Maki Taichiro
Acting1980Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan
Biography
Maki Taichiro, better known by his ring name Taichi, is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted in 2002 for All Japan Pro Wrestling. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he made his G1 Climax debut in 2019 and is a three-time King of Pro-Wrestling Champion, four-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, two-time NEVER Openweight Champion, and two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. He has also held titles outside NJPW, including one reign as GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion in Pro Wrestling NOAH and one reign as CMLL World Trios Champion in Mexico.
Known For
Acting History
2026
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 1
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 2
as Taichi
2025
NJPW Dominion 6.15 In Osaka-Jo Hall
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 3
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 8
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 7
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 11
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 13
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 16
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 17
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 18
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 7
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 6
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 8
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 1
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 5
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 15
as Taichi
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 3
as Taichi
NJPW Purge Night of Torture
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 1
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 2
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 4
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 5
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 6
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 10
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 12
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 14
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Soul 2025 - Day 8
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
as Taichi
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2025
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima
as Taichi
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
as Taichi
NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event
as Taichi
NJPW Tanahashi Jam
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 9
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 19 (Final)
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 15
as Taichi
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2025
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Road in Ishikari 2025
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 10
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 12
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Road in Anjo 2025
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 3
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 13
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 2
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 4
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 11
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 14
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 9
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 16
as Taichi
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 1
as Taichi
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 2
as Taichi
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
as Taichi
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
as Taichi
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
as Taichi
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 2
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 1
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 5
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 4
as Taichi
NJPW x STARDOM: Historic X-Over II
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 3
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
as Taichi
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4
as Taichi
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
as Taichi
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2024
as Taichi
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14
as Taichi
NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9
as Taichi
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Show
as Taichi
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4
as Taichi
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023
as Taichi
NJPW Destruction In Ryogoku 2023
as Taichi
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
as Taichi
NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall
as Taichi
NJPW Declaration of Power
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
as Taichi
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
as Taichi
NJPW x STARDOM: Historic X-Over
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
as Taichi
2021
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 6
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 2
as Taichi
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021
as Taichi
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
as Taichi
NJPW Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 4
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 8
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 10
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 12
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 14
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 16
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 18
as Taichi
2020
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 17
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 13
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 15
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 9
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 1
as Taichi
NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya
as Taichi
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
as Taichi
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
as Taichi
Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall - 2020
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 7
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 3
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 11
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 5
as Taichi
NJPW Summer Struggle In Jingu
as Taichi
NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall
as Taichi
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
as Taichi
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2019
as Taichi
NJPW Best of the Super Jr 26 FINAL
as Taichi
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
as Taichi
NJPW 47th Anniversary Show
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
as Taichi
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
as Taichi
2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 1
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 3
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 4
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
as Taichi
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
as Taichi
NJPW 46th Anniversary Show
as Taichi
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018
as Taichi
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall
as Taichi
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 19 (Final)
as Taichi
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
as Taichi
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2018
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 2
as Taichi
2017
NJPW Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 7
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 1
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
as Taichi
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
as Taichi
NJPW Power Struggle 2017
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 12
as Taichi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 2
as Taichi
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 11
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 15
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 5
as Taichi
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 3
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 6
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 9
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 17
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 14
as Taichi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 13
as Taichi
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
as Taichi
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
as Taichi
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
as Taichi
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
as Taichi
2016
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
as Taichi Ishikara
2015
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
as Taichi
2014
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
as Taichi
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
as Himself
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
as Taichi
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014
as Taichi
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
as Taichi
2013
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
as Taichi
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
as Taichi
NJPW Destruction 2013
as Taichi
2012
2011
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
as Taichi
2009
NJPW G1 Climax 19: Day 8 (Final)
as Taichi
2008
TNA World X Cup 2008
as Taichi Ishikari
NJPW G1 Climax 18: Day 7 (Final)
as Taichi Ishikari
2005
NJPW New Japan Cup
TVas Taichi
2003
AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary
as Taichi Ishikari
1972
New Japan Pro Wrestling
TVas Taichi• 658 eps