Danshoku Dino

I'll be honest, when I first heard the name Danshoku Dino I figured it was a one-note gimmick, and then I watched and realized this guy is doing something way smarter than people give him credit for. Comedy wrestling is brutally hard, you have to nail the timing of a stand-up comic and still take real bumps, and he somehow turns the whole arena into his playground without ever losing the crowd. That a kid from sleepy little Setoda in Hiroshima, lemon country, grew into this fearless, room-owning character genuinely delights me. Born in '77, a Taurus, and you can feel that stubborn, slow-burn craftsmanship in how he's built his style. I find him weirdly endearing, the kind of performer who reminds you wrestling is supposed to be fun.

Danshoku Dino is a Japanese professional wrestler born on May 18, 1977, in Setoda-cho, Hiroshima Prefecture. He is a graduate of Osaka Gakuin University and is known for his distinctively flamboyant and comedic ring persona. He maintains an active presence on X (formerly Twitter) under the handle @dandieno.

Name (English)

Danshoku Dino

Name (Japanese)

男色ディーノ

Reading

だんしょく

Born

May 18, 1977 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Snake (巳)

Origin

Setoda-cho, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Professional Wrestler

University

Osaka Gakuin University

Motto

Private

• Xhttps://x.com/dandieno
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B7%E8%89%B2%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E

Tags

• From Hiroshima Prefecture
• Professional Wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.