Tadao Yasuda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tadao Yasuda

Japanese rikishi and professional wrestler

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1963

Place of Birth: Ōta-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Profession: rikishi, mixed martial artist, professional wrestler

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Tadao Yasuda (?? ??, Yasuda Tadao, born 9 October 1963 in Ota, Tokyo) is a Japanese retired sumo and professional wrestler.
He competed in sumo from 1979 to 1992 under the shikona of Takanofuji Tadao, achieving the rank of komusubi, and afterwards 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.