is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. Suzuki 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.
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.
On November 26, 2006, Suzuki won the 8th Amateur Pancrase Open Tournament in the 120 kg division.
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. 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 in Tokyo.
Suzuki made his professional debut at on February 1, 2009, in a welterweight bout against Strasser Kiichi which he lost by submission. On October 17, he defeated Tomoyoshi Iwamiya, the No.1 ranked welterweight in Pancrase.
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.
On July 29, 2012, Suzuki won the 10th Pro-Am Open Catch Wrestling Tournament in the 80 kg category.
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. He faced champion Takenori Sato at Pancrase 247 on May 19, but lost by submission in the third round.
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. 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. He lost the welterweight title to Akihiro Murayama in his first defense at Pancrase 276 on March 13, 2016.
Suzuki's final bout with the promotion was a submission loss against Yushin Okami at Pancrase 279 on July 24, 2016.
Upon joining Shooto in March 2017, Suzuki dropped to the lightweight class. On May 12, in his first Shooto fight, he faced Yuki Tencho Kawana and was knocked out in the first round. Suzuki then faced Yuki Okano on October 15. The fight ended in a 1âÂÂ1 split draw decision. 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 0âÂÂ2 loss for Suzuki, and Watanabe was reprimanded for his mistake.
On March 25, 2018, Suzuki faced Captain Africa and lost by submission in the first round. Following the match, he left the Alliance dojo and accepted Takuya Sugi's invitation to transition from mixed martial arts to professional wrestling.
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.
Suzuki fought Daichi Abe at Deep 112 Impact on February 11, 2023, and won the Deep Welterweight Championship by submission in the second round. He lost the title to Yoichiro Sato at Deep 120 Impact on July 14, 2024.
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.
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.
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. 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. 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. 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.
On January 26, 2020, at the New Year Osaka event, Raicho unsuccessfully challenged Hub for the NWA World & International Junior Heavyweight Championship. On May 3, Raicho and Sugi began teaming together and defeated the Revengers duo of Takuya Sugawara and Yasu Kubota. In July, Raicho entered the 2020 Tenkaichi Junior tournament. He defeated Sugi in his first match on July 24, but was eliminated by Shoki Kitamura in the semifinals on July 26. 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. On December 20, they were eliminated in the first round of the 2020 Furinkazan Tag Tournament by #StrongHearts (T-Hawk and El Lindaman). The following week, it was announced that Sugi's exclusive contract with Zero1 would end on December 31. 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.
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. 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.
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. In early 2022, Only We disbanded, so Suzuki and Sugi associated with designer and illustrator Jenny to form a new team called Mil Gracias. 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.
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.
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. On December 8, Shingo made an appearance in Strong Style Pro-Wrestling, teaming with Hayato Mashita to defeat Black Tiger and Fuminori Abe.
On June 25, 2023, Shingo unsuccessfully challenged Tamura for the Heat-Up Universal Championship. On August 16, Shingo teamed with Shingo Aihara (wrestling as SHINGO) to face Mitsuya Nagai and Tatsuhito Takaiwa in a losing effort.
On January 21, 2024, Shingo teamed with Hajime to unsuccessfully challenge Daichi Satoh and Tomoki Hatano for the Heat-Up Universal Tag Team Championship. 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.
Sugi and Raicho made their Kyushu Pro-Wrestling debut on October 30, 2022, at Kurume ba Genki ni Suruttai!, where they defeated MentaiâÂÂKid and Naoki Sakurajima. On January 3, 2023, Sugi and Raicho won the Kyushu Pro-Wrestling Tag Team Championship from Barikara High Tension (MentaiâÂÂKid and Tomato Kaji). The next month, they successfully defended the title against Asosan and Naoki Sakurajima. On May 7, they lost the title to Kusuo (Hitamaru Sasaki and Kota Umeda), marking their last appearance with the company.
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. 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. In September, Shingo entered the 2023 Tenkaichi Junior tournament. He defeated Leo Isaka in the first round, Bambeat in the semifinals, but lost to Ryo Hoshino in the final. In November, Shingo entered the Furinkazan Tag Tournament with Hoshino. Together, they defeated Satsuki Nagao and Kamikaze in the first round, two masked Astro Blacks in the second round, and were eliminated by Real Zero1 (Masato Tanaka and Yoshikazu Yokoyama) in the semifinals. 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.
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, but lost to Takumi Baba and Takuya Sugawara in the semifinals.
Following the expiration of Zero1's contract with its parent company, Daiko Holdings, in January 2025, a restructuring supported by its new parent company, Studio Backdrop Co., Ltd., saw the promotion split between the Real Zero1 and Tochigi Pro-Wrestling brands as separate entities. On January 8, General Manager Megumi Kudo and Masato Tanaka, the new management, attended a press conference hosted by Mexico Kanko for the Lucha Fiesta Especial event which was scheduled for April 27 at Ryà Âgoku Kokugikan. They announced the return of the Hayabusa character, portrayed by Eiji Ezaki from 1994 to 2001, and a singles match between Hayabusa and Tanaka. At the event, Suzuki, who is widely believed to be the one portraying the new Hayabusa, defeated Tanaka. 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. In the final, he defeated Chris Vice and was awarded the Fire Sword. On August 3, Hayabusa and Tanaka had a Mask vs. Career rematch that went to a time limit draw. On August 17, Hayabusa made his Pro Wrestling Freedoms debut in a special appearance at the Yokohama Budokan where he defeated Mammoth Sasaki. 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. 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. In December, Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki entered the 2025 Furinkazan Tag Tournament, defeating Masato Tanaka and Vent Vert Jack in the first round, Daichi Hashimoto and Yuya Aoki in the semifinals, but losing to Junya Matsunaga and Tsugutaka Sato in the final for the vacant Intercontinental Tag Team Championship.
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.
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.
Unlike promotions such as NJPW, which formally acknowledge successive incarnations of masked characters â for example recognizing Yoshihiro Yamazaki as the fourth generation Tiger Mask and styling him as â 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. 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.
|- | Loss | align=center| | Ibuki Shimada | Submission (triangle armbar) | Deep Tokyo Impact 2024 6th Round | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:28 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 13âÂÂ14âÂÂ2 | Yoichiro Sato | KO (punches) | Deep 120 Impact | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:03 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 13âÂÂ13âÂÂ2 | Choi Jun-seo | TKO (punches) | Deep 115 Impact: Deep vs. Black Combat | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:29 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 13âÂÂ12âÂÂ2 | Daichi Abe | Submission (guillotine choke) | Deep 112 Impact | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:35 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 12âÂÂ12âÂÂ2 | Ryuichiro Sumimura | TKO (punches) | Deep 109 Impact | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:35 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 11âÂÂ12âÂÂ2 | Captain Africa | Submission (armbar) | Professional Shooto Korakuen Hall Event | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:25 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 11âÂÂ11âÂÂ2 | Yuki Okano | Decision (majority) | Professional Shooto | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Chiba, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 11âÂÂ10âÂÂ2 | Yuki Tencho Kawana | KO (punch) | Professional Shooto Korakuen Hall Event | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:21 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 11âÂÂ9âÂÂ2 | Yushin Okami | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Pancrase 279 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:06 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 11âÂÂ8âÂÂ2 | Akihiro Murayama | KO (punches) | Pancrase 276 | | align=center| 4 | align=center| 3:33 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 11âÂÂ7âÂÂ2 | Gota Yamashita | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Pancrase 270 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 3:56 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 10âÂÂ7âÂÂ2 | Gota Yamashita | TKO (punches) | Pancrase 267 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 2:22 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 9âÂÂ7âÂÂ2 | Yuki Kondo | TKO (punches) | Pancrase 265 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:56 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 8âÂÂ7âÂÂ2 | Akihiro Murayama | TKO (punches) | Pancrase 263 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 0:27 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 8âÂÂ6âÂÂ2 | David Marshall | TKO (punches) | Pancrase 259 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 3:39 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 7âÂÂ6âÂÂ2 | Thiago Jambo Goncalves | KO (punch) | Pancrase 253 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:26 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 7âÂÂ5âÂÂ2 | Takenori Sato | Submission (keylock) | Pancrase 247 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 2:36 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 7âÂÂ4âÂÂ2 | Sojiro Orui | KO (punch) | Pancrase 245 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 3:29 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 6âÂÂ4âÂÂ2 | Eiji Ishikawa | Decision (unanimous) | Pancrase: Progress Tour 14 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 5âÂÂ4âÂÂ2 | Kenta Takagi | KO (punch) | Pancrase: Progress Tour 3 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:20 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 4âÂÂ4âÂÂ2 | Kei Yamamiya | TKO (punches) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:24 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 4âÂÂ3âÂÂ2 | Akihiro Yamazaki | Submission (heel hook) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:01 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Draw | align=center| 3âÂÂ3âÂÂ2 | Kosei Kubota | Draw (split) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 3âÂÂ3âÂÂ1 | Seiki Ryo | KO (punch) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:45 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 2âÂÂ3âÂÂ1 | Takenori Sato | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 2âÂÂ2âÂÂ1 | Kengo Ura | TKO (punches) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:43 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 2âÂÂ1âÂÂ1 | Tomoyoshi Iwamiya | TKO (punches and soccer kicks) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:16 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 1âÂÂ1âÂÂ1 | Asaki Honda | Submission (near-naked choke) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:42 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Draw | align=center| 0âÂÂ1âÂÂ1 | Kosei Kubota | Draw (unanimous) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 0âÂÂ1 | Strasser Kiichi | Technical submission (arm-triangle choke) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:00 | Tokyo, Japan |
|- | Win | align=center| 2âÂÂ1âÂÂ1 | Makoto Kawawa | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:13 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 1âÂÂ1âÂÂ1 | Kenji Narita | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 3:56 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Draw | align=center| 0âÂÂ1âÂÂ1 | Yuji Fujioka | Draw (time limit) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 0âÂÂ1 | Tatsuhiko Nishizaka | KO (punches) | ZST.12 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:16 | Tokyo, Japan |
|- ! Result ! Opponent ! Method ! Event ! Date ! Round ! Time ! Notes |- |Win || Hirokazu Takamoto || Decision (unanimous) || Pancrase: 2012 Progress Tour || || N/A || N/A || Won the 10th Pro-Am Open Catch Wrestling 80 kg Tournament. |- |Win || Katana Nishimura || Submission (front choke) || Pancrase: 2012 Progress Tour || || N/A || 3:11 || 10th Pro-Am Open Catch Wrestling 80 kg Tournament Semifinal. |- |Draw || Tatsuhiko Nishizaka || Draw (time limit) || SWAT!-GX1 || || 2 || 5:00 || Light Heavyweight bout.
|- style="text-align:center;background:#cfc;" | 2021-07-22 || Win ||align=left| Yuki Sakamoto || Lethwei ÃÂ Unbeatable 1 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (unanimous) || 2 || 5:00 |- style="text-align:center;background:#fbb;" | 2019-05-17 || Loss ||align=left| Ty Williams || Lethwei in Japan 12: Proof of the Brave || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (knockdowns) || 1 || 2:22 |- | colspan=9 | Legend: