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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 height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1]
Billed weight	172 lb (78 kg)
Debut	2010

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

Hirata's first known match as aprofessional wrestler was a loss againstKeisuke Ishii for theIronman Heavymetalweight Championship atJudgement 2010 on March 14, 2010, however, he is known to have previously defeatedMichael Nakazawa at a promotion'shouse show on February 28, 2010 to win thetitle.^[4] He is known for his affiliation with various stables such as T2Hii in which he paired withSanshiro Takagi andToru Owashi to win theKO-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 stablematesToru Owashi andYuki Ueno to unsuccessfully challenge Damnation (Mad Paulie, Soma Takao andTetsuya Endo atRyōgoku Peter Pan on October 21 for theKO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.^[6] Hirata participated in a cross-over event held betweenDDT andBig 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 andTsutomu Oosugi) and with his T2Hii fellow stable memberSanshiro Takagi to defeatThe Brahman Brothers (Brahman Kei,Brahman Shu),Danshoku Dino and Takayuki Ueki in an8-man tag team match.^[7] The event helped raisingcharity money for the disaster caused by theKumamoto Earthquake which hitJapan back in 2016.^[8] AtKawasaki Strong 2021 on February 14, Hirata teamed up withShinya Aoki, Super Sasadango Machine and Antonio Honda to defeatSanshiro Takagi,Danshoku Dino,Toru Owashi andMakoto Oishi for theKO-D 8-Man Tag Team Championship.^[9]

On August 9, 2025, Hirata defeatedDanshoku Dieno andSuper 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 ofWrestle Peter Pan 2025 atKorakuen Hall, he successfully cashed in his "Right to Challenge" for a title match againstYuki Ueno, and became the newKO-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 fromAkito on September 15.^[12] After that, Hirata choseYoshihiko as his opponent for his first formal defense of the championship. AtDramatic 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]

Hirata has wrestled several matches forNew Japan Pro-Wrestling. One of them was asingles match loss againstHiromu Takahashi atNEVER.5 on February 24, 2011 and the other two were also two losses, one againstMadoka and atag team match in which he teamed up with Shinichiro Tominaga againstHiromu Takahashi andKyosuke Mikami, both of the matches being part of theNEVER.6: Road To The Super Junior 2 Days Tournament.^[15]

• DDT Pro-Wrestling
  • KO-D Openweight Championship (1 time)
  • DDT Extreme Championship (1 time)^[16]
  • Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (48 times)^[17]
  • KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (5 times) – withSanshiro Takagi andToru Owashi (3),Akito andShota (1), andNaruki Doi and Toru Owashi (1)^[18]
  • KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – withShinya Aoki,Super Sasadango Machine andAntonio Honda (1), and Toru Owashi, Antonio Honda and Yoshihiko (1)^[19]
  • Twilight Rough Cup Battle Royal (2025)

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