Takeshi Rikio



Height: 6'3"

Weight: 275 lbs

Real Name: Takeshi Inoue

DOB: 12/20/1972

Hometown: Sakarai, Nara, Japan

Other Names: None

Wrestler Since: 2000

Finishing Maneuver: Muso

Previous PWI 500 Rankings: #82(2010), #251(2008), #60(2007), #84(2005), #97(2002)

Other Related Websites:
Takeshi Rikio - Green Destiny Bio
Takeshi Rikio - Wikipedia Bio

History: (Under Construction)

Pay-Per-View/Show Summary: (26 - 18, 1 Draw)
- NOAH Differ Ariake PPV (August 5, '00) = Rikio, Rusher Kimura, & Mitsuo Momota fell to Haruka Eigen, Jun Izumida, & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi.
- NOAH Differ Ariake PPV (August 6, '00) = Rikio & Masamichi Marufuji were taken down by Takeshi Morishima & Masao Inoue.
- NOAH Differ Ariake PPV (September 15, '00) = Rikio, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, & Kenta Kobashi defeated Jun Akiyama, Yoshinobu Kanemura, & Yoshihiro Takayama.
- NOAH Great Voyage (December 23, '00) = Rikio, Masao Inoue, & Takashi Sugiura fell to Takeshi Morishima, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Kentaro Shiga.
- NOAH GHC Heavyweight Title Tournament (March/April '01) = Rikio took down Takeshi Morishima, then was beaten by Jun Akiyama. Mitsu Misawa won the tournament.
- NOAH Ariake Coliseum PPV (April 15, '01) = Rikio & Takeshi Morishima lost to Jun Akiyama & Akira Taue.
- NOAH 1st Anniversary Show (July 27, '01) = Rikio & Takeshi Morishima were beaten by Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama.
- NOAH GHC Tag-Team Title Tournament (October '01) = Rikio & Takeshi Morishima fell in the first round to Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan. Scorpio & Vader won the tournament.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (February 17, '02) = Rikio & Takeshi Morishima retained the NOAH GHC Tag-Team Titles, beating Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (September 23, '02) = Rikio & Takeshi Morishima lost the NOAH GHC Tag-Team Titles to Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (January 10, '03) = Rikio, Masao Inoue, & Jun Izumuda beat Masashi Aoyagi, Daisuke Ikeda, & Yoshihiro Takayama.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (March 1, '03) = Rikio, Takeshi Morishima, & Daisuke Ikeda defeated Bison Smith, Superstar Steve, & IZU.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (June 6, '03) = Rikio, Masahi Aoyagi, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, & Mitsuo Momota took down Haruka Eigen, Masao Inoue, Jun Izumida, & Kishin Kawabata.
- NOAH Navigation Over the Date Line '03 (September 12) = Rikio, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, & Mitsuo Momota fell to Tamon Honda, Naoki Sano, & Yasuhiro Suzuki.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (November 1, '03) = Rikio & Mitsuharu Misawa won over Naoki Sano & Yoshihiro Takayama.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (January 10, '04) = Rikio, Makoto Hashi, & Kenta Kobashi were beaten by Jun Akiyama, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, & Takeshi Morishima.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (March 6, '04) = Rikio lost to the NOAH GHC Heavyweight Champion, Kenta Kobashi.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (April 25, '04) = Rikio & Yasuhiro Suzuki defeated Jun Akiyama & Makoto Hashi.
- NOAH Departure '04 (July 10) = Rikio & Takeshi Morishima lost to the NJPW IWGP Tag-Team Champions, Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (September 10, '04) = Rikio & Makoto Hashi beat Jun Akiyama & Go Shiozaki.
- NOAH Great Voyage '05 (January 8) = Rikio & Mitsuharu Misawa took down Shiro Koshinaka & Genichiro Tenryu.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (March 5, '05) = Rikio won the NOAH GHC Heavyweight Title, pinning Kenta Kobashi.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (April 24, '05) = Rikio retained the NOAH GHC Heavyweight Title, beating Akitoshi Saito.
- NOAH Destiny '05 (July 8) = Rikio stayed the NOAH GHC Heavyweight Champion, beating Hiroshi Tanahashi.
- NOAH Second Great Voyage (September 18, '05) = Rikio kept the NOAH GHC Heavyweight Strap, winning over Mitsuharu Misawa.
- NOAH Third Great Voyage (November 5, '05) = Rikio lost the NOAH GHC Heavyweight Title to Akira Taue.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (January 22, '06) = Rikio & Akebono took down Jun Izumida & Kenta Kobashi.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (March 5, '06) = Rikio pinned Yoshinari Ogawa.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (April 23, '06) = Rikio, Takeshi Morishima, & Mohammed Yone won over Nigel McGuinness, Doug Williams, & Keith Walker.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (July 16, '06) = Rikio & Takeshi Morishima fought to a 30-Minute Draw with Naomichi Marufuji & Kenta.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (September 9, '06) = Rikio & Takeshi Morishima took down Takashi Sugiura & Yoshihiro Takayama.
- NOAH GHC Tag-Team Title Tournament (October/December '06) = Rikio & Takashi Sugiura lost in the first round to Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (December 10, '06) = Rikio, Mohammed Yone, & KENTA defeated Takuma Sano, Minoru Suzuki, & Yoshihiro Takayama.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (January 21, '07) = Rikio, Naomichi Marufuji, & KENTA beat Minoru Suzuki, Yoshihiro Takayama, & Suwa.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (March 4, '07) = Rikio, Ricky Marvin, & Akitoshi Saito won over Bobby Fish, Chris Hero, & Bison Smith.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (April 28, '07) = Rikio & Jun Akiyama retained the NOAH GHC Tag-Team Titles, taking down Takashi Sugiura & Yoshihiro Takayama.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (July 15, '07) = Rikio & Jun Akiyama stayed the NOAH GHC Tag-Team Champions, defeating Kishin Kawabata & Kentaro Shiga.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (March 2, '08) = Rikio & Jun Akiyama beat Masao Inoue & Akitoshi Saito.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (April 27, '08) = Rikio & Jun Akiyama were beaten by Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (July 18, '08) = Rikio lost to the NOAH GHC Heavyweight Champion, Takeshi Morishima.
- NOAH Budokan Hall (September 6, '08) = Rikio, Jun Akiyama, & Atsushi Aoki fell to Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa, & Takashi Sugiura.
- NOAH The Tournament '08 (December) = Rikio defeated Atsushi Aoki and Taiji Ishimori, then fell to Takuma Sano. Akitoshi Saito won the tournament.

Title Summary:
- NOAH GHC Tag-Team Champion w/ Takeshi Morishima (2/17/2002 - 9/23/2002)
- NOAH GHC Heavyweight Champion (3/05/2005 - 1/05/2005)
- NOAH GHC Tag-Team Champion(2) w/ Jun Akiyama (4/01/2007 - 9/13/2007)
- NOAH GHC Tag-Team Champion(3) w/ Muhammed Yone (12/06/2009 - 4/14/2010)

PWI Achievement Awards: (0 wins, 0 1st RUs, 0 2nd RUs, 0 3rd RUs)
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