Takaku Fuke

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. Fight Matrix ranked Takaku Fuke was #2 Heavyweight and #4 Pound-for-Pound best MMA fighter in the world in 1994.

Background Fuke was an active practitioner of judo in high school. After graduating from high school in 1989, he became a UWF trainee. There, he would train with likes of Tatsuo Nakano and Ken Shamrock. He debuted as a professional wrestler for UWF on August 13, 1990, against Masahito Kakihara. After the reborn UWF closed down in November, he would work for Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi. While employed with PWFG, he was involved in a proto-MMA match with kickboxer Lawi Napataya.

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

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. 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.

Movie appearances Dynamite Wolf (February 16, 2019) - as himself

Championships and accomplishments Dotonbori Pro Wrestling WDW Six-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – 1 time with Hideaki Sumi & Yuki Tanaka, 1 time with Hideaki Sumi & Mikiya Sasaki Fighting Ultimate Crazy Kings F*CK! World Air Class Championship (1 time) Japan Pro Wrestling 2000 J2000 Championship (2 times) JWF Tag Team Championship – with Rising KID (1 time) Specialist Global Pro Wrestling SGP Global Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Tenryu Project Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Mixed martial arts record Loss

Yuji Hoshino Decision (unanimous) Pancrase 116

Osaka, Japan Loss

Kenichi Serizawa Loss (triangle armbar) Pancrase 110

Osaka, Japan Draw

Manao Kumagai Draw Japan Regional

Unknown Loss

Hikaru Sato Decision (majority) Pancrase 106

Osaka, Japan Loss

Kenji Arai Injury Pancrase 104

Osaka, Japan Loss

Ryo Chonan Decision (unanimous) Deep 3: Impact

Osaka, Japan Loss

Kazuo Misaki TKO (punches) Pancrase 101

Osaka, Japan, Japan Loss

Minoru Suzuki Submission (kneebar) Pancrase 100

Osaka, Japan Draw

Daisuke Watanabe Decision (majority) Pancrase 83

Yokohama, Japan Win

Minoru Suzuki Decision (points) Pancrase 59

Kobe, Japan Draw

Tony Rojo Decision (majority) Pancrase 58

Loss

Osami Shibuya Decision (unanimous) Pancrase 56

Draw

Katsuomi Inagaki Decision (majority) Pancrase 54

Loss

Takafumi Ito Decision (unanimous) Pancrase 53

Loss

Satoshi Hasegawa Decision (points) Pancrase 50

Loss

Takafumi Ito Submission (armbar) Pancrase 48

Win

Kosei Kubota Submission (guillotine choke) Pancrase 47

Loss

Bas Rutten Submission (armbar) Pancrase 44

Loss

Semmy Schilt Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 42

Win

Paul Lazenby Submission (ankle lock) Pancrase 41

Win

Haygar Chin Submission (3:46) Pancrase 39

Loss

Osami Shibuya Decision (points) Pancrase 38

Win

Jong Wang Kim Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 37

Loss

Ryushi Yanagisawa Decision (points) Pancrase 30

Draw

Vernon White Draw (unanimous) Pancrase 29

Loss

Guy Mezger Decision (unanimous) Pancrase - Truth 3

Loss

Minoru Suzuki Submission (armbar) Pancrase 26: Truth 2

Kobe, Japan Win

Leon Van Dijk Decision (points) Pancrase 25

Loss

Masakatsu Funaki Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 24

Loss

Jason DeLucia Decision (points) Pancrase 23

Win

Todd Medina Submission (armbar) Pancrase 22

Loss

Frank Shamrock Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 19

Win

Gregory Smit Decision (points) Pancrase 18

Loss

Bas Rutten Submission (heel hook) Pancrase 17

Loss

Larry Papadopoulos Decision (unanimous) Pancrase 16

Win

Richard Saar TKO (spinning backfist) Pancrase 15

Loss

Maurice Smith TKO (knee) Pancrase 13

Loss

Ken Shamrock Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 12

Win

Manabu Yamada Submission (heel hook) Pancrase 11

Win

Jason Delucia Submission (heel hook) Pancrase 10

Tokyo, Japan Win

Gregory Smit Submission (ankle lock) Pancrase 9

Win

Toon Stelling Disqualification (Illegal soccer kick) Pancrase 8

Loss

Masakatsu Funaki Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 7

Loss

Minoru Suzuki Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 6: Pancrash! 2

Aichi, Japan Win

Scott Bessac Submission (heel hook) Pancrase 5: Pancrash! 1

Win

Katsuomi Inagaki Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 4

Hakata, Japan Loss

Ken Shamrock Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 3

Kobe, Japan Loss

Bas Rutten TKO (knee to the body) Pancrase 2

Nagoya, Japan Win

Vernon White Submission (armbar) Pancrase 1

Tokyo, Japan