How lonely is invincible?
A former female world champion transformed into a boy and, at the age of 33, announced a comeback.
What was she, who should now be called him, for?
On March 11, Beijing time, Japanese media reported that Kei Hashimoto, who once won the WBC women's flyweight boxing championship gold belt and completed two defending titles, has applied to the Japanese boxing regulatory agency for a new license.
However, Kei Hashimoto, who has been retired for 5 years, is now called Hiroshi Hashimoto, and he also needs to inject hormones once a month to maintain his male hormone levels.
His sparring partner couldn't help but sigh: "Now Hashimoto's muscle group doesn't look like a woman anymore!" ”
Hiroshi Hashimoto has said goodbye to Kei Hashimoto in the past, and in an interview with the media, Hashimoto said that as his muscle level continues to improve, he has enough confidence that he will beat his opponents in the men's boxing ring.
Hiroshi Hashimoto said: "After the sex reassignment surgery was completed, I resumed training since October last year, and I have been playing against boys, I am ready, I am definitely not the girl I used to be!" ”
In fact, since her debut, Hashimoto (now Hiroshi Hashimoto) has often been mistaken for a man by others, and she herself admits that there are barriers to gender identity.
Kei Hashimoto's career has been quite bumpy, and after two failed challenges, Kei Hashimoto finally won the world champion gold belt at WBC. At the same time, her relationship with her wife, Masuke, was also exposed.
On October 30, 2017, Kei Hashimoto announced his retirement with a record of 16 wins (11 KO opponents) and 4 losses. After retiring from the military, Kei Hashimoto returned to the family, and together with her wife she adopted two girls and a boy, including twins.
To make ends meet, Hashimoto and his wife started a company focused on nurturing children's interest in boxing. However, in the past two years, due to the surging virus, Hashimoto's company has been in dismal operations, and she has also been saddled with large debts.
In order to be able to have more sources of income, Hashimoto changed her gender and decided to return to the ring. Looking forward to the first match of Hiroshi Hashimoto (formerly Kei Hashimoto) and see how much his performance will change from the world's female boxer to a brand new male athlete.