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Suwa Takahiro, better known simply as Suwa (stylized in all capital letters), is a retired professional wrestler. He originally retired from professional wrestling in 2007, but later returned for a short period of time in 2013 as Maybach Taniguchi Jr before a cervical spine injury forced him to retire once again.
On December 10, 2006, Suwa teamed with Taru, Shuji Kondo and brother YASSHI during an eight man tag team match against Akira Taue, Kotaro Suzuki, Atsushi Aoki and Taiji Ishimori. After his team lost the match, Suwa announced his intention to retire from wrestling. In his last match, on January 21, 2007, he teamed up with Yoshihiro Takayama and Minoru Suzuki, losing to Kenta, Naomichi Marufuji and Takeshi Rikio. During the match, Suwa turned on his partners. Suwa retired from professional wrestling on March 11, 2007.
In January 2013, Suwa returned to Noah under a Wrestling mask as "Maybach Taniguchi, Jr.", a junior version of Shuhei Taniguchi and a member of No Mercy. However, when Taniguchi turned on No Mercy leader Kenta on February 9, Taniguchi, Jr. did not follow him, but instead remained loyal to No Mercy. On March 10, Taniguchi, Jr. and No Mercy stablemate Genba Hirayanagi defeated Ricky Marvin and Super Crazy to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. On March 31, the two Taniguchis faced off in a grudge match, during which Taniguchi unmasked Taniguchi, Jr., revealing him as Suwa, before pinning him for the win. Following the event, Suwa abandoned the Taniguchi, Jr. gimmick and returned to working under his surname. On May 11 at Final Burning in Budokan, Suwa suffered a cervical spine injury and was replaced on all upcoming cards by " Maybach Suwa Jr", portrayed by Hajime Ohara. The injury also forced Suwa and Hirayanagi to vacate the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on May 30. In December 2014, Suwa announced he was suffering from ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) and would have to pull out of his scheduled return to the ring.
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Categories: 1975 Births, Japanese Male Professional Wrestlers, Living People, Sportspeople From Kagoshima Prefecture, Ghc Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, Nwa World Welterweight Champions, 20th-century Male Professional Wrestlers, 21st-century Male Professional Wrestlers, British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Champions, Uwa World Trios Champions
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