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REBELS (kickboxing)
REBELS (レベルス) is a defunct martial arts entertainment planning and promotion brand, which was established in 2010 and merged into KNOCK OUT in 2021. History REBELS was established by the former two-weight Marital Arts Japan kickboxing champion Genki Yamaguchi on December 1, 2009, with the aim of popularizing the sport of muay thai in Japan. The inaugural event was held jointly by M-1 Challenge and Cross-Point on January 29, 2010, and was headline by a lightweight bout between Arashi Fujihara and TOMONORI. Starting with the third event, REBELS-EX, Cross Point broke their partnership with M-1 and remained as the sole promoter and organizer of the events. On June 11, 2011, REBELS announced a partnership with the Dutch-based It's Showtime, which allowed cross-promotion and mutual exchange of fighters under contract. The first joint event was held on July 18, 2011, under the name “Stand up JAPAN!” REBELS × IT'S SHOWTIME 〜 REBELS.8 〜 and was headlined by a -61 kg titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fukashi Mizutani
Fukashi Mizutani (不可思, born 17 June 1991), known simply as Fukashi (ふかし), is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the super lightweight division of K-1. A professional competitor since 2008, he previously competed for KNOCKOUT, where he was the super lightweight champion, and RISE, where he was the RISE lightweight champion. Kickboxing career Early career Fukashi made his professional debut against Kazuo Mito at K-1 Koshien KING OF UNDER 18～FINAL 16～ on August 29, 2008. He won the fight by a second-round knockout. He amassed a 15-5-1 record over the course of the next five years, before taking part in a 2013 REBELS 60 kg tournament. He would beat Tatsuya Inaishi by decision in the semifinals, but lost to Hikaru Machida by decision in the finals. BigBang Lightweight champion Fukashi was scheduled to fight Tatsuya Inaishi for the BigBang Lightweight title at Bigbang 18 on September 7, 2014. He won the fight by majority decision, with scores of 30-30, 30- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Organizations Established In 2008
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Kickboxing Organizations
This is a list of notable past and present kickboxing organizations. List of promotions Active * Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA) * Colosseum Tournament * Dynamite Fighting Show (DFS) * Enfusion * Final Fight Championship (FFC) * Glory * Glory of Heroes * Golden Fighter Championship (GFC) * K-1 * King in the Ring King in the Ring is a kickboxing tournament that is held in New Zealand. Tournament format King in the Ring is a last man standing eight man tournament that is complete in one night. Seven boxing bouts will be contested in one night, each bout ... * King of Kings (kickboxing), King of Kings (KOK) * KO Masters * Krush (kickboxing), Krush * Kunlun Fight * Lion Fight * ONE Championship * OSS Fighters * Colosseum Tournament, Prometheus Fighting Promotion * RISE (kickboxing), RISE * Rizin Fighting Federation * TatNeft Arena, TatNeft Cup * Wu Lin Feng Defunct * Bellator Kickboxing * Global Fighting Championship * It's Showtime (kickb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panchan Rina
, better known as , is a Japanese professional kickboxer. She is the current Knock Out-Black Female Minimumweight Champion. She is also a former Knock Out-Black Female Atomweight Champion and a Rebels-Black Women's 46 kg Champion. After moving from Osaka to Tokyo at the age of 21, Rina discovered kickboxing and began competing at the amateur level in 2017. She made her professional debut in February 2019, and remains undefeated in 13 bouts. Early life and amateur career Rina was born in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture on March 17, 1994, as the youngest of three children. With one older brother and one older sister, she said she was spoiled. Rina started swimming at the age of five and continued for 10 years. She suffered from atopic dermatitis, and also said her low body fat percentage made her unsuited for the sport. Her parents wanted her to be an actress, and had her audition for commercials from the age of six. But Rina said she was restless and could never sit through an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eisaku Ogasawara
Ogasawara Eisaku (born 11 September 1995) is a Japanese kickboxer. He is the reigning KNOCK OUT RED Featherweight champion and the former ISKA World Bantamweight K-1, WPMF Super Bantamweight and KNOCK OUT Super Bantamweight champion. Martial arts career Flyweight Rebels Flyweight title reign Ogasawara made his professional debut in July 2017 against Shoyo Yuasa, during the REBELS×IT’S SHOWTIME crossover event. Ogasawara won the fight by unanimous decision. After a KO victory in Thailand a month later, Eisaku went on a six fight winning streak, beating Tatakau Pastry, Naoya Yajima, Yasuhito Furuta, Yosuke Kafuji, Dynamo Puchi, and Kiminori Matsuzaki. His eight fight winning streak earned him a chance to fight Hiroyuki Yamano for the REBELS-Muaythai Flyweight title. He defeated Yamano by unanimous decision. After winning his first major title, Ogasawara would suffer his first professional loss in the very next fight. He was scheduled to fight Ryuji Kato during TNK1 feat.R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RISE (kickboxing)
Extreme Fight Game RISE, known simply as RISE, is a Japanese kickboxing promotion company based in Tokyo, Japan. The name RISE is an abbreviation of "Real Impact Sports Entertainment". It produces events in Japan, which showcases ten male and three female weight classes. They also hold the KAMINARIMON events, which are exclusively open to amateur fighters. Champions History RISE held their inaugural event, "R.I.S.E. I" on February 23, 2003, at the Gold Jim South Tokyo Annex in Ōmori, Japan. They held their first "Dead or Alive" tournament on December 23, 2003, which would later become an annual RISE event at the end of the year. Before the collapse of K-1 FEG, winners of the "Dead or Alive" tournaments earned a berth in the K-1 MAX Japan tournaments. After successfully holding "Dead or Alive" tournaments at 70kg for two consecutive years, by the end of 2005 they furthermore held tournaments at 60kg, 80kg and heavyweight as well. It 2008, RISE opted to stop deciding on champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahide Kudo
Masahide Kudo (工藤政英, born 24 May 1991) is a retired Japanese kickboxer who competed in the featherweight division of RISE, where he was champion. A professional competitor since 2013, he was also a former REBELS Super Bantamweight champion. As of August 2021, he was the #4 ranked Super Flyweight in the world, according to Combat Press. Kickboxing career Early career Kudo made his professional debut against Takuya Fujii at Kikken IX Part.2 on 17 February 2013. He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout. He would go on to amass a 3–3 record over the course of his first year as a professional fighter. Kudo was scheduled to face Shunta Aragaki at REBELS.23 on 26 January 2014. He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout, beginning a seven-fight winning streak that would culminate in a REBELS title fight. REBELS Super Bantamweight champion Super Bantamweight tournament Kudo participated in the REBELS super bantamweight tournament, held to determine the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryuya Kusakabe
is a retired Japanese professional kickboxer and boxer. He is the former SHOOT BOXING and REBELS Super Bantamweight champion, as well as the former concurrent WBC Muaythai and WPMF Japan Super Bantamweight champion. Kickboxing & Muay Thai career Early career Amateur career Kusakabe took part in the super bantamweight (-55 kg) event of the 2008 K-1 Koshien Chūbu region tournament, open exclusively to high-schoolers, on July 6, 2008. He captured the tournament title with three consecutive unanimous decisions in a single day, as he was able to overcome Kosuke Minowa in the quarterfinals, Taishi Hiratsuka in the semifinals and Yusuke Tsuboi in the finals. This success earned him a place in the K-1 Koshien King of Under 18 Tournament, the opening round of which was held in Tokyo, Japan on October 1, 2008. Kusakabe beat Ryuma Tobe by unanimous decision in the opening round and future two-weight Krush champion Daizo Sasaki by a first-round knockout in the quarterfinals. He advan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruto Yasumoto
is a Japanese kickboxer and muay thai fighter, currently competing in the featherweight division of RISE. He is the former KNOCKOUT RED and WBC Muaythai Japan Featherweight champion. A professional competitor since 2016, he is the former REBELS two-weight champion and the WPMF World featherweight champion. Prior to making his professional debut, Yasumoto had a lengthy amateur career, during which he captured a grand total of 24 championships. Martial arts career Super flyweight career Early career Yasumoto made his professional debut against Kim Seung Min at REBELS.43 on June 1, 2016. He won the fight by a first-round spinning back fist knockout. Yasumoto was scheduled to face Taiga Nakayama at Kunlun Fight 49 / Rebels 45 on August 7, 2016. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 30–28, 30–27 and 30–26. Yasumoto made his first appearance with Japan Kickboxing Innovation on October 9, 2016, when he was scheduled to fight Ryuta. He won the fight by unanimous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masanobu Goshu
Masanobu Goshu is a retired Japanese kickboxer. He is a former Krush Super Featherweight champion. Biography and career Early life Goshu was born with hearing loss. He started to play baseball in elementary school and dreamed of becoming a professional, he played for the Tokai University Fuzoku Kofu Senior High School team and participated to the 2004 summer Koshien tournament. He started kickboxing after high school. At 21 he moved to Tokyo and joined PHOENIX GYM with the ambition of becoming professional. He won the 2011 All Japan KAMINARIMON -65 kg title as a part of the RISE organization amateur program. RISE career Goshu turned professional under the ring name "Riki Goshu" at RISE 85 on November 23, 2011, where he defeated Shuto Miyazaki by unanimous decision. On March 11, 2012, Goshu appeared in the first round of the 2012 RISE Rising Rookies Cup at RISE ZERO. He defeated Takeo by unanimous decision to qualify for the Cup final. The final of the Rookies Cup happened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaito Ono
Kaito (Japanese language, Japanese: 海人; born August 21, 1997) is a Japanese people, Japanese Shoot boxer. He is the former Shoot boxing Super Lightweight champion and the 2018 SHOOT BOXING S-Cup World Tournament winner. As of July 2022 he was the #1 ranked Super Featherweight in the world by Combat Press. Kickboxing career Next Generation Cup Ono made his professional debut in February 2014 against Jun Kitagawa. He won the fight at the tail end of the third round, winning by KO. He won his next two fights against Takahito Suzuki and Tetsuyuki Uemura by TKO, both times forcing his opponents corner to throw in the towel. His perfect 3–0 record earned him a place in the J-NETWORK Next Generation 62 kg tournament. In the quarterfinals, he defeated RS YUTAKA by a low kick KO. In the semifinals, he met Hideki and won by unanimous decision. He met MASATO in the finals, and won by a majority decision after two rounds. Shootboxing titles After winning the Next Generation Cup, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
