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Taka Higashino

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Takayuki Taka Higashino is a Japanese freestyle motocross rider, born on 13 March 1985, who has competed in international events including the X Games and was the first Asian gold medalist there. His English Wikipedia article credits him with three X Games gold medals in freestyle moto and with inventing the body varial trick known as the California Roll or Taka Roll, a variation of the Special Flip. He began riding motocross at seven, turned professional at eighteen and moved to the United States in 2006 to compete, appearing in his first X Games in 2007. In 2010 he won the Dew Tour Salt Lake City FMX contest and Red Bull XRAY and took bronze in Best Trick at X Games XVI, and in 2012 he won gold in Moto X Freestyle.

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Birth Year
1985 1
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 1
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X Games, Competitions
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Freestyle motocross, Sports
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Japan

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is a Japanese freestyle motocross rider
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    born 13 March 1985) is a Japanese freestyle motocross rider
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    is a Japanese freestyle motocross rider
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    He has three X-Games Gold Medals in Freestyle Moto.
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    His motocross career took off in 2010, when he finished first at the Dew Tour Salt Lake City FMX Contest, Red Bull XRAY, and earned a bronze medal for his FMX Best Trick performance at X Games XVI. That year, Transworld Motocross named Higashino the Breakout FMX Rider of the Year. In 2011, Higashino took first place at the ASA World Championships of FMX and competed in his fifth consecutive X Games competition. He also performed on the Nuclear Cowboyz Freestyle Chaos tour, an American motocross exhibition, and will ride on the tour again in 2012. At X Games XVIII in 2012, he won gold in Moto X Freestyle and claimed second in Moto X Best Trick.
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    is a Japanese freestyle motocross rider
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    who has competed in international events including the X-Games
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