Kaz Hayashi
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Hayashi in March 2012.
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| Birth name | Kazuhiro Hayashi |
| Born |
May 18, 1973 Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | El Gringo The Great Hayashi Kaz Hayashi Miguel Hayashi Jr. Shiryu |
| Billed height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Billed weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
| Trained by |
Gran Hamada Último Dragón |
| Debut | November 19, 1992 |
Kazuhiro "Kaz" Hayashi (林 和広, Hayashi Kazuhiro, born May 18, 1973) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where in addition to being a wrestler for the promotion, he also served as the head booker for the company's junior heavyweight division. Since leaving AJPW in 2013, Hayashi has competed for Wrestle-1, where he also works as a trainer.
For much of his early career, Hayashi wrestled in Michinoku Pro Wrestling (Michinoku Pro/MPW) under a mask, using the ring name Shiryu (Growing Dragon in Japanese). As Shiryu, he was part of the memorable rudo group, Kaientai Deluxe, which waged war with Michinoku Pro's Sekigun for many years, producing some classic matches. In June, 1997, he left Michinoku Pro for the Mexican Promo Azteca promotion, before joining World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the United States in October of that year.
After unmasking, Hayashi joined WCW in 1998. Early on, he was relegated to a jobber and comedy character. He would be taken under the management of Sonny Onoo and even come to inherit Glacier's ceremonial armor and light show for a time. In late 1999, Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara began booking WCW programs and Hayashi was paired with La Parka. During interviews, the two would speak in their native languages which would be humorously dubbed over by charismatic English speakers, calling him names such as "The Kaz Master" and "Kazanova". This ended shortly when La Parka became upset and tossed the microphone down as Ferrera was speaking.
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