Maybach Taniguchi
Maybach Taniguchi | |
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Kurayoshi City, Tottori Prefecture, Japan[1] | |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Shuhei Taniguchi Super Saiya-jin Son Goku[2] Maybach Taniguchi King Tany |
Billed height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
Billed weight | 105 kg (231 lb)[1] |
Debut | December 24, 2005[1] |
Shuhei Taniguchi (谷口 周平, Taniguchi Shūhei, born October 18, 1976)
Professional wrestling career
Amateur background
Shuhei Taniguchi first started competitive wrestling when he was in high school. Like fellow
Pro Wrestling Noah
Taniguchi joined the Pro Wrestling Noah dojo on May 5, 2005, and spent many months training. He finally debuted along with
In early 2012 he turned on his friend and tag partner
Following Morishima's retirement from professional wrestling, Taniguchi entered the GHC Heavyweight Championship picture in May 2015, challenging Minoru Suzuki.[20] On June 9, Taniguchi was unmasked during a tag team match, where he and Yoshihiro Takayama defeated Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka.[21] Taniguchi received his title shot on June 15, but was defeated by Suzuki.[22] On January 31, 2016, Taniguchi voluntarily removed his mask to become one of the leading figures in Noah's war with the Suzuki-gun stable.[23][24] He has since worked unmasked, though retaining the Maybach Taniguchi name.[25] In early June, Taniguchi represented Noah in the Lucha Libre World Cup in Mexico. Team Noah, made up of Taniguchi, Naomichi Marufuji and Taiji Ishimori, finished fourth in the tournament.[26] On July 30, Taniguchi put his mask back on to attack new GHC Heavyweight Champion, Suzuki-gun's Takashi Sugiura, setting himself up as his first title challenger.[27] On August 25, Taniguchi unsuccessfully challenged Sugiura for the GHC Heavyweight Championship.[28]
On December 3, Taniguchi and Go Shiozaki defeated
Personal life
Taniguchi married former professional wrestler Mika Nishio in 2012. In February 2016, Nishio announced she was pregnant with the couple's first child.[35][36]
Championships and accomplishments
- PWI ranked him #169 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017[37]
- PWI ranked him #169 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the
- GHC Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Kenta (1), Takeshi Morishima (1), Go Shiozaki (1), Naomichi Marufuji (1), Yuji Hino (1), and Takashi Sugiura (1)[1][3][17][29]
- Arukas Cup 6-Man Tag Tournament (2015) – with Maybach Blue Justice and Maybach Don[38]
- Global Tag League (2017) – with Naomichi Marufuji[33]
- Mauritius Cup (2007)[39]
- Global Tag League Fighting Spirit Award (2010) – with Takashi Sugiura[40]
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