better known by his ring name is a

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currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions

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and

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Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2011-present)

As a freelancer, Hiroshi is known for working with various promotions. At ''K-DOJO GWSP6 ~ TEAM69Roll Day'', an event promoted by

on May 4, 2016, he teamed up with

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to score a victory over Magatsuki (

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and Yuma). At

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's ''Tax Pro Wrestling Vol. 4'' on March 10, 2019, he teamed up with Sagat to defeat

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and

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. At ''Gatoh Move Gtmv #24'', an event promoted by

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on December 26, 2019, Hiroshi teamed up with

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to defeat

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and Lulu Pencil.

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2015-2019)

Hiroshi made sporadic appearances in

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. On the sixth night of the ''Super Power Series 2017'' from May 21, Hiroshi competed in a 8-man battle royal for the !BANG! TV World Heavyweight Championship also involving

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and others. At ''Summer Action Series 2016'' on July 14, 2016, he teamed up with

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and

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, picking up a victory over

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and

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in a

six-man tag team match Much like the singles match, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. Just about any singles or melee match type can be adapted to tag teams; for example, hardcore tag team matches are commonplace. Tag team ladder m ...

Big Japan Pro Wrestling (2012-2017)

At ''BJW/DDT/K-DOJO Tenka Touitsu!'', a cross-over event produced by BJW in partnership with

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and Kaientai Dojo on December 31, 2013, Hiroshi competed in an 18-man battle royal also involving Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu, Dave Crist and Jake Crist,

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, Kankuro Hoshino and others. In the finals of the 2014 edition of the Ikkitousen Strong Climb on July 26, Hiroshi teamed up with

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to successfully defend their

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against Speed Of Sounds (

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and Tsutomu Oosugi).

DDT Pro Wrestling (2011-present)

Fukuda is known for competing in various of the promotion's signature events. One of them is

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, making his first appearance at

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on August 18, 2012 where he competed in a Rumble rules match for the

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also involving

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and others. One year later at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013 on August 18m he teamed up with Yoshiko and

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falling short to

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, Cherry and

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in a six-person tag team match. At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2014 on August 17, Hiroshi teamed up with

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and Antonio Honda in a losing effort to Saki Akai,

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and

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. Hiroshi was part of the "Happy Motel" stable and at

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on August 28 he teamed up with fellow stablemate Antonio Honda and Ladybeard and Gorgeous Matsuno unsuccessfully challenging NωA (Makoto Oishi,

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and Mao) and

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. As for the DDT Judgement branch of events, Hiroshi made his first appearance at Judgement 2012 on March 11 where he teamed up with Makoto Oishi and Akito in a losing effort to

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, Masa Takanashi and

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. He is known for competing in Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract Battle Royal for various titles in this group of events. At Judgement 2013 he made an appearance in such a match facing the likes of

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, DJ Nira, Hikaru Sato,

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. At Judgement 2015 on March 29, Hiroshi wrestled in the same kind of match also involving Daisuke Sasaki,

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and others. Another branch of events in which Hiroshi competed is DDT Ultimate Party, making his first appearance at

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on November 3 where he teamed up with

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and Mizuki to defeat Super Sasadango Machine,

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, Jiro "Ikemen" Kuroshio,

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and Makoto Oishi in a Ten-person tag team match for the vacant

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. Another pay-per-view in which he made appearances is DDT Into The Fight. At

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on February 28 he accompanied

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at ringside in a match which the latter lost against Daisuke Sasaki. The same night he competed for the

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in a tag team match in which he paired up with

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falling short to Mizuki Watase and Kota Umeda At the 2015 edition of the King of DDT Tournament on June 6 Hiroshi fell short to Makoto Oishi in a first-round match.

Championships and accomplishments

( 13 times) **

( 1 time) – with

and Mizuki **Heaven Summit Itadaki (2016) *

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( 1 time) – with

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* Union Pro-Wrestling **

( 1 time) – with

World Aipoke Championship The was a professional wrestling championship in the Japanese promotion Union Pro Wrestling (UPW) when it was a sub-brand of DDT Pro-Wrestling. The title was created in April 2013 by then UPW sponsor IdeaPocket. "Aipoke" is the abbreviated nam ...

( 1 time)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hiroshi, Trans-Am★ 1987 births Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers UWA World Tag Team Champions Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions KO-D 8-Man/10-Man Tag Team Champions World Aipoke Champions Strongest-K Tag Team Champions