Danshoku Dino

Danshoku Dino
Dino in April 2021
Birth name	Aki Miyashita
Born	(1977-05-18) May 18, 1977 (age 47)[1] Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Danshoku Dino[1] Danshoku "Dandy" Dino Danshoku Jinsei Dinosuke Matsuyama HHHH[2] Ishida Mitsunari[3] Poledust[4]
Billed height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Billed weight	103 kg (227 lb)[1]
Trained by	Sanshiro Takagi
Debut	April 2, 2002[1]

Aki Miyashita (宮下秋, Miyashita Aki), also better known his ring name Danshoku Dino (男色ディーノ, Danshoku Dīno, lit. "Homosexual Dino"), also written Danshoku Dieno, is a Japanese professional wrestler. Dino has spent most of his career competing for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where he plays an overly exaggerated homosexual character. His ring name comes from the character of Baron Dino (男爵ディーノ, Danshaku Dīno) from the manga series Sakigake!! Otokojuku.

Early life

In elementary, junior and high school, Dino played soccer alongside Keita Kanemoto who was his team captain.^[5]

Professional wrestling career

Dino was trained in shoot fighting prior to training to be a wrestler and he incorporated this training into his wrestling style.

In addition to wrestling in DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), he has also competed in several independent wrestling promotions around Japan, including Dragon Gate, Ice Ribbon, Kaientai Dojo, Osaka Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max. In February 2007, Dino made his first excursion overseas, as he debuted for a few American independent promotions such as Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and International Wrestling Cartel (IWC).

On April 4, 2019, at DDT Is Coming to America, Dino and Antonio Honda were defeated by Joey Ryan and Royce Isaacs. Later on, he defeated Saki Akai to become the 1,354th Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship for the 23rd time.

Championships and accomplishments

Dino as the DDT Extreme Champion in September 2014

• DDT Pro-Wrestling

• DDT Extreme Championship (9 times, current)^[1]
• DJ Nira World and All Time High Championship (1 time)^[1][6]
• DJ Nira World and History's Strongest Championship (1 time)^[1][6]
• GAY World Anal Championship (2 times)^[1][6]
• Greater China Unified Sichuan Openweight Championship (1 time)^[1][6]
• IMGP World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[1]
• Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (45 times, current)^[1]
• JET World Jet Championship (1 time)^[1][6]
• KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Asuka, Yuki Iino, Mizuki and Trans-Am★Hiroshi
• KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Kensuke Sasaki and Makoto Oishi (1),^[7] Aja Kong and Makoto Oishi (1),^[8] Ken Ohka and Super Sasadango Machine (1),^[9] Kenso and Super Sasadango Machine (1),^[10] Yuki "Sexy" Iino and Yumehito "Fantastic" Imanari (1)^[11] and Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi^[12]
• KO-D Openweight Championship (4 times)^[1]
• KO-D Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Glenn "Q" Spectre (1), Kota Ibushi (1) and Yoshihiro Takayama (1)^[1]
• Umemura PC Juku Copy & Paste Championship (1 time)^[1][6]
• UWA World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Hikaru Sato and Masa Takanashi^[1]
• World Midbreath Championship (1 time)^[1][6]
• World Ōmori Championship (1 time)^[13][1][6]
• DDT48 / Dramatic Sousenkyo (2010, 2013, 2017)^[1][14]

• Japan Indie Awards

• Best Unit Award (2015) – with Ken Ohka and Super Sasadango Machine^[15]
• Best Unit Award (2021) – with Yuki "Sexy" Iino and Yumehito "Fantastic" Himanari as Pheromones^[16]
• Best Unit Award (2022) – with Yuki "Sexy" Iino, Yumehito "Fantastic" Himanari and Koju "Shining Ball" Takeda as Pheromones

References

1. DDT Pro-Wrestling. "DDT ProWrestling" 男色ディーノ. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-13.
2. 【ビアガーデン4日目～ハッピーモーテルDAYリポート】初シングルメインの"リーダー"遠藤がケニー相手に大奮闘。「だいぶ自信がついた」（遠藤）「遠藤という名の波がキテるよ」（アントン）／USA提供試合にホーガン登場!!／竹下の思い入れたっぷりの「あのころのプロレス教室」に入江が2人!?／アントンvs佐々木のブラ目隠しスイカ割りデスマッチの行方. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). July 30, 2014. Archived from the original on October 4, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
3. Into The Fight シリーズ 2013 in Odawara. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
4. "U・S・A～Ultimate Superstars Action～Stargate2013". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
5. Danshoku Dino (October 17, 2013). 男色ディーノのゲイムヒヒョー ゼロ：第250回「ケイタ君」 - 4Gamer.net. 4Gamer.net. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
6. 両国ピーターパン ～大人になんてなれないよ～. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). May 15, 2009. Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
7. "Road to Ryogoku 2days 2013". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
8. "NEVER MIND 2013". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
9. Who's Gonna Top?～DDTドラマティック総選挙2015～. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
10. 新春お年玉スペシャル！ 全席2000円興行!! 2016. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
11. DDT Pro-Wrestling (November 3, 2021). "DDT ProWrestling" D 王 GRAND PRIX 2021 II in Ota-ku. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 3, 2021.
12. "Get Alive 2023 TOUR in SHINJUKU". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). November 16, 2023.
13. "KING of DDT 2009". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2020.
14. 【ＤＤＴ】男色ディーノが総選挙１位！賞金１００万円とＫＯ—Ｄ王座挑戦権ゲット. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). September 28, 2017. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
15. 年越しプロレス12.31後楽園大会 大日本、DDT、K-Dojoから16チーム参加の年忘れ！三団体シャッフル・タッグトーナメント. Battle News (in Japanese). January 1, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
16. Samurai TV [@samuraitv] (December 31, 2021). 「輝く!日本インディー大賞 2021」の結果は以下となりました。 [The results of the "Japan Indie Awards 2021" results are as follows.] (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.

External links

• Official DDT Pro-Wrestling site in Japanese
• Danshoku Dino's profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database
• Official website (Japanese)