Hideki Suzuki

Hideki Suzuki
Suzuki in August 2015
Birth nameHideki Suzuki (鈴木 秀樹, Suzuki Hideki)
Born (1980-02-18) February 18, 1980 (age 44)[1]
Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido[1][2][3]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Hachiman
Hideki Suzuki
Billed height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1][2][3]
Billed weight110 kg (243 lb)[1][2][3]
Trained byAntonio Inoki
Billy Robinson[4]
DebutNovember 24, 2008[1]

Hideki Suzuki (鈴木 秀樹, Suzuki Hideki, born February 18, 1980)[1][2][3] is a Japanese professional wrestler and catch wrestler signed to Pro Wrestling Noah.

Trained by Billy Robinson, Suzuki started his career with the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) promotion in 2008. In 2014, he left IGF to become a freelancer, starting to work for promotions such as Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) and Wrestle-1 (W-1). He is a former two-time BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion, a former one-time Zero1 World Heavyweight, NWA United National Heavyweight, Wrestle-1 Champion and NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion. In 2017, Fighting TV Samurai named Suzuki the MVP in Japanese independent wrestling. In 2021, Suzuki signed with WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand under the ring name Hachiman as a member of Diamond Mine, and also worked as a coach at the WWE Performance Center.

  1. ^ a b c d e f 鈴木 秀樹. Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d 鈴木 秀樹. Inoki Genome Federation (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d 鈴木 秀樹. U.W.F. Snake Pit Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
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