Toshihiro Hasegawa

Toshihiro Hasegawa medal table
Wrestler
Japan
U 23 World Championship
gold	2018 Bucharest	up to 57 kg
Asian Championship
bronze	2018 Bishkek	up to 57 kg
Junior World Championship
bronze	2013 Zrenjanin	up to 50 kg

Toshihiro Hasegawa ( Japanese 長谷川 敏 裕 Hasegawa Toshihiro ; born August 24, 1996 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese wrestler . He became U23 world champion in 2018.

Career

Toshihiro Hasegawa started wrestling when he was still a schoolboy. He wrestles exclusively in free style. After attending the Jiyūgaoka Gakuen High School in Tokyo, he became a student at the Japanese Sport University (Nippon Sports Science University NSSU) in Tokyo.

His international wrestling career began in August 2013 when he won a bronze medal in the "Cadets" age group in Zrenjanin in the weight class up to 50 kg. At the Asian Junior Championship 2014 (age group "Juniors") in Ulaan-Baatar and at the Junior World Championship 2015 (Juniors) in Salvador da Bahia, he only came 11th in the weight class up to 55 kg.

In 2016 and 2017 Toshihiro Hasegawa was the Japanese runner-up in the weight class up to 57 kg. In the finals he was defeated by Yūki Takahashi , the 2017 world champion.

In February 2018 he was used at the Asian Championships in Bishkek in the weight class up to 57 kg. He won there over Hikmatulloh Wohidow, Tajikistan, lost in the semifinals to Kang Kumsong, North Korea and then secured a bronze medal with a victory over Song Hyeonsik, South Korea.

In November 2018 he achieved the greatest success of his career so far at the U23 World Cup in Bucharest. With victories over Alireza Nosratolah Sarlak, Iran, Jack Michael Müller, USA, Zou Wanhao, China and Ravi Kumar, India, he became world champion in this age group in the weight class up to 57 kg.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2013	3.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Zrenjanin	up to 50 kg	behind Abdulgaw Shachbanow, Russia and Machin Amiraslanow, Azerbaijan
2014	11.	Asian Junior Championship (Juniors) in Ulaan-Baatar	up to 55 kg	Winner: Ulunbek Schodoschbekow, Kyrgyzstan ahead of Reza Ahmedali Atrinagharchi, Iran
2015	11.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Salvador da Bahia	up to 55 kg	Winner: Machin Amiraslanow ahead of Ravi Kumar, India
2016	16.	"Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 57 kg	Winner: Saur Ugujew ahead of Artjom Gebekow, both from Russia
2017	3.	"Dimitri-Korkin" tournament in Yakutsk	up to 57 kg	behind Nikolai Ochlopkow and Tamir Garmajew, both from Russia
2018	3.	Asian Championship in Bishkek	up to 57 kg	after a win over Hikmatulloh Wohidow, Tajikistan, a loss to Kang Kumsong, North Korea and a win over Song Hyeonsik, South Korea
2019	1.	U23 World Cup in Bucharest	up to 57 kg	after victories over Alireza Nosratolah Sarlak, Iran, Jack Michael Müller, USA, Zou Wanhao, China and Ravi Kumar

National competitions

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2016	2.	Japanese championship	up to 57 kg	behind Yūki Takahashi , in front of Kazuya Koyanagi and Taishi Narikuni
2017	2.	Japanese championship	up to 57 kg	behind Yūki Takahashi, in front of Kai9ki Yamaguchi and Yasuhira Morita
2018	2.	Meiji Cup in Tokyo	up to 57 kg	behind Yūki Takahashi, in front of Kanta Okada and Rikuto Arai
2018	5.	Japanese championship	up to 57 kg	behind Yūki Takahashi, Kaiki Yamaguchi, Daiki Araki and Kazuya Oyonagi
2019	3.	Meiji Cup in Tokyo	up to 57 kg	behind Yūki Takahashi and Kaiki Yamaguchi

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• WM = World Championship
• Age group "Cadets" up to 17, age group (Juniors) up to 20 years of age

Web links

• Profile of Toshihiro Hasegawa at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Report on the final of the U23 World Cup 2018
• Fight between Toshihiro Hasegawa and Kang Kumsong at the 2018 Asian Cup
• Report on the Meiji Cup 2019 in Tokyo