Shuhei Taniguchi is a professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling Noah

Pro Wrestling Noah

is a major Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling ace Mitsuharu Misawa. NOAH is broadcast weekly in Japan...

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Amateur Background

Shuhei Taniguchi first started competitive wrestling when he was in high school. Just as NOAH

Pro Wrestling Noah

is a major Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling ace Mitsuharu Misawa. NOAH is broadcast weekly in Japan...

 wrestlers Takashi Sugiura

Takashi Sugiura

is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah. Sugiura, an accomplished amateur wrestler, joined NOAH's dojo in 2000, making his professional debut on December 23, 2000, and thus becoming the first wrestler to make his pro wrestling debut in NOAH. He has also...

 and Tamon Honda

Tamon Honda

is a Japanese professional wrestler who is currently a freelancer, he most recently worked for Pro Wrestling Noah.-1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympics:Honda represented Japan in three Olympic Games in freestyle wrestling in 1984, 1988, and 1992...

 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.

Pro Wrestling Noah

Taniguchi joined the Pro Wrestling Noah dojo on May 5, 2005 and spent many months training. He finally debuted along with Atsushi Aoki

Atsushi Aoki

Atsushi Aoki is a Japanese professional wrestler working for the Japanese wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is one half of the reigning GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Aoki made his professional wrestling debut in 2005 and has worked primarily for NOAH where he was part...

, 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 follow 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

Jun Akiyama

is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling Noah and All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is the current AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion. Akiyama is known for his serious style and outstanding, time-tested work as a tag team wrestler...

's GHC Heavyweight Championship

GHC Heavyweight Championship

The Global Honored Crown Heavyweight Championship is the top professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on April 15, 2001 when Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Yoshihiro Takayama in a 16-man tournament final...

. Incredibly, Shuhei was one of the eight wrestlers chosen. Although he lost in the first round to eventual winner Masao Inoue

Masao Inoue

is a professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling Noah as a member of Dark Agents. He has previously worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling.-All Japan Pro Wrestling:...

, Taniguchi showed growth in losing. He was last seen on June 4, losing to Jun Akiyama. He had since returned from injury.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
• German suplex, sometimes while deadlifting or preceded by a Karelin lift

• Signature moves
  • Multiple suplex
    Suplex
    A suplex is an offensive move used in professional sport wrestling . The move consists of one wrestler picking up his or her opponent off the ground and then using a large portion of his or her own body weight to drive the opponent down on the mat. Nearly all suplexes have the attacker going down...
    
     variations
    • Capture
    • Double underhook
    • Dragon
    • Fisherman
    • Karelin lift
    • Overhead belly to belly
    • Sleeper