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Shingo Suzuki (鈴木 槙吾, Suzuki Shingo; born April 30, 1986)[1][4] is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. He is signed to Pro Wrestling Zero1, where he performs as the second incarnation of Hayabusa (ハヤブサ, Hayabusa; "Falcon"). He also appears on the Japanese independent scene as Hayabusa and the mononymous name Shingo. He previously competed for Pancrase, Shooto and most recently for Deep. He is a former Welterweight King of Pancrase as well as a former Deep Welterweight Champion.

Born (1986-04-30) April 30, 1986 (age 40)[1][2][3]
NationalityJapanese
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1][3]
Weight77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb)[4]
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Shingo Suzuki
鈴木槙吾
Suzuki as Hayabusa in 2025
Born (1986-04-30) April 30, 1986 (age 40)[1][2][3]
Martial arts career
NationalityJapanese
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1][3]
Weight77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb)[4]
DivisionWelterweight[4]
StanceOrthodox
TeamMil Gracias
Years active2006–2024
Kickboxing record
Total2
Wins1
By knockout1
Losses1
By knockout1
Mixed martial arts record
Total30
Wins13
By knockout8
By submission4
By decision1
Losses15
By knockout8
By submission5
By decision2
Draws2
Amateur record
Total4
Wins2
By knockout1
By submission2
Losses1
Draws1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Last updated on: February 13, 2026
Professional wrestling career
Ring names
  • Hayabusa (II)
  • Raicho
  • Shingo
  • Shingo Suzuki
Billed height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Billed weight85 kg (187 lb)[3]
DebutAugust 23, 2014
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He made his professional wrestling debut in 2014 with a single appearance at a Hard Hit-branded DDT Pro-Wrestling event. He made his second debut in 2019 for Pro Wrestling Zero1, where he went by the ring name Raicho (stylized in all caps as RAICHO). As of 2025, he is believed to be portraying the new incarnation of the Hayabusa character for Zero1.

Mixed martial arts career

Amateur career (2006–2008)

On November 26, 2006, Suzuki won the 8th Amateur Pancrase Open Tournament in the 120 kg division.[5]

On February 12, 2007, Suzuki made his recorded amateur debut at ZST.12, where he lost to Tatsuhiko Nishizaka in a light heavyweight bout on the Genesis preliminary card.[6][7] After that, he competed in three Pancrase Gate bouts during the 2007 Rising Tour and 2008 Shining Tour.

He had his first win against Kenji Narita on August 27, 2008, at Pancrase: Shining 6 in Tokyo.[8][9]

Pancrase (2009–2016)

Suzuki made his professional debut at Pancrase: Changing Tour 1 on February 1, 2009, in a welterweight bout against Strasser Kiichi which he lost by submission.[10][11] On October 17, he defeated Tomoyoshi Iwamiya, the No. 1 ranked welterweight in Pancrase.[12]

On February 7, 2010, Suzuki faced Kengo Ura to determine the next Welterweight King of Pancrase contender, but was defeated by knockout in the first round.[13]

On July 29, 2012, Suzuki won the 10th Pro-Am Open Catch Wrestling Tournament in the 80 kg category.[14]

On February 3, 2013, at Pancrase 245, Suzuki defeated Sojiro Orui in the final round of a tournament to determine the next Welterweight King of Pancrase contender.[15] He faced champion Takenori Sato at Pancrase 247 on May 19, but lost by submission in the third round.[16]

On May 31, 2015, at Pancrase 267, Suzuki faced welterweight champion Let's Gota in a non-title bout and won by technical knockout in the second round.[17] He faced Gota again in his very next fight at Pancrase 270 on October 4, and captured the welterweight title by submission in the second round.[18] He lost the welterweight title to Akihiro Murayama in his first defense at Pancrase 276 on March 13, 2016.[19]

Suzuki's final bout with the promotion was a submission loss against Yushin Okami at Pancrase 279 on July 24, 2016.[20]

Shooto (2017–2018)

Upon joining Shooto in March 2017, Suzuki dropped to the lightweight class.[21] On May 12, in his first Shooto fight, he faced Yuki Tencho Kawana and was knocked out in the first round.[22] Suzuki then faced Yuki Okano on October 15. The fight ended in a 1–1 split draw decision.[23] However, a post-fight investigation revealed judge Kyosuke Watanabe had mistakenly reversed the scores for Suzuki and Okano on his scorecard. Consequently, the decision was overturned to a 0–2 loss for Suzuki, and Watanabe was reprimanded for his mistake.[24][25]

On March 25, 2018, Suzuki faced former judo medalist Shutaro "Captain Africa" Debana and lost by submission in the first round.[26] Following the match, he left the Alliance dojo and accepted Takuya Sugi's invitation to transition from mixed martial arts to professional wrestling.[27]

Deep (2022–2024)

On August 21, 2022, at Deep 109 Impact, Suzuki faced Ryuichiro Sumimura in the welterweight division and won by technical knockout in the first round, marking his successful return to MMA after a four-year hiatus.[28]

Suzuki fought Daichi Abe at Deep 112 Impact on February 11, 2023, and won the Deep Welterweight Championship by submission in the second round.[29] He lost the title to Yoichiro Sato at Deep 120 Impact on July 14, 2024.[30]

Suzuki's final bout to date was at Deep Tokyo Impact 2024 6th Round on December 8, where he lost by submission to Ibuki Shimada.[31]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2014)

Suzuki made his first professional wrestling appearance at Hard Hit: G-generation on August 23, 2014. This event was produced by DDT Pro-Wrestling's MMA-oriented brand, Hard Hit, which was managed at the time by Hikaru Sato and heavily inspired by UWF rules. At the event, Suzuki defeated Michael Nakazawa by submission.[32]

Pro Wrestling Zero1 (2019–2020)

After suspending his MMA career in 2018, Suzuki began transitioning to professional wrestling at Takuya Sugi's suggestion. He made his second debut with Pro Wrestling Zero1, at Sugi's 15th anniversary event held in Korakuen Hall on February 11, 2019. At the event, he teamed with Naoki Tanizaki to take on Masato Tanaka and Yuji Hino, ultimately falling short.[33] The following month, in the opening bout of Zero1's 18th Anniversary Show on March 3, he teamed with the Kubota Brothers and defeated Yuko Miyamoto, Super Tiger and Shoki Kitamura.[34] On March 31, at the 16th Yamato Shinshu Chikara Festival, a Hono Pro-Wrestling event produced by Zero1 at the Yasukuni Shrine Sumo Ring, he debuted the masked character of Raicho (stylized in all caps as RAICHO) when he teamed with Shogun Okamoto to defeat Kohei Sato and Sugi.[35] Throughout the following year, he engaged in a rivalry against Sugi which saw them face each other in the second round of the 2019 Tenkaichi Junior tournament on September 1. Raicho lost the match and was eliminated from the tournament.[36]

On January 26, 2020, at the New Year Osaka event, Raicho unsuccessfully challenged Hub for the NWA World & International Junior Heavyweight Championship.[37] On May 3, Raicho and Sugi began teaming together and defeated the Revengers duo of Takuya Sugawara and Yasu Kubota.[38] In July, Raicho entered the 2020 Tenkaichi Junior tournament. He defeated Sugi in his first match on July 24,[39] but was eliminated by Shoki Kitamura in the semifinals on July 26.[40] On October 4, at the 20th Autumn Flame Festival in Osaka, Sugi and Raicho defeated Hub and Billyken Kid to win the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship.[41] On December 20, they were eliminated in the first round of the 2020 Furinkazan Tag Tournament by #StrongHearts (T-Hawk and El Lindaman).[42] The following week, it was announced that Sugi's exclusive contract with Zero1 would end on December 31.[43] Sugi left Zero1 to work as a freelancer, and he was quickly followed by Raicho, after which the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship was vacated.

Japanese independent circuit (2021–present)

In early 2021, Sugi and Yuji Hino formed the stable Only We. They aimed to produce an independent charity event at the Active Advance Pro Wrestling's 2AW Square dojo in Chiba on January 30. They were quickly joined by Suzuki, who changed his ring name to Shingo, and Quiet Storm.[44] Titled Voyage vol. 1, the event was pushed back twice: first to March 6 and then to May 23. In the main event, Only We (Hino, Sugi, Shingo and Quiet Storm) were defeated by Shogun Okamoto, Hoshitango, Akira Raijin and Masato Shibata.[45] Suzuki made his debut in Kazuhiro Tamura's Pro-Wrestling Heat-Up promotion on July 10, 2021, where he faced Tetsuya Izuchi in a grappling sparring match.[46]

In early 2022, Only We disbanded, so Suzuki and Sugi associated with designer and illustrator Jenny to form a new team called Mil Gracias.[47] In February 2022, Suzuki began competing on a regular basis for Heat-Up under the name Shingo. On August 14, Shingo unsuccessfully challenged Daisuke Kanehira for the Heat-Up Universal Championship.[48] On December 8, Shingo made an appearance in Strong Style Pro-Wrestling, teaming with Hayato Mashita to defeat Black Tiger and Fuminori Abe.[49] Sugi and Raicho made their Kyushu Pro-Wrestling debut on October 30, 2022, at Kurume ba Genki ni Suruttai!, where they defeated Mentai☆Kid and Naoki Sakurajima.[50]

On January 3, 2023, Sugi and Raicho won the Kyushu Pro-Wrestling Tag Team Championship from Barikara High Tension (Mentai☆Kid and Tomato Kaji).[51] The next month, they successfully defended the title against Asosan and Naoki Sakurajima.[52] On May 7, they lost the title to Kusuo (Hitamaru Sasaki and Kota Umeda), marking their last appearance with the company.[53] The next month, they successfully defended the title against Asosan and Naoki Sakurajima.[52] On May 7, they lost the title to Kusuo (Hitamaru Sasaki and Kota Umeda), marking their last appearance with the company.[53] On June 25, 2023, Shingo unsuccessfully challenged Tamura for the Heat-Up Universal Championship.[54] On August 16, Shingo teamed with Shingo Aihara (wrestling as SHINGO) to face Mitsuya Nagai and Tatsuhito Takaiwa in a losing effort.[55]

On January 21, 2024, Shingo teamed with Hajime to unsuccessfully challenge Daichi Satoh and Tomoki Hatano for the Heat-Up Universal Tag Team Championship.[56] Throughout 2024 and 2025, Suzuki then continued to compete in mostly tag team matches. His final match with the company was a loss against the Kubota Brothers on September 20, 2025, alongside Shingo Aihara.[57]

Throughout 2025, Suzuki continued to appear as Hayabusa mainly in Zero1, while still occasionally wrestling unmasked as Shingo for Heat-Up and Aihara Pro. On October 30, at ChocoPro 485: Emi Sakura 30th Anniversary "Cult Heroine", Hayabusa and Masato Tanaka defeated Baliyan Akki and Chris Brookes.[58] I

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2021–2022)

On December 26, 2021, Suzuki reprised his role as Raicho and competed alongside Sugi in the Jr. Tag Battle of Glory tournament, hosted by All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). They defeated Purple Haze (Izanagi and Masashi Takeda) in the first round, but were eliminated by Total Eclipse (Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama), the eventual winners, in the semifinals.[59] Sugi and Raicho made their final AJPW appearance on day 2 on the 2022 Champion Carnival tour on April 10, where they defeated Izanagi and Shigehiro Irie.[60]

Return to Zero1 (2023–present)

Championship pursuits (2023–2024)

On July 29, 2023, Suzuki (under the name Shingo) returned to Zero1 during the 23rd Zero1 Midsummer Festival tour, where he teamed with Hikaru Sato to defeat Satsuki Nagao and Yuki Toki.[61] The following month, at en event co-produced between referee Punch Tawara, Zero1 and Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Shingo and Sato teamed again to defeat Nagao and Takuya Nomura.[62] In September, Shingo entered the 2023 Tenkaichi Junior tournament. He defeated Leo Isaka in the first round,[63] Bambeat in the semifinals,[64] but lost to Ryo Hoshino in the final.[65] In November, Shingo entered the Furinkazan Tag Tournament with Hoshino. Together, they defeated Satsuki Nagao and Kamikaze in the first round,[66] two masked Astro Blacks in the second round,[67] and were eliminated by Real Zero1 (Masato Tanaka and Yoshikazu Yokoyama) in the semifinals.[68] On December 27, Shingo entered the tournament held by Taka Michinoku to crown a new Independent World Junior Heavyweight Champion. He defeated Takahiro Hirakimoto in the first round, but lost to Fire Katsumi in the second round.[69]

After touring with Pro-Wrestling Heat-Up in early 2024, Suzuki returned to Zero1's associate promotion, Tochigi Pro-Wrestling, in June as Raicho. There, he entered the Albuquerque Cup Junior Tag Tournament with Andy Wu. They defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Yuki Toki in the first round,[70] but lost to Takumi Baba and Takuya Sugawara in the semifinals.[71]

Hayabusa (2025–present)

The new Hayabusa making his debut in 2025

On January 8, 2025, general manager Megumi Kudo and Masato Tanaka,announced the return of the Hayabusa character, portrayed by Eiji Ezaki from 1994 to 2001, and a singles match between Hayabusa and Tanaka for April 27 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan.[72] At the event, Suzuki, who is widely believed to be the one portraying the new Hayabusa, defeated Tanaka.[73] From June to July, Hayabusa took part in the 2025 Fire Festival, where he advanced to the final with a record of four wins and one draw earning him 23 points.[74] In the final, he defeated Chris Vice and was awarded the Fire Sword.[75] On August 3, Hayabusa and Tanaka had a Mask vs. Career rematch that went to a time limit draw.[76] On August 17, Hayabusa made his Pro Wrestling Freedoms debut in a special appearance at the Yokohama Budokan where he defeated Mammoth Sasaki.[77] On September 21, at an independent event celebrating Masakatsu Funaki's 40th debut anniversary, Hayabusa teamed up with Funaki to defeat Kuroshio Tokyo Japan and Ren Ayabe in the main event. Jushin Thunder Liger was the special guest referee.[78] In December, Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki entered the 2025 Furinkazan Tag Tournament, defeating Masato Tanaka and Vent Vert Jack in the first round,[79] Daichi Hashimoto and Yuya Aoki in the semifinals,[80] but losing to Junya Matsunaga and Tsugutaka Sato in the final for the vacant Intercontinental Tag Team Championship.[81]

Pro Wrestling Noah (2026)

On January 26, 2026, Hayabusa made his Pro Wrestling Noah debut in the opening match of Monday Magic Rising Sun Season ep. 2, where he teamed with Alejandro and Dragon Kid to defeat Hayata, Mazada and Shuji Kondo.[82]

Professional wrestling persona

While Zero1 is keeping the new Hayabusa's identity a secret, many believe that Suzuki is portraying him based on his physique and his schedule.[83][84]

Unlike promotions such as NJPW, which formally acknowledge successive incarnations of masked characters – for example recognizing Yoshihiro Yamazaki as the fourth generation Tiger Mask and styling him as Fourth Generation Golden Tiger (黄金の虎4代目, Ōgon no Tora Yon-daime)[85] – and similar lineage-based gimmicks such as Ebessan in Osaka Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Zero1 has presented the 2025 return of Hayabusa as the revival of the same character rather than as a new generational successor. Although Suzuki is not the original wrestler, Eiji Ezaki, Zero1 has not designated the character with a numerical suffix (such as "Hayabusa II") nor officially framed it as a second-generation version. Nevertheless, some external websites and databases have referred to the revived character as Hayabusa II.[75] This designation is unofficial and potentially inaccurate, as the Hayabusa persona had previously been portrayed by other wrestlers, most notably Mr. Gannosuke during the period in which Ezaki performed under the H persona, and on a couple occasions by Genichiro Tenryu. As a result, while the current portrayal represents the first revival of the character since Ezaki's death, it is not necessarily the second chronological incarnation of the Hayabusa persona.

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
30 matches 13 wins 15 losses
By knockout 8 8
By submission 4 5
By decision 1 2
Draws 2
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Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 13–15–2 Ibuki Shimada Submission (triangle armbar) Deep Tokyo Impact 2024 6th Round December 8, 2024 1 1:28 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 13–14–2 Yoichiro Sato KO (punches) Deep 120 Impact July 14, 2024 1 2:03 Tokyo, Japan Lost the Deep Welterweight Championship.
Loss 13–13–2 Choi Jun-seo TKO (punches) Deep 115 Impact: Deep vs. Black Combat September 18, 2023 1 2:29 Tokyo, Japan Middleweight bout.
Win 13–12–2 Daichi Abe Submission (guillotine choke) Deep 112 Impact February 11, 2023 1 3:35 Tokyo, Japan Won the Deep Welterweight Championship.
Win 12–12–2 Ryuichiro Sumimura TKO (punches) Deep 109 Impact August 21, 2022 1 3:35 Tokyo, Japan Return to Welterweight.
Loss 11–12–2 Shutaro Debana Submission (armbar) Professional Shooto Korakuen Hall Event March 25, 2018 1 1:25 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 11–11–2 Yuki Okano Decision (majority) Professional Shooto October 15, 2017 3 5:00 Chiba, Japan Originally a split draw decision; overturned after a clerical error was discovered.
Loss 11–10–2 Yuki Tencho Kawana KO (punch) Professional Shooto Korakuen Hall Event May 12, 2017 1 0:21 Tokyo, Japan Lightweight debut.
Loss 11–9–2 Yushin Okami Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 279 July 24, 2016 1 2:06 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 11–8–2 Akihiro Murayama KO (punches) Pancrase 276 March 13, 2016 4 3:33 Tokyo, Japan Lost the Pancrase Welterweight Championship.
Win 11–7–2 Gota Yamashita Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 270 October 4, 2015 2 3:56 Tokyo, Japan Won the Pancrase Welterweight Championship.
Win 10–7–2 Gota Yamashita TKO (punches) Pancrase 267 May 31, 2015 2 2:22 Tokyo, Japan
Win 9–7–2 Yuki Kondo TKO (punches) Pancrase 265 March 15, 2015 1 4:56 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 8–7–2 Akihiro Murayama TKO (punches) Pancrase 263 December 6, 2014 3 0:27 Tokyo, Japan
Win 8–6–2 David Marshall TKO (punches) Pancrase 259 June 29, 2014 2 3:39 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 7–6–2 Thiago Jambo Goncalves KO (punch) Pancrase 253 November 3, 2013 1 0:26 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 7–5–2 Takenori Sato Submission (keylock) Pancrase 247 May 19, 2013 3 2:36 Tokyo, Japan For the Pancrase Welterweight Championship.
Win 7–4–2 Sojiro Orui KO (punch) Pancrase 245 February 3, 2013 2 3:29 Tokyo, Japan Won the Welterweight King of Pancrase Contendership Tournament.
Win 6–4–2 Eiji Ishikawa Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Progress Tour 14 December 1, 2012 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan Welterweight King of Pancrase Contendership Tournament B Block match.
Win 5–4–2 Kenta Takagi KO (punch) Pancrase: Progress Tour 3 March 11, 2012 1 0:20 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 4–4–2 Kei Yamamiya TKO (punches) Pancrase: Impressive Tour 13 December 3, 2011 1 4:24 Tokyo, Japan
Win 4–3–2 Akihiro Yamazaki Submission (heel hook) Pancrase: Impressive Tour 9 September 4, 2011 1 4:01 Tokyo, Japan
Draw 3–3–2 Kosei Kubota Draw (split) Pancrase: Impressive Tour 5 June 5, 2011 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 3–3–1 Seiki Ryo KO (punch) Pancrase: Impressive Tour 3 April 3, 2011 1 0:45 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 2–3–1 Takenori Sato Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Passion Tour 11 December 5, 2010 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 2–2–1 Kengo Ura TKO (punches) Pancrase: Passion Tour 1 February 7, 2010 1 1:43 Tokyo, Japan
Win 2–1–1 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya TKO (punches and soccer kicks) Pancrase: Changing Tour 5 October 17, 2009 1 2:16 Tokyo, Japan
Win 1–1–1 Asaki Honda Submission (near-naked choke) Pancrase: Changing Tour 4 August 8, 2009 1 0:42 Tokyo, Japan
Draw 0–1–1 Kosei Kubota Draw (unanimous) Pancrase: Changing Tour 3 June 7, 2009 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 0–1 Strasser Kiichi Technical submission (arm-triangle choke) Pancrase: Changing Tour 1 February 1, 2009 1 3:00 Tokyo, Japan
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Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 2–1–1 Makoto Kawawa Submission (armbar) Pancrase: Shining Tour 10 December 7, 2008 1 1:13 Tokyo, Japan
Win 1–1–1 Kenji Narita Submission (armbar) Pancrase: Shining Tour 6 August 27, 2008 2 3:56 Tokyo, Japan
Draw 0–1–1 Yuji Fujioka Draw (time limit) Pancrase: Rising Tour 4 April 27, 2007 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 0–1 Tatsuhiko Nishizaka KO (punches) ZST.12 February 12, 2007 1 4:16 Tokyo, Japan
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Submission grappling record

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Lethwei record

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Professional Lethwei record
1 win, 1 loss
Date Result OpponentEventLocation MethodRoundTime
2021-07-22WinJapan Yuki SakamotoLethwei × Unbeatable 1Tokyo, JapanDecision (unanimous)25:00
2019-05-17LossNew Zealand Ty WilliamsLethwei in Japan 12: Proof of the BraveTokyo, JapanTKO (knockdowns)12:22
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Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

Professional wrestling

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