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Rukiya Anpo
is a Japanese kickboxer, who commpeted in the super lightweight and welterweight divisions of K-1. A professional competitor since 2011, he is the former K-1 Super Lightweight champion and the 2021 K-1 welterweight Grand Prix runner-up. As of December 2021, Combat Press ranks him as the eight best super featherweight in the world. From June 2021 to February 2021 Combat Press ranked him as the #4 featherweight in the world. He's been ranked in the featherweight top ten since March 2019. Personal life Rukiya started training in Kyokushin Karate at a young age along his brother, they both left the world of Karate competitions with high accolades. Japanese television did a short documentary when they were children depicting them as Karate prodigies. In 2018 he and his brother left the TRY HARD gym from Tokyo to open their own gym called ALL WIN in Osaka which they established with the help of crowdfunding. Kickboxing career Career beginnings Early career Anpo made his professi ...
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Himeji
260px, Himeji City Hall is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Himeji is located in the central western part of the Harima Plain in the western part of Hyogo Prefecture, and is the central city of the Harima region of the prefecture. The Ichikawa River is located in the central eastern part of the city, and the Senba River and Noda River are located in the center. The Ieshima Islands in the Seto Inland Sea are within the city limits and are located off the coast of Harima Bay. The city is surrounded by the mountains and the sea. Neighbouring municipalities Hyōgo Prefecture * Kakogawa * Takasago * Kasai * Tatsuno * Shisō * Taishi * Kamikawa * Ichikawa Climate Himeji has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with hot summers and cool winters. Sum ...
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K-1 Lightweight World's Strongest Tournament
K-1 is a professional kickboxing promotion established in 1993, well known worldwide mainly for its heavyweight division fights and Grand Prix tournaments. In January 2012, K-1 Global Holdings Limited, a company registered in Hong Kong, acquired the rights to K-1, and is the current organizer of K-1 events worldwide. Founded in 1993 by karateka Kazuyoshi Ishii, at its height in the late 90s and the 2000s under the ownership of the Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG), K-1 was the largest and most prestigious "Kickboxing" organization in the world. With thousands of fighters and watched by millions of fans around the world. K-1 also promoted mixed martial arts events, with some events having both kickboxing and MMA matches on their cards (such as their Dynamite!! series). However, since 2010 K-1 started to lose its status of top organization, as FEG started to have financial issues, not being able to organize big events or pay huge prize money, eventually going bankrupt, and ...
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2021 In K-1
The year 2021 is the 28th year in the history of the K-1, an international kickboxing event. The year started with K-1: K’Festa 4. List of events K-1: K’Festa 4 ''K-1: K'Festa 4'' was a kickboxing event held by K-1. It was originally scheduled to be held on January 24, 2021, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Yoyogi, Japan, but was later postponed as the Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency for Tokyo, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was rescheduled for two dates: March 21 and March 28, 2021, to be held at the Tokyo Garden Theater and Nippon Budokan, respectively. Background Originally scheduled fights The event was supposed to be headlined by a match between the reigning K-1 Super Featherweight champion Takeru Segawa and the reigning Krush Super Featherweight champion Leona Pettas. Former K-1 Heavyweight champion Kyotaro Fujimoto was to make his comeback to kickboxing, following a ten-year hiatus. He is scheduled to fight ...
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COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets and ...
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2020 In K-1
The year 2020 is the 27th year in the history of the K-1, an international kickboxing event. The year started with K-1: K’Festa 3. List of events K-1: K’Festa 3 ''K-1: K’Festa 3'' was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on March 22, 2020 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Background The K’Festa 3 event took place on March 22, 2020 in the Saitama Super Arena. The card was scheduled to have an eight man Super Welterweight tournament, featuring: Hiromi Wajima, Avatar Tor Morsi, Yasuhiro Kido, Minoru Kimura, Kaito, Eder Lopes, Katsuya Jinbo and Milan Pales. Three title defense took place: Yuta Kubo defended the Welterweight title against Jordann Pikeur, Rukiya Anpo defended the Super Lightweight title against Fukashi, and Sina Karimian defended the Cruiserweight title against Ryo Aitaka. K-1 World GP 2020 -70kg Japan Tournament bracket Results K-1 World GP 2020 in Osaka ''K-1 World GP 2020 in Osaka'' will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on September ...
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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- ...
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Tomoki Kameda
Tomoki Kameda (born July 12, 1991) is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a former WBO bantamweight champion, having held the title from 2013 to 2014, and former WBC super bantamweight title challenger, having fought for the title in 2019. Personal life Tomoki Kameda grew up in a tough area of Osaka, Japan. Tomoki is the brother of Kōki Kameda and Daiki Kameda. Their father, Shiro, dreamt that all three sons would grow up to win world titles in boxing. At the age of 15, Tomoki Kameda relocated to Mexico in order to learn from Mexican boxing experts. He is fluent in Spanish. Nickname His early nickname in Japan was . It denotes "The Ultimate Weapon of the Kamedas". He later gained a Spanish nickname ''El Mexicanito'' which translates to "The Little Mexican", since he also trains and fights out of Mexico. He has started to earn the respect of Mexican boxing fans, due to his very aggressive style of fighting. Amateur career Kameda had been training for the Beijing Olympics an ...
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Hozumi Hasegawa
is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2016. He is the first Japanese boxer to win world titles in three weight classes, having held the WBC bantamweight title from 2005 to 2010; the WBC featherweight title from 2010 to 2011; and the WBC super-bantamweight title in 2016. Hasegawa received MVP awards from the Japan Boxing Commission in 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009 for his title defenses, and is the first Japanese boxer to have defended a bantamweight world title more four times. He is Matsuzaka Generation. Professional career Born as the second of five children in Nishiwaki, Hyōgo, Hasegawa made his professional debut in 1999. Despite losing two four-round fights by decision early in his career, he defeated Jesse Maca by 12-round decision in 2003 to win the OPBF bantamweight title, which he defended three times before returning the belt on December 20, 2004. Bantamweight Hasegawa fought long-time champion Veeraphol Sahaprom on April 16, 2005, at N ...
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Super Bantamweight World Tournament
Super may refer to: Computing * SUPER (computer program), or Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer, a video converter / player * Super (computer science), a keyword in object-oriented programming languages * Super key (keyboard button) Film and television * ''Super'' (2005 film), a Telugu film starring Nagarjuna, Anushka Shetty and Ayesha Takia * ''Super'' (2010 Indian film), a Kannada language film starring Upendra and Nayantara * ''Super'' (2010 American film), a film written and directed by James Gunn, and starring Rainn Wilson and Elliot Page * "Super" (''Person of Interest''), an episode of the TV series ''Person of Interest'' Music * "Super" (Cordae song), a 2021 song by American rapper Cordae * "Super" (Neu! song), a 1972 song by German band Neu! * "Super (1, 2, 3)", a 2000 song by Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino * ''Super'' (album), a 2016 album by Pet Shop Boys Other uses * Super!, an Italian television network * Super (gamer) (born 2000), Ameri ...
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