Shinya Hashimoto

Shinya Hashimoto
Hashimoto in 2004
Born(1965-07-03)July 3, 1965
Toki City, Gifu, Japan
DiedJuly 11, 2005(2005-07-11) (aged 40)[1]
Yokohama, Japan[1]
Cause of deathBrain hemorrhage
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Hashif Khan
Shinya Hashimoto
Shogun
Billed height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Billed weight130 kg (287 lb)[2]
Trained byAntonio Inoki
Stu Hart
Tokyo Joe[3]
DebutSeptember 1, 1984
RetiredSeptember 2, 2004

Shinya Hashimoto (橋本 真也, Hashimoto Shin'ya, July 3, 1965 – July 11, 2005) was a Japanese professional wrestler, promoter and actor. Along with Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh, Hashimoto was dubbed one of the "Three Musketeers" that began competing in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in the mid-1980s and dominated the promotion in the 1990s.

He is one of three wrestlers (the others being Keiji Mutoh and Satoshi Kojima) that have held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and is an overall five-time world champion.

  1. ^ a b "Shinya Hashimoto dies suddenly". SLAM Wrestling. July 11, 2005. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference PWI500-2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Meltzer, Dave (2017-11-05). "'Tokyo' Joe Daigo passes away at 75 years old". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2017-11-05.

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