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 Title History: IWGP Tag Team Title (1): - (w/ Toru Yano) Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko (2/17/08) /
British Commonwealth International Heavyweight Title (1):
WEW Heavyweight Title (1):
Tournament History: - IWGP Provisional Tag Team Champions Tournament (2006): Shiro Koshinaka & Togi Makabe beat Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko (11:15) when Makabe used a schoolboy on Tomko.
Signature Moves:
- Fisherman buster
Profile: During his university days, Makabe's fighting code of choice was judo. He threw his dream to wrestle away, but after graduating from Teikyo University, decided to give it a try, and passed a New Japan admission test in February, 1996. Makabe trained for over ten months, before debuting against Shinjiro Otani in February, 1997. It took him a very long time to obtain his first victory, that hurdle finally being passed when he defeated Yutaka Yoshie in October, 1998. He made steady growth after this, and entered the junior division from November, 1999. His first big break came in April, 2000, when he represented New Japan in the third Super J Cup, facing Gran Hamada in the first round. Step by step, he rose in the junior division, but in February, 2001, he got the chance to test himself in the heavyweight division, teaming with Riki Choshu against Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima in two matches that turned heads. In August, 2001, he announced that he would be leaving for an indefinite overseas excursion, and set off on an expedition to Canada, Great Britain, and Puerto Rico. Makabe added a lot of bulk, becoming a legitimate heavyweight, and returned to New Japan in triumph at the Tokyo Dome in October 2002. In January, 2003, he became a rebel, suspending his New Japan contract and competing for the company under his own terms. Makabe fought hard for a good position in New Japan, putting his own health on the line, and the result was mass bloodshed on a regular basis. In fact, such was the frequency of his bloodshed, that a white bandage on his head became a patent for him. Makabe is a ruffian, a power fighter with a mean streak and aggressive, taunting charisma. He has become a young peer in New Japan, and is one of the top emerging warriors in the company.
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