Captain New Japan

This article is about a professional wrestler. For the conductor and music lecturer, see Hideo Saito (musician).

Captain New Japan
Hirasawa as Captain New Japan in March 2016
Birth nameMitsuhide Hirasawa
Born (1982-03-27) 27 March 1982 (age 42)[1]
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Bone Soldier
Captain New Japan[2]
Captain Taiwan[3]
Hideo Saito[1]
Mitsuhide Hirasawa[1]
Billed height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)[1]
Billed weight104 kg (229 lb)[1]
Trained byTakashi Iizuka[4]
Debut28 January 2006[1]
Retired5 January 2017

Mitsuhide Hirasawa (平澤 光秀, Hirasawa Mitsuhide, born 27 March 1982)[1] is a Japanese former professional wrestler. He is best known for his two stints with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and a brief stint with World Wrestling Council (WWC).

Hirasawa wrestled as a fall guy, under the mask superhero, Captain New Japan (キャプテン・ニュージャパン, Kyaputen Nyū Japan).[1] He has also worked under another mask as Bone Soldier, and unmasked under his real name, as well as the ring name Hideo Saito (ヒデオ・サイトー, Hideo Saitō).[5] He is also known for his brief tenure with New Japan's stables Chaos and Bullet Club, but was kicked out for his poor performance.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Captain New Japan's New Japan Pro-Wrestling profile. Retrieved 14 September 2013. (in Japanese)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference WKVIResultsWON was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "急展開！ 後藤のアピールによりIWGPタッグ戦が緊急決定！ パートナーはC・台湾！【4月13日（日）台湾大会】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Cagematch profile". Cagematch. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  5. ^ Hideo Saito's New Japan Pro-Wrestling profile Archived 19 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 July 2011. (in Japanese)