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Home/People/George Takano
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Born
Jun 23, 1958
Age 67
Place of Birth
Yamaguchi, Japan
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

3
Movies
1
TV Shows
Also Known As
The Cobra
Cobra
Mr. X
ジョージ高野

George Takano

Acting

Biography
Joji Takano (高野 讓治, Takano Jōji), is an American-Japanese retired professional wrestler better known under the ring name George Takano (ジョージ高野, Jōji Takano). He was also billed from Uganda under the alias The Cobra, a masked wrestler persona. He worked for various Japanese and American wrestling promotions from the late 1970s to early 1990s. He is the older brother of Shunji Takano.
SWS WrestleFest poster

SWS WrestleFest

as George Takano
1991
Best of the WWF Volume 1 poster

Best of the WWF Volume 1

as The Cobra
1985
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu poster

Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu

Cast
1977