# Takuho Kato

Takuho Kato (加藤拓歩, Kato Takuho) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for his tenure with Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling where he is a former Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion.

## Professional wrestling career
### Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2018–2023)

Kato made his professional wrestling debut in Big Japan Pro Wrestling at BJW New Year 2018 on January 2, where he teamed up with Takuya Nomura in a losing effort against Masaki Morihio and Yuya Aoki in tag team competition.
During his five-year tenure with the promotion, Kato chased for various championships owned by it. He won only one title in his career, the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship on October 3, 2019, at a house show alongside Daisuke Sekimoto and Akira Hyodo by defeating Abdullah Kobayashi, Kankuro Hoshino, and Yuko Miyamoto for the vacant titles. Their reign lasted for 450 days with a total of five successful defenses. At a house show from September 8, 2019, Kato teamed up with Yuji Okabayashi to unsuccessfully challenge Daisuke Sekimoto and The Bodyguard for the BJW Tag Team Championship. At BJW Weekday Premium on October 1, 2021, Kato teamed up with Hiroyuki Suzuki to unsuccessfully challenge Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura) for the Iron Fist Tag Team Championship, titles promoted by Pro-Wrestling Basara.
Kato competed in several signature events of the promotion. As for the Ikkitousen Strong Climb, he made his only appearance at the 2022 edition in which he competed in the A Block against Yasufumi Nakanoue, Hideyoshi Kamitani, Yuji Okabayashi, Takuya Nomura and Kota Sekifuda, scoring a total of two points. In the Saikyo Tag League, Kato made his first appearance at the 2019 edition of the tournament in which he teamed up with Akira Hyodo in the A Block where they failed to score any points after competing against the teams of Shigehiro Irie and Yuji Okabayashi, Okami (Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani), Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami, Daisuke Sekimoto and The Bodyguard, Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue, StrongHearts (El Lindaman and T-Hawk), and Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura). He marked his last appearance at the 2022 edition in which he teamed up with Hiroyuki Suzuki and scored a total of ten points in the A Block which was enough to qualify them into the semifinals. In the Block A, they fought against the teams of Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura), Yasufumi Nakanoue and Andy Wu, Yankee Two Kenju (Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto), Kohei Sato and Kazumi Kikuta, Kota Sekifuda and Tomato Kaji, Masaya Takahashi and Masked GO!GOGO, Ryuji Ito and Jaki Numazawa, and Daisuke Sekimoto and Kazumasa Yoshida. In the semifinals, Kato and Suzuki fell short to Abdullah Kobayashi and Daiju Wakamatsu.

#### Kaientai Dojo (2018)

Due to BJW holding multiple business partnerships with various promotions from the Japanese independent circuit, Kato often made external appearances as a developmental talent. In Kaientai Dojo, he competed in the 2018 edition of the K-Metal League in which he defeated Tatsuya Hanami, Marines Mask, Shinichiro Wakita and Kelly Sixx to make it to the finals where he fell short to Marines Mask.

#### All Japan Pro Wrestling (2019, 2022)

Kato also competed several times for All Japan Pro Wrestling. At AJPW Summer Explosion Series 2019 on September 3, he teamed up with Akira Hyodo and Yuki Ishikawa in a losing effort against Atsuki Aoyagi, Dan Tamura and Yusuke Okada. Kato briefly returned to the promotion three years later and competed at AJPW Excite Series 2022 on February 23, where he teamed up with Kazumasa Yoshida in a losing effort against Dan Tamura and Ryuji Hijikata.

### Retirement (2023)

Kato retired from professional wrestling on September 28, 2023.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Big Japan Pro Wrestling
** Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Akira Hyodo and Daisuke Sekimoto
* Niigata Pro Wrestling
** Wakashishi Kikusui Cup Championship (1 time)