24 Facts About Soichi Hashimoto

Soichi Hashimoto then became one of the lightweight division's top judokas by winning five tournaments consecutively, spanning from the World Masters to the Grand Slam Tokyo and Paris.

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

Soichi Hashimoto then faced American Nicholas Delpopolo, in a relatively equal match, with only a yuko separating them when Hashimoto attacked with an osoto gari.

Soichi Hashimoto made short work of his opponent, Italian Enrico Parlati, pressuring the latter to be penalised for a false attack with a drop seoi nage in the early seconds of the fight.

Soichi Hashimoto then threw Parlati with a seoi nage for ippon in just 30 seconds.

Soichi Hashimoto again showed a masterclass in the semi-final against Giyosjon Boboev of Uzbekistan, again pressuring the latter to make a false attack with a drop seoi nage just 12 seconds in.

Soichi Hashimoto unsuccessfully attempted a drop seoi otoshi, however he managed to bring the fight to the ground.

Soichi Hashimoto finished the fight by ippon with a signature juji gatame.

Soichi Hashimoto scored ippon with a seoi nage in a little over a minute, winning the tournament's gold medal.

At the invitation-only Masters, Soichi Hashimoto faced Sainjargalyn Nyam-Ochir in his first fight.

However, Soichi Hashimoto pulled through when Sainjargalyn was penalised with a third shido.

Soichi Hashimoto then faced Israeli Sagi Muki, in another tight, shido-dominated fight.

Over two minutes into the bout, Soichi Hashimoto scored a wazaari with an osoto gari.

Soichi Hashimoto was against rival Orujov for a place in the final.

Soichi Hashimoto showed a newaza masterclass with an unusual juji-gatame for ippon.

Soichi Hashimoto was against Lee Fengmao of Taiwan in Round 2.

Soichi Hashimoto caught Lee with an ippon seoi nage a minute and a half into the fight, and scored wazaari.

Soichi Hashimoto then connected to a yoko shiho gatame for ippon.

Soichi Hashimoto succeeded when Boboev picked up a second shido for passivity.

Soichi Hashimoto carried on with a tactical strategy as he went against countryman Arata Tatsukawa in the semi-final.

Soichi Hashimoto won by a single shido, controlling the grips and causing Tatsukawa to be defensive.

Doi tried to bring the fight to the ground in the opening moments of the bout, and fought with a lasso guard as Soichi Hashimoto remained in a stand-up stance while attempting osaekomi.

Soichi Hashimoto then managed to break Doi's guard as Doi rolled to his front, which Hashimoto followed with an unsuccessful juji gatame attempt.

Soichi Hashimoto won one of the bronze medals in the men's 73kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar.