The Three Musketeers (professional wrestling)

Toukon Sanjushi
Stable
Members	Keiji Mutoh Masahiro Chono Shinya Hashimoto
Name(s)	Toukon Sanjushi ("The Three Musketeers")
Heights	Mutoh: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)Chono: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Hashimoto: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Debut	1988
Disbanded	2005
Promotions	AJPW NJPW ZERO1

Toukon Sanjushi (闘魂三銃士, Tōkon Sanjūshi^?) was a Japanese professional wrestling trio consisting of Keiji Mutoh, Masahiro Chono, and Shinya Hashimoto.

While Japanese name of the trio literally translates to "Fighting Spirit Three Musketeers", in English they are commonly known simply as "The Three Musketeers".

Keiji Mutoh, Masahiro Chono, and Shinya Hashimoto were part of the Class of 1984 of the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) Dojo, which included Akira Nogami and Jushin Thunder Liger. Hashimoto would be the first to make his debut in September 1984, while Mutoh and Chono faced each other in their debuts a month later.

In 1988, while on an excursion in Puerto Rico, the three formed Toukon Sanjushi or The Three Musketeers. They had one match in NJPW as a team together on July 29 against Kengo Kimura, Shiro Koshinaka, and Tatsumi Fujinami, before Mutoh returned to North America for more seasoning. Chono and Hashimoto would remain a tag team for a couple years, with their most notable match against Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in February 1990 at the Tokyo Dome.

In 1991, Toukon Sanjushi solidified their status as the next generation of NJPW at the first-ever G1 Climax tournament. A year later, the trio would begin to have more success, as Chono won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and Mutoh, as The Great Muta, won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. It temporarily left Hashimoto out in the cold, until he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from Muta in September 1993.

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