[Great Kabuki GALLERY]
Title History
- NWA (Los Angeles) Beat the Champ Television title (as Takachiho) defeating Great Goliath (December 9, 1970);
- NWF (Cleveland/Buffalo) World Tag Team titles (as Yoshino Sato) w/Mitsu Arakawa defeating Dominic DeNucci & Tony Parisi [Tournament] (January 19, 1972);
- NWA (JWA) United National Heavyweight title (as Takachiho) defeating Johnny Valentine (March 8, 1973);
- NWA Austra Asian Tag Team titles (as Hito Tojo) w/Hiro Tojo defeating Spiros Arion & Mark Lewin (October 19, 1973);
- AJPW (All Japan) All Asia Tag Team titles (as Takachiho) w/Samson Kutsuwada defeating Ted & Jerry Oates (October 21, 1976);
- NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team titles (as Mr. Sato) w/Mr. Saito defeating Jack & Jerry Brisco (????, 1978);
- NWA Florida Tag Team titles (as Mr. Sato) w/Mr. Saito defeating Steve Keirn & Mike Graham (????, 1978);
- NWA Florida Tag Team titles (as Mr. Sato) w/Mr. Saito defeating Jack & Jerry Brisco (March ??, 1978);
- NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team titles (as Mr. Sato) w/Mr. Saito defeating Jim Garvin & Killer Karl Kox (January ??, 1979);
- NWA Western States Tag Team titles (as Takachiho) w/Ricky Romero defeating Mr. Pogo & Mr. Sato (April ??, 1979);
- NWA Central States Tag Team titles (as Takachiho) w/Pak Song defeating Dick Murdoch & Bob Brown (April 17, 1980);
- NWA Central States Tag Team titles w/Killer Karl Kox defeating Pat O` Connor & Bob Brown (June 21, 1980);
- NWA (Texas) World Tag Team titles w/Chang Chung defeating David & Kevin Von Erich (????, 1981);
- NWA (World Class) American Heavyweight title defeating Kerry Von Erich (September 25, 1981);
- Mid South Louisiana Heavyweight title defeating Bob Roop (October ??, 1981);
- WCCW (World Class) Television title defeating Al Madril (January 3, 1983);
- NWA Texas Brass Knuckles title defeating ??????? (January 14, 1983);
- NWA Mid Atlantic Television title defeating Jos LeDuc (May 23, 1983);
- NWA Texas Brass Knuckles title won a tournament (July ??, 1985);
- CWA Mid America Heavyweight title defeating Paul Diamond [Tournament] (November ??, 1986);
- AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Jumbo Tsuruta defeating Steve Williams & Terry Gordy (July 19, 1990);
Career Highlights
- The Great Kabuki formed a tag team with the Great Muta known as the “Rising Suns”..
- Royal Rumble 1994: The Great Kabuki participated in the Royal Rumble match, entering at #22, eliminated by Lex Luger..
- ~~~Earlier on the show, Kabuki was one of ten interfering wrestlers that helped put the Undertaker inside a casket..
- 1998: The Great Kabuki retired from wrestling..
Brad Dykens wrote: Like many foreign wrestlers working in the USA, the Great Kabuki had many managers over the year, including: Skandor Akbar, Killer Tim Brooks, James J. Dillon, Gary Hart, Michael Hayes, Armand Hussein, Percy Pringle III, Sunshine, Tojo Yamamoto..