Hirata Kazuki is a Japanese professional wrestler working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT),
Professional wrestling career
DDT Pro-Wrestling (2010–present)
Hirata's first known match as a professional wrestler was a loss against
Keisuke Ishii for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship at Judgement 2010 on March 14, 2010, however, he is known to have previously defeated
Michael Nakazawa at a promotion's
house show on February 28, 2010 to win the title.
He is known for his affiliation with various stables such as T2Hii in which he paired with
Sanshiro Takagi and
Toru Owashi to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship at Dramatic General Election 2014 Final Voting Day - Last Hope Special on September 28, 2014 from Team Dream Futures (
Keisuke Ishii,
Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao).
The other stable he took part in is Disaster Box, and he teamed up with fellow stablemates
Toru Owashi and
Yuki Ueno to unsuccessfully challenge Damnation (
Mad Paulie, Soma Takao and Tetsuya Endo at RyĹŤgoku Peter Pan on October 21 for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.
Hirata participated in a cross-over event held between DDT and Big Japan Pro Wrestling, the BJW/DDT Kumamoto Earthquake Reconstruction Assistance Charity Pro-Wrestling on July 2, 2016, where he teamed up with Speed Of Sounds (
Tatsuhito Senga and
Tsutomu Oosugi) and with his T2Hii fellow stable member
Sanshiro Takagi to defeat The Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu),
Danshoku Dino and Takayuki Ueki in an 8-man tag team match.
The event helped raising charity money for the disaster caused by the Kumamoto Earthquake which hit
Japan back in 2016.
At Kawasaki Strong 2021 on February 14, Hirata teamed up with
Shinya Aoki, Super Sasadango Machine and Antonio Honda to defeat
Sanshiro Takagi,
Danshoku Dino,
Toru Owashi and
Makoto Oishi for the KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Championship.
Right to Challenge Arm Cover and KO-D Openweight Championship
On August 9, 2025, Hirata defeated
Danshoku Dino and
Yoshihiro Sakai for one of four "Right to Challenge Anytime Anywhere" arm covers issued by DDT. All three wrestlers attempted to lose the match because they didn't want the responsibility of having to challenge for a title match, but ultimately Hirata accepted the prize.
On day two of Wrestle Peter Pan 2025 at Korakuen Hall, he successfully cashed in his "Right to Challenge" for a title match against Yuki Ueno, and became the new KO-D Openweight Champion.
He successfully defended his title against a Right to Challenge armband cash in from Akito on September 15.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2011)
Hirata has wrestled several matches for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. One of them was a singles match loss against
Hiromu Takahashi at NEVER.5 on February 24, 2011 and the other two were also two losses, one against Madoka and a tag team match in which he teamed up with Shinichiro Tominaga against
Hiromu Takahashi and
Kyosuke Mikami, both of the matches being part of the .
Championships and accomplishments
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DDT Pro-Wrestling
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KO-D Openweight Championship (1 time)
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DDT Extreme Championship (1 time)
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Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (48 times)
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KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi (3), Akito and Shota (1), and Naruki Doi and Toru Owashi (1)
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KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Shinya Aoki, Super Sasadango Machine and Antonio Honda (1), and Toru Owashi, Antonio Honda and Yoshihiko (1)
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Twilight Rough Cup Battle Royal (2025)
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