Jr. & Shu El Guerrero (6/15/92)
- (w/ Punish) Scorpio Jr. & Shu El Guerrero (6/21/92) / Vacated (6/21/92)
- (w/ Pat Tanaka) Kendo & Coolie SZ (8/16/92) / Gran Hamada & Great Sasuke (11/20/92)
- (w/ Dick Togo) Great Sasuke & Masao Orihara (11/2/01) / Great Sasuke & Masao Orihara (12/22/01)
UWA Trios Title (1):
- (w/ Jado & Katsushi Takemura) Taiji Ishimori, Shu Sato & Kei Sato (9/9/04) / Vacated (2004)
WAR 6 Man Tag Team Title (5):
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado) Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi & Koki Kitahara (6/30/94) / Bob Backlund, The Warlord & Scott Putski (8/26/94)
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado) Bob Backlund, The Warlord & Scott Putski (9/1/94) / Shiro Koshinaka, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara (1/8/95)
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado) Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi & Koki Kitahara (8/5/95) / Arashi, Koki Kitahara & Nobutaka Araya (10/4/95)
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado) Arashi, Koki Kitahara & Nobutaka Araya (3/22/96) / Yoji Anjo, Yoshihiro Takayama & Kenichi Yamamoto (6/7/96)
- (w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado) Yoji Anjo, Yoshihiro Takayama & Kenichi Yamamoto (6/7/96) / Vacated (6/19/96)
WAR International Jr. Heavyweight Title (2):
- Lionheart (3/26/95) / Lionheart (6/4/95)
- Ultimo Dragon (8/29/95) / Ultimo Dragon (10/5/95)
WAR International Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title (2):
- (w/ Lionheart) Yuji Yasuraoka & Lance Storm (2/23/96) / Yuji Yasuraoka & Lance Storm (3/27/96)
- (w/ Jado) Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii (1/7/07) / Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka (7/1/07)
WEW Tag Team Title (3):
- (w/ Koji Nakagawa) Kodo Fuyuki & Kyoko Inoue (4/1/00) / Vacated (5/28/00)
- (w/ Jado) H & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (7/14/00) / Masao Inoue & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (7/28/00)
- (w/ Masato Tanaka) Kodo Fuyuki & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (1/7/01) / Vacated (2/21/01)
WEW 6 Man Tag Team Title (5):
- (w/ Kodo Fuyuki & Koji Nakagawa) Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (7/31/99) / Masato Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hisakatsu Oya (9/23/99)
- (w/ Koji Nakagawa & Jado) Ricky Fuji, Flying Kid Ichihara & Chocoball Mukai (12/11/99) / Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue & Chocoball Mukai (4/25/00)
- (w/ Koji Nakagawa & Jado) Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue & Chocoball Mukai (5/3/00) / Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue & Chocoball Mukai (5/28/00)
- (w/ Jado & Kaori Nakayama) Kodo Fuyuki, Mr. Gannosuke & Shinjuku Shark (9/17/00) / Vacated (9/00)
- (w/ Masato Tanaka & Jado) Kodo Fuyuki, GOEMON & Onryo (2/11/01) / Vacated (2/21/01)
WEW Hardcore Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Jado) Hideki Hosaka & Yoshinori Sasaki (9/21/00) / Supreme & Homeless Jimmy (11/12/00)
Tournament History:
- UWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title Tournament (1991): Punish & Crush beat Silver King & El Texano
- UWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title Tournament (1992): Bulldog KT & Pat Tanaka beat Kendo & Coolie SZ
- WAR International Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament (1994): Gedo beat Lionheart (19:31) with an avalanche-style Frankensteiner.
- WAR 6 Man Tag Team Title Tournament (1994): Hiromichi Fuyuki, Jado & Gedo beat Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi & Koki Kitahara
- WAR International Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title Tournament (1995): Gedo & Lionheart beat Yuji Yasuraoka & Lance Storm
- WEW 6 Man Tag Team Title Tournament (1999): Kodo Fuyuki, Koji Nakagawa & Gedo beat Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (10:20) when Fuyuki used a lariat on Hayabusa.
- Michinoku Pro Tag League 2001: Dick Togo & Gedo beat Great Sasuke & Masao Orihara (21:21) when Togo used an ankle hold on Orihara.
- Jr. Triathlon Survivor (2002): Koji Kanemoto, Jado & Gedo beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Heat & Tiger Mask (23:15) by 2-1.
- Dream * Win Jr. Tag Team Tournament (2002): El Samurai & Gedo beat Masahito Kakihara & Tiger Mask (11:37) when Samurai used a chickenwing armlock on Tiger.
- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match Entrance Tournament (2003): Jado & Gedo beat Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (16:52) when Gedo used a figure-four leglock on Liger.
Signature Moves:
- Complete Shot
- Superfly splash
- Gedo clutch
Profile:
Keiji Takayama started in TPG (Takeshi Puroresu Gundan), an army in New Japan, where he was a young dojo boy in training. He debuted in Amsterdam, Holland, along with his brother-like figure, Jado (then known as Punish), in March, 1989. The two participated in the debut of Gran Hamada's UWF promotion, before moving to W*ING, where they competed in some dangerous concept matches. They switched to Genichiro Tenryu's WAR in February, 1994, where they became closely associated with the late Hiromichi "Kodo" Fuyuki. The three dominated WAR's active six man tag scene, enjoying multiple title reigns. Gedo also became one of WAR's top juniors, feuding with Ultimo Dragon, Lionheart (Chris Jericho), and others. He made a big name for himself in both the 1994 Super J Cup, where he reached the semi final round, and moreso the 1995 Super J Cup, where he reached the final, where he lost by a narrow margin to Jushin Thunder Liger. Jado & Gedo followed Fuyuki to FMW, which they made their main battlefield from February, 1997. They obtained further success in FMW, with more title reigns and membership in the controversial Team No Respect army. In early 2001, on the heels of financial trouble in FMW, and became avid freelancers on the independent circuit. The punks invaded New Japan in June, 2001, assisting Team 2000 in an attack on the New Japan army, and unmasking Jushin Thunder Liger in the process. They quickly captured the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title, and would dominate that throne for close to a year, breaking the record for most defenses. Gedo is a snarling brawler with a bad attitude, who will use any means necessary to defeat his opponents.
