Taichiro Maki
Acting
Biography
Taichiro Maki (born March 19, 1980), better known by his ring name Taichi, is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted in 2002 for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), having joined the promotion's roster full-time in 2009, 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.
Among his accolades, Taichi was ranked No. 89 in the PWI 500 in 2019, while his partnership with Zack Sabre Jr. as Dangerous Tekkers earned a No. 3 ranking in the PWI Tag Team 50 and the Tokyo Sports Best Tag Team Award in 2021.
As actor 351
New Japan Pro Wrestling
1972
World Wonder Ring Stardom
2011
NJPW New Japan Cup
2005
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2019
2019
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 7
2026
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2018
2018
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 4
2026
NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall 2020
2020
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 8
2026
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall 2017
2017
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 3
2026
NJPW Dominion 6.14 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2026
2026
NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall 2023
2023
NJPW Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall 2021
2021
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 6
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 2
2026
NJPW Dominion 6.15 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2025
2025
NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2022
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 19 (Final)
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 5
2026
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XIX ~Aogi Futotsu~
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 1
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 10
2026
NJPW Road to Destruction 2026 - Day 11
2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 5
2026
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2026
2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 1
2021
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
2026
NJPW G1 Climax 36 - Day 18
2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 8
2026
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 1
2026
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
2019
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 3
2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 11
2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 6
2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 3
2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 12 (Final)
2026
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 2
2026
RevPro Uprising 2018
2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
2020
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 10
2026
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
2025
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 7
2026
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 19 (Final)
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 17
2024
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026
2026
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 33 - Day 14 (Final)
2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
2026
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 4
2026
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 3
2025
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
2018
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 2
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)
2021
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
2018
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014
2014
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 8
2021
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
2020
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 17 (Final)
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 3
2025
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 4
2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 5
2025
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018
2018
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2026 - Day 5
2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 2
2026
NJPW New Japan Road in Karatsu 2026 ~ Ignition to Dominion
2026
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 1
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 8
2025
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
2020
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love
2012
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome
2021
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2025 - Day 1
2025
NJPW Power Struggle 2018 ~ Super Junior Tag League 2018 Final
2018
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
2022
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
2026
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
2024
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 2
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
2017
NJPW Power Struggle 2017
2017
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 1
2026
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 19 (Final)
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1
2024
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
2024
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
2022
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 8
2022
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
2015
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVII ~ Aoyi Transition ~
2026
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 14
2017
NJPW Dominion 6.16
2012
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
2017
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
2023
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
2014
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 15 (Final)
2022
NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya
2020
NJPW x STARDOM: Historic X-Over
2022
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
2025
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 14
2025
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
2020
NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis 2023 - Day 2
2023
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
2021
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 34: Day 18
2024
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
2024
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 9
2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 4
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 7
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 11
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2025 - Day 6
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
2021
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022
2022
NJPW New Japan Soul 2025 - Day 8
2025
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
2023
NJPW x STARDOM: Historic X-Over II
2024
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
2012
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 4
2022
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021
2021
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 2
2026
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
2024
NJPW New Japan Cup 2026 - Day 1
2026
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVIII
2026
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
2022
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 6
2026
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
2018
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 3
2022
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 4
2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 7
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
2022
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
2020
NJPW Destruction In Ryogoku 2023
2023
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2019
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
2019
NJPW Purge Night of Torture
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 17
2017
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 1
2018
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 1
2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 12
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 19: Day 8 (Final)
2009
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
2017
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 6
2022
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
2020
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 9
2022
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 6
2022
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 4
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 18
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 9 (Final)
2020
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
2017
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 10
2022
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
2020
NJPW Tiger Mask's Retirement Match
2026
NJPW World Tag League 2014 - Day 11
2014
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 11
2020
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
2024
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2025
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 15
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
2022
NJPW Declaration of Power
2022
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
2019
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 3
2025
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
2022
NJPW 46th Anniversary Show
2018
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 5
2011
NJPW The New Beginning 2012
2012
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 16
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 13
2020
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14
2019
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVI
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 1
2017
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 5
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 7
2022
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 3
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 12
2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 2
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 18: Day 7 (Final)
2008
NJPW 53rd Anniversary Event
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
2023
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 8
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 1
2020
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 9
2017
NJPW New Japan Road in Anjo 2025
2025
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Show
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 11
2025
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
2024
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023
2023
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
2013
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 15
2020
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 13
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 5
2017
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 10
2025
NJPW 47th Anniversary Show
2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
2024
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 2
2025
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
2023
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 1
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 8
2021
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 17
2020
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 10
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
2022
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 1
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18
2017
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2024
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12
2019
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 15
2025
NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 1
2024
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 1
2021
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3
2023
NJPW Tanahashi Jam
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 3
2020
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 13
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 14
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 17
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
2022
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 5
2026
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
2017
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
2019
NJPW Blue Justice XV - Wrestling Life 40th Anniversary Yuji Nagata
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8
2019
AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary
2003
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
2022
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2018
2018
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 2
2021
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 3
2025
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 14
2021
NJPW Summer Struggle In Jingu
2020
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome: Night 2
2021
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1
2025
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 2
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 18
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
2019
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 9
2020
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 2
2021
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 11
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 4
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 2
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11
2023
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 2
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
2019
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 9
2022
NJPW Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017
2017
NJPW Road to G1 Climax 36 - Day 3
2026
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 13
2022
NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome - Day 6
2014
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
2013
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 5
2020
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 5
2025
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 9
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 6
2017
NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 5
2024
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 2
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 4
2025
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9
2023
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
2019
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
2020
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 1
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 19 (Final)
2025
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 7
2025
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026
2026
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)
2022
JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together ~ Last TAKATaichi
2022
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2024
2024
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 16
2025
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 5
2024
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 2
2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
2019
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
2017
NJPW New Japan Road in Ishikari 2025
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 1
2022
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
2022
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
2020
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 4
2025
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 13
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 8
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
2022
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 3
2018
NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
2022
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2025
2025
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 4
2024
TNA World X Cup 2008
2008
NJPW Destruction 2013
2013
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
2019
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 6
2025
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Night 2
2021
NJPW New Japan Cup 2018 - Day 4
2018
NJPW Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
2019
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 12
2025
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 5
2025
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 6
2025
NJPW World Tag League 2025 - Day 12
2025
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 16
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7
2023
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 10
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 9
2025
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 1
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 7
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 10
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 14
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 15
2025
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 11
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 12
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 7
2020
NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 3
2024
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 14
2022
NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 6
2021