Real Name - Shinya Hashimoto
Lifespan - 7/3/65 - 7/11/05
5'11" 287 lbs. - Toki City, Gifu, Japan

Aliases - Hashif Khan, Shogun Hashimoto, SHOGUN

Athletic background - Judo (High School)

Professional background - New Japan(`84-`00), Stampede(`87), Memphis(`89), Zero-One(`00-`04), HUSTLE(`04-`05)

Peak Years - `92-`00

Career Highlights -
- Defeats the Great Muta to capture his first of three IWGP Heavyweight titles
- Regains the IWGP title from Tatsumi Fujinami and holds it for just under a year
- In his final IWGP title reign, he goes almost a year and a half after beating Nobuhiko Takada
- Beats Kazuo Yamazaki to win the 1998 G-1 Climax
- Forms his own group, Japan's biggest "independent" called Zero-One

Finisher(s) -
- Dangerous Brainbuster
- Triangle Hold
- Jumping DDT
- Cross Armbreaker

Favorites -
- Overhead Chop
- Posing Front Kick
- Shoulder Throw
- Senton
- Spinning Chop

Ringwork Rating -
move set - 9
science - 5
aerial - 2
power - 7
strikes - 10

Intangible Rating -
entertainment - 8
selling - 8
bumping - 6
heat - 9
carrying - 7
legacy - 8

Place in History - Shinya Hashimoto is perhaps the greatest New Japan champion of the 90s and he built an amazing legacy there over that decade. Hashimoto began his rise in the late 80s teaming with an aging Masa Saito and a past-his-prime Riki Choshu. He aligned himself with rivals Keiji Muto and Masa Chono as the "Three Muskateers" and that trio finally took over the Inoki legacy that men like Akira Maeda, Tatsumi Fujinami, Choshu and others were never able to. Hashimoto was the most dominant IWGP Champion of the three having three lengthy reigns totalling thirty-three months as champion over a four year period, an amazing feat. Hashimoto's career did not dwindle in the late 90s, in fact his fame rose during the feud of his career with Naoya Ogawa. The former judo star beat Hashimoto several times, the last time being in a retirement match. He left and formed Zero-One, which put together great cards with a variety of talents and characters. Hashimoto even brought in Ogawa and formed a team, OH Gun, which kept him going as his body began breaking down rapidly. Zero-One struggled without him, but a new company, HUSTLE, was born through the alliance of Hashimoto and Ogawa and their connection to Dream Stage Entertainment. Hashimoto was building to a return in New Japan when a brain hemorrhage suddenly took his life at forty. His death was a huge media story in Japan as he had been a tremendous star and will always be remembered for his various contributions.