Shuji Ishikawa
| Shuji Ishikawa | |
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Ishikawa in April 2014
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| Born |
September 25, 1975 Iwata, Shizuoka |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Shuji Ishikawa Big Shoe Giant Giant Bashoku Giant HERO! Giant Marines Hiroko Mangrove J. Ace Jaiant Hebi Ishikawa Jaiko Ishikawa Koo The Mummy Pitarri! Tokeidai Otoko |
| Billed height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) |
| Billed weight | 130 kg (287 lb) |
| Trained by | DDT Pro |
| Debut | May 8, 2003 |
Shuji Ishikawa (石川 修司 Ishikawa Shūji?, born September 25, 1975) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for promotions such as DDT and Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) as a freelancer. Ishikawa is a former KO-D Openweight Champion, BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion and BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion.
Ishikawa was friends with fellow professional wrestler Takashi Sasaki as a teenager, whom he met through judo.
After meeting Sanshiro Takagi, Ishikawa began training at the DDT Dojo, and soon after made his debut at the age of 27 in May 2003 in a loss to Seiya Morohashi. After achieving little success in his early career, Ishikawa began competing more sporadically in DDT, instead becoming a regular in DDT's sister promotion Union Pro Wrestling, where he gained considerable popularity, mainly due to his size. In 2007, Ishikawa officially became recongised as the ace of UPW after former stablemate Poison Sawada Julie left the promotion. Ishikawa competed in high-profile feuds with Style-E's Kyosuke Sasaki and Pro Wrestling Zero1's Yoshihito Sasaki, as well as regularly competing in DDT once again under a mask as Koo in the Hawaii Army stable. On June 3, 2007, Ishikawa defeated Harashima to capture the KO-D Openweight Championship for the first time. He held on to the belt until October, where he was defeated by HARASHIMA in a rematch. Ishikawa began his second reign in late 2009, defeating Kota Ibushi on November 29, holding it until February 2010, when he was defeated by Daisuke Sekimoto at a Union Pro event. On March 27, 2011, at DDT's 14 Anniversary Show, Ishikawa won a battle royal, giving him the right to a KO-D Openweight Championship match in the future. Ishikawa captured the championship for a third time on May 4, 2011, defeating Dick Togo. Ishikawa held the championship until July, when he was defeated by Kudo at Ryogoku Peter Pan.In 2016, Ishikawa won the KO-D Tag Team Championship for the first time in his career, teaming with Daisuke Sasaki to defeat Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo on March 21.
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