Shinya Makabe (真壁 伸也, Makabe Shin'ya, born September 29, 1972),[1] better known by his ring name Togi Makabe (真壁 刀義, Makabe Tōgi) is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, two-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, two-time NEVER Openweight Champion and one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion.
Debuting in 1997, Makabe originally wrestled under his birthname as a junior heavyweight (100 kilograms (220 lb), before gaining several kilograms during a global excursion in 2001 and 2002.[4] He changed his given name to "Togi" during the 2004 G1 Climax tournament.[6] His status in New Japan rose significantly in 2007, making it to the finals of the New Japan Cup and the semifinals of the G1 Climax, and challenging Yuji Nagata for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. After a number of unsuccessful challenges at the title, Makabe finally won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on May 3, 2010, by defeating Shinsuke Nakamura.
Makabe's wrestling style and character is heavily influenced by the late Bruiser Brody. Known as the "Unchained Gorilla", Makabe is known for his violent, bloody style of wrestling, often illegally employing steel chairs and chains into his offense, including a lariat with a chain wrapped around his arm (like Brody). He also uses Brody's All Japan Pro Wrestling theme "Immigrant Song" (albeit a cover made by Tomoyasu Hotei) as his own.
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Shinya Makabe (真壁 伸也, Makabe Shin'ya, born September 29, 1972), better known by his ring name TogiMakabe (真壁 刀義, MakabeTōgi) is a Japanese professional...
The announcement was made by his brother Tama Tonga, who challenged TogiMakabe and Tomoaki Honma to a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship at Invasion...
teaming with Suzuki in a tag team match, where they defeated Kojima and TogiMakabe. Three days later, the Suzuki-gun team of Archer, Taichi and Taka Michinoku...
one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and a two-time World Tag League winner with TogiMakabe. During his second year of high school, Honma initially had aspirations...
until April 2009, when the rest of the group turned on their leader, TogiMakabe, and formed a new stable named Chaos, under the leadership of Shinsuke...
and Power Struggle on November 11, both times defeating the team of TogiMakabe and Wataru Inoue. On January 4, 2013, at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome...
a tournament first, the exact tie for first place in Block A between TogiMakabe and Hiroshi Tanahashi was decided by a coin toss. The 2010 version of...
compete in the 2010 G1 Tag League tournament. They defeated the teams of TogiMakabe/Tomoaki Honma, and King Fale/Super Strong Machine, but lost to the teams...
the event started with the preshow bout between Katsuya Murashima and TogiMakabe, and Shoma Kato and one third of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team...
tournament, they were eliminated in the second round by Great Bash Heel (TogiMakabe & Tomoaki Honma) & Satoshi Kojima. In April 2011, Fale took part in All...
accepted TogiMakabe's challenge for the title. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2010, Nakamura lost the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to Makabe. Following...
Generation tour Kobe, Japan 3 218 6 Nakamura defeated TogiMakabe to win the vacant title. 54 TogiMakabe May 3, 2010 Wrestling Dontaku 2010 Fukuoka, Japan...
17, 2008, New Japan show, they lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to TogiMakabe and Toru Yano. Following Tomko's departure for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
Baba from the first anime. He is voiced by Masaki Terasoma. TogiMakabe (真壁刀義, MakabeTōgi) is a NJPW wrestler who enjoys sweets and even blogs about them...
Club's Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson unsuccessfully challenged G • B • H (TogiMakabe and Tomoaki Honma) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship. Following the...
Tanahashi and Goto defeated the Beast Combination (Satoshi Kojima and TogiMakabe) on November 4 to advance to the semifinals of the tournament. On November...
originally ended in a double countout at 2:35, but it was restarted with Makabe winning via pinfall in 14:49. The 2009 New Japan Cup was a 14-man tournament...
Buchanan to take on Tomohiro Ishii, TogiMakabe and Toru Yano, Makabe pinned Buchanan. Tomko lost to TogiMakabe in the first round of the New Japan Cup...
Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks, and Toa Henare against Great Bash Heel (TogiMakabe and Tomoaki Honma), Yota Tsuji and Yuya Uemura in an eight-man tag team...
matches, Shingo Takagi defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kazuchika Okada and TogiMakabe wrestled Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura to a no contest, and Hiroshi...
semi-finals. On December 8, Gallows and Anderson first defeated G.B.H. (TogiMakabe and Tomoaki Honma) in the semi-finals and then Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan...
teamed with TogiMakabe as the "Beast Combination". After picking up three wins and one loss in their first four matches, Kojima and Makabe were defeated...
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