Naoki Sano

Birth : 1965-02-02, Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan

History

Naoki Sano is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He currently goes by the name Takuma Sano.

Movies

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on January 5, 2020, at the Tokyo Dome, in Tokyo, Japan. It was the 29th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and it was also the first time the event was held over two days, instead of taking place solely on January 4. In night two's main event, IWGP Heavyweight and the IWGP Intercontinental champions fought each other in a winner takes all match; which was promoted as a Double Gold Dash. In other notable matches, Chris Jericho fought Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jay White took on Kota Ibushi, KENTA defended the NEVER Openweight Championship against Hirooki Goto, Jon Moxley defended the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship against Juice Robinson, Zack Sabre Jr. defended the British Heavyweight Championship against Sanada. The event also saw the retirement match of Japanese wrestling legend Jyushin Thunder Liger.
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 1 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on January 4, 2020, at the Tokyo Dome, in Tokyo, Japan. It was the 29th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the 14th promoted under the Wrestle Kingdom name. The main event of night one saw Kazuchika Okada defend the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kota Ibushi. In other prominent matches, Jay White defended the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Tetsuya Naito, the returning Hiromu Takahashi took on Will Ospreay for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, Jon Moxley fought Lance Archer in a Texas Death match for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship and FinJuice (Juice Robinson and David Finlay) took on the Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship.
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III
Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome (レッスルキングダムIII in 東京ドーム, Ressuru Kingudamu III in Tōkyō Dōmu) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2009. It was the 18th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the third held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. The event featured eleven matches (including one dark match), five of which were contested for championships. For the second year in a row, the show featured wrestlers from the American Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). In addition, the show also featured wrestlers from the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as part of a new relationship between NJPW and CMLL. Wrestlers from other Japanese promotions also took part in the show, including All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1, whose top title, the World Heavyweight Championship, was defended during the show.
NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005
Takuma Sano
Pro Wrestling NOAH caps off a thrilling year with their final Budokan event of 2005.
NOAH: Destiny 2005
Takuma Sano
Destiny was a major professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling NOAH. The event took place on July 18, 2005 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
NOAH: Departure 2004
Takuma Sano
Departure was a major professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling Noah. The event took place on July 10, 2004 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, and marked Noah's first ever show in the arena. The main event was marketed as the culmination of the long running feud between former allies and tag team partners Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, then held by Kobashi. Beginning on Noah's very first show in 2000 and having spanned over four years since then, it marked the first time Akiyama and Kobashi had faced off in singles competition since August 6, 2000 where Akiyama won by referee stoppage.
Pride 9: New Blood
Self
Pride 9: New Blood was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan on June 4, 2000. Matt Serra was to fight on this card, but his opponent, Johil de Oliveira, was injured by a pyrotechnics explosion at the event.
Pride 4
Self
Pride 4 was a mixed martial arts event held by KRS-Pride (later renamed Pride Fighting Championships). It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, on October 11, 1998.
Pride 2
Self
Pride 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by KRS-Pride (later renamed Pride Fighting Championships). It took place at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on March 15, 1998. Kazushi Sakuraba, Mark Kerr, Vernon White, and Marco Ruas all made their Pride debuts at this event. In addition to the MMA events, there were also two kickboxing events.
Peanuts
Two mysterious tough guys infuriate a local gang after helping an elderly grocery store owner with his debts by robbing a yakuza organised gambling den.
PWFG: Stack of Arms
Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi was a shoot style professional wrestling promotion based in Tokyo, Japan. This event was held on October 4th, 1992 at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan and presented the following matches: Ryushi Yanagisawa vs. Yuki Ishikawa, Joe Malenko vs. Georgii Galdava, Naoki Sano vs. Jerry Flynn, Bart Vale vs. Aleksey Medvedev, Duane Koslowski vs. Oleg Naniev, Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Zaour Chabadze, Kazuo Takahashi vs. Superman Sattasaba, Wayne Shamrock vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen, Minoru Suzuki vs. David Gobejishvili & Masakatsu Funaki vs. Maurice Smith.
PWFG: Roar of The Lion Kingdom Part 1
Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi was a shoot style professional wrestling promotion based in Tokyo, Japan. This event was held on January 15th, 1992 at Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium in Kanagawa, Japan and presented the following matches: Kazuo Takahashi vs. Wellington Wilkins Jr., Naoki Sano vs. Jerry Flynn, Minoru Suzuki vs. Yusuke Fuke, Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Bart Vale & Wayne (Ken) Shamrock vs. Masakatsu Funaki.
PWFG: Battle of The Lions
Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi was a shoot style professional wrestling promotion based in Tokyo, Japan. This event was held on September 28th, 1991 at Hakata Starlanes in Fukuoka, Japan and presented the following matches: Kazuo Takahashi vs. Lato Kiraware, Yusuke Fuke vs. Wellington Wilkins Jr., Naoki Sano vs. Bart Vale, Masakatsu Funaki vs. Mark Rush & Wayne (Ken) Shamrock vs. Minoru Suzuki.
PWFG: One For All And All For One
Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi was a shoot style professional wrestling promotion based in Tokyo, Japan. This event was held on July 26th, 1991 at Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Chiba Japan and presented the following matches: Kazuo Takahashi vs. Mark Rush, Bart Vale vs. Lato Kiraware, Wayne Shamrock vs. Duane Koslowski, Yusuke Fuke vs. Lawi Napataya, Minoru Suzuki vs. Naoki Sano & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Masakatsu Funaki.
PWFG: Hataage Daiissen 2
Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi was a shoot style professional wrestling promotion based in Tokyo, Japan. This event was held on April 16th, 1991 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo Japan and presented the following matches: Minoru Suzuki vs. Kazuo Takahashi, Yusuke Fuke vs. Bart Vale, Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Wellington Wilkins Jr., Wayne (Ken) Shamrock vs. Naoki Sano & Masakatsu Funaki vs. Johnny Barrett.