| Jinsei Shinzaki |
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![]() Shinzaki in January 2023 |
| Birth name | Kensuke Shinzaki |
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| Born | (1966-12-02) December 2, 1966 (age 58)
Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan |
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| Ring name(s) | Hakushi
Jinsei Shinzaki
Mongolian Yuga
Mr. Nihon Kamikaze |
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| Billed height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1][2] |
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| Billed weight | 108 kg (238 lb)[1] |
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| Billed from | Japan (as Hakushi)[1] |
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| Trained by | Gran Hamada |
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| Debut | November 19, 1992 |
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Kensuke Shinzaki (born December 2, 1966) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is better known under the ring names, Jinsei Shinzaki and Hakushi.
Career
He started in Gran Hamada's Universal Lucha Libre promotion where he competed under the name Mongolian Yuga.
He competed in the World Wrestling Federation in 1995 where he portrayed a Japanese villain named Hakushi (White Messenger). He debuted in a match against a young Matt Hardy which Hakushi won.[3]
He gained victories over Aldo Montoya and 1-2-3 Kid.[3] He embarked on a short feud with Bret Hart and also competed in the 1996 Royal Rumble but was eliminated by Bret's brother, Owen Hart.
During a match against Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw, Bradshaw hit Hakushi with a branding iron after Bradshaw defeated him and Hakushi had been so humiliated by the branding that he (kayfabe) left the WWF.[3]
After he left the WWF, he competed in a tag team match at Extreme Championship Wrestling's 1998 ECW Heat Wave with Hayabusa for the ECW World Tag Team Championships against Rob Van Dam and Sabu.[4][3]
Shinzaki owned a restaurant in Japan but his restaurant along with his house were destroyed in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and he was forced to live in his car.[5]
Championships
References
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