Ryuki Honda

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Machida, Tokyo, Japan

**Ryuki Honda** (本田竜輝, *Honda Ryuki*, born February 11, 2000) is a Japanese professional wrestler who works currently for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW).

## Professional wrestling career

### Early career (2018–2019)

Ryuki Honda began wrestling during high school, participating in the Inter-High School Championships and National Athletic Meet. Before his graduation, Honda applied for the Wrestle-1 Golden Rookie Project, passing the introductory test to become a student of Keiji Mutoh. He would train for five months, before making his debut on September 2, 2018, teaming with Hajime in a losing effort to Masayuki Mitomi and Ryuji Hijikata. Later that month, Honda competed in the tournament to crown the inaugural Wrestle-1 Result Champion, being eliminated by Ganseki Tanaka in the semifinals. In August 2019, Honda directly asked Takao Omori if he could join All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and after a successful tryout in the dojo, he was signed.

### All Japan Pro Wrestling (2020–present)

Honda made his debut for AJPW on September 12, 2020, teaming with Black Menso-re and Takao Omori in a loss effort to Izanagi, UTAMARO and Zeus. On January 1, 2021, Honda officially joined the promotion. Later that month, Honda took part in a seven-match trial series of matches, losing all of his matches. In August, Honda took part in the 2021 Ōdō Tournament, losing to Hokuto Omori in the first round. On October 9, Honda and Koji Iwamoto unsucesfully challenged El Lindaman and T-Hawk for the All Asia Tag Team Championship. In November, Honda and Iwamoto took part in the 2021 World's Strongest Tag Determination League, finishing the tournament with a record of one win and two losses.

On January 2, 2022, Honda asked Total Eclipse's leader Jake Lee to join his stable, which he accepted. Later that month, Honda took part in a tournament to crown the new Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, losing in the final to Kento Miyahara in January 23. In March, Honda began a heated feud with Shotaro Ashino, which culminated into a Last Man Standing match, where he was defeated by Ashino on March 23. In April, Honda took part in the 2022 Champion Carnival, finishing the tournament, losing all of his qualifying matches. On May 25, Honda alongside Total Eclipse stablemate TAJIRI decided to leave Total Eclipse to form a stable with Shotaro Ashino and Seigo Tachibana. On June 19, Honda and Ashino defeated Twin Towers (Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa to win the World Tag Team Championship, winning his first professional wrestling championship in the process. On August 20, their new stable was named Gungnir of Anarchy. On October 23, Honda and Ashino lost the World Tag Team Championships to Suwama and Kono.

From April 8 and May 7, 2023, Honda took part in the 2023 Champion Carnival, finishing the tournament with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. Following the tournament, Honda announced that he was going to leave Gungnir of Anarchy in September. In August, Honda made it to the finals of the 2023 Ōdō Tournament, but was defeated there by New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Satoshi Kojima. During the tournament, on August 21, Honda picked up a major win over reigning Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Yuma Aoyagi, On September 6, Honda made his last match for Gungnir of Anarchy. Afterwards, he would form a team with Yuma Anzai dubbed "New Period". They took part in the 2023 World's Strongest Tag Determination League, finishing the tournament with a record of four wins, one draw and four losses, failing to win the tournament.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Final Vent* (One-handed leg trap falling powerbomb)
* **Signature moves**
	+ Lariat
	+ Multiple suplex variations
		- German
		- Northern lights
	+ Spear
* **Nicknames**
	+ "“Tatakawanakereba ikinokorenai” (Japanese for “You can’t survive without fighting”)
* **Entrance themes**
	+ "Alive A Life" by Rica Matsumoto
	+ **"Survival of the Cruelest"** by Deathkite

## Championships and accomplishments

* **All Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shotaro Ashino