Eiji Ezaki

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Eiji Ezaki


Statistics
Ring name(s)	Hayabusa H Darkside H Darkside Hayabusa Superstar Hayabusa
Billed height	183 cm (6 ft)
Billed weight	102 kg (224 lb)
Born	November 29, 1968 Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
Trained by	Tarzan Goto
Debut	May 5, 1991
Retired	October 2001

Eiji Ezaki is a former Japanese professional wrestler better known as the masked Hayabusa (Falcon/Phoenix), who competed primarily for Atsushi Onita's Frontier Martial Arts promotion. He gained great popularity for his unique appearance and high risk style.

1 Career
2 In wrestling
3 Trivia
4 Championships and accomplishments

[edit] Career

Eiji Ezaki adopted the Hayabusa gimmick in 1993 after going to Mexico and then returning to Japan to face fellow wrestler Jushin Liger. Throughout his career, he managed to control the fanbase of the promotion FMW. Hayabusa has wrestled very dangerous matches, involving barbed wire and explosives. After one "Exploding Cage" match, he was rushed to the hospital due to severe burns. Hayabusa's rivals included Mr. Gannosuke, The Gladiator, and Onita himself, while he would frequently team with Jinsei Shinzaki. Ezaki would occasionally alter his character to the "Darkside of Hayabusa" or the maskless "H".

In October 2001, Hayabusa suffered an injury during a match against Mammoth Sasaki while attempting a springboard moonsault. His foot caught the ropes and he landed on his head, paralyzing him. The injury also provoked a very high fever and Hayabusa required surgery. Hayabusa was considered the heart and soul of FMW, and after his departure FMW slowly folded.

In the meantime, Ezaki has been pursuing a career as a singer and usually appears in a wheelchair, although he is able to walk with the help of a cane. Ezaki helped get Mr. Gannosuke's WMF promotion off the ground and agreed to be the face of the promotion until February 2004 when the promotion could no longer afford him to appear.

Hayabusa recently appeared backstage at a few WWE events where he met old friends such as Sabu , Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio. He also had the opportunity to take photographs with Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon and Triple H.

Hayabusa recently attended the PWU (Pro Wrestling Unplugged) FAHRENHEIT: 3RD DEGREE event on August 19, 2006 at the New Alhambra (formerly known as ECW Arena). This was his first appereance in the USA since 2000. (Last time being at E3 in LA, helping promote Tokyo Pop and FMW DVDS by having a 6 man tag match) He also did a shoot interview video with RF Video.

Ezaki has stated that his goal is to stand in a wrestling ring once more without aid.

[edit] In wrestling

Finishing and signature moves

Phoenix Splash (Corkscrew 450° splash)
Falcon Arrow (Sitout suplex slam)
Super Falcon Arrow (Top rope turning sitout suplex slam)
H Thunder (Scoop side piledriver)
H Edge (Modified uranage)
Firebird Splash (450° splash)
Stardust Press (Shooting star press)
Dragon suplex
Asai moonsault
Fisherman brainbuster

Nicknames

"The Falcon"
"The Phoenix"
"Fushichou" (Immortal Bird)
"The Flying Assassin"

[edit] Trivia

Hayabusa wrestled one match in ECW at Heatwave '98. He and Jinsei Shinzaki challenged and lost to Rob Van Dam and Sabu for the ECW Tag Team Titles.
Hayabusa appears in the low-budget wrestling movie "Backyard Dogs".
Hayabusa appears in the movie "Mask de 41" as the "Red Falcon"
Hayabusa appears as Eiji Ezaki in "Baion"
Hayabusa is the inventor of the Phoenix Splash (Corkscrew 450° splash).
Hayabusa turned down the chance to join New Japan Pro Wrestling (turning down a huge increase in earnings in the process) in order to stay loyal to FMW. He did not speak to his

friend Jushin "Thunder" Liger for several years because of this.

Hayabusa was also in the first ever exploding ring land mine death match. A match that will be stapled into everyone's mind forever.

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

All Japan Pro Wrestling

1-Time AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Champion with Jinsei Shinzaki

Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling

3-Time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion
1-Time FMW Independent World Heavyweight Champion
2-Time FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Champion with Masato Tanaka once and Daisuke Ikeda once
2-Time FMW Six Man Street Fight Champion with Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa once and Masato Tanaka & Hisakatsu Oya once

Professional Championship Wrestling Federation

1-Time PCWF Florida Heavyweight Champion

World Entertainment Wrestling

2-Time WEW World Heavyweight Champion
2-Time WEW Tag Team Champion with Mr. Gannosuke once and Tetsuhiro Kuroda once
2-Time WEW Six Man Tag Team Champion with Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hisakatsu Oya once and Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Goemon once