Shoichi Funaki
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| Birth name | Shoichi Funaki |
| Born |
August 24, 1968 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan |
| Residence |
San Antonio, Texas, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Funaki Kung Fu Naki Shoichi Funaki Sho Funaki |
| Billed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Billed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Billed from | Tokyo, Japan |
| Trained by |
Animal Hamaguchi Yoshiaki Fujiwara |
| Debut | 1990 |
Shoichi "Sho" Funaki (船木 勝一 Funaki Shōichi?) (born August 24, 1968) is a Japanese/American professional wrestler and color commentator signed by WWE, where he is a former one-time Cruiserweight Champion and a one-time Hardcore Champion.
Funaki started as a shoot style wrestler in Yoshiaki Fujiwara's Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi promotion and moved to its successor promotion, Battlarts. He later found the lucha libre style more to his liking, so he moved to The Great Sasuke's promotion, Michinoku Pro Wrestling. In that promotion, he joined with Taka Michinoku, Dick Togo, Men's Teioh and Shiryu in the Kai En Tai stable. Funaki also wrestled in the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) where he won the UWA World Middleweight Championship from El Pantera on March 19, 1997, in Japan.
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