Yuki Ishida | |
Birth Date: | 21 January 1999 |
Birth Place: | Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan |
Ring Names: | Yuki Ishida |
Height: | 168 cm |
Weight: | 86 kg |
Trainer: | Jun Akiyama |
Debut: | September 26, 2021 |
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for DDT Pro-Wrestling.
Ishida has a background as a sumo wrestler, having competed at amateur level at Tottori Jōhoku High School, a senior high school known for its sports program. There he was a senior to future professional sumo wrestlers Takerufuji and Rōga.[1]
Ishida made his first appearance for DDT Pro-Wrestling on September 26, 2021, at Who's Gonna Top? 2021, in a pre-show exhibition bout against Yuya Koroku that went to a time-limit draw.[2] His official debut was on October 12, at Get Alive 2021 where he faced Kazusada Higuchi in a losing effort.[3]
On August 24, 2022, at a free event in Shinjuku FACE, he had his first win where he teamed up with Higuchi, defeating The37Kamiina (Konosuke Takeshita and Toi Kojima). Ishida then offered to join the stable Harimau, which was accepted. On May 14, 2023, at Only We × DDT Special: Yuji Hino's Debut 20th Anniversary, Ishida teamed up with Higuchi and Ryota Nakatsu where they defeated Shinya Aoki, Yuki Ueno and Super Sasadango Machine to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship, which also marked Ishida's first championship.[4] [5] They lost the titles to Eruption (Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai and Hideki Okatani) on July 23, at Wrestle Peter Pan 2023.[6] [7]