Takuya Hashimoto (橋本拓哉, Hashimoto Takuya, born December 3, 1994) is a Japanese professional basketball player for Osaka Evessa of the B.League in Japan.[1] He played college basketball for Ashiya University. The Japanese Olympic Committee penalized Hashimoto for buying sex in Jakarta and sent him back home on August 20, 2018.[2][3] He had been suspended from official competition for one year.