Suzuki in August 2015
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Birth name | Hideki Suzuki (鈴木 秀樹? Suzuki Hideki) |
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Born |
Hokkaido |
February 18, 1980
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Hideki Suzuki |
Billed height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
Billed weight | 110 kg (243 lb) |
Trained by | Billy Robinson |
Debut | November 24, 2008 |
Hideki Suzuki (鈴木 秀樹? Suzuki Hideki, born February 18, 1980) is a Japanese professional wrestler. 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 and Wrestle-1. He is the current BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion, while also being a former Zero1 World Heavyweight, NWA United National Heavyweight and Wrestle-1 Champion.
With a background in judo and soccer, Suzuki was trained in professional wrestling at the U.W.F. Snake Pit Japan dojo. After four years of training under British wrestler Billy Robinson, he made his debut for the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) promotion on November 24, 2008, losing to Hiromitsu Kanehara. For the next three years, Suzuki worked undercards of IGF events. His status finally began to rise in 2012 following a match with Peter Aerts. On May 26, 2013, Suzuki won the second Inoki Genome tournament, defeating Akira Joh in the finals. As a result, he received his first shot at the IGF Championship on October 26, but was defeated by the defending champion, Kazuyuki Fujita. The following March, Suzuki left IGF to become a freelancer.