| Birth Date: | 1976 10, df=yes |
| Birth Name: | Takashi Uwano |
| Birth Place: | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Caption: | Uwana celebrating a victory |
| Debut: | 1998 |
| Takashi Uwano | |
| Retired: | February 9, 2008 |
| Trainer: | NJPW dojo, Riki Choshu |
| Weight: | 224 lbs |
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler most famous for competing with NJPW (New Japan Pro Wrestling) and Pro Wrestling Zero1. Uwano has a background in the martial art, Judo.
Takashi started his wrestling career by competing for DDT Pro-Wrestling and IWA Japan. He competed in a losing effort against Phantom Funakoshi on the 5th anniversary show of IWA Japan in July 1999.[1]
In 2002, Uwano formed a tag team with Keizo Matsuda. The duo took on and defeated tag teams in the IWA, earning a title shot at the IWA World Tag Team Championship in late 2002. On October 1, the team defeated the tag team title holders Jun Izumida and Shoichi Ichimiya. Uwano and Matsuda held the IWA World Tag Team Championship until 2003.
Uwana would sign with NJPW at the start of 2006 thanks to his friend and fellow wrestler, Riki Choshu.[2] Uwana would compete in opening matches for the events on NJPW. He faced the likes of Shinsuke Nakamura. Uwano formed a tag team with Ishii. On January 29, he defeated Mitsuhide Hirasawa, one day after the latter's debut, at a NJPW Circuit 2006 Acceleration event.[3]
On February 29, 2008, Takashi Uwana announced his retirement from professional wrestling. This would end his nine, close to ten year career.[4] [5] Uwano's retirement match saw him defeat Kuniyoshi Wada.[6]
Takashi Uwano is a playable character in the video game "King Of Colosseum II" created by Spike for PlayStation 2.[8]