Shotaro Ashino

Shotaro Ashino
Born (1990-05-25) May 25, 1990[1]
Nishi-Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Alma mater Nippon Sport Science University
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Shotaro Ashino
Billed height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Billed weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Trained by Keiji Mutoh
Kaz Hayashi
Wrestle-1
Debut February 13, 2015[1]

Shotaro Ashino (芦野 祥太郎, Ashino Shōtarō, born January 4, 1990) is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and signed to Wrestle-1, where he is the current Wrestle-1 Champion.

Early life

Ashino was an amateur wrestler throughout his youth, competing in the sport throughout high school and university. Ashino graduated from Nippon Sport Science University and after being recommended by Hiroshi Hase, joined the Wrestle-1 dojo in August 2014, where he trained under Keiji Mutoh and Kaz Hayashi.

Professional wrestling career

After being trained in the dojo for 6 months, Ashino made his debut for Wrestle-1 on February 13, 2015, defeating Kumagoro.[2] In August, Ashino took part in the 2015 Wrestle-1 Grand Prix, defeating Nosawa Rongai in the first round but losing to Manabu Soya in the quarter-finals.[3] In late 2015, Ashino formed the TriggeR stable alongside Masayuki Kono, Shuji Kondo and Hiroki Murase after Kondo turned on longtime partner Kaz Hayashi during a match against Ashino and Murase.[4] On November 3, Murase and Ashino unsuccessfully challenged Manabu Soya and Jun Kasai for the Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship.[5] On June 8, 2016, Ashino received his first shot at the Wrestle-1 Championship, unsuccessfully challenging Kai.[6] In July, Ashino once again participated in the Wrestle-1 Grand Prix, making it to the semi-finals where he faced Manabu Soya, however, the match was quickly brought to an end after Ashino suffered a legitimate injury to his right leg. Ashino took 3 months to recover, and returned in November. In January 2017, after TriggeR stablemate Masayuki Kono had successfully defended the Wrestle-1 Championship against Shuji Kondo, Ashino challenged him to a match for the championship. On March 20, Ashino defeated Kono to win the championship for the first time in his career.[7] After successfully defending the championship against Shuji Kondo on April 19, Ashino left TriggeR.[8]

Personal life

Ashino is a fan of the rock band Metallica, and his favourite sports team is Arsenal F.C.[9]

Championships and accomplishments

  • PWI ranked him #233 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2018[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "W-1 Official Website". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.
  2. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "W-1 WRESTLE-1 Tour 2015 West Side Story - Tag 2 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "W-1 WRESTLE-1 Tour 2015 Flashing Summer - Tag 1 Night Battle « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "W武藤がワイルドコンビを下して新F-1タッグ初代王者に！246解散→近藤は新軍団結成　 JacketsがUWA6人タッグ奪取！ビッグダディは美奈子に土下座！浜が征矢に挑戦決定（バトル・ニュース）". battle-news.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "W-1 WRESTLE-1 Tour 2015 Autumn Bout - Tag 1 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "ＷＲＥＳＴＬＥ－１王者ＫＡＩがＶ１/デイリースポーツ online". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "W-1 WRESTLE-1 Tour 2017 Trans Magic - Tag 4 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "W-1 WRESTLE-1 Tour 2017 Cherry Blossom - Tag 2 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "芦野 祥太郎 (@shotaroashino) - Twitter". www.twitter.com. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2018". cagematch.net. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "【Ｗ―１】芦野 やりたい放題でチャンピオンシップ王座Ｖ３". Retrieved 9 July 2017.

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