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Kazuki Hirata
Hirata in September 2023
Personal information
Born (1987-11-21) November 21, 1987 (age 38)[2]
Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Hirata Collection AT
Kazuko Hirata
Ichiko Irata
Hiratimo Dragon
brother KAZUKI
Kazuki Hirata
Billed height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1]
Billed weight172 lb (78 kg)
Debut2010

Kazuki Hirata (平田一喜, Hirata Kazuki) is a Japanese professional wrestler working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT),[3] where he is the current KO-D Openweight Champion.

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.[4] 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).[5] 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 Ryōgoku Peter Pan on October 21 for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[6] 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 (Hercules 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.[7] The event helped raising charity money for the disaster caused by the Kumamoto Earthquake which hit Japan back in 2016.[8] 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.[9]

Right to Challenge Arm Cover and KO-D Openweight Championship

On August 9, 2025, Hirata defeated Danshoku Dieno and Super Sasadango Machine 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.[10]

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.[11] This spurred a crisis of identity, where he briefly considered changing his wrestling style to be more serious, but ultimately returned to his usual flamboyant dance style.

He successfully defended his title against a Right to Challenge armband cash in from Akito on September 15.[12] After that, Hirata chose Yoshihiko as his opponent for his first formal defense of the championship. At Dramatic Infinity 2025, Hirata defeated Yoshihiko after an 15 minute and 42 second minute match with a series of power bombs followed by a Somersault Power Bomb.[13] After the match, Yoshihiko presented Hirata with a gift of Haribo candy. However, inside the box under the candy was another "Right to Challenge" arm cover. Once this was revealed, Yoshihiko's masked puppeteer was revealed to be Yuki Ueno, who had appeared to demand a surprise title match. Ueno defeated Hirata with the WK and regained his championship.[14]

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 NEVER.6: Road To The Super Junior 2 Days Tournament.[15]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Kazuki Hirata-Personal Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  2. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Kazuki Hirata/General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "Kazuki Hirata • Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "DDT "Judgement 2010" 3/14 後楽園ホール大会". Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  5. ^ Dark angel (September 29, 2014). "DDT: Resultados «Dramatic General Election 2014 Final Voting Day – Last Hope Special» 28/09/2014" (in Spanish). Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  6. ^ 両国ピーターパン2018～秋のプロレス文化祭～. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). October 21, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  7. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (July 2, 2016). "BJW/DDT Kumamoto Earthquake Reconstruction Assistance Charity Pro-Wrestling". cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  8. ^ CEO Takaaki Kidani, (Bushiroad Inc.) (April 19, 2016). "Announcement Regarding Earthquakes in Kumamoto, Japan from Bushiroad and New Japan Pro-Wrestling". bushiroad.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  9. ^ "KAWASAKI STRONG 2021". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  10. ^ "DDT "YOKOHAMERMAID" Results". Dramatic DDT. 2025-08-09. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  11. ^ Caro, Pep S. (2025-09-01). "Kazuki Hirata Wins The KO-D Openweight Championship At DDT Wrestle Peter Pan 2025 - Monthly Puroresu". Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  12. ^ "DDT "SUMIRE MELTY LOVE 2025" Results". Dramatic DDT. 2025-09-15. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  13. ^ "DDT "DRAMATIC INFINITY 2025 ~3 HOUR SPECIAL~" Results". Dramatic DDT. 2025-09-28. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  14. ^ Carlan, Lewis (2025-09-28). "Yuki Ueno Wins DDT Pro-Wrestling KO-D Openweight Title, Minoru Suzuki Issues Challenge - Monthly Puroresu". Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  15. ^ "Kazuki Hirata/Match List". www.profightdb.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  16. ^ "DDT Extreme Division Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com.
  17. ^ "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. February 28, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  18. ^ "KO-D (King Of DDT) 6-man Tag Team Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. November 14, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  19. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (November 3, 2021). "D 王 GRAND PRIX 2021 II in Ota-ku". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 3, 2021.
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