Hiromasa Horiguchi
Horiguchi in November 2016
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| Born |
September 15, 1978 Kumamoto, Japan |
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| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Genki Horiguchi H.A.G.E. Horiguchi Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! Genki Horiguchi S.U.M.O |
| Billed height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Billed weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Trained by |
Último Dragón Dos Caras |
| Debut | October 17, 1998 |
Hiromasa Horiguchi (堀口博正 Horiguchi Hiromasa?, born September 15, 1978 in Kumamoto, Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Genki Horiguchi (堀口元気 Horiguchi Genki?). He is currently a full-time wrestler for Dragon Gate. He has also competed in Wrestling Society X and Ring of Honor.
When Horiguchi's hairline began receding, the fans began to chant H-A-G-E (hage (禿?) being Japanese for "baldness") at him. He managed to use this to gain a sort of cult popularity, and his catchphrase, "Who has called me hage?", is one of the best known in Japan.
Hiromi Horiguchi, a wrestler currently working for Toryumon Mexico, was thought for some time to be Genki's brother, but the relationship was only a gimmick.
Horiguchi debuted in Toryumon as a face wrestler with a surfer gimmick. In 2001, he began to lose his hair, and in November he turned heel, cast away his surfer gimmick, and he joined the original M2K as a replacement for Chocoflake K-ICHI. He was the last wrestler to be added to the group.
During his days in the M2K stable, he held the NWA World Welterweight Title twice, defeating Ryo Saito to win it, vacating the title after a no-contest match with Dragon Kid, defeating Ricky Marvin to win it again, and finally losing it to M2K stablemate Darkness Dragon. As part of Do FIXER, he won the UWA World Trios Titles with Susumu Yokosuka and Ryo Saito.
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