 Hayato in July 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hayato Kubo[2] (1999-02-24)February 24, 1999 (age 26)[3] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | Rising Hayato |
| Billed height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Trained by | Masayuki Mitomi Psycho |
| Debut | 2016 |
Hayato Kubo (久保颯人,Kubo Hayato; born February 24, 1999), better known by hisring nameRising Hayato (ライジングHAYATO,Raijingu Hayato) is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler working for the JapanesepromotionAll Japan Pro Wrestling.[4]
Hayato started hisprofessional wrestling career in theJapanese independent scene, more specifically atPro Young Master 06, an event promoted by Dotonbori Pro Wrestling on September 16, 2017, where he fell short to Takato Nakao in the "Young Master Cup".[5] He soon began chasing opportunities to work for many other promotions. Hayato made an appearance on the third night of the 2018 edition ofPro Wrestling Noah'sN-1 Victory from November 11, not as part of the tournament, but in a sidetag team match where he teamed up with Yoshiki Inamura,Kaito Kiyomiya andKatsuhiko Nakajima in a losing effort againstHi69,Minoru Tanaka,Mohammed Yone andTakashi Sugiura.[6] AtFreedoms Pro-Wrestling Sengoku-Jidai, an event produced byTakashi Sasaki on the behalf ofPro Wrestling Freedoms on December 26, 2017, Hayato teamed up with Asosan and Tsuchiya Crazy, falling short toGentaro,Mammoth Sasaki and Toru Sugiura as a result of asix-man tag team match.[7]
Hayato shared a short-term affiliation withDDT Pro-Wrestling. He made his first appearance atDDT DNA 42, an event promoted on March 7, 2018, where he teamed up withMao and defeated Rekka andChoun Shiryu in the first rounds of the "DNA Super Tag Tournament".[8] AtDNA 43 on April 5, 2018, Hayato teamed up with Mao again and fell short to Naomi Kingdom (Akira Jo andNaomi Yoshimura) in the semifinals of the tournament.[9] His last known appearance took place atDDT Wrestle Matsuyamania 2019 on June 2, where he teamed up withSanshiro Takagi,Yoshiaki Yatsu andYukio Naya in a losing effort against All Out (Akito,Konosuke Takeshita,Shunma Katsumata) andTatsumi Fujinami as a result of eneight man tag team match.[10]
Hayato made his first appearance inAll Japan Pro Wrestling on the eighth night of theSuper Power Series 2019 from June 1 where he teamed up with Carbell Ito andJun Akiyama to defeatAtsuki Aoyagi,Black Menso-re and Bonjin Pulp in the semifinals of a "Six Man Tag Tournament". In the finals which took place on the same night, Hayato and his teammates defeatedHokuto Omori, Kentaro Yoshida andTakao Omori.[11] During time, Hayato challenged for various championships promoted by the company. On the second night of theAJPW Dream Power Series 2021 from March 8, Hayato teamed up with his "Nextream" stablemate Atsuki Aoyagi and unsuccessfully challenged Purple Haze (Izanagi andZeus for theAll Asia Tag Team Championship.[12] On the first night of the2022 AJPW New Year Wars from January 2, Hayato won the traditionalbattle royal which also involved notable opponents such asAndy Wu, Baliyan Akki,Shuji Ishikawa,Shigehiro Irie,Yoshitatsu,Kazuhiro Tamura and others.[13] On the final night of the event from January 23, he unsuccessfully challengedSugi for theAJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[14]
Hayato is known for competing in various of the promotion's signature events such as theAJPW Junior Tag League, making his first appearance at the 2020 edition of the event where he teamed up with Atsuki Aoyagi and defeated Black Menso-re andSushi in the first rounds, Jin (Koji Iwamoto andFuminori Abe) in the semifinals, but fell short toEvolution (Dan Tamura andHikaru Sato) in the finals from December 27.[15] Another major event in which Hayato competed is theAJPW Junior League, event where he marked his first appearance at the 2021 edition where he fell short toEl Lindaman in the first rounds from June 2.[16] At the 2022 edition, Hayato fought in a single-block tournament and competed against Hikaru Sato, Ryo Inoue, Hokuto Omori, Atsuki Aoyagi and Dan Tamura.[17] As for theŌdō Tournament, Hayato made his first appearance at the 2021 edition where he fell short toT-Hawk in the first rounds from August 15.[18]
