(1968-08-24) August 24, 1968 (age 55)[1] Tokyo, Japan[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Funaki Kung Fu Naki[2] Shoichi Funaki Sho Funaki[1]
Billed height
5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[2]
Billed weight
180 lb (82 kg)[2]
Billed from
Tokyo, Japan[2]
Trained by
Animal Hamaguchi Yoshiaki Fujiwara[1]
Debut
1993[2]
Retired
October 2015
Shoichi "Sho" Funaki (船木 勝一, Funaki Shōichi)[1] (born August 24, 1968)[1] is a Japanese professional wrestling manager, color commentator and former professional wrestler signed to WWE, where he is a one-time Cruiserweight Champion and a one-time Hardcore Champion.[3][4] He currently works for WWE as a Japanese-language play-by-play commentator.[5]
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(海援隊Deluxe) was formed in 1996. Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, TAKA Michinoku, ShoichiFunaki, and Hanzo Nakajima worked as young protagonists looking to make a break...
& ShoichiFunaki at Over the Edge: In Your House only to be defeated. He would then also team up with The Headbangers to defeat Togo, Teioh & Funaki at...
run as a popular tag team with a win over Kaientai (Men's Teioh and ShoichiFunaki) on the September 27, 1998 episode of Sunday Night Heat. Soon after...
Ikeda, Katsumi Usuda, Minoru Tanaka, Mamoru Okamoto, Muhammad Yone, and ShoichiFunaki. In need of funds, however, Fujiwara proposed to cooperate with their...
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Wrestling, he formed a stable called Kai En Tai DX with Taka Michinoku, ShoichiFunaki, Men's Teioh and Shiryu; Togo, along with some of his Kai En Tai teammates...
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The Wild Shooter defeated Kaientai Deluxe members Taka Michinoku and ShoichiFunaki and after the match, Kaientai stole Nakagawa's Independent World Junior...
Ring name(s) Ikuto Hidaka Billed height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Billed weight 85 kg (187 lb) Trained by Animal Hamaguchi ShoichiFunaki Debut January 21, 1997...
Live event Puebla, Mexico 2 115 1 — Vacated December 18, 1997 — — — — — Taka Michinoku vacated the title right after defending against ShoichiFunaki....
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