Morihiro Hashimoto

Morihiro Hashimoto
Personal information
Full name	橋本 守容
Nickname	The Ogre, Annie (in Japan)
Born	10 February 1977 Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Home town	Okayama Prefecture Japan
Darts information
Playing darts since	2004
Darts	MONSTER Ogre
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	Reach Up (Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag) by Perfecto Allstarz
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2010 to present
Current world ranking	99 (PDC) 79 (WDF)
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64, 2011
Other achievements

Morihiro Hashimoto (橋本 守容, Hashimoto Morihiro^?) (born 10 February 1977) is a Japanese darts player, nicknamed The Ogre.

Hashimoto first appeared in the PDC circuit competing in the 2009 Las Vegas Desert Classic qualifiers, as well as a Players Championship. He attempted to qualify for the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship, but lost in the final of the Japanese Qualifying event to Haruki Muramatsu. In September 2010, Hashimoto won through the qualifer, beating Mitsumasa Hoshino in the final and qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship. A month later, he was a quarter finalist in the Japan Open and in November, he reached the final of the WDF Asia-Pacific Cup men's singles, losing to New Zealand's Koha Kokiri.

Hashimoto was drawn in the Preliminary Round against PDPA qualifier Matt Padgett and quickly became popular with the crowd. After winning his first leg, levelling the match at 1-1, the crowd started chanting his name to the tune of Reach Up (Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag), which is used as a walk on by Adrian Lewis. Hashimoto went on to win the match by 4 legs to 2 and become the second Japanese qualifier to win through the premlinary round after Muramatsu.^[1] The song, performed by Perfecto AllStars, was played at the end of the match instead of the traditional Chase the Sun^{[disambiguation needed ]}, and Hashimoto would have it played as his walk on for his first round match against Gary Anderson. He would not win a leg as Anderson whitewashed him 3-0 in sets. After the match, Hashimoto, speaking English, thanked the crowd for their support.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Simon Whitlock advances at PDC World Darts Championship". BBC Sport. 2010-12-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/darts/9302302.stm. Retrieved 2010-12-21. 
2. ^ "Flashy start for Dudbridge". SKY Sports. 2010-12-19. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12288_6598742,00.html. Retrieved 2010-12-21. 

External links

• Annie's Diary Official Blog
• Player profile on Morihiro Hashimoto from Dartsdatabase

Persondata
Name	Hashimoto, Morihiro
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	10 February 1977
Place of birth	Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Date of death
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