Giant Ochiai

Takayuki Okada
Ring name(s)	Giant Ochiai
Billed height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Billed weight	130 kg (290 lb; 20 st)
Born	May 8, 1973(1973-05-08)
Died	August 8, 2003(2003-08-08) (aged 30)
Trained by	New Japan Dojo Kenzo Suzuki

Takayuki Okada (May 8, 1973 - August 8, 2003), more widely known as Giant Ochiai, was a Japanese judo practitioner, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.

As a student, Okada won the All Japan Industrial High School Judo League Champion four times.^[1] Working a stiff style, Okada wrestled as Giant Ochiai for Riki Chōshū's World Japan promotion and Yoshiaki Fujiwara's Battlarts organizations. Okada also fought in legitimate MMA competitions for Pride Fighting Championships^[2] and King of the Cage.^[3]

After an August 2003 "training accident" while training with Kenzo Suzuki^[4] at World Japan's dojo, Okada suffered an acute subdural hematoma and entered a coma from which he never recovered.^[5][6] Okada died on August 8, 2003.^[1] Okada's August 13 wake was attended by Masaaki Satake, Nobuhiko Takada, Kazushi Sakuraba and World Japan Management Director Katsuji Nagashima.

Okada's MMA record was 3-3-2 (Win-Loss-Draw).^[7]

Mixed martial arts record

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
vDraw	3-3-2	Memo Diaz	Draw	DEEP - 9th Impact	02003-05-05 May 5, 2003	2	5:00
Win	3-3-1	Kim Jong Wang	Submission (broken hand)	Pride The Best Vol.3	02002-10-20 October 20, 2002	1	0:24
Win	2-3-1	Tomohiko Hashimoto	KO (strikes)	Pride The Best Vol.2	02002-07-20 July 20, 2002	1	2:10
Win	1-3-1	Soichi Nishida	TKO (punches)	Pride The Best Vol.1	02002-02-22 February 22, 2002	1	2:00
Loss	0-3-1	Zane Frazier	Decision (unanimous)	King of the Cage [1]	02001-08-04 August 4, 2001	1	7:00
vDraw	0-2-1	Yoshinori Nishi	Draw	S - Samurai 2000 [2]	02000-10-22 October 22, 2000	N/A
Loss	0-2	Ricco Rodriguez	Submission (smother choke)	Pride 10	02000-08-27 August 27, 2000	1	6:04
Loss	0-1	Igor Borisov	TKO (punches)	Ultimate Boxing - Pride vs Seikendo [3]	02000-06-11 June 11, 2000	1	7:07

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Deceased Superstars - Giant Ochiai
2. ^ http://www.pridefc.com/pride2005/index.php?mainpage=fighters&fID=118 PrideFC Official Website
3. ^ http://www.sherdog.com/events/KOTC-10-Critical-Mass-456 Sherdog: KOTC 10 - Critical Mass
4. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1659228/bio IMDB biography for Kenzo Suzuki
5. ^ http://www.1wrestling.com/news/newsline.asp?news=15000 1wrestling.com story on Okada's death
6. ^ http://www.fightsport.com/fightsport/news/2003_08_03_fightsport_archive.html#106041257823851563 Fightsport.com story on Okada's death
7. ^ http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Takayuki-Okada-322 Sherdog Fightfinder Record

External links

Professional wrestling portal

• Professional MMA record for Takayuki "Giant Ochiai" Okada from Sherdog
• PrideFC Page

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Name	Ochiai, Giant
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Date of birth	8 May 1973
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Date of death	8 August 2003
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