Takaku Fuke Explained

Takaku Fuke

Birth Name:

Fuke Yusuke (冨宅裕介)

Birth Date:

January 30, 1969

Birth Place:

Sakai, Osaka, Japan

Occupation:

Professional wrestler, mixed martial artist

Module:

Child:	yes
Names:	Momoiro Takaku, Yusuke Tomiya, Takaku Fuke
Trainer:	Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Debut:	August 13th, 1990

Module2:

Mixed martial arts career

Child:	yes

Height Ft:	5
Height In:	11
Height Cm:	180
Height M:	1.8
Weight Lb:	192
Weight Kg:	87
Weight Class:	Light Heavyweight
Martial Art:	Judo, Kickboxing, Shoot Wrestling
Fighting Out Of:	Osaka, Japan
Team:	Pancrase Inagakigumi
Rank:	Black Belt in Judo
Years Active:	Pro Wrestling: 1990-1992, 2003-present MMA: 1993-2003
Mma Win:	16
Mmawins:	16
Mma Loss:	29
Mmalosses:	29
Mma Draw:	5
Sherdog:	^[1]

Takaku Fuke (冨宅飛駈; January 30, 1969), born Yusuke Fuke (冨宅裕介) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial arts fighter. He was most notably involved in the early days of Pancrase, at infancy of Mixed Martial Arts in Japan.^[2] Fight Matrix ranked Takaku Fuke was #2 Heavyweight and #4 Pound-for-Pound best MMA fighter in the world in 1994.^[3] ^[4]

Background

Fuke was an active practitioner of judo in high school.^[5] After graduating from high school in 1989, he became a UWF trainee. There, he would train with likes of Tatsuo Nakano^[6] and Ken Shamrock.^[7] Subsequently, he would work for Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi. While employed with PWFG, he was involved in a proto-MMA match with kickboxer Lawi Napataya.^[8]

Combat sport career

At Pancrase 2 (October 1993), he lost to Bas Rutten via TKO, following a knee to Fuke's liver.^[9] In November 1993, Fuke lost to Ken Shamrock via submission.^[10] In December 1994, Fuke took part in the King of Pancrase tournament, where he lost against Maurice Smith in the first round.^[11] At Pancrase 19, Fuke lost to Frank Shamrock.^[12]

In June 2003, he transferred to the new section "Pancrase MISSION" in Pancrase from "Pancrase Osaka.". He became a player belonging to MISSION next to Minoru Suzuki, and in the same month, participated in "U-STYLE" for the first time.

On November 7, 2014 at WRESTLE-1/ZERO-ONE KASSEN ~ Battle ZERO1 Vs. W-1 Tournament - Day 3, he worked a match with his old Pancrase alumni, Masakatsu Funaki.^[13] In February 2019, at WRESTLE-1 Keiji Muto Produce Pro-Wrestling Masters event, Fuke took part in a 6-man tag team match, teamed up with Mitsuya Nagai and Yoshiaki Fujiwara, against Jushin Thunder Liger, Riki Choshu and Tatsumi Fujinami.^[14]

Movie appearances

Dynamite Wolf (February 16, 2019) - as himself^[15]

Mixed martial arts record

|-| Draw| align=center| 16–26–5| Manao Kumagai| Draw| Japan Regional| | align=center| ?| align=center| ?| Unknown||-| Loss| align=center| 16–26–4| Hikaru Sato| Decision (majority)| Pancrase 106| | align=center| 2| align=center| 5:00| Osaka, Japan| |-

| Win| align=center| 15–17–1| Kosei Kubota| Submission (guillotine choke)| Pancrase 47| | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:22| | |-

| Win| align=center| 14–15–1| Paul Lazenby| Submission (ankle lock)| Pancrase 41| | align=center| 1| align=center| 7:45| | |-

| Win| align=center| 13–15–1| Haygar Chin| Submission (3:46)| Pancrase 39| | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:46| | |-

| Win| align=center| 12–14–1| Jong Wang Kim| Submission (rear-naked choke)| Pancrase 37| | align=center| 1| align=center| 2:09| | |-

| Win| align=center| 11–11| Leon Van Dijk| Decision (points)| Pancrase 25| | align=center| 1| align=center| 10:00| | |-

| Win| align=center| 10–9| Todd Medina| Submission (armbar)| Pancrase 22| | align=center| 1| align=center| 5:30| | |-

| Win| align=center| 9–8| Gregory Smit| Decision (points)| Pancrase 18| | align=center| 1| align=center| 20:00| | |-

| Win| align=center| 8–6| Richard Saar| TKO (spinning backfist)| Pancrase 15| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:23| | |-

| Win| align=center| 7–4| Manabu Yamada| Submission (heel hook)| Pancrase 11| | align=center| 1| align=center| 13:47| | |-

| Win| align=center| 6–4| Jason Delucia| Submission (heel hook)| Pancrase 10| | align=center| 1| align=center| 4:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-

| Win| align=center| 5–4| Gregory Smit| Submission (ankle lock)| Pancrase 9| | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:46| | |-

External links

Takaku Fuke on Fight Matrix

Notes and References

Web site: Takaku Fuke MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography - Sherdog.com. Sherdog.
Web site: tapology.com . Takaku .
Web site: Generated Historical Rankings, October 1994, Pound-for-Pound. 15 January 2024 .
Web site: Takaku Fuke FightMatrix Fighter Profile.
Web site: Takaku Fuke. 2021-12-20. www.pancrase.co.jp.
Nakano Tatsuo, "Watashi-setsu UWF Nakano Tatsumi Yō jiden", page 15, 2020,
"Beyond the Lion's Den: The Life, The Fights, The Techniques" by Ken Shamrock, Erich Krauss, page 18-26, Tuttle Publishing, 2012
Web site: Kakutogi Road: The Complete History of MMA Vol 1. 19 January 2020.
Web site: MMA History: Pancrase - Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 2 - October 14th 1993. tpnotgrant77. 2014. Bloody Elbow . 2023-02-13. Bas held a standing guillotine, and while falling, landed a devastating knee to the liver. This fight would have been stopped immediately in today's MMA. Conversely, Fuke was given 10 seconds to recover, and was able to get back to his feet, but ref still called the fight off. Prompting Fuke to crumble to the canvas once again in agony..
Book: Wall, Jeremy . UFC's Ultimate Warriors: The Top 10 . 2005 . ECW Press . 978-1-55022-691-1 . en.
"Beyond the Lion's Den: The Life, The Fights, The Techniques" by Ken Shamrock, Erich Krauss, page 30, Tuttle Publishing, 2012
Web site: Looking back at a legend: Frank Shamrock (Part 1). ShinSplints . Nov 29, 2012 . Bloody Elbow . 2023-02-13. Following his loss to Funaki, Shamrock went 3-1-1 in his next 5 fights. In all three of his wins, he used the catch wrestling he'd learned from Ken at the Lion's Den and from Japan to finish with rear naked chokes. He displayed his aggressive submission-hunting style perfectly against Takaku Fuke. Throughout the fight, Frank pressured Fuke from mount and back mount, always attacking and looking for chokes or joint submissions..
Web site: WRESTLE-1/ZERO-ONE KASSEN ~ Battle ZERO1 Vs. W-1 Tournament - Day 3 at Shinjuku FACE wrestling results - Internet Wrestling Database. www.profightdb.com.
Web site: WRESTLE-1 Keiji Muto Produce Pro-Wrestling Masters at Korakuen Hall wrestling results - Internet Wrestling Database. www.profightdb.com.
Web site: おっさんのケーフェイ. 映画-Movie Walker. 2019-02-24. ja-jp.