page_title: Togi Makabe
section_title: Championships and accomplishments
hierarchical_section_title: Togi Makabe / Championships and accomplishments
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 2015年8月1日 大阪府立体育会館 「G1 CLIMAX 25」 真壁刀義
context_page_description: Shinya Makabe, better known by his ring name Togi Makabe is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he is a former one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, two-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, two-time NEVER Openweight Champion and one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion.
  Debuting in 1997, Makabe originally wrestled under his birthname as a junior heavyweight, before gaining several kilograms during a global excursion in 2001 and 2002. He changed his given name to "Togi" during the 2004 G1 Climax tournament. His status in New Japan rose significantly in 2007, making it to the finals of the New Japan Cup and the semifinals of the G1 Climax, and challenging Yuji Nagata for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. After a number of unsuccessful challenges at the title, Makabe finally won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on May 3, 2010, by defeating Shinsuke Nakamura.
  Makabe's wrestling style and character is heavily influenced by the late Bruiser Brody.
context_section_description: Apache Pro-Wrestling
  WEW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  New Japan Pro-Wrestling
  IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Toru Yano (1) and Tomoaki Honma (1)
  NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ryusuke Taguchi and Toru Yano
  NEVER Openweight Championship (2 times)
  Interim IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shiro Koshinaka
  G1 Climax (2009)
  World Tag League (2015, 2016) – with Tomoaki Honma
  Nikkan Sports
  Fighting Spirit Award (2010)
  Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  PWI ranked him #54 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011
  Tokyo Sports
  Best Tag Team Award (2007) with Toru Yano
  Fighting Spirit Award (2009)
caption: Makabe as the NEVER Openweight Champion in August 2015
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