![Naoki Sano](/_next/image?url=%2Flogo.webp&w=3840&q=75)
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1965-02-02
Place of Birth
Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan
Naoki Sano
Biography
Naoki Sano is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist most notable for being the generational rival of legendary Japanese pro wrestler Jushin Liger. During the last years of his career, he went by the name Takuma Sano.
Known For
![NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FicdHte4qER4U0gGqnxVKd7JtZdW.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
as Naoki Sano
![NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FlJwIlmxjagarSwOrEtidaKavf9u.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
as Naoki Sano
![NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2F5vKRP3oNT2Dp0kgan6R0YukJz6x.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3
as Takuma Sano
![PWFG: Stack of Arms](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2Fht0fmASKFeXtDr1dHeRCa9XWug0.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
PWFG: Stack of Arms
![NOAH: Destiny 2005](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2Fy5I9cvNjUDKMUyJ16pWfYtG0aqo.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
NOAH: Destiny 2005
as Takuma Sano
![NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FaZd6M9K1zAdPcoEt8A8LDQMrZH1.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005
as Takuma Sano
![Pride 9: New Blood](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FkS4ufVAZv1nXSiXTO7t4I0QjBBT.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Pride 9: New Blood
as Self
![Peanuts](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FkztxfZatsQeqfrvU3zKWxzcVfGa.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Peanuts
![NOAH: Departure 2004](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FlY8Soz6Idodbi6oZ51tzQ0EKeCv.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
NOAH: Departure 2004
as Takuma Sano
![PWFG: One For All And All For One](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2F9kwvJHNjmMSCnuSPlmbwnsI8XFG.jpg&w=3840&q=75)