Dai Suzuki Explained

Dai Suzuki
Birth Date:January 19, 1990[1]
Birth Place:Nasushiobara, Japan
Names:Superman Taro
Dai Suzuki
Height:163 cm[2]
Weight:80 kg
Debut:2013
Retired:2017

is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for his time in the Japanese promotions DDT Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Freedoms.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2013–2017)

Suzuki made his professional wrestling debut at a house show promoted by Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling on December 1, 2013, as Superman Taro where he teamed up with Churaumi Saver and Tida Heat in a losing effort to Fuma, Gurukun Mask and RyuKyu-Dog Dingo as a result of a six-man tag team match.[4]

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2014–2017)

Suzuki is best known for his tenure with DDT Pro Wrestling. At DDT agePa!! 2015 on September 5, he won a 13-man reverse battle royal also involving Akito, Shunma Katsumata, Shigehiro Irie, Kazusada Higuchi, Makoto Oishi and others.[5] At DDT Osaka Octopus 2016 on December 4, he competed in a gauntlet battle royal for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship also involving Kazuki Hirata, Kikutaro, Mad Paulie, Masahiro Takanashi, Toru Owashi and others.[6]

He competed in various of the promotion's signature events such as DDT Peter Pan, making his only appearance at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017 on August 20 where he fell short to Gota Ihashi in a Casual Street Pro-Wrestling Extra Edition! match for the King of Dark Championship.[7] As for the DDT Judgement series of events, he made his first appearance at on March 21 where he teamed up with DJ Nira to defeat Seiya Morohashi and Hoshitango in a tag team match for the King of Dark Championship but without winning the title.[8] His last match occurred at on March 20 where he teamed up with Nobuhiro Shimatani and Naomi Yoshimura to defeat Rekka, Daiki Shimomura and Yuki Ueno.[9]

On November 12, 2017, DDT announced via Twitter that Suzuki decided to retire from professional wrestling to focus on his social welfare career.[10] Suzuki had his retirement match at DDT DNA 39 on December 13, 2017, a three-on-one handicap match in which he unsuccessfully took on Ken Ohka, Ryota Nakatsu and Kota Umeda.[11]

Personal life

His brother Shin Suzuki is also a professional wrestler in the Japanese independent scene.[12]

Championships and accomplishments

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dai Suzuki • General Information. wrestlingdata.com. Axel. Saalbach. September 16, 2021.
  2. Web site: Dai Suzuki/Career Data. cagematch.de. German. Philip. Kreikenbohm. September 16, 2021.
  3. Web site: Dai Suzuki Profile & Match Listing. Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). profightdb.com. September 16, 2021.
  4. Web site: Events Database » RDPW. cagematch.de. German. Philip. Kreikenbohm. December 1, 2013. September 16, 2021.
  5. Web site: DDT ProWrestling . ja:agePa!! 2015. ddtpro.com. DDT Pro Wrestling. Japanese. September 5, 2019. September 16, 2021.
  6. Web site: DDT OSAKA OCTOPUS 2016 (DECEMBER 4) REVIEW. Dylan. Justin. December 12, 2016. September 16, 2021.
  7. Web site: DDT PETER PAN 2017 (AUGUST 20) RESULTS & REVIEW. voicesofwrestling.com. Dylan. Justin. August 23, 2017. March 31, 2021.
  8. Web site: DDT "Judgement2016~DDT旗揚げ19周年記念大会~" 3/21 両国国技館大会 . Extreme Party . February 20, 2020 . ja . May 26, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180526133136/http://extremeparty.heteml.jp/2016/d160321.htm . dead .
  9. Web site: DDT JUDGEMENT 20TH ANNIVERSARY (MARCH 20) REVIEW. voicesofwrestling.com. Dylan. Justin. March 26, 2017. April 18, 2021.
  10. Web site: DNA wrestler Dai Suzuki will retire from pro wrestling to focus on his career in social welfare. His retirement match is against Ken Ohka on 13th December. . twitter.com. DDT Pro Wrestling. English. November 12, 2017. September 16, 2021.
  11. Web site: DDT ProWrestling . ja:OTHER/DNA39. ddtpro.com. DDT Pro Wrestling. Japanese. December 13, 2017. September 16, 2021.
  12. Web site: Shin Suzuki. wrestlingdata.com. Axel. Saalbach. German. September 16, 2021.
  13. Web site: DDTタイトル史 . January 9, 2020 . Extreme Party.
  14. Web site: Ironman Heavymetalweight Title. wrestling-titles.com. Wrestling Titles. July 25, 2021. August 18, 2021.