Hiroshi Yamato

Hiroshi Yamato
Yamato in July 2019
Birth nameHiroshi Mihara[1]
Born (1983-10-20) October 20, 1983 (age 40)[2][3]
Kimitsu, Chiba, Japan[2][3]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Hijikata Toshizō[4]
Hiroshi Yamato[2]
Kick-Ass[5][6]
Yamato[7][8]
Billed height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[2][3]
Billed weight82 kg (181 lb)[2][3]
Trained byAnimal Hamaguchi
Kaz Hayashi
Keiji Mutoh
Virus
DebutFebruary 22, 2007[2]

Hiroshi Mihara (三原 弘嗣, Mihara Hiroshi, born October 20, 1983),[1][2][3] better known by his ring name Hiroshi Yamato (大和ヒロシ, Yamato Hiroshi), is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works as a freelancer. Trained by the All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion, he started his career in February 2007 working in Mexico for the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) promotion, where he won the 2007 Rey del Ring tournament. Yamato returned to Japan and his home promotion in February 2008 and during the next five years went on to become a one-time World Junior Heavyweight and All Asia Tag Team Champion and the winner of the 2012 Junior Hyper League. In June 2013, Yamato left All Japan in a mass exodus to join the new Wrestle-1 promotion. In January 2016, Yamato won the Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship. Yamato also worked as a trainer and sales manager for Wrestle-1 until his departure from the promotion in 2018.

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  3. ^ a b c d e 大和ヒロシ. Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
  4. ^ 魔界としては最後の新木場！娘を取り戻そうとする武吉に朝比奈が2m超えの大剣を振りかざす. Battle News (in Japanese). February 20, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  5. ^ "【Wrestle-1】TNA三大タイトル挑戦者決定戦". Battle News (in Japanese). February 15, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  6. ^ "武藤親子がリングで競演!? まな娘・愛莉さんがW-1登場". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. February 15, 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
  7. ^ "Yamato". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference ReydelRing was invoked but never defined (see the help page).