Eiji Ezaki

Eiji Ezaki (November 29, 1968 - March 3, 2016) was a Japanese professional wrestler better known as the masked Hayabusa (Falcon/Phoenix), who competed primarily for Atsushi Onita's Frontier Martial Arts (FMW) promotion.
== Career ==
===Frontier Martial Arts===
===Extreme Championship Wrestling===
On August 2, 1998, Ezaki went to Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) to compete in a tag team match with Jinsei Shinzaki against Rob Van Dam & Sabu for the ECW World Tag Team Championship at Heat Wave 1998.
===Career-ending injury===
Ezaki was partially paralyzed after a botched Asai Moonsault at a FMW show on October 10, 2001. He used a wheelchair to get around and eventually regained some ability to walk before his death.
==Wrestling facts==
*Finishing and signature moves
**Falcon Arrow
**Phoenix Splash - Innovated
**H Thunder
**H Edge
**Firebird Splash
**Stardust Press
*Tag teams and stables
**Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki
*Nicknames
**"Phoenix"
*Wrestlers trained
**BxB Hulk
**Dragon Kid
**GARUDA
==Championships and accomplishments==
*All Japan Pro Wrestling
**AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Jinsei Shinzaki (1)
*Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
**FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Daisuke Ikeda (1) and Masato Tanaka (1)
**FMW Double Championship (2 times)
**FMW Six Man Street Fight Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa (1) and Masato Tanaka & Hisakatsu Oya (1)
**WEW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
**WEW Six Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Hisakatsu Oya & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (1) and GOEMON & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (1)
**WEW Tag Team Championship (2 time) with Tetsuhiro Kuroda (1), Mr. Gannosuke (1)
==Other media==
*Hayabusa is a playable character in Virtual Pro Wrestling 64 and Virtual Pro Wrestling 2: Ōdō Keishō.
*Hayabusa unofficially appears in the game WCW vs. nWo: World Tour as Hannabil.
*Hayabusa unofficially appears in the game WCW/nWo Revenge as Han Zo Man.
*Hayabusa unofficially appears in the game WCW vs. the World as Habanero .
==External links==
* Eiji Ezaki profile at CAGEMATCH.net
* Profile
Category:Japanese wrestlers
Category:Male wrestlers
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Category:1991 debuts
Category:2001 retirements
Category:All Japan Pro Wrestling alumni
Category:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre alumni
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Category:Fighting Investigation Team Battlarts alumni
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Category:Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling-X alumni
Category:Michinoku Pro Wrestling alumni
Category:New Japan Pro Wrestling alumni
Category:Pro Wrestling Unplugged alumni
Category:W*ING alumni
Category:World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana alumni
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Category:All Asia Tag Team Champions