1. Yusuke Hino, better known by the ring name Yuji Hino, is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently a freelancer.
24 Facts About Yuji Hino
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One of the most well-travelled heavyweights in Japan, Hino was trained by Taka Michinoku and made his debut for his Kaientai Dojo promotion in November 2003, becoming a four-time Strongest-K Champion and a four-time Strongest-K Tag Team Champion, before leaving the promotion in October 2015.
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Yuji Hino has wrestled extensively for DDT Pro-Wrestling and Wrestle-1, where he is a former one-time KO-D Openweight Champion, a two-time KO-D Tag Team Champion and a two-time KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion, as well as a former Wrestle-1 Champion and Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champion.
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Yuji Hino finally picked up his first win on January 10,2004, defeating Romy Suzuki.
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On July 8,2006, Yuji Hino received his first shot at the Strongest-K Championship, but was defeated by Joe.
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On January 7,2007, Yuji Hino won his first title, when he and stablemate Saburo Inematsu defeated Joe and Yasu Urano for the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship.
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Yuji Hino started off 2010 by teaming with Shiori Asahi to win the Kaientai Dojo Tag League, defeating the team of Daigoro Kashiwa and Kengo Mashimo in the finals.
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The year ended with Yuji Hino being named Kaientai Dojo's 2010 Wrestler of the Year, while his title win over Kazma was ranked the Match of the Year.
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In early 2012, Yuji Hino began teaming regularly with Saburo Inematsu, which led to the two defeating Kengo Mashimo and Taka Michinoku on May 6 to win the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship for the third time.
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Once again, the winners chose Yuji Hino to join their stable.
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That same day, Yuji Hino earned his second Wrestler of the Year award.
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On January 26,2013, Yuji Hino teamed with Saburo Inematsu to unsuccessfully challenge Kengo Mashimo and Ryuichi Sekine for the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship.
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Yuji Hino returned to the ring on January 26,2014, when he teamed with Hiroki in a tag team match, where they defeated Ryuichi Sekine and Tank Nagai, pinning Sekine for the win.
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On November 3,2009, Yuji Hino made his debut for DDT Pro-Wrestling, teaming with Shiori Asahi in a tag team match, where they faced Harashima and Yukihiro Abe.
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On September 18,2011, Yuji Hino returned to DDT, teaming with Ryuichi Sekine to defeat Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao in a tag team match.
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On November 27,2011, Yuji Hino began working regularly for DDT, when he formed the Crying Wolf stable with Antonio Honda, Keita Yano and Yasu Urano.
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Yano exited the match, after Yuji Hino helped him grab one of the letters hanging over the ring, giving him the right to book his own DDT event.
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The group employed a military theme as each member was given a rank, with Yuji Hino taking the rank of a sergeant.
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Yuji Hino was then announced as a member of a new stable formed by Masa Takanashi and Toru Owashi.
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On January 31,2014, Yuji Hino made his debut for Wrestle-1, declaring a war on the entire promotion, before defeating Kai in a singles match.
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On November 27,2015, Yuji Hino returned to Wrestle-1 as the newest member of the Real Desperado stable.
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In July 2004, Yuji Hino made his debut for All Japan Pro Wrestling, working the Summer Action Series 2004 tour.
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On May 2,2014, Yuji Hino defeated Takashi Sasaki to win Pro Wrestling Freedoms' King of Freedom World Championship.
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In September 2015, Yuji Hino returned to AJPW, taking part in the annual Odo Tournament.