Soichi Hashimoto
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Soichi Hashimoto 橋本壮市 |
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24 August 1991 Shizuoka, Japan |
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| Native name | 橋本壮市 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Lightweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fighting out of | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | All-Japan National Team Park 24 |
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| Trainer | Minoru Konegawa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 3rd degree black belt in Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Tokai University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Soichi Hashimoto (Japanese: 橋本壮市; born 24 August 1991) is a Japanese judoka. He is the current lightweight World Champion. Hashimoto is also ranked first in the lightweight division, and is the #3 pound-for-pound judoka in the world.
Hashimoto rose to prominence by becoming national champion at the All-Japan Judo Championships in 2015. He then became one of the lightweight division's top judokas by winning five tournaments consecutively, spanning from the World Masters to the Grand Slam Tokyo and Paris.
He is known for his dynamic style of judo and strong groundwork.
Hashimoto's first opponent in Qingdao was Bang Gui-man of Korea. It was a heavy fight for grips, with many penalties on both sides. However, despite both being level with three shidos each, Bang was penalised for the fourth time and awarded hansoku make, bringing Hashimoto through to his second fight.
He then faced American Nicholas Delpopolo, in a relatively equal match, with only a yuko separating them when Hashimoto attacked with an osoto gari. Even though the throw was relegated from ippon, it was enough to send the Japanese to the quarter-final.
Hashimoto made short work of his opponent, Italian Enrico Parlati, pressuring the latter to be penalised for a false attack with a drop seoi nage in the early seconds of the fight. Hashimoto then threw Parlati with a seoi nage for ippon in just 30 seconds.
He again showed a masterclass in the semi-final against Giyosjon Boboev of Uzbekistan, again pressuring the latter to make a false attack with a drop seoi nage just 12 seconds in. Hashimoto unsuccessfully attempted a drop seoi otoshi, however he managed to bring the fight to the ground. He finished the fight by ippon with a signature juji gatame.
In the final, Hashimoto was against top ranked Rustam Orujov. He scored ippon with a seoi nage in a little over a minute, winning the tournament's gold medal.
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