Tiger Toguchi (Kim Duk)

Honestly, the name alone — Tiger Toguchi — does half the work before you even look the guy up. Born in 1948 in Katsushika, the kind of old Tokyo neighborhood that still had some rough edges on it, he came up through pro wrestling at a time when that world chewed people up and spit them out, and he stuck around long enough to cross over into acting too. That crossover makes total sense to me. Wrestlers who last learn how to read a crowd, time a moment, fill a room with presence without saying a word — that's just acting with bruises. I don't know every role he played, but there's a specific weight that comes off someone who has taken real punishment in front of real audiences, and no amount of acting class buys you that. Aquarius, fittingly — stubborn, a little singular, nobody's sidekick.

Tiger Toguchi, also known as Kim Duk, is a Japanese professional wrestler and actor born on February 7, 1948, in Katsushika, Tokyo. He attended Shutoku High School before building a career that spanned both the wrestling ring and acting. Further biographical details, including his active years and representative works, have not been made public.

Name (English)

Tiger Toguchi (Kim Duk)

Name (Japanese)

タイガー戸口

Reading

たいがー・とぐち

Born

February 7, 1948 (age 78)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat (子)

Origin

Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Professional Wrestler / Actor

High school

Shutoku High School

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E6%88%B8%E5%8F%A3

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Professional Wrestler
• Actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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