This article is about a professional wrestler. For the conductor and music lecturer, see Hideo Saito (musician).
Japanese professional wrestler
Captain New Japan
Hirasawa as Captain New Japan in March 2016
Birth name
Mitsuhide Hirasawa
Born
(1982-03-27) 27 March 1982 (age 42)[1] Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Bone Soldier Captain New Japan[2] Captain Taiwan[3] Hideo Saito[1] Mitsuhide Hirasawa[1]
Billed height
1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)[1]
Billed weight
104 kg (229 lb)[1]
Trained by
Takashi Iizuka[4]
Debut
28 January 2006[1]
Retired
5 January 2017
Mitsuhide Hirasawa (平澤 光秀, Hirasawa Mitsuhide, born 27 March 1982)[1] is a Japanese former professional wrestler. He is best known for his two stints with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and a brief stint with World Wrestling Council (WWC).
Hirasawa wrestled as a fall guy, under the mask superhero, Captain New Japan (キャプテン・ニュージャパン, Kyaputen Nyū Japan).[1] He has also worked under another mask as Bone Soldier, and unmasked under his real name, as well as the ring name Hideo Saito (ヒデオ・サイトー, Hideo Saitō).[5] He is also known for his brief tenure with New Japan's stables Chaos and Bullet Club, but was kicked out for his poor performance.
^ abcdefghiCaptain New Japan's New Japan Pro-Wrestling profile. Retrieved 14 September 2013. (in Japanese)
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^"急展開！ 後藤のアピールによりIWGPタッグ戦が緊急決定！ パートナーはC・台湾！【4月13日（日）台湾大会】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
^"Cagematch profile". Cagematch. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
^Hideo Saito's New Japan Pro-Wrestling profile Archived 19 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 July 2011. (in Japanese)
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