Soichi Hashimoto

Soichi Hashimoto
Personal information
Native name橋本壮市
Born (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 33)
Shizuoka, Japan
Home townTokyo, Japan
Alma materTokai University
OccupationJudoka
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Japan
SportJudo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Weight class‍–‍73 kg
Rank     3rd dan black belt
TeamAll-Japan National Team
Park 24
Coached byMinoru Konegawa
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesBronze (2024)
World Champ.Gold (2017)
Asian Champ.Gold (2016)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Baku Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tokyo Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Budapest Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tashkent Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Doha Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tashkent ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Budapest ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Doha ‍–‍73 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Hangzhou ‍–‍73 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tashkent ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kuwait City ‍–‍73 kg
World Masters
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guadalajara ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Saint Petersburg ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Qingdao ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Doha ‍–‍73 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tokyo ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tokyo ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Osaka ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Tokyo ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tokyo ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Brasilia ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Tbilisi ‍–‍73 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2015 Qingdao ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Montreal ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hohhot ‍–‍73 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF17805
JudoInside.com66617
Updated on 31 July 2024

Soichi Hashimoto (Japanese: 橋本壮市; born 24 August 1991) is a Japanese judoka.[1] Hashimoto is currently ranked first in the lightweight division.[2]

Hashimoto rose to prominence by becoming national champion at the All-Japan Judo Championships in 2015. He then became one of the lightweight division's top judokas by winning five tournaments consecutively, spanning from the World Masters[3] to the Grand Slam Tokyo[4] and Paris.[5]

He is known for his dynamic style of judo and strong groundwork.

  1. ^ "Soichi Hashimoto, Judoka, JudoInside". judoinside.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  2. ^ "International Judo Federation World Ranking List". ijf.org. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Hashimoto wins back-to-back Slams to chase down An Changrim". Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Soichi Hashimoto delivers again and moves up in World Ranking". Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Soichi Hashimoto surprises with golden groundwork". Retrieved 15 March 2017.