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Kumaarashi

Japanese professional wrestler

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ24864563
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Masaya Suzuki (鈴木 優也, Suzuki Masaya; born December 1, 1991) better known by his ring names Kumaarashi (羆嵐) and formerly Kumagoro (熊ゴロー, Kumagorō), is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions Wrestle-1 and Active Advance Pro Wrestling.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2015–present)

Suzuki has done freelance work ever since he started his career, competing in various promotions from the Japanese independent scene. At 2AW Grand Slam In TKP Garden City Chiba, an event promoted by Active Advance Pro Wrestling on July 31, 2022, he unsuccessfully challenged Kengo Mashimo for the 2AW Openweight Championship. At Tenryu Project Wrestle And Romance Vol. 10, an event promoted by Tenryu Project on February 16, 2023, he teamed up with Masayuki Kono and Yusuke Kodama to defeat Kohei Sato, Mizuki Watase, and Rey Paloma in a six-man tag team match.

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2016–2022)

Suzuki is also known for his tenure with All Japan Pro Wrestling. He made his debut in the company on the first night of the AJPW Raising an Army Memorial Series 2016 on October 9, where he teamed up with Koji Doi to defeat Nextream (Naoya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi). During his time with the promotion, he chased for various titles and took part of the "Total Eclipse" stable led by Jake Lee and formed a sub-tag team with his old Wrestle-1 tag team partner Koji Doi. At AJPW Raising An Army Memorial Series on October 2, 2022, he and Doi unsuccessfully challenged Gungnir Of Anarchy (Ryuki Honda and Shotaro Ashino) for the World Tag Team Championship.

Suzuki competed in the promotion's biggest yearly series of events, the "AJPW New Year Wars".

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