Hideki Suzuki

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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 byBilly 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 currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah.

Trained by

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
.

Professional wrestling career

Inoki Genome Federation (2008–2014)

With a background in judo and football, Suzuki was trained in professional wrestling at the U.W.F. Snake Pit Japan dojo.[2][3] After four years of training under British wrestler Billy Robinson,[4] he made his debut for the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) promotion on November 24, 2008, losing to Hiromitsu Kanehara.[2][3] For the next three years, Suzuki worked undercards of IGF events.[2] His status finally began to rise in 2012 following a match with Peter Aerts.[2] On May 26, 2013, Suzuki won the second Inoki Genome tournament, defeating Akira Joh in the finals.[5] As a result, he received his first shot at the IGF Championship on October 26, but was defeated by the defending champion, Kazuyuki Fujita.[6] The following March, Suzuki left IGF to become a freelancer.[1][4]

Freelance (2014–2021)

Suzuki then began working regularly for

NWA United National Heavyweight Championship.[13] In November, Suzuki took part in special week, where Zero1 co-produced three events with the Wrestle-1 promotion.[14]

Through the continued relationship between Zero1 and Wrestle-1, Suzuki began also making appearances for the latter promotion, where he found himself a rival in

Shogun Okamoto.[26] On March 27, Suzuki lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Kohei Sato.[27]

On March 5, 2017, Suzuki challenged

Masayuki Okamoto and Yutaka Yoshie.[36]

On April 4, 2019 at Josh Barnett's Bloodsport, Suzuki defeated Timothy Thatcher via knockout.

WWE (2021–2022)

In April 2021, Suzuki signed with WWE as a coach in the

The Creed Brothers (Brutus and Julius Creed) and Ivy Nile would also join the stable. On January 5, 2022, Suzuki was released from his WWE contract.[40]

Pro Wrestling Noah (2022–current)

On February 24, 2022 it was announced that Suzuki would be returning to Japan to wrestle for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah).[41] On March 13, 2022 Suzuki would team with Takashi Sugiura to win the GHC Tag Team Championship by defeating the team of Daiki Inaba & Kaito Kiyomiya at Noah Great Voyage In Yokohama 2022.[42]

Other media

Suzuki's first book, entitled Biru Robinson Den Kyatchi Azu Kyatchi Kyan Nyūmon (ビル・ロビンソン伝 キャッチ アズ キャッチ キャン入門, "Billy Robinson: Catch as Catch Can Primer"), was released on January 19, 2017. The book is about wrestling techniques taught to Suzuki by Billy Robinson.[43]

Championships and accomplishments

Suzuki in 2019.

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