Chihiro Hashimoto (橋本 千紘,Hashimoto Chihiro; born July 1, 1992) is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler currently signed toSendai Girls' Pro Wrestling, where she is a former five time Sendai Girls World Champion. Hashimoto was trained in the Sendai Girls' dojo underMeiko Satomura, and made her debut in October 2015. Since her debut, Hashimoto has gone on to hold the Sendai Girls World Championship five times, and was named the 2016Rookie of the Year byTokyo Sports, making her only the second female to win the award.
Hashimoto initially took part in and passed aSendai Girls tryout when she was 15 and still in junior high school, however, she was deemed too young and advised by presidentJinsei Shinzaki to take part in either amateur wrestling or judo until she had at least finished high school.[2] Hashimoto began competing in amateur wrestling immediately, and continued to do so in high school. She attended the Abe Gakuin High School in Tokyo, and won the Asian Junior Championship in her weight class when she was 18. That same year, she entered the All Japan Wrestling championships, placing third in her weight class.[2] Hashimoto continued to pursue amateur wrestling into college, attendingNihon University where she placed third in the World Student Championship at the age of 20. She had hopes of competing in the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, but was unsuccessful in qualifying. She graduated from University in 2015, and after watching a match involvingMeiko Satomura, decided to begin training as a wrestler once again. On June 11, she once again took and passed a tryout, and subsequently enrolled in the Sendai Girls dojo.[3]
Hashimoto was trained byMeiko Satomura and made her debut on October 11, 2015, atSendai Girls' Pro Wrestling, teaming withShinobu Kandori to defeatManami Toyota and Mika Iwata.[4] On January 9, 2016, she facedAja Kong in a #1 contender's match for the Sendai Girls World Championship, a match she lost.[5] On January 17, she teamed with Iwata to unsuccessfully challengeDash Chisako andSendai Sachiko for the Sendai Girls Tag Team Championship. On June 5, she made her debut inWorld Wonder Ring Stardom, defeating Jungle Kyona.[6] On July 18, she competed in Aja Kong's 30th anniversary match, teaming withHiroyo Matsumoto and Rina Yamashita in a loss to Aja Kong,Amazing Kong andAyako Hamada.[7] Throughout September and October 2016, she took part inPro Wrestling Wave's 2016Dual Shock Wave tournament along with Ryo Mizunami, making it to the final where they lost toDynamite Kansai and Yamashita.[8] On October 16, she defeated her mentor Meiko Satomura to become the Sendai Girls World Champion for the first time.[9] She made one successful defence against Cassandra Miyagi[10] before losing the title to Aja Kong on January 9, 2017.[11] On March 9 she returned to Stardom to compete inIo Shirai's 10th Anniversary match, teaming withMayu Iwatani in a loss to Shirai and Satomura.[12] On April 6, 2017, she defeated Kong to become the Sendai Girls World Champion for the second time.[13] She lost the title to Hiroyo Matsumoto on June 10, only to regain it on July 15. Hashimoto successfully defended the championship against Meiko Satomura and Cassandra Miyagi, before losing it toAyako Hamada on April 19, 2018.[14] Shortly after Hashimoto dropped the championship to Hamada, Hamada was stripped of the title after her arrest on drug charges. On June 24, 2018, Hashimoto won the title again, making her a four time champion.
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