Tomohiko Hashimoto

Freelance (2006–2016) Hashimoto began freelancing for various independent promotions, most notably Apache Army. He also founded a booking agency Team Vader with Big Van Vader and won their Vader Cup in 2008. He won Apache Army's WEW World Tag Team Championship five times and the WEW World Heavyweight Championship once. Hashimoto also made appearances for the Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling spin-off Cho Sento Puroresu FMW, where he teamed with W*ING Kanemura and Raijin Yaguchi to defeat Atsushi Onita, Masato Tanaka and Hideki Hosaka to win the FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship on January 24, 2016. They lost the title to Onita, Hosaka and Sean Guinness on February 26.

A-Team and beyond (2017–2025) After Apache Army closed in 2016, Hashimoto won his sixth WEW World Tag Team Championship with Masashi Takeda by defeating Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Tatsuhito Takaiwa at an A-Team show Take Off on April 16, 2017. They lost the title to Daisaku Shimoda and Blue Shark on August 11.

Mixed martial arts career During his career in DDT Pro-Wrestling, Hashimoto also competed in a few mixed martial arts fights representing the DDT promotion. He had an extremely unsuccessful career with four losses and one win via knockout.

Death Hashimoto died from cancer on August 5, 2025, at the age of 47.

Other media Hashimoto has been featured in professional wrestling video games Fire Pro Wrestling 2 and Fire Pro Wrestling Returns.

Mixed martial arts record Win

Jairo Kusunoki KO (punches) W-Capsule - Vol. 2

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Alan Karaev TKO (punches) GCM: D.O.G. 3

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Alistair Overeem TKO (knees) Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003

Kobe, Japan Loss

Takayuki Okada KO (punch) Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 2

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Kengo Watanabe TKO (punches) Pancrase: Spirit 4

Osaka, Japan Championships and accomplishments Apache Pro-Wrestling Army/Pro Wrestling A-Team WEW World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) WEW World Tag Team Championship (10 times) – with Kengo Nishimura (1), Shoichi Ichimiya (1), Tadasuke (1), Kazushi Miyamoto (1), Keisuke Okuda (1), Masashi Takeda (1), Nobutaka Moribe (1), Gajo (2), and Super Tiger II (1) Cho Sento Puroresu FMW FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with W*ING Kanemura and Raijin Yaguchi Daiwa Entertainment Pro-Wrestling DEP Open-weight Championship (1 time) Dramatic Dream Team KO-D Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Sanshiro Takagi (1), Seiya Morohashi (1) and Nobutaka Moribe (1) DDT Tag League (2000) – with Koichiro Kimura KO-D Tag League (2003) – with Seiya Morohashi Two Day Tag Team Tournament – with Sanshiro Takagi (2001) Pro Wrestling Zero1 NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Gajo Team Vader Vader Cup (2008)