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Tadao Yasuda

Japanese rikishi and professional wrestler

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born
1963
died
2026
age at death
62
known for
rikishi, mixed martial arts fighter, professional wrestler

1963 – 2026

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Tadao Yasuda was a Japanese sumo wrestler (rikishi), professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Known as the "Debt King", he competed in sumo from 1979 to 1992 under the shikona of Takanofuji Tadao , achieving the rank of komusubi. After his retirement from sumo, he turned to professional wrestling, in which he competed from 1994 to 2011, most notably in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion.

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