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Taichi Ishikari

Taichi Ishikari
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Taichi in November 2011
Birth name Taichiro Maki (牧 太一郎 Maki Taichiro?)
Born (1980-03-19) March 19, 1980 (age 36)
Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Hokkaido
Taichi
Taichi Ishikari
Billed height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Billed weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Trained by Hiroshi Hase
Toshiaki Kawada
All Japan Pro Wrestling
Debut December 2, 2002

Taichiro Maki (牧 太一郎 Maki Taichiro?) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Taichi Ishikari (石狩太一 Ishikari Taichi?) or simply Taichi (タイチ Taichi?). He is signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and in Noah a former one-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion. Throughout his career he has competed in various promotions including All Japan Pro Wrestling, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Hustle and Ultimate Pro Wrestling.

Wanting to be a pro-wrestler since high school he competed in Amateur Wrestling while in high school, and was ranked second in the 63 kg class in the 1997 Hokkaido high school championship conference.


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