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Shoichi Funaki
Shoichi Funaki is a professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the Smackdown! brand.
Funaki has wrestled most of his career as a tag team competitor with Taka Michinoku and as part of Kaientai . After Michinoku left the WWE, Funaki found himself as a lower card wrestler and adopting the gimmick "Smackdown's No.1 Annoucer" performing backstage interviews in-between matches until at WWE Armageddon where he defeated Spike Dudley to win his first WWE Cruiserweight Championship.
Profile
- Height: 5'7" (1.78 m)
- Weight: 180 lb (81.65 kg)
- Birthday: August 24th 1968
- Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
- Trained by: Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
- Professional Debut: 1990
- Finishing/Signature Moves: The Rising Sun (Top Rope Tornado DDT), Hurricanrana
Championships/Accomplishments
- 1-Time WWE Cruiserweight Champion
- 1-Time WWE Hardcore Champion
- 1-Time UWA Middleweight Champion
- 1-Time TWA Champion
| WWE Cruiserweight Championship Reigns | ||
| Preceded by: Spike Dudley | First | Succeeded by: Chavo Guerrero |
Job Titles
- WWE Backstage Interviewer
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