Where is Taka Michinoku now?
Sophia Dalton
Published May 16, 2026
Where is Taka Michinoku now?
Michinoku is the founder and former promoter of Kaientai Dojo (now Active Advance Pro Wrestling), where he also primarily wrestled until 2019. In 2019, Michinoku started another promotion, Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out (JTO).
What is the Michinoku Driver?
It is a Double underhook brainbuster. Innovated by the Great Sasuke, it sees a wrestler first face an opponent and apply a double underhook before then lifting the opponent upside down and falling backwards down to the mat onto his back, driving the opponent head first down to the mat.
Who made the Michinoku Driver?
Taka Michinoku
Innovated by Taka Michinoku, it is technically known as a sitout scoop slam piledriver.
What happened to Taka WWE?
Taka returned to Japan, where he now operates Kaientai Dojo, a wrestling school and promotion. He also runs his own wrestling school, Funaki Dojo, where he imparts the knowledge he picked up in his 12 years with WWE to the next generation of wrestlers.
Is Taka Michinoku still in NJPW?
Former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion TAKA Michinoku is set to return to New Japan Pro-Wrestling later this month. Michinoku hasn’t wrestled in New Japan since Best Of The Super Juniors 26 in 2019. He departed NJPW soon after the tournament to establish his own promotion and dojo, Just Tap Out.
Who invented the piledriver?
Karl Gotch
It was invented by Karl Gotch, known as the Gotch-Style Piledriver and is commonly used by NJPW wrestler Minoru Suzuki (Gotch’s protege) and Jerry Lynn.
Who is the owner of Suzuki Motors?
chairman Osamu Suzuki
NEW DELHI: Suzuki Motor Corporation chairman Osamu Suzuki is visiting India on July 25, his third for the year, to attend the board meeting of its Indian subsidiary Maruti Suzuki and also take stock of its operations here. Suzuki Motor is the majority owner of India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki.
Who is the owner of Suzuki?
The company was founded by Michio Suzuki; its current Chairman is Osamu Suzuki, the fourth adopted son-in-law in a row to run the company, Osamu Suzuki, the 91 year old Chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation, will retire in June 2021, handing over to his Toshihiro.