Kaito Hirano

Name: 怪盗平野 [Kaito Hirano]

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 185 Lbs.

Hometown: Osaka, Japan

Alignment: Heel

Entrance Music: "Time Bomb" by Hollywood Undead

Entrance Description: The siren start of "Hero" by Nas fills the arena as the fans come to their feet as we get dimmed lights, white and blue lights filling the arena. The intro picks up as we see Kaito Hirano make his way to the stage, pumping his fists and screaming something in Japanese. He bounces from side to side and loosens up his arms before clapping his hands together and heading down the ramp. He points to the sky about midway down, still walking, and a series of 8 fireworks go off down the ramp one by one. Hirano jumps to the apron and holds onto the top rope, throws his head back for a moment, and then jumps over the top rope and into the ring. He gets the crowd involved as he throws his hands up and down to get them pumped up as he settles in.

Fighting Style: Striker/High Flyer

Basic Moves:
- Spinning heel kick
- Corner Enziguri
- Tilt-a-whirl headscissors
- Shooting Star Press
- Standing Star Press
- Cross arm neckbreaker
- Northern Lights Suplex
- Dragon Suplex
- Blue Thunder Bomb
- Jumping DDT
- Corkscrew Neckbreaker
- Dropkicks
- Shoot Kicks

Signature Moves:
- Yoi Yume O [Sweet Dreams] (Running Knee to knelt opponent)
- Saigo no Jōsha [Last Ride] (Fisherman Driver)
- Tornado Kick

Finishing Moves:
- Oyasumi [Goodnight] (Fireman's Carry Overhead Kick)
- Dishonored (Burning Hammer GTS)

Quote: "Soreha oyasumi o iu jikandesu." [It is time to say goodnight].

Superstar History: Kaito Hirano was born to a Chinese mother and a Japanese father and little is known of his upbringing. Both his parents died early in his teenage years and he spent the next few years with family in China. Kaito was a smart child but never stayed in one school too long due to various reasons; including fighting and missing classes. He had one run in with the law before he turned 18 but wasn't charged with anything, however had friends charged with various counts of smuggling. At the age of 18, Kaito left China, moved back to Japan where he began to train after being persuaded by a friend. A year later, near the end of 2013, Kaito left for America, wanting to put his past life behind. He would eventually be enrolled into a small wrestling school in New York City, ran by BWF Hall of Famer Gabe Shelley. The Empire Wrestling Academy has remained small even after its doors opened in June of 2013, but did attract Kaito a few months later as he signed up at the start of 2014. Near the end of 2014, Kaito began to take independent gigs to start putting his craft together and was ready to sign his first major deal with the BWF.

Kaito had a stint as BWF's Sovereign Champion in the summer of 2015. Hirano was always viewed as a "solid player" in BWF but could never put the entire package together. He had a short rivalry with Fenryr and was injured during their program. After coming back he became Trios Champion for a small period of time. After BWF closed, Kaito went back to Empire Wrestling's gym as a trainer. When the company reopened as a wrestling promotion again in 2018 he jumped on board as a trainer once again. He jumped back into the ring for a few matches and has now signed on to join Empire's Extreme Division.

Title History:
- BWF Sovereign Champion (1)
- BWF Trios Champion (1; w/Xaria Linette and Sabrina Scott)