, better known by his ring name , also written Danshoku Dieno, is a Japanese

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. Dino has spent most of his career competing for

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(DDT), where he plays an overly exaggerated homosexual character. His ring name comes from the Japanese name for the character Baron Dino from the manga series ''

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''.

Early life

In elementary, junior and high school, Dino played soccer alongside

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who was his team captain.

Professional wrestling career

Dino was trained in shoot fighting prior to training to be a wrestler and he incorporated this training into his wrestling style. In addition to wrestling in

(DDT), he has also competed in several independent wrestling promotions around Japan, including Dragon Gate,

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and

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. In February 2007, Dino made his first excursion overseas, as he debuted for a few

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independent promotions such as Chikara,

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(CZW) and International Wrestling Cartel (IWC). On April 4, 2019, at

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, Dino and

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were defeated by Joey Ryan and Royce Issacs. Later on, he defeated

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to become the 1,354th

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for the 23rd time. Joey Ryan credits Dino with coming up with the sequence for the YouPorn Plex.

Championships and accomplishments

DDT Extreme Championship The is a singles title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. The title was established in 2006 and it is mostly defended in stipulation matches, with the defending champion being given the right to choose the sti ...

( 8 times) :*DJ Nira World and All Time High Championship (1 time) :*DJ Nira World and History's Strongest Championship (1 time) :*

GAY World Anal Championship The is an inactive professional wrestling championship in the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. The title was established in 2005 when Takao Omori defeated Danshoku Dino on the first day of the Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max Survivor 72H tour to w ...

(

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) :*

Greater China Unified Sichuan Openweight Championship The was a professional wrestling championship in the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. The title was established in 2009 in DDT's parodic sub-brand New Beijing Pro-Wrestling. The belt was made from cardboard and was supposedly over 4,000 y ...

( 1 time) :*

IMGP World Heavyweight Championship The is an inactive professional wrestling championship in the Japanese promotion , a sub-brand of DDT Pro-Wrestling. ''IMGP'' is the acronym of International Muscle Grand Prix and a parody of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's governing body, the Interna ...

( 1 time) :*

( 32 times) :*

JET World Jet Championship The is an inactive professional wrestling championship in the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. The title was established in 2006. Contestants for the title usually wore gear and used entrance themes inspired by Pride Fighting Championship. ...

( 1 time) :*

KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling championship owned by the DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion. Meant for teams of five wrestlers, the title is believed to be the first of its kind in professional wrestling. The title was first announced on April 30, 20 ...

( 1 time) – with

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, Mizuki and Trans-Am★Hiroshi :*

KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling championship owned by the DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) promotion. The title was first announced during DDT's year-end event on December 23, 2012, becoming the promotion's fifth active title. The first champions were c ...

( 5 times, current) – with

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and

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(1),

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and Makoto Oishi (1),

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and

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(1),

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and Super Sasadango Machine (1), and Yuki "Sexy" Iino and Yumehito "Fantastic" Imanari (1) :*

KO-D Openweight Championship The is a professional wrestling world openweight championship and the top singles accomplishment in the Japanese promotion CyberFight currently defended in the DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) brand division. It is one of CyberFight's top major world tit ...

(

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) :*

KO-D Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The title was established in 2001. In its early days, DDT occasionally referred to the title as the . It is currently the only tag te ...

( 3 times) – with Glenn "Q" Spectre (1),

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(1) and

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(1) :*

Umemura PC Juku Copy & Paste Championship The is an inactive professional wrestling championship in the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. The title was established in 2009 when Umemura PC School, a Japanese cram school specialized in computer science, sponsored a match. The belt w ...

( 1 time) :*

UWA World Trios Championship The UWA World Trios Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship created by the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association and defended there until the UWA closed in 1995. Since then, the championship has been defended in various pr ...

( 1 time) – with

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and

Masa Takanashi is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . Takanashi was trained by Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) and has worked for the promotion since his debut in September 2003, becoming a one-time KO-D Openweight Champion, a two-time ...

:* World Midbreath Championship ( 1 time) :*

World Ōmori Championship The is a professional wrestling championship in the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. The title was established in 2006 and named after the festival held annually in Ōmori. There have been a total of eight reigns between eight different cha ...

( 1 time) :*DDT48 / Dramatic Sousenkyo (2010, 2013, 2017) *

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:* Best Unit Award (2015) – with Ken Ohka and Super Sasadango Machine :*Best Unit Award (2021) – with Yuki "Sexy" Iino and Yumehito "Fantastic" Himanari

References

External links

Official DDT Pro-Wrestling site in Japanese
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Official website (Japanese)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dino, Danshoku Japanese male professional wrestlers LGBT characters in professional wrestling Living people 1977 births People from Hiroshima Prefecture People from Onomichi, Hiroshima Sportspeople from Hiroshima Prefecture 21st-century professional wrestlers UWA World Trios Champions DDT Extreme Champions Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions KO-D 8-Man/10-Man Tag Team Champions KO-D Tag Team Champions KO-D Openweight Champions