Dick Togo

For the politician, see Shigeki Sato (politician).

Dick Togo
Togo in April 2011.
Ring name(s)	Dick Togo Gantetsu Kintaro Inferno SATO Francis Togo Francesco Togo El Tigre de Tokyo Prince Togo Dickmoto Dick Sato
Billed height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Billed weight	97 kg (210 lb)
Born	August 17, 1969 (1969-08-17) (age 42) Odate City
Billed from	Odate City
Trained by	Gran Hamada
Debut	June 5, 1991

Shigeki Sato (佐藤 茂樹, Sato Shigeki^?) (born August 17, 1969) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Dick Togo (ディック 東郷^?).

Sato has performed for numerous Japanese promotions as well as American promotions such as Extreme Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and Ring of Honor. While in Michinoku Pro^[1] he formed a stable called Kaientai DX with Taka Michinoku, Funaki, Men's Teioh and Shiryu.

He was briefly a member of the bWo in Extreme Championship Wrestling. Throughout his career, Togo has been a part of several stables in the Japanese independent circuit: the original "Kaientai" in Michinoku Pro Wrestling with Taka, Shiryu, and; "LOV (Legion of Violence)" in Osaka Pro Wrestling, with Black Buffalo and Daioh Quallt (Masaru Seno), the "Far East Connection" with Gedo, Jado, Masao Orihara, and Ikuto Hidaka as a freelancer stable; and now the "Super Crew", with Hayate, Tsubo Genjin, Nobutaka Moribe and Osamu Inoue.

Togo, Great Sasuke and Jinsei Shinzaki at Chikara King of Trios in April 2011.

In early 2011 Togo announced the start of his retirement tour as part of which he returned to the United States in April to take part in Chikara's 2011 King of Trios tournament, where he would team with Great Sasuke and Jinsei Shinzaki as Team Michinoku Pro. On April 15, Team Michinoku Pro defeated Team Minnesota (1-2-3 Kid, Arik Cannon and Darin Corbin) in their first round match and followed that up by defeating Jigsaw, Manami Toyota and Mike Quackenbush in the following day's quarterfinals.^[2][3] On April 17, Team Michinoku Pro was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinal stage by F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor, Icarus and Johnny Gargano).^[4]

Dramatic Dream Team held the Dick Togo Japanese Retirement Show at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on June 30, 2011. In the main event Togo defeated Gedo in his final match in Japan.^[5] Afterwards he embarked on a retirement world tour, wrestling in countries such as Australia,^[6] Finland,^[7] Germany,^[8], Belgium^[9] and England.^[10]

In wrestling

• Finishing moves

• Diving senton

• Signature moves

• Brainbuster
• Crossface
• Diving front flip cutter
• Double underhook facebuster
• Reverse STO
• Slingshot somersault senton
• Standing moonsault
• Tornado DDT

• With Italian Four Horsemen; as Francisco Togo

• Italian Impact (Diving clothesline / Electric chair drop combination)
• Italian Driver (Double Inverted brainbuster)

• With Yasuura No; as Rushi Togo

• Chinese Impact (Diving clothesline / Electric chair drop combination)

• Managers

• Yamaguchi-san

Championships and accomplishments

• 100% Lucha

• 100 % Lucha Champ of Champions (Desafío Mundial / Global Challenge), Argentina (1 time)

• Dramatic Dream Team

• DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)
• DDT KO-D Openweight Championship (3 times)
• DDT KO-D Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Nobutaka Moribe (1) and Antonio Honda (1) PIZA Michinoku (1)

• El Dorado Wrestling

• TREASURE HUNTERS Tag Team Tournament (2006) - with Shuji Kondo
• UWA World Trios Championship (1 time, current) with PIZA Michinoku and Antonio Honda

• Michinoku Pro Wrestling

• British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Tohoku Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The Great Sasuke
• UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Gedo

• New Japan Pro Wrestling

• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with TAKA Michinoku

• Osaka Pro Wrestling

• Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX

• AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ikuto Hidaka

• Universal Lucha Libre

• UWF Super Welterweight Championship (1 time)

• World Entertainment Wrestling

• WEW Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kintaro Kanemura and Masao Orihara

References

Professional wrestling portal

1. ^ "Val Venis talks wrestling again and politics". CANOE. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2009/08/26/10615476.html. Retrieved 26 October 2010. 
2. ^ Radican, Sean (2011-05-04). "Radican's Chikara KoT Night 1 DVD Review 4/15 - Team Michinoku Pro vs. Team 1-2-3 Kid, Quackenbush & Toyota & Jigsaw vs. SAT's". Pro Wrestling Torch. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/DVDs_-_VGames_-_Books_25/article_49808.shtml. Retrieved 2011-05-14. 
3. ^ Radican, Sean (2011-05-13). "Radican's Chikara DVD review series - "King of Trios 2011 Night 2" 4/16: F.I.S.T. vs. Osaka Pro, RDV tournament, Quackenbush & Toyota & Jigsaw vs. Michinoku Pro". Pro Wrestling Torch. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/DVDs_-_VGames_-_Books_25/article_50050.shtml. Retrieved 2011-05-14. 
4. ^ Radican, Sean (2011-06-05). "Radican's Chikara DVD review series: "KOT 2011: Night 3 4/17 - Kid vs. Generico, Toyota vs. Eagles, KOT tournament Finals". Pro Wrestling Torch. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/DVDs_-_VGames_-_Books_25/article_50557.shtml. Retrieved 2011-06-05. 
5. ^ "Dick Togo retires against New Japan’s Gedo". Strong Style Spirit. 2011-07-01. http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=2965. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 
6. ^ "Results for BBBII feat. Dick Togo (JPN) vs Robby Heart (AUS)". NWA Australia. 2011-08-22. http://nwaaustralia.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/results-for-bbbii-feat-dick-togo-jpn-vs-robby-heart-aus/. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
7. ^ "Kristian Kurki vastaan Dick Togo DOMination 3:ssa." (in Finnish). Fight Club Finland. 2011-09-07. http://www.fightclubfinland.fi/index.php?news=427&all=1. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
8. ^ "wXw & CZW & BJW in Deutschland - 30.9. - 3.10. - Results" (in German). Westside Xtreme Wrestling. 2011-10-04. http://www.wxw-wrestling.com/index2.php?content=show_news&id=1763. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
9. ^ Martin, Adam (2011-10-15). "Indy News #2: Dick Togo, NWA Smoky Mountain". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1318707336. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
10. ^ "4FW Halloween Spectacular 2011". 4 Front Wrestling. http://www.4fw-online.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=55. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 

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Name	Togo, Dick
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Date of birth	August 17, 1969
Place of birth	Odate City
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