Hirooki Goto

Hirooki Goto
Goto in March 2016
Born (1979-06-25) June 25, 1979 (age 45)[1][2]
Kuwana, Mie, Japan[1]
Children3[3][4]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)C.T.U Ranger Red[5]
Goto[6]
Hirooki Goto
Billed height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Billed weight103 kg (227 lb)[1]
Trained byHiroyoshi Tenzan[7]
DebutJuly 6, 2003[1]

Hirooki Goto (後藤洋央紀, Gotō Hiroōki, born June 25, 1979)[1][2] is a Japanese professional wrestler. Since his debut, he has wrestled primarily for New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

He is known for being the longest reigning NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with his Chaos stablemates, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi, a two-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, five-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, five-time NEVER Openweight Champion, one-time winner of the G1 Climax (2008), five-time winner of the World Tag League (2012, 2014, 2021, 2022, and 2023), and a record three-time winner of the New Japan Cup (2009, 2010, and 2012).

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  2. ^ a b "Hirooki Goto". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  3. ^ "洋央紀1・4ドーム柴田戦で復帰". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  4. ^ "新しい命の誕生!感動です". Twitter. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  5. ^ "メキシコ遠征直前!後藤洋央紀選手がCTU興行への意気込みを語る". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). 2006-07-28. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference CMLLMarch252011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Hirooki Goto returns to ROH at the 14th Anniversary". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 2016-02-01.