Daiju Wakamatsu
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24 July 1998[1]
- Daiju Wakamatsu
.jpg) Wakamatsu in June 2025 | |
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| Born | Daiki Wakamatsu 24 July 1998[1] |
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| Billed height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[2] |
| Billed weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
| Debut | 2019 |
Daiki Wakamatsu better known by his ring name Daiju Wakamatsu (若松大樹, Wakamatsu Daiju) is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW) where he is the former one-times 2AW Openweight Champion.[3] He is also known for his tenures with Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) and Pro Wrestling Freedoms.[4]
Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2019–present)
Wakamatsu made his professional wrestling debut in Active Advance Pro Wrestling at Grand Slam in TKP Garden City Chiba on November 10, 2019, where he defeated Naka Shuma in the singles competition.[5]
During his time with the promotion, Wakamatsu pursued various accomplishments and shared a tag team under the name of "Buttobe Missile Kickers" with Taishi Takizawa.[2] He is a former two-time 2AW Tag Team Champion alongside the latter, first winning the titles at 2AW Grand Slam In 2AW Square on April 23, 2023, by defeating Koen (Takuro Niki and Tatsuya Hanami),[6] and secondly on October 27, 2024, by defeating Starlight Dreamers (Ayame Sasamura and Kotaro Yoshino).[7] At the 2AW 6th Anniversary event on June 22, 2025, Wakamatsu defeated Naka Shuma to win the 2AW Openweight Championship.[8]
Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2020–present)
Wakamatsu competes in Big Japan Pro Wrestling as a developmental talent sent by 2AW, mainly in deathmatches, where he also chased for various accomplishments. At 2AW/BJW Big Advance on March 12, 2023, he teamed up with Abdullah Kobayashi and Kankuro Hoshino to defeat Chicharito Shoki, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi for the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[9]
At BJW New Standard Big "B" on October 22, 2023, he unsuccessfully challenged Yuki Ishikawa for the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship.[10] At BJW In Korakuen Hall on January 27, 2024, Wakamatsu teamed up with Ishikawa to unsuccessfully challenge Crazy Lovers (Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto) for the BJW Tag Team Championship.[11]
He competed in various of the promotion's signature events, the Saikyo Tag League in which he made his first appearance at the 2022 edition which he won alongside Abdullah Kobayashi by being runners-up in the B block of the competition where they scored a total of twelve points after going against the teams of Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto, Shigehiro Irie and Yuya Aoki, Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani, Chicharito Shoki and Yuji Okabayashi, Michio Kageyama and Yusaku Ito, Kazuki Hashimoto and Satsuki Nagao, Kankuro Hoshino and Yuichi Taniguchi, and Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu. In the finalist decision match, they defeated Irie and Aoki, then outmatched Hiroyuki Suzuki and Takuho Kato in the semifinals, then Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto in the finals.[12] As for the Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor, he made his first appearance at the 2024 edition of the tournament where he topped out the B block of the competition with a total of six points after outmatching Dale Patricks, Yuki Ishikawa, Ryuji Ito and Beastman, but fell short to Hideyoshi Kamitani in the finals.[13]
