Masashi Takeda (竹田誠志 Takeda, Masashi, born August 13, 1985) is professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He currently works for Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS as freelancer where he was one-time King of FREEDOM World Championship and King of FREEDOM Tag Team Championship alongside his trainer Jun Kasai and one-time DTU Ultra-Violento Championship. During his time on STYLE-E he won STYLE-E Openweight Champion.During his time as freelancer he became one time BJW Tag Team Champion with Isami Kodaka.
MMA and Professional wrestling career
Deep and ZST and STYLE-E (2005–2008)
Takeda was fascinated with deathmatch wrestling from his junior high school days. After he graduated High School, he would join the U-FILE CAMP in Nishi-Chofu. From there he would move on to compete as an MMA fighter in ZST and DEEP until he made his professional wrestling debut would take place on January 20 2007 for STYLE-E, the pro-wrestling promotion under U-FILE CAMP, as he took on Kyosuke Sasaki he later left to become freelancer.
Freelancer (2008–present)
The following year he would make his debut in Big Japan Pro-Wrestling in April of 2008. His first hardcore match then took place that October in a 6 man tag against Jun Kasai. Takeda would then begin to work under Jun Kasai as he began to make the transition to being a deathmatch fighter. In 2009, he would compete with Isami Kodaka in the Saikyo Tag League in which the two would end up winning against the team of Takashi Sasaki and Yuko Miyamoto. In the process they also became the 26th generation BJW Tag Champions as the belts were vacant at the time. Takeda would then challenge Yuko Miyamot for a chance at the Deathmatch Heavyweight belt as well. The match would take place on July 12 though Miyamoto would retain the belt. Miyamoto praised the new generation deathmatch fighter though for his efforts. The following week, Takeda and Isami would fail in defense of the tag belts against Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi.
March 10, 2010 would see him defeat Keijiro Ohka to become the 7th generation STYLE-E Openweight Champion. Then in 2011 he would go on to make advanced to the finals of the “BJW Ikkitosen ~ Deathmatch SURVIVOR ~ league before losing to Takashi Sasaki. 2012 would once more see him challenge for the BJW Deathmatch belt this time against Abdullah Kobayashi, though in yet another loss. Takeda would also suffer a neck injury that would take him out until later in the year. During this time Takeda moved under the U-FILE CAMP banner though would continue competing in STYLE-E, FREEDOMS, and BJW.
The end of 2012 would see Takeda and Kasai begin to from an alliance in FREEDOMS as “UNCHAIN” and in BJW as “B FAULTLESS JUNKY’S” along with Jaki Numazawa. August 4, 2013 would see Takeda claim his first ever career win over Kasai in the finals of the “Jun Kasai Produce Deathmatch Tournament”.
In February of 2014, Takeda would see a temporary setback as he suffered a knee injury with riding his motorcycle. He would come back before the Summer though as he went off to compete in the USA in the CZW Tournament of Death. In September he and Kasai would capture the KFC Tag belts and he would also go to beat Kasai for the KING of FREEDOM WORLD belt on December 25th. He would go on to hold the belt for exactly one year before Kasai would beat him on December 25, 2015 but before Kasai beat him in December he fighted his last MMA match against Makoto Kawawa wich he won on November 22.On May 25, 2016 Takeda unsuccessfully challenged Atsushi Aoki for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship but h would later challenge Aoki and Hikaru Sato for thier All Asia Tag Team Championship and his partner was Atsushi Maruyama wich they loss on October 15 but on before thier loss he won the WDW Tag Team Championship with Jaki Numazawa by defeating HUB and Orochi on September 19.On his third singles title by defeating Mideo Xtremo for the DTU Ultra-Violento Championship. On October 29 he made his first title defense against Kenji Fukimoto. He lost title back to Xtremo on December 26.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- U-Crash (Complete Dust)
- Reverse U-Crash (Elevated Reverse DDT)
- Kokutai Ichikaisen Slam (Olympic Slam)
- Signature moves
- German Suplex
- Dragon Suplex
- Ankle Hold
- Spear
- Rokkinpo (knee to face)
- Megaraba (Crippler Crossface)
- Megaraba-Rabaraba (Leg Captunre Crippler Crossface)
- Nicknames
- "Crazy Kid"
- Entrance themes
- "What's Up, People?!" by Maximum The Hormone
Championships and accomplishments
- STYLE-E Pro Wrestling
- STYLE-E Openweight Championship (1 time)
- WDW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Jaki Numazawa
- King of FREEDOM World Championship (1 time)
- King of FREEDOM Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jun Kasai
- DTU Ultra-Violento Championship (1 time)
- BJW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Isami Kodaka
- Guts World Pro Wrestling
- GWC 6 Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Daisuke and Kankuro Hoshino (1) and Masato Shibata and Kotaro Nasu (1)
Mixed martial arts record
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 15 matches | 11 wins | 4 losses |
| By knockout | 2 | 1 |
| By submission | 4 | 1 |
| By decision | 0 | 0 |
| By disqualification | 0 | 0 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 11-4-1 | Makoto Kawawa | Submission (Armbar) | ZST 49: 13th Anniversary | November 22, 2015 | 1 | 1:06 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Draw | 10-4-1 | Tatsuhiko Nishizaka | Draw | ZST: Battle Hazard 3 | August 24, 2008 | 2 | 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Yes | 10-4-0 | Ryo Nakajima | Submission (Armbar) | ZST: ZST 16 | February 24, 2008 | 2 | 2:31 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Yes | 9-4-0 | Hiroyuki Ito | Submission (Heel Hook) | ZST: 15th Anniversary | November 23, 2007 | 1 | 1:53 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Loss | 8-4-0 | Yojiro Uchimura | KO (Punch) | ZST: ZST 14 | October 7, 2007 | 1 | 1:52 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 8–3–0 | Shinya Sato | Submission (Ambar) | ZST: SWAT! RX1 | September 9, 2007 | 1 | 1:45 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 7-3-0 | Hiroki Kotani | KO (Punch) | ZST: ZST 12 | February 12, 2007 | 1 | 1:28 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 6-3-0 | Yojiro Uchimura | Submission (Ambar) | ZST: SWAT! 8 | December 17, 2006 | 1 | 4:12 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 5-3-0 | Naoto Ichikawa | KO (Knee) | ZST: SWAT! 7 | October 1, 2006 | 1 | 0:17 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 4-3-0 | Ichiro Kojima | TKO (Punches) | ZST: SWAT! 6 | August 27, 2006 | 1 | 4:04 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 3-3-0 | Yoshimichi Takino | TKO (Punches) | ZST: SWAT! 5 | June 4, 2006 | 1 | 3:42 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Loss | 2-3-0 | Keigo Hirayama | TKO (Punches) | ZST: SWAT! 4 | April 23, 2006 | 1 | 0:06 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Loss | 2-2-0 | Katsunori Kikuno | KO (Punch) | Deep: Future King Tournament 2005 | December 25, 2005 | 1 | 2:30 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 2-1-0 | Sojiro Orui | TKO (punches) | Deep: Future King Tournament 2005 | December 25, 2005 | 1 | 3:15 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Loss | 1–1–0 | Yuki Ito | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | ZST: SWAT! 2 | July 24, 2005 | 2 | 3:33 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 1-0-0 | Yoshimichi Takino | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | ZST: SWAT! 1 | April 17, 2005 | 1 | 3:00 | Tokyo, Japan |