8 Things You Didn't Know About WWE's Kyoki (FKA Hiromu Takahashi)

3. He Has Acting Experience

Professional wrestling and film/television have forever been intertwined, with crossover between the mediums dating back to the 1910s. From the heady heights of The Rock, John Cena and Batista developing second careers in Hollywood, to more niche roles (like Bray Wyatt's casting as a prison guard in a festive Diary Of A Wimpy Kid special), the industries are more friends with benefits than they are strange bedfellows.

Not to be left out of the situationship, this synergy has also crept its way into the Japanese market, with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Antonio Inoki both having had featured roles, while Hirooki Goto is to play E. Honda in the upcoming Street Fighter flick alongside Cody Rhodes as Guile and Roman Reigns as Akuma.

Hiromu Takahashi, too, has an acting credit on his IMDb write-up, as he was cast as Joseph Randou in The Omen Of Destruction and Desast's Awakening, the second episode of Kamen Rider Outsiders. Founded by Shitaro Ishinomori in 1971 as a superhero-centric franchise, Kamen Rider has spawned films, television programmes, manga, and anime across its 55-year lifespan, and has previously featured Minoru Suzuki, and the aforementioned Tanahashi and Goto in cameo roles.

Less notably, the 5-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion also played Monjaya no Kyaku in 2018's My Dad Is A Heel Wrestler.