Birth name | Yohei Hayata |
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Born |
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August 4, 1987
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Yohei Hayata Hayata |
Billed height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Billed weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
Trained by |
Hanzo Wrestle Gate Dojo |
Debut | 2006 |
Yohei Hayata (隼田 陽平 Hayata Yōhei, born August, 4, 1987) is a Japanese professional wrestler, also known simply as Hayata (stylized in all capital letters). He began his career with in Wrestle Gate and would later to Osaka Pro Wrestling until 2013 when he formed Doutonbori Pro Wrestling with Kuuga and several others and would later become freelancer. He is currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is one half of the reigning GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, while also being a former GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Hayata got his start in amateur wrestling and basketball, and would find himself working under Hanzo in Wrestle Gate where he would wrestle until he left Wrestle Gate in April 2010. He would also occasionally compete in Dove Pro Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling. In 2010 Hayata moved over to Osaka Pro Wrestling.
After he moved to Osaka Pro he received a opportunity for the Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship and in September he would join the heel unit Joker. On October 31, 2011 Hayata would win his very first championship on his first challenge after he and Kuuga defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada for the Osaka Pro Tag Team Championship. In June, Joker began having problems with Hayata, after he started losing matches. As a result, Kuuga abandoned his Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship partner to team with Joker's newest member, Spider J, in the 2012 Osaka Tag Festival, leaving Hayata to team with Tadasuke in the same tournament. On June 24, Hayata and Tadasuke defeated Kuuga and Spider J in the finals of the tournament to win the 2012 Osaka Tag Festival. Following their win, Hayata announced that both he and Tadasuke were quitting Joker.