Shuhei Taniguchi
| Maybach Taniguchi | |
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Taniguchi in December 2010
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| Born |
October 18, 1976 Kurayoshi City, Tottori Prefecture |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Shuhei Taniguchi Maybach Taniguchi |
| Billed height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Billed weight | 105 kg (231 lb) |
| Debut | December 24, 2005 |
Shuhei Taniguchi (谷口 周平 Taniguchi Shūhei?, born October 18, 1976) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Maybach Taniguchi (マイバッハ谷口 Maibahha Taniguchi?). He has worked for Pro Wrestling Noah since his debut in December 2005.
Shuhei Taniguchi first started competitive wrestling when he was in high school. Just as Pro Wrestling Noah wrestlers Takashi Sugiura and Tamon Honda before him, Shuhei represented the armed forces in amaresu. He greatly excelled in amateur wrestling, becoming highly decorated. Taniguchi made it all the way to the All Japan championships, the biggest stage for the sport, before deciding to turn pro.
Taniguchi joined the Pro Wrestling Noah dojo on May 5, 2005, and spent many months training. He finally debuted along with Atsushi Aoki, Ippei Ota, and Akihiko Ito on December 24, 2005, as part of Noah's annual Christmas Eve Noahful Gift in Differ show. Taniguchi's team for his match actually won, making him the first and, to date, only rookie to not lose his debut match in Noah. On February 26, 2006, in just his fourth match, Shuhei Taniguchi picked up his first direct win, pinning fellow rookie Atsushi Aoki with a German suplex hold. Aoki himself had just pinned Ota the day before. It was clear that Taniguchi was seen as the ace of his dojo class, most likely because of his background and heavyweight status. On March 20 Noah announced an eight-man single-elimination tournament to determine the number contender for Jun Akiyama's GHC Heavyweight Championship. Shuhei was one of the eight wrestlers chosen, but lost in the first round to eventual winner Masao Inoue.
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