Hideki Hosaka was a Japanese professional wrestler, who is best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Zero-One.
10 Facts About Hideki Hosaka
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Hideki Hosaka competed against Atsushi Onita in several street fights and deathmatches for well over a year.
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Hideki Hosaka reigned as champion for two months, before losing the title to Koji Nakagawa.
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In September 1997, the W*ING faction disbanded, due to W*ING Kanemura's loss to Onita, as Hideki Hosaka joined Onita and Kanemura to form a group called ZEN.
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Hideki Hosaka was unable to make much progress in AJPW and began wrestling regularly for Pro Wrestling Zero-One where he had a more prominent role.
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In 2010, Hideki Hosaka came out of retirement and returned to the ring as a freelancer, aligned with Atsushi Onita and Ichiro Yaguchi.
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Hideki Hosaka held the Niigata Openweight Championship for three years from December 2013 to December 2016.
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Hideki Hosaka was a regular for the revived FMW known as "Cho Sento Puroresu FMW" until the promotion stopped promoting events in early 2018.
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On October 16,2016, Hideki Hosaka announced that he was running for the City Council for the Sodeguara District in Chiba.
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On October 21,2019, Hideki Hosaka announced that in the month prior, he was diagnosed with Stage-IV colon and liver cancer.