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YA-MAN
, better known by his ring name YA-MAN, is a Japanese kickboxer, mixed martial artist and YouTuber. He currently competes in the lightweight division of RISE. Combat Press ranks YA-MAN as the fifth best bantamweight kickboxer in the world, as of July 2022. Kickboxing career Early career RISE Rising Rookie Cup YA-MAN made his professional debut against Taiki Sawatani on the prelims of RISE 122 on February 4, 2018. He won the fight by split decision. Two of the judges scored the bout 30–28 and 30–29 in his favor, while the third judge scored the bout 30–28 for Sawatani. After successfully winning his first professional fight, YA-MAN was placed in the 2018 RISING Rookies Cup. He was booked to face the winless Kazuyoshi at RISE 124 in the tournament quarterfinals. YA-MAN won the fight by a first-round technical knockout, stopping Kazuyoshi with eight seconds left in the opening round. YA-MAN faced Kosuke Kai in the penultimate bout of the tournament, which was held at RISE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kan Nakamura
is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the super lightweight division of RISE (kickboxing), RISE. As of July 2022 he was the #10 ranked Super Bantamweight in the world by Combat Press. Career Early career Career beginnings Nakamura made his professional kickboxing debut against Sota Kimura at Hoost Cup Kings Kyoto 3 on July 9, 2017. He won the fight by a second-round knockout. Nakamura's next fight was likewise with Hoost Cup, as he faced Ryuya at their Kings Osaka 2 event on November 26, 2017. He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout. Nakamura faced Shun Kongo at DEEP KICK 35 on April 1, 2017. He won his promotional debut by a first-round technical knockout. Nakamura next faced Daiki at NJKF West Young Fight 4th on August 19, 2018. He won the fight by a first-round stoppage, needing just 46 seconds to knock Daiki out with a well placed knee. Nakamura returned to DEEP KICK to face Ryo Sato at DEEP☆KICK 37 on September 23, 2018. He won the fight by a second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiju Shiratori
is a Japanese professional muay thai kickboxer and former boxer. A professional competitor since 2011, Shiratori began his career as a muay thai fighter, most notably winning the WPMF Japan title in 2013. Following an unsuccessful two year boxing career, Shiatori transitioned to kickboxing. He was the 2019 RISE Lightweight champion and RISE World Series winner, as well as the 2021 Rizin KICK tournament winner. Between July and November 2021 he was the #4 ranked bantamweight in the world according to Combat Press. Combat Press ranks him as the #5 super bantamweight kickboxer in the world. Shiratori was ranked as a top ten bantamweight by Combat Press between August 2019 and August 2020, peaking at #1 between April and August 2020. Combat Press furthermore ranked him as a top ten super bantamweight between September 2020 and March 2021, peaking at #1 in September and November 2020. Muay thai career Early career Shiratori made his professional debut against Shogun at Muay Lok 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiki Sawatani
is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the super featherweight division of RISE. As of May 2022 he was the #10 ranked Super Flyweight in the world by Combat Press. Kickboxing career Featherweight Sawatani's martial art experience started with full contact karate, after competing in numerous junior tournaments he switched to amateur kickboxing which led him to participate to the 2016 Japan Cup as a Shin Karate representant. He won the tournament and the event MVP award which earned him an opportunity to turn professional with the RISE organization. Sawatani made his professional on March 5, 2017, at RISE 116 against Maiki Flyskygym. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. He traded wins and losses in his next bouts, winning by majority decision against Takuya Taira at RISE 117 and losing by unanimous decision to Yuki Kawate at RISE 118. On February 4, 2018, Sawatani faced YA-MAN at RISE 122. He lost the fight by split decision. On August 5, 2018, Sawatani was selecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryusei Ashizawa
Ryusei Ashizawa is a Japanese kickboxer. Between April and July 2022, he was ranked the tenth best bantamweight in the world by Combat Press. Kickboxing career Ashizawa made his professional debut on December 9, 2012 at MAJKF BREAK－32 ～SEIZE～. He defeated Tetsuro Noguchi by unanimous decision to take the MAJKF Japan rookie tournament title. On November 11, 2013, Ashizawa faced Kenshiro Aoi in Japan Kickboxing Innovation. He won the fight by technical knockout in the second round to earn a shot at the reigning REBELS champion Hikaru Machida. They faced each other on December 23 at Japan Kickboxing Innovation "champion carnival". He lost the fight by technical knockout in the fourth round. On August 31, 2014 Ashizawa challenged Kyohei for the Innovation Super Featherweight title. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. On December 12, 2015 Ashizawa faced Sota Ichinohe at Japan Kickboxing Innovation Champion's Carnival 2015. He lost the fight by unanimous decision after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kouzi (kickboxer)
, better known as , is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Japan. As of July 2021, he is the #7 ranked Bantamweight according to Combat Press. He's been ranked since May 2019. Kickboxing career Koji lost to Taiga by decision in June 2017. In February 2017, Koji fought Mohamed Boulef for the ISKA World Lightweight title. He beat Boulef by unanimous decision. He was scheduled to fight Kotaro Shimano in September 2017. Koji won the fight by unanimous decision. Koji participated in the 2018 Super Featherweight Grand Prix. He beat Hirotaka Urabe by decision in the quarterfinals, and lost to Kosuke Komiyama in the semifinals by decision in turn. He fought Stavros Exakoustidis in September 2018. Koji won the fight by split decision after an extra round was fought. In December 2018 he fought Takeru Segawa for the K-1 Super Featherweight title. Takeru won the fight by unanimous decision. Koji was scheduled to fight Jan Szajko during K'Festa 2. He beat Szajko by unanimous decisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keisuke Monguchi
Keisuke Monguchi (門口佳佑, born 25 May 1995) is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the featherweight division of RISE, where he is the current RISE featherweight champion. As of August 2021, he is the #10 ranked Super Flyweight in the world, according to Combat Press. Kickboxing career RISE Monguchi made his professional debut against Masaaki Ono on July 16, 2018. He won the fight by a third-round right hook knockout. Monguchi was scheduled to make his second professional appearance against Kojiro Flysky Gym at RISE 127 on September 16, 2018. The fight was ruled a majority draw. Monguchi was scheduled to face Hyuma Hitachi at RISE 128 on November 2, 2018. He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout. Monguchi fought another Target Shibuya gym representative, YA-MAN, at RISE 130 on February 3, 2019. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 30–28, 29–28 and 29–27. Monguchi made his first appearance at a RISE EVOL event, being schedul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
THE MATCH 2022
Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Takeru (also known as The Match 2022) was a professional kickboxing event held at The Tokyo Dome on June 19, 2022. Nobuyuki Sakakibara (RIZIN CEO), a general producer, has stated that it is a neutral event regardless of the organization such as RISE ( Tenshin Nasukawa) or K-1 ( Takeru). Background Nasukawa has been calling out Three-division K-1 champion Takeru Segawa since June 8, 2015. But due to contractual obligations, both fighters were not able to meet in the ring. At that time, K-1 and Rise were in a "Kickboxing Cold War" since 2010. On August 5, 2015, Takeru told the media that he was interested in fighting Nasukawa if K-1 can organize it. K-1 Japan group producer, Mitsuru Miyata, demanded that Nasukawa sign an exclusive contract with K-1 to be able to make the fight happen. Nasukawa's trainer and RISE president, Takashi Ito, told combat sports magazine Fight & Life, that he will agree to let Nasukawa fight in a K-1 event but he's not willing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoki Tanaka (kickboxer)
Naoki Tanaka (田中直樹, born 24 June 1992) is a Japanese people, Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the lightweight division of RISE (kickboxing), RISE, where he is the incumbent champion. A professional competitor since 2015, Tanaka has spent his entire professional career with RISE. Combat Press ranks him as the #5 super bantamweight kickboxer in the world. He's been continually ranked in the top ten since November 2020, peaking at #6 in November and December 2020. Kickboxing career Background Tanaka began training Gōjū-ryū karate at the age of five. After he entered junior high school, Tanaka went to his current gym, Paraestra Koiwa, with the intention of becoming a mixed martial artist. However, after taking a kickboxing class on his first day at the gym, Tanaka decided to become a professional kickboxer. RISE RISE Super Featherweight Rookies Cup Tanaka made his professional debut against Shinji Totsu at RISE ZERO on June 7, 2015. He debut in the super feath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In Rizin Fighting Federation
The year 2021 will the seventh year in the history of the Rizin Fighting Federation, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. It started broadcasting through a television agreement with Fuji Television. In North America and Europe Rizin FF is available on PPV all over the world and on live-now. Background Nobuyuki Sakakibara announced that Rizin is planning to work in copromotion with new Japanese promotion MEGA. He also announced that they will work with Scott Coker to bring the Bellator Bantamweight World Champion Juan Archuleta in Japan to face the winner of the Rizin Bantamweight Championship bout between Kai Asakura and Kyoji Horiguchi. List of events Grand Prix On March 26, 2021, it was announced that a Bantamweight Grand Prix will be held during the year: beginning in Rizin 28 – Tokyo and ending in the Rizin New Year's Eve event. The winner will receive ¥10,000,000 and the second place will net ¥5,000,000. Rizin Bantamweight Grand Prix 2021 bracket Riz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiga Kawabe
Taiga Kawabe is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Japan. He is the former Krush Super Bantamweight and K-1 Super Featherweight champion, as well as a two-time K-1 Grand Prix runner-up. Taiga is the younger brother of Hiroya, who inspired him along with the two time K-1 Max World Champion Masato to start practicing Karate in his childhood, becoming a Black Belt at the fifth grade. He was ranked as a top ten bantamweight in the world by Combat Press between April 2018 and January 2019. Kickboxing career Early career Taiga made his professional debut against Ryota at Krush-EX 2012 vol.6, winning by a third-round TKO. He won his next three fights by unanimous decision, before participating in the Krush Youth Super Bantamweight Grand Prix. He won the tournament with a split decision against Namito Izawa in the semifinals and a unanimous decision against Ryuji Horio in the finals. After an extra round decision win against Yuya Suzuki at Krush.41, Taiga won the Krush Super Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saitama Super Arena
is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It opened preliminarily on May 5, 2000, and then was officially opened on September 1 of the same year. Its maximum spectator capacity is 36,500, making it the second-largest indoor arena in the world. The main arena capacity is between 19,000 and 22,500. The arena was designed by Dan Meis, who at the time was working for architecture firm Ellerbe Becket, together with Nikken Sekkei. Meis's design was selected as a result of an international design competition. The arena features a gigantic movable section of seating which can reduce capacity for smaller events and create a more intimate setting. It is a favorite venue for puroresu (Japanese professional wrestling) and mixed martial arts (MMA). It has also hosted other sports events such as boxing, basketball, volleyball, tennis, ice hockey, and gymnastics. It is the only Japanese arena equipped especially for American football. It forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saitama (city)
is the capital and the most populous Cities of Japan, city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Saitama, Urawa, Ōmiya, Saitama, Ōmiya, Yono, Saitama, Yono and Iwatsuki, Saitama, Iwatsuki. It is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, city designated by government ordinance. Being in the Greater Tokyo Area and lying 15 to 30 kilometres north of central Tokyo, many of its residents commute into Tokyo. , the city had an estimated population of 1,324,854, and a population density of 6,093 people per km² (15,781 people per mi²). Its total area is . Etymology The name "Saitama" originally comes from the of what is now the city of Gyoda, Saitama, Gyōda in the northern part of what is now known as Saitama Prefecture. "Sakitama" has an ancient history and is mentioned in the famous 8th century poetry anthology ''Man'yōshū''. The pronunciation has changed from Sakitama to Saitama over the years. With the merger of Urawa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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