Profile Info
- Gender Male
- Real Name Shinya Makabe (真壁 伸也)
- Ring Names
- Togi Makabe ( August 7, 2004 - Present)
- Shinya Makabe ( February 15, 1997 - August 6, 2004)
- Dragon Makabe ( December 15, 2001 - July 19, 2002)
- Height 5 ft 11 in (181 cm)
- Weight
- 243 lbs (110 kg)
- Born September 29, 1972 (age 49)
- Birth Place Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
- Billed From
- Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
- Nicknames The Kingkong; The Unchained Gorilla; Bousou King Kong (Runaway King Kong)
Career History
- Roles
- Wrestler ( February 15, 1997 - Present)
- Coach ( January 1, 2020 - Present)
- Companies / Promotions
Promotion from to Promotion October 14, 2002 Present Promotion February 15, 1997 August 12, 2001 - Face / Heel Turns
Alignment from to Heel October 2, 2006 Present Face February 15, 1997 October 1, 2006 - Images
Jan 2015Aug 2004Jan 2001Feb 1997
- Finishers
- King Kong Knee Drop - Diving Knee Drop ( February 15, 1997 - Present)
- King Kong Lariat - Lariat ( February 15, 1997 - Present)
- Kokeshi Impact - with Tomoaki Honma - Diving Headbutt + Electric Chair Drop combination ( February 1, 2007 - Present)
- Theme Songs
- Theme Song "Immigrant Song (Remix)" by Tomoyasu Hotei - Single ( August 7, 2004 - Present)
- Theme Song "Black Betty" by Ram Jam - Single ( February 15, 1997 - August 6, 2004)
Titles & Accomplishments
- Titles Won
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- 1 IWGP Heavyweight Championship
- 2 IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 with Toru Yano, 1 with Tomoaki Honma)
- 1 NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (with Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano)
- 2 NEVER Openweight Championship
- 1 Interim IWGP Tag Team Championship (with Shiro Koshinaka)
Apache Pro-Wrestling
- 1 WEW World Heavyweight Championship
- Other Accomplishments
- NJPW G1 Climax Winner (2009)
- NJPW World Tag League Winner (2015, 2016 – with Tomoaki Honma)
- Tokyo Sports Best Tag Team Award (2007 - with Toru Yano)
- Tokyo Sports Fighting Spirit Award (2009)
- Nikkan Sports Fighting Spirit Award (2010)
Relations
- Tag Teams & Stables
- Great Bash Heel - Tomoaki Honma ( March 23, 2013 - Present)
- Great Bash Heel - Tomoaki Honma ( February 1, 2007 - March 28, 2012)
- Great Bash Heel - Gedo, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jado, Karl Anderson, Low Ki, Matt Bloom / Albert / Tensai / Giant Bernard, Rocky Romero, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Val Venis, Takashi Iizuka, Shiro Koshinaka, Rick Fuller, Black Tiger V ( October 2, 2006 - April 23, 2009)
- Most Violent Players - Toru Yano ( August 13, 2004 - April 23, 2009)
- Togi Makabe & Shiro Kishinaka - Shiro Koshinaka ( October 2, 2006 - October 11, 2007)
- Black New Japan - Toru Yano, Masahiro Chono, Black Strong Machine, Ryushi Yanagisawa, Scott Norton ( April 1, 2005 - September 22, 2005)