is a Japanese retired

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best known for his tenure with the Japanese

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where he is a former Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2016–present)

Hyodo has worked as a freelancer for a small part of his career, competing in various promotions from the Japanese independent scene. He made sporadic appearances for

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and one of his most notable ones took place on the eighteenth night of the Real World Tag League from December 8, 2019, where he teamed up with Daisuke Sekimoto and fell short to Jake Lee and Naoya Nomura. At ''DDT/BJW Toshikoshi Pro-Wrestling'', a cross-over event between BJW and

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which took place on December 31, 2020, he teamed up with

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and competed in a shuffle tag team tournament in which they fell short to

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and Takuya Nomura two times in the same night. At ''2AW Tank Nagai Kanzen Nensho'', an event promoted by

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, he competed in

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's retirement bout, a 24-person gauntlet match in which he, alongside 23 other participants defeated Nagai himself. The likes of the other participants were Ayame Sasamura,

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, Tomato Kaji,

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, Kotaro Yoshino, Tsukushi Haruka,

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and many others.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2018–2022)

Hyodo made his

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debut in

on the third night of the ''BJW Ueno Winter Festival'' from February 3, 2018, where he wrestled

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into a time-limit draw in an

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. During his time with the company, he chased for various titles promoted by it. At ''BJW Dainichi Black Company Hell October Series Round 2'' on October 9, 2021, he unsuccessfully challenged

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for the GCW Ultraviolent Championship. At ''BJW Death Market 66'' on March 27, 2022, he unsuccessfully challenged

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for the

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in a Super G-Shock deathmatch. At ''BJW Osaka Surprise 58 ~ Perfect Star'' on April 24, 2022, he teamed up with his "GShock1010" tag team partner Kankuro Hoshino to unsuccessfully challenge Gaina and

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for the

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. He is known for competing in various of the promotion's signature events. In the

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, he made his first appearance at the 2020 edition of the tournament where he fought in the block A and scored a total of three points after competing against

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, Yoshiki Inamura,

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and T-Hawk. He made his last appearance at the 2021 edition in which he fought in the block D where he scored a total of four points after competing against

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and Yuki Ishikawa. As for the

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, Hyodo made his only appearance at the 2021 edition of the tournament in which he competed in the block D where he scored a total of four points after going against Hideyoshi Kamitani, Isami Kodaka and Ishikawa. In the Saikyo Tag League, he made his only appearance at the 2019 edition where he teamed up with Takuho Kato and competed in the block A where they failed to score any points after competing against the teams of

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and

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, Okami (Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani),

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and Ryuichi Kawakami, Daisuke Sekimoto and The Bodyguard,

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and

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, StrongHearts ( El Lindaman and T-Hawk), and Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura. In September 2022, Hyodo announced his retirement from

due to struggling with health problems.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) – with

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and Takuho Kato

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hyodo, Akira 1995 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers People from Ehime Prefecture Sportspeople from Ehime Prefecture 21st-century professional wrestlers