Blog #280 showcases more Pro-Wrestling sculptures by Dr. Takuro Horikawa.
After a number of gallery appearances, Dr. Takuro Horikawa continued to sculpt more pieces.
Broadening his inspirations beyond the realms of Pro-Wrestling, Dr. Horikawa's followup
creations embodied interests from historical figures, movie likenesses, MMA greats, and
even Dinosaurs.
Hollywood Hogan and The Rock's infamous staredown at WM X8 in 2002.
Dr. Horikawa's interests also go beyond Wrestling itself with a sculpture of Greek Olympian figure Apollo. 
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira.
Edo period Samurai and influential figure Ryoma Sakamoto; as portrayed by Japanese Actor Masaharu Fukuyama. 
On a smaller scale, Dr. Horikawa's work has extended to recreating Dinosaurs. Such is the case with this T-Rex sculpture.
Out
of all of Dr. Horikawa's work, I think Horikawa's Pro-Wrestling
sculptures are the best. You can clearly see Horikawa's passion as a
Pro-Wrestling fan carved into these pieces. 
Another Hogan statue from 2015.
Again, the realism here is amazing. Whereas most Hogan statues feature the Hulkster tearing
through his shirt, or striking a muscle-flexing pose, it's interesting to see Hogan depicted
in a casual sculpt.
Would a sculpture like this be something you would collect?
Takuro Horikawa pictured at famed Puroresu store Toudoukan holding a mini photo album of his sculptures for sale.
Sadly, the above posts are the extent of the information that I could gather on Takuro. The few Japanese articles that did talk about Takuro stated that his love of Pro-Wrestling was rekindled after a
lengthy absence. Crafting Wrestling figures (and sculpting in general) continued to remain a hobby for him beyond his daytime work as a Dentist.
Maybe
Takuro's love of Pro-Wrestling will rekindle once again one day, and
we'll have more Wrestling sculptures presented on display throughout Japan.
Further reading:
marmalade3232.ashita-sanuki.jp/e864309.html
This appears to be the blog of the Gallery that hosted Horikawa's sculptures.
wwwb.pikara.ne.jp/horitake/newpage4.html
Event photos from when Horikawa's work was featured at the Kagawa Prefectural Culture Hall in April 2011. The event was called Takeshi Horikawa Oil Painting & Takuro Figure Exhibition”; as Dr. Horikawa's father also had oil paintings on display.
www.rnc.co.jp/ent/photom/calendar/rcar/20141112
More gallery coverage from 2014. Includes additional photos of Dr. Horikawa and the previously-seen sculptures.
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