He then became one of the lightweight division's top judokas by winning five tournaments consecutively, spanning from the World Masters[3] to the Grand Slam Tokyo[4] and Paris.

However, despite both being level with three shidos each, Bang was penalised for the fourth time and awarded hansoku make, bringing Hashimoto through to his second fight.

He then faced American Nicholas Delpopolo, in a relatively equal match, with only a yuko separating them when Hashimoto attacked with an osoto gari.

Hashimoto made short work of his opponent, Italian Enrico Parlati, pressuring the latter to be penalised for a false attack with a drop seoi nage in the early seconds of the fight.

He again showed a masterclass in the semi-final against Giyosjon Boboev of Uzbekistan, again pressuring the latter to make a false attack with a drop seoi nage just 12 seconds in.

He caught Lee with an ippon seoi nage a minute and a half into the fight, and scored wazaari.

Doi tried to bring the fight to the ground in the opening moments of the bout, and fought with a lasso guard as Hashimoto remained in a stand-up stance while attempting osaekomi.

[8][9] In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.

[10][11] He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 73 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar.