better known by his

ring name A ring name is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons ...

is a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

currently working as a

freelancer ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...

and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions

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and

Kaientai Dojo Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW) is a Professional wrestling in Japan, Japanese professional wrestling promotion and training facility originally owned and promoted by Taka Michinoku. The promotion places emphasis on a style of Professional wre ...

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2011-2019, 2020,2021-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

Ricky Fuji (born September 27, 1965) better known under his ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling, where he also runs the day-to-day operations. He is perhaps best known for his time with Frontier M ...

to score a victory over Magatsuki (

Kengo Mashimo is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW). His style is a combination of submission wrestling and hard martial arts style strikes. Professional wrestling career Kaientai Dojo/Active Advance ...

and Yuma). At

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

Ryuichi Sekine is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the professional wrestling promotion Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2008–present) Sekine i ...

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

Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling ChocoPro, first established as Bangkok Girls Pro Wrestling (BKK Pro), is a Thai-Japanese ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) Professional wrestling promotion, promotion founded in 2012 by Emi Sakura and Prachapoom "Pumi" Boonyatud. ...

on December 26, 2019, Hiroshi teamed up with

Antonio Honda is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name . He is working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). He is the son of actor Tetsu Watanabe. Professional wrestling career Independent circu ...

to defeat

Emi Sakura , better known by the ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler performing for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), ChocoPro and on the independent circuit. After starting her career in International Wrestling Association of Japan in August 1995, Sa ...

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

Atsushi Maruyama is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). He previously worked for Osaka Pro Wrestling under the ring name . His ring name and original wrestling attire were inspired by the Hanshin Tigers bas ...

Koji Iwamoto is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for his time in All Japan Pro Wrestling. Iwamoto has previously competed for DDT Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Heat Up. He is a former four time AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion, as well ...

, Menso-re Oyaji,

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

Masanobu Fuchi is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is also a director and the co-head booker. Fuchi has exclusively worked for All Japan since his debut in 1974, and holds the record for the longest World Ju ...

and

Último Dragón , better known by his ring name , is a Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler signed to Dragon Gate (wrestling), Dragon Gate, where he acts as an in-ring talent, trainer and senior advisor. In addition to having trained in Japan, ...

, picking up a victory over

Osamu Nishimura was a Japanese professional wrestler. Nishimura was best known for his time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and MUGA World Pro Wrestling (MUGA). Outside of pro wrestling, he was also a politician, having served as a member of the Tokyo Bunk ...

Ryuji Hijikata (born May 17, 1978) is a Japanese professional wrestler also known under the ring name . Hijikata is best known for his tenure in Battlarts and All Japan Pro Wrestling since 2002 where he is a former World Junior Heavyweight Champion. Prof ...

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,

Soma Takao is a Japan, Japanese professional wrestler, working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Takao has taken part in every edition of DDT's flagship annual event, DDT Peter Pan, Peter Pan, where he had a series ...

Hikaru Sato is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, better known by the ring name . Sato started his MMA career in February 2000, fighting for Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling. During the next eight years, Sato fought, on average, five t ...

Jaki Numazawa is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name . He currently wrestles for Big Japan Pro Wrestling in the Deathmatch division, where he has held the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship on one occasion. Personal life Numa ...

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

Men's Teioh (born December 16, 1966) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, (also written MEN's Teioh). Another of his ring names, Terry Boy, is a homage to American professional wrestler Terry Funk. Men's Teioh is a longtime ...

to successfully defend their

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against Speed Of Sounds ( Hercules Senga and

Tsutomu Oosugi is a Japanese professional wrestler. He currently wrestles as a freelancer in the Japanese independent circuit and as a regular in both Michinoku Pro Wrestling (Michinoku Pro) and Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). His ring name is written in katak ...

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

Budokan Peter Pan was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on August 18, 2012, in Tokyo at the Nippon Budokan. The event featured ten matches, three of which were contested for championships. The event aired on ...

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

Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship The is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion CyberFight in its DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) brand. Open to anyone, regardless of gender or DDT employment status, the championship is defended "24/7", as in ...

also involving

Yoshiaki Fujiwara is a Japanese professional wrestler, trainer and wrestling promoter. He is famous for his long career in wrestling, having worked in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE (ZERO-ONE), and the two incarnations of shoot style pro ...

DJ Nira is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling and Kaientai Dojo. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2002–present) As a f ...

Gorgeous Matsuno is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name , working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2001–present) Matsuno is a comedy w ...

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and others. One year later at

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on August 18m he teamed up with Yoshiko and

Hikaru Shida is a Japanese professional wrestler, martial artist, actress, and model. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a former three-time AEW Women's World Champion, with her first reign being the longest in the title's history. She ...

falling short to

Masa Takanashi is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, also 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-tim ...

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and

Saki Akai is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, idol, model, and tarento, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) and its sister joshi promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW). Her father is fo ...

in a six-person tag team match. At

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on August 17, Hiroshi teamed up with

Aja Kong is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by her ring name . She currently makes appearances on the Japanese independent circuit and for Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW). She is the founder of the Arsion all-women professional wrestli ...

and Antonio Honda in a losing effort to Saki Akai,

Makoto Oishi is a Japanese professional wrestler working for Dramatic Dream Team (DDT). Oishi started his career in Kaientai Dojo, where he became a Strongest-K Tag Team, Independent World Junior Heavyweight and UWA World Middleweight Champion, at one ti ...

and

Ladybeard Richard Magarey is an Australian stuntman, professional wrestler, singer and online streamer, known for his bearded crossdressing persona named . He is currently vocalist of the band Babybeard, formerly with the band Ladybaby and Deadlift Lolit ...

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

Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016 was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on August 28, 2016, in Tokyo at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event featured twelve matches, six of which were contested for championships. The event aired ...

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 Super Sasadango Machine. As for the

DDT Judgement Judgement is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event has been held since the official DDT launching event in 1997 (though there was a pre-launch event on January 31, held at the Akishima Cultural Cente ...

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

Harashima Harashima (stylised in all capital letters) (born July 6, 1974) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently working in DDT Pro-Wrestling (formally Dramatic Dream Team), where he is a ten-time KO-D Openweight Champion and a former eleve ...

, Masa Takanashi and

Daisuke Sasaki is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where is a former two-time DDT Universal Champion. In addition to that, in DDT, he is also a former three-time KO-D Openweight Champion, one-time DDT Extreme Champi ...

. 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, Mikami. 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

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, making his first appearance at

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on November 3 where he teamed up with

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, Asuka,

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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

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in which he made appearances is DDT Into The Fight. At Into The Fight 2016 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

, Asuka,

and Mizuki *

Strongest-K Tag Team Championship The Strongest-K Tag Team Championship is a tag team championship in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion, Kaientai Dojo. It has existed since 2005, and it is currently inactive. Reigns There are a total of 41 reigns and 3 vacancies, s ...

( 1 time) – with

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Pro-Wrestling Basara is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The promotion was founded in 2015 as a sub-brand of DDT Pro-Wrestling and was essentially a relaunch of :ja:ユニオンプロレス, Union Pro Wrestling, acquired by ...

Itadaki __NOTOC__ The is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Pro-Wrestling Basara since 2016 (except in 2024). It was first held as a round-robin tournament for the first two editions, and then as a single-elimination tournament. In its ...

(

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

) * 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 male professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese 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