Lee Jae-kyung (Korean: 이체경; Hanja: 李在炅; Japanese: リ・チェギョン, romanized: Ri Chegyon; born January 19, 1989), better known by his ring name Jake Lee (ジェイク・リー, Jeiku Rī), is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. As of July 2024, he is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of the United Empire. Known as the "Clown from Hell" (地獄の道化師, Jigoku no dōkeshi) and the "Silent Jester", Lee is best known for his stints in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah. In AJPW, within two runs between 2011 and 2022, Lee became a two-time Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion and Champion Carnival winner in 2021; during the latter run, he was known as "Madness of the Dark Side" (狂気のダークサイド, Kyōki no dākusaido). In Noah, he was the leader of the Good Looking Guys stable from 2023 to 2024 and became known as "Good Looking Emperor"; he became a one-time GHC Heavyweight Champion by defeating Kaito Kiyomiya at the Great Voyage in Yokohama event in March 2023. He joined NJPW after leaving Noah in 2024, becoming known as the "Smart Bastard" (stylized in all caps) after he joined Bullet Club War Dogs and was known as the "Smart Bastard". He left War Dogs in 2026 to defect to the United Empire. Lee was acclaimed for his matches against the likes of Kento Miyahara, Kenoh, Yuma Aoyagi and Naomichi Marufuji, and is the second Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion of Korean descent (the other being Zeus) and the only GHC Heavyweight Champion of Korean descent. If Lee wins the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (as he is currently signed to NJPW), he'd become the fifth to win the three major Japanese heavyweight championships, and the youngest to do so.
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