TAKU

Real Name: Taku Okamoto
Birthplace: Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture
Birthdate: January 23, 1981
Theme Music: "Sarutobi" by Toshiro Masuda
Weight: 109kg (240lbs)
Height: 177cm (5'10")
Debut: August 14, 2002 (vs. Akira Takayoshi)

Title History:

F-MAX Tag Team Titles (2)
- (w/ Mastodon Fukuda) Yoshihiro Shimoda & Jin Hiroto (12/14/2007) / Akira Takayoshi & Naoyuki Watanabe (5/31/2009)
- (w/ Go Taniguchi) RYUJI & Manabe Tsuji (4/11/2010) /

Tournament History:

- 5th ANNIVERSARY CUP (10/21/2007): Hiroaki Nakata, TAKU & Mastodon Fukuda beat Etsuya Kawachi, Kazumitsu Takemura & Hidaka Kamon (15:28) when TAKU used the Kinniku Buster on Kamon.

- Sakura Tag Festival (2010): TAKU & Go Taniguchi beat RYUJI & Manabe Tsuji (22:17) when Taniguchi used the Tama Tama Drop on RYUJI.

Trademark Moves:
- Hinotama Buster (JP: 火の玉バスター ~ Cross Armed Wrist Assisted Northern Lights Bomb, Desperation Finisher. Hinotama translates to "Fireball")
- Kinniku Buster
- Jackhammer
- Atomic Hammer (Northern Lights Bomb variation of the Jackhammer.)
- Chojin Bomber (Sliding Lariat; TAKU's finisher of choice.)

Biography: Taku Okamoto originally debuted late in 2002 as Kinniku Kamen, but within months of his debut, moved on to greener pastures in BSPW where he became a huge comedy figure in the company. He had a series of matches with Atsushi Ono, which despite the humorous nature of the matches led to an actual exploding barbed wire deathmatch. Unfortunately, he was never pushed as a big figure in BSPW's Junior division thanks to his success as a comedy wrestler. Despite his gimmick, Kinniku had the solid foundation of a great power oriented Jr. Heavyweight. He returned to his first home in February of 2004 under the guise of "Kinniku Sentai Kiranger", and defended FURY from the "evil forces" of Tomagotchi Kaiju! After vanquishing Tomagotchi Kaiju and returned Tomagotchi to his former self, Kinniku joined DEVIL STORM, being the first Jr. Heavyweight member of the unit. In early 2005, Kinniku Kamen finally lost his mask, revealing himself as Taku Okamoto, a member of the 1st class of the FURY Dojo. Now unmasked, Okamoto graduated to the heavyweight division. Unfortunately, he did not achieve much success, even after leaving DEVIL STORM to join the upstart RISING FORCE unit. However, Okamoto along with most of the members of RISING FORCE shocked FURY when they turned on Akira Takayoshi to form UPRISER'Z. Taku Okamoto soon became simply "TAKU", and became one of the strongest figures within the company in a short period of time. TAKU and fellow UPRISER'Z member Mastodon Fukuda formed one of the strongest teams FURY has seen in a long while as the "Chojin Powers", and soon were the Tag Team Champions. TAKU and Fukuda reigned as F-MAX Tag Team Champions for over a year, before ultimately losing them in Kyocera Dome Osaka. After losing, TAKU and Fukuda dissolved their team, with Fukuda ultimately leaving UPRISER'Z. In February of 2010, TAKU challenged Fukuda for the F-MAX Unified Heavyweight title. Despite fighting a clean match, TAKU was ultimately beaten by Fukuda. Afterwards, TAKU was attacked by the remnants of UPRISER'Z, prompting Fukuda to come to his aid. Afterwards, TAKU accepted an offer to join REAL-ONE, reuniting with two of his best friends, Naoki Fukuda and Go Taniguchi.