is a

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, currently working for the Japanese

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(DDT).

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2014–present)

Higuchi made his

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debut at

's ''DDT Dramatic Fanclub Vol. 1'', event from October 18, 2014, where he defeated Kota Umeda. He worked a match at ''BJW/DDT/K-DOJO Toshikoshi Pro-Wrestling 2015'', a cross-over event held between

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, DDT, and

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from December 31, where he teamed up with Yoshihisa Uto, falling short to

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and

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in the Shuffle Tag Tournament. Higuchi participated in the Block B of the

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2018 Global League, where he scored 6 points after facing

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and

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. At ''TJP The God Of Pro Wrestling - My Arms Fell!'' event of

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from December 27, 2018, Higuchi teamed up with

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in a losing effort to Disaster Box (Harashima and

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). He worked a match for Evolve/ WWN, at ''EVOLVE 125'', from April 4, 2019, where he defeated Curt Stallion. One day later, at ''WWNLive SuperShow - Mercury Rising 2019'', on April 5, he challenged JD Drake for the

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but unsuccessfully.

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2014–present)

Higuchi is a multiple-time

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, title which he won on different occasions. His first title reign began at

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, where he teamed up with

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and

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to defeat T2Hii (

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and

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). In the second reign, he held the titles with Kouki Iwasaki and

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, winning them at ''Best Western Lariat Series 2017'' on January 22, by defeating Shuten-dōji ( Kudo,

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and

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) in a

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also involving Antonio Honda,

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and Trans-Am★Hiroshi. In the third reign, he won the titles alongside fellow Eruption stablemates Yukio Sakaguchi and

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at ''DDT TV Show! #7'' from June 20, 2020. Higuchi is also a KO-D Tag Team Champion, title which he won with Yukio Sakaguchi again under the Eruption banner, at ''Road to Ultimate Party 2020'' on October 25. At '' Judgement 2018: DDT 21st Anniversary'', Higuchi teamed up with

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as SekiGuchi to defeat Harashima and

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for the KO-D Tag Team Championship. On July 3, 2022, Higuchi won the 2022 King of DDT Tournament by defeating

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in the final, and consequently won the

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Championships and accomplishments

( 1 time, current) :*

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( 4 times) – with

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(1),

(1) and

(1) :*

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( 3 times) – with

and

(1), Kouki Iwasaki and

(1), and

and Yukio Sakaguchi (1) :*

King of DDT Tournament __NOTOC__ The is an annual single elimination professional wrestling tournament held in DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). After the first two editions in 2004 and 2005, DDT produced four annual King of DDT events from 2006 to 2009 which featured no tourn ...

(

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) *''

Japan Indie Awards The are Japanese professional wrestling, or ''puroresu'', awards that have been handed out annually since 2007 by the program '' Indie no Oshigoto'', broadcast on the Fighting TV Samurai TV channel. Unlike the more widely publicized and recognized ...

'' :* MVP Award (2022) :* Newcomer Award (2014) *''

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'' :*Ranked No. 4 on the top 10 of the 2015 Rookie Of The Year

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Higuchi, Kazusada 1988 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions KO-D Tag Team Champions KO-D Openweight Champions