Tadao Yasuda

Takanofuji Tadao
孝乃富士 忠雄
Yasuda speaking in Shibuya, Tokyo, July 2018
Personal information
Born (1963-10-09) October 9, 1963 (age 61)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight150 kg (331 lb)
Career
StableKokonoe
Record418-459-4
DebutMarch, 1979
Highest rankKomusubi (July, 1990)
RetiredMay, 1992
Special PrizesFighting Spirit (1)
Gold Stars2 (Futahaguro)
* Up to date as of August 2007.

Tadao Yasuda (安田 忠夫, Yasuda Tadao, born 9 October 1963 in Ōta, Tokyo) is a Japanese retired sumo wrestler (rikishi), professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He competed in sumo from 1979 to 1992 under the shikona of Takanofuji Tadao, achieving the rank of komusubi, and afterward 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. He also fought in mixed martial arts from 2001 to 2003, holding a notable win over Jérôme Le Banner.