Taro Miyake

Taro Miyake was a Japanese professional wrestler. In 1905 he departed Japan for London, where he famously defeated the reigning champion in the jiujitsu style, Yukio Tani. Miyake and Tani then joined forces, opening a jiujitsu school and co-authoring a book titled "The Game of Jiu-Jitsu".

Miyake toured all over the U.S. in the 1920's. [http://ejmas.com/jalt/2005jalt/jcsart_archer_0105.html] In 1928 Miyake returned to Japan and toured there with three other wrestlers, but professional wrestling was not popular in Japan back then and the shows did not sell tickets. He was also known for having defeated Yukio Tani [http://www.bestjudo.com/brjudocomplete.shtml] .

Career Highlights

*Lost to Ad Santel in Seattle, WA in October 20, 1917 (KO from Half nelson Slam)
*Won over John Berg in Spokane, WA in March 15, 1918
*Lost to Canadian Jack Taylor in Vancouver, BC in January 23, 1919
*Lost to Jim Londos in April 8, 1920
*Lost to Canadian Jack Taylor in Casper, WY in April, 1921
*Lost to Ed "Strangler" Lewis" in Chicago, IL in December 31, 1923
*Won over Fred Bilger in St. Louis MO in February 19, 1924
*Lost to Oresti Vadalfi in St. Louis MO December 4, 1924
*Won over Bull Montana in Columbus, OH in March 2, 1927
*Won over Ray Carpenter in Columbus, OH in March 9, 1927
*Won over Jack Kogut in Columbus, OH in March 16, 1927
*Lost to Ray Carpenter in Columbus, OH in March 23, 1927
*Lost to Jim Londos in Brooklyn, NY in March 11, 1931
*Lost to Jim Londos in Louisville, KY in May 16, 1931
*Lost to ”Tiger” Nelson in Washington DC May 28, 1931
*Lost to Helio Gracie in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 14, 1934