Kazuhiro Hayashi (林 和広, Hayashi Kazuhiro) is a Japanese professional wrestler known simply as Kaz Hayashi (カズ・ハヤシ, Kazu Hayashi). He is best known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where in addition to being a wrestler for the promotion, he also served as the head booker for the company's junior heavyweight division. After leaving AJPW in 2013, Hayashi competed for Wrestle-1, where he also worked as a trainer. In April 2017, Hayashi took over as the new president of Wrestle-1, remaining in the position until the promotion's closure in 2020; he was also the promotion's final champion of the Wrestle-1 Championship.

KNOWN FOR

WCW Monday Nitro
1997
GLEAT
2020
WCW Thunder
2001
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
2011
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
2015
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
2011
WCW World War 3 1998
1998
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
2014
WCW Fall Brawl 1999
1999
WWE: The Ladder Match
2007
WCW New Blood Rising
2000
TNA Bound For Glory 2014
2014

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
36
2022
JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary: TAKATaichiDespeMania
as Kaz Hayashi
2021
GLEAT
as Kaz Hayashi
2020
GLEAT
2019
WrestleCade Supershow 2019
2018
WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2018 SHINING WINTER 12.26 Korakuen Hall
2015
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
as Himself
2014
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
as Self
2014
TNA Bound For Glory 2014
as Kaz Hayashi
2014
TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014
as Kaz Hayashi
2013
Wrestle-1 Raising An Army Tour - Day 1
2012
ROH: Year Two
as Himself
2012
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
as Himself
2011
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
as Himself
2011
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
as Himself
2009
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
as Himself
2007
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
as Kaz Hayashi
2007
PWG: All Star Weekend V - Night Two
as Himself
2007
PWG: All Star Weekend V - Night One
as Self
2007
PWG Sells Out: Volume 1
as Himself
2007
WWE: The Ladder Match
as Himself
2005
AJPW Realize
2004
HUSTLE-3
2003
ROH Final Battle 2003
2003
AJPW: 2ND WRESTLE-1
2003
AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary
as Kaz Hayashi
2001
WCW SuperBrawl Revenge
as Himself
2001
WCW Sin
as Kaz Hayashi
2001
WCW Thunder
as Kaz Hayashi
2000
WCW New Blood Rising
as Kaz Hayashi
2000
WCW Mayhem 2000
as Himself
2000
WCW Starrcade 2000
as Kaz Hayashi
1999
WCW Fall Brawl 1999
as Kaz Hayashi
1998
WCW World War 3 1998
as Himself
1997
WCW Monday Nitro
as Kaz Hayashi
1996
Michinoku Pro 3rd Anniversary: These Days
as Shiryu
1994
AJW Big Egg Wrestling Universe