| Tomohiko Hashimoto | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1977-08-16)August 16, 1977 (age 47)[1] Nara, Nara,Japan[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Aoni Hashimoto Freddie Krueger Monster Freddie Ochimusha Hashimoto Tomohiko Hashimoto[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 279 lb (127 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Nara, Nara, Japan[1] |
| Trained by | Koichiro Kimura DDT Dojo[1] |
| Debut | April 14, 2000[1] |
Tomohiko Hashimoto (橋本友彦,Hashimoto Tomohiko, born August 16, 1977) is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler and formerjudoka andmixed martial artist, best known for his time withDramatic Dream Team (DDT), where he competed as a mainstay from 2000 to 2006. After working as a freelancer on the Japaneseindependent circuit for many years, mostly atApache Pro-Wrestling Army, in 2017 he began promoting its successor promotion, Pro-Wrestling A-Team.
Being a formerjudoka,[2] Hashimoto was trained byKoichiro Kimura for aprofessional wrestling career and made his wrestling debut under thering nameTomohiko Hashimoto on April 14, 2000, by defeatingTom Burton at a JPWA event.[3] He then joinedDramatic Dream Team (DDT) and received his further training at the DDT dojo, where he debuted at theY2D Core event on May 28 by defeating Cannonball Kazu.[4] Later that year, Hashimoto won the2000 DDT Tag League with his trainer Koichiro Kimura by defeatingSanshiro Takagi and Exciting Yoshida.[5] The following year, Hashimoto won the Two Day Tag Team Tournament with Sanshiro Takagi.[6] AtSheep, Hashimoto won his first professional wrestling championship when he and Sanshiro Takagi defeatedGentaro and Takashi Sasaki to win theKO-D Tag Team Championship on January 31, 2003. The title was vacated after Hashimoto suffered an injury atNon-Fix 5/8 on May 8. He returned to DDT, a month later by defeatingShuji Ishikawa. He teamed with Seiya Morohashi to participate in the2003 KO-D Tag League for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship, which they won by defeating Takashi Sasaki and Tanomusaku Toba in the tournament final on September 28.[7] They lost the title toHero! andKudo on December 29 in atables, ladders and chairs match also involving the team ofMikami andOnryo.[8] Hashimoto and Morohashi participated in the2004 KO-D Tag League where they qualified for the semi-final where they lost to Hero! and Kudo.[9] Hashimoto won his third and final KO-D Tag Team Championship with Nobutaka Moribe by defeating Seiya Morohashi and Tanomusaku Toba atDon't Try This At Home. They successfully defended the title against Morohashi and Toba at the company's 8th Anniversary Show, before losing the title back to Morohashi and Toba in athree-way match also involving Macho Pump and Sho Kanzaki atMax Bump on May 4. AtNon-Fix Saturday Night In Blue Field, Hashimoto and Muscle Sakai became the #1 contenders for the KO-D Tag Team Championship, earning their title shot againstKota Ibushi and Daichi Kakimoto atGod Bless DDT, where they lost.[10] After being a mainstay for the promotion since his debut, Hashimoto left DDT in 2006 and became a freelancer.
Hashimoto began freelancing for variousindependent promotions, most notablyApache Army. He also founded abooking agency Team Vader withBig Van Vader and won their Vader Cup in 2008. He won Apache Army'sWEW World Tag Team Championship five times and theWEW World Heavyweight Championship once. Hashimoto also made appearances for theFrontier Martial-Arts Wrestling spin-off Cho Sento Puroresu FMW, where he teamed withW*ING Kanemura and Raijin Yaguchi to defeatAtsushi Onita,Masato Tanaka andHideki Hosaka to win theFMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship on January 24, 2016. They lost the title to Onita, Hosaka and Sean Guinness on February 26.[11]
After Apache Army closed in 2016, Hashimoto won his sixth WEW World Tag Team Championship withMasashi Takeda by defeatingTetsuhiro Kuroda andTatsuhito Takaiwa at an A-Team showTake Off on April 16, 2017.[12] They lost the title to Daisaku Shimoda and Blue Shark on August 11.[13]
| Tomohiko Hashimoto | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1977-08-16)August 16, 1977 (age 47) Osaka, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 251 lb (114 kg; 17.9 st) |
| Style | Wrestling,Judo |
| Fighting out of | Nara, Nara,Japan |
| Team | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| Teacher(s) | Koichiro Kimura |
| Rank | 3rd dan black belt inJudo |
| Years active | 2002–2006 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record fromSherdog | |
During his career inDDT Pro-Wrestling, Hashimoto also competed in a fewmixed martial arts fights representing the DDT promotion. He had an extremely unsuccessful career with four losses and one win via knockout.[14]
Hashimoto has been featured in professional wrestlingvideo gamesFire Pro Wrestling 2 andFire Pro Wrestling Returns.[15]
| 5 matches | 1 win | 4 losses |
| By knockout | 1 | 4 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–4 | Jairo Kusunoki | KO (punches) | W-Capsule - Vol. 2 | June 11, 2006 | 1 | 0:33 | Tokyo,Japan | [18] |
| Loss | 0–4 | Alan Karaev | TKO (punches) | GCM: D.O.G. 3 | September 17, 2005 | 1 | 0:27 | Tokyo, Japan | [19] |
| Loss | 0–3 | Alistair Overeem | TKO (knees) | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 | December 31, 2003 | 1 | 0:36 | Kobe, Japan | [20] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Takayuki Okada | KO (punch) | Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 2 | July 20, 2002 | 1 | 2:10 | Tokyo, Japan | [21] |
| Loss | 0–1 | Kengo Watanabe | TKO (punches) | Pancrase: Spirit 4 | May 11, 2002 | 1 | 4:17 | Osaka, Japan | [22] |
