| Jake Lee | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:20230122lee.jpg) Lee in January 2023 | |
| Birth name | Lee Jae-kyung |
| Born | January 19, 1989[1] Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jake Lee Lee Che Gyong[2] |
| Billed height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 110 kg (240 lb) |
| Trained by | Keiji Mutoh Atsushi Aoki[3] Kenichi Yamamoto[3] |
| Debut | August 17, 2011[3] |
Lee Jae-kyung (Korean: 이체경; Hanja: 李在炅; born January 19, 1989), better known by his ring name Jake Lee (ジェイク・リー, Jeiku Rī), is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist and weightlifter. As of July 2024, he is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of Bullet Club and its War Dogs subgroup.
Known as the "Smart Bastard" and previously the "Good Looking Emperor", Lee is best known for his stints in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah. In AJPW, within two runs between 2011 and 2022, Lee became a two-time Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion and Champion Carnival winner in 2021. In Noah, he was the leader of the Good Looking Guys stable from 2023 to 2024, and became a one-time GHC Heavyweight Champion by defeating Kaito Kiyomiya at the Great Voyage in Yokohama event in March 2023.
Lee was acclaimed for his matches against the likes of Kento Miyahara, Kenoh, Yuma Aoyagi and Naomichi Marufuji, and is the second Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion of Korean descent (the other being Zeus) and the only GHC Heavyweight Champion of Korean descent.
- ^ a b c "All Japan Pro-Wrestling" 全日本プロレス. All Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Jake Lee « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database".
- ^ a b c "Jake Lee". 23 January 2017.