Dick Togo

Togo in April 2023
Personal information
Born	Shigeki Sato (佐藤 茂樹,Satō Shigeki) (1969-08-17)August 17, 1969 (age 56) Odate, Akita, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Cancun[1] Dickmoto[1] Dick Sato[2] Dick Togo[1] Duke Togo[1] Flash Dick[3] Francesco Togo[1] Francis Togo[1] Gantetsu[1] Gantetsu Sakigake[1] Kintaro Inferno[1] Ninja Warrior[1] P. Togo[1] Prince Togo[1] Revolucion[1] Rey Cubano[1] Roshi Togo[1] Sato[1] The Suiter[1] El Tigre de Tokyo[1] Togo[2]
Billed height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Billed weight	90 kg (200 lb)
Trained by	Gran Hamada[2]
Debut	June 5, 1991

Shigeki Sato (佐藤 茂樹,Satō Shigeki; born August 17, 1969), better known by hisring nameDick Togo (ディック東郷,Dikku Tōgō), is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler. Togo works forNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member ofHouse of Torture.

Togo has spent the majority of his career as a freelancer, wrestling most notably forMichinoku Pro Wrestling andDDT Pro-Wrestling. Sato has wrestled under various ring names such as Francesco Togo, Rey Cubano and Prince Togo. Togo retired in September 2012, but returned to the ring in July 2016. In 2020, he began working for NJPW, acting as the manager forEvil, and in doing so, joiningBullet Club. A year later, Togo and Evil formed House of Torture, which was initially a sub-group, and became a stable in its own right, following a civil war storyline in 2025.

Togo has held theKO-D Openweight Championship four times, theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship once withTaka Michinoku and theBritish Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship once.

Sato has performed for numerous Japanesepromotions as well asAmerican promotions such asExtreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF) andRing of Honor (ROH).

While inMichinoku Pro Wrestling,^[4] he formed astable calledKai En Tai DX withTaka Michinoku,Shoichi Funaki,Men's Teioh andShiryu; Togo, along with some of his Kai En Tai teammates, was briefly a member ofThe Blue World Order in ECW. Throughout his career, Togo has been a part of several stables in the Japanese independent circuit: most famously the original Kai En Tai in Michinoku Pro Wrestling, but also the Legion of Violence (LOV) inOsaka Pro Wrestling, withBlack Buffalo and Daioh Quallt, the Far East Connection withGedo,Jado,Masao Orihara, andIkuto Hidaka in various promotions; and most recently New Wrestling Aidoru (NωA) withMakoto Oishi,Mao andShunma Katsumata inDDT.

In 2008, he debuted in the Argentinian promotion 100% Lucha, defeating Hip Hop Man. Then, he challenged Vicente Viloni for the 100% Lucha championship, winning the match. One week later, Viloni had a rematch and defeated Sato, retrieving the title^[2]

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 inChikara's2011 King of Trios tournament, where he would team withThe Great Sasuke andJinsei 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 defeatingJigsaw,Manami Toyota andMike Quackenbush in the following day's quarterfinals.^[5][6] On April 17, Team Michinoku Pro was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinal stage by F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor,Icarus andJohnny Gargano).^[7]

DDT held theDick Togo Japanese Retirement Show atKorakuen Hall inTokyo on June 30, 2011. In the main event Togo defeated Gedo in his final match in Japan.^[8] Afterwards he embarked on a retirement world tour, wrestling in countries such asAustralia,^[9]Finland (Fight Club Finland),^[10]Germany,^[11]Belgium,^[12][13]England,^[14]Spain,^[15] andItaly.^[16] On December 3, Togo returned to the United States for the final leg of his tour,^[17] losing toKudo in a three-way match, which also includedMasahiro Takanashi atCombat Zone Wrestling's (CZW)Indie Summit event.^[18] On December 10, Togo wrestled forPro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) inReseda, Los Angeles, losing toPWG World ChampionEl Generico in a non-title match.^[19] On January 1, 2012, Togo returned toMexico, wrestling at an independent event inCiudad Nezahualcóyotl, where he,El Alebrije and El Hijo de Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated Golden Bull,Histeria II and Puma in a six-man tag team match.^[20] The following July, Togo took his retirement tour toBolivia.^[21] While working in Bolivia, Togo found his way back into a DDT storyline, whenYuki Sato arrived in the country with theIronman Heavymetalweight Championship, which he then proceeded to lose to Togo.^[22] During the following week, Togo first lost the title to local wrestler Ajayu, before regaining it from a Bolivian child and then finally losing it back to Sato.^[22] Togo finished his retirement tour on September 9, 2012, inLa Paz, Bolivia. In the final match of his career, Togo teamed withAntonio Honda,Daisuke Sasaki andYasu Urano in an eight-man elimination tag team match, where they were defeated by Ajayu, Apocalipsis, Guerrero Ayar and Halcon Dorado, with Ajayu pinning Togo for the win.^[23][24]

On May 29, 2015, Togo announced he was opening a wrestling school inVietnam, named Vietnam Pro-Wrestling Academy. The school is affiliated with Vietnam's first professional wrestling promotion, New Vietnam Prowrestling (NVP), which held its first event in August 2015.^[25]

On June 5, 2016, Togo announced he was coming out of retirement.^[26] His return match took place at a DDT show on July 3.^[27]

On December 10, 2016, Togo competed in the main event ofEvolve Wrestling'sEvolve 74 show, defeatingChris Hero.^[28]

On July 12, 2020, atDominion in Osaka-jo Hall, Togo joinedNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), aligning himself withBullet Club, by helpingEvil capture theIWGP Heavyweight andIntercontinental Championships. He debuted eight days later in a 6-man tag team main event, as "The Spoiler". Togo, Evil andTaiji Ishimori defeatedLos Ingobernables de Japón'sHiromu Takahashi,Tetsuya Naito andBushi.^[29]

• 100% Lucha
  • Campeonato de 100% Lucha (1 time)
• Dramatic Dream Team/DDT Pro-Wrestling
  • Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (4 times)^[22]
  • KO-D Openweight Championship (4 times)
  • KO-D Tag Team Championship (3 times) – withNobutaka Moribe (1),Antonio Honda (1) andTaka Michinoku (1)
• El Dorado Wrestling
  • Treasure Hunters Tag Team Tournament (2006) – withShuji Kondo
  • UWA World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Piza Michinoku and Antonio Honda
• Guts World Pro Wrestling
  • GWC 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – withRyan Upin andYuki Sato (1), andMasao Orihara and Ryan Upin (1)
• Japan Indie Awards
  • Best Bout Award (2011)vs.Kota Ibushi on March 27^[30]
• Michinoku Pro Wrestling
  • British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Tohoku Tag Team Championship (1 time) – withThe Great Sasuke
  • UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time) – withGedo
  • Michinoku Pro Tag League (1996) – withMen's Teioh
  • Futaritabi Tag Team League (2003) – with Masao Orihara
• New Japan Pro-Wrestling
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – withTaka Michinoku
• Osaka Pro Wrestling
  • 1st Year Anniversary Celebration Tag Tournament (2000) – withBlack Buffalo
  • Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship (1 time)
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked #122 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in thePWI 500 in 1999^[31]
  • Ranked #399 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003
• Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max
  • AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – withIkuto Hidaka
  • NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Titles Tournament (2003) – with Ikuto Hidaka
• Universal Lucha Libre
  • UWF Super Welterweight Championship (1 time)
• Tokyo Gurentai
  • Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (2 times) – withShiryu (1),Mazada (1)

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