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. Takahashi competes mainly in shoot boxing, where she became the runner-up in the 2010 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup tournament and is a former Shoot Boxing Japan women's flyweight champion. She vacated the title on .

Background

Takahashi was born on , in

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Shoot boxing and kickboxing career

Takahashi debuted on , defeating Kanako Oka by unanimous decision in a special rules bout after an extra round at ''Young Caesar Cup Tokyo 2009''. In the opening round of the ''2009 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup'' tournament on , Takahashi was defeated by

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via unanimous decision after three rounds in a match that Ishioka controlled from beginning to end. Takahashi rebounded with a victory over Harumi by TKO (referee stoppage) in the second round on , at ''Shoot Boxing 2009: Takeshi Road -bushido- The Fifth''. Earning her second straight TKO victory, Takahashi defeated Asako Saioka on , at ''

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''. The referee stopped the fight in the second round when Takahashi was punching Saioka, who was already injured on the

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. At ''

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'' on , Takahashi defeated Yukino Oishi by unanimous decision. On , at ''

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'', Takahashi faced and defeated Emiko Matsumoto by TKO (punches) in the third round. On , at the ''2010 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup'', Takahashi was able to defeat Australian kickboxer Christina Jurjevic in the first round and

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in the semi-finals after an extra round, both by unanimous decision. She was stopped in the final by 2009 winner

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in a bout that went two extra rounds to determine the winner. After the tournament, Takahashi returned to action on , at the event ''Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2010''. She faced and defeated in dominant fashion American

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Karina Hallinan by unanimous decision after three rounds. At ''Shoot Boxing 2011 act 1: SB166'' on , Takahashi defeated WPMF champion

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by TKO (knees). Takahashi next defeated

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by TKO (corner stoppage) in the first round of their match at ''Shoot Boxing 2011 act 2: SB168'' on . On , at ''Shoot Boxing 2011 Act 3: SB169'', Takahashi had a rematch against Rena Kubota, who was coming off of a negative result in an exhibition match against Erika Kamimura, this time for the vacant Shoot Boxing Japan women's flyweight championship. With Takahashi dominating the fight during the second half of the match, she was awarded the unanimous decision after five rounds and became the new titleholder. Takahashi was next scheduled to face Erika Kamimura in a super fight at the ''2011 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup''. Takahashi, however, suffered an injury during training and was unable to face Kamimura on that date. She is expected to face Kamimura under RISE rules in the future. Takahashi faced

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at ''Shoot Boxing 2012: Road To S-Cup, Act.1'' on . She was defeated by unanimous decision after one extension round. On , Takahashi faced Rio Kamikaze at ''Shoot Boxing 2012: Road To S-Cup, Act.3''. The fight was a semi-final matchup in the Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup 53.5 kilogram tournament. Takahashi defeated Kamikaze by unanimous decision to advance to the tournament final. Takahashi faced Mizuki Inoue once again in the ''2012 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup'' 53.5 tournament final on . She was defeated by unanimous decision after six rounds. On , Takahashi faced Itsuka Yokose in a kickboxing match at ''RISE/M-1MC: Infinity'' in Tokyo, Japan. Takahashi defeated Yokose by TKO (punches) in the third round. Takahashi was scheduled to face Hyo Kyung Song at ''Shoot Boxing 2013: Act.1'' on . However, Song withdrew from the fight and Takahashi instead faced Mi-Jeon Chan. She defeated Chan by TKO in the third round. Takahashi defeated Yuri Kim via standing guillotine choke in round one at ''Shoot Boxing 2013: Act.3'' on . On , Takahashi entered the ''2013 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup'' 53.5 tournament. She defeated Wei-Ting Chen and Rio Kamikaze, but lost to Mizuki Inoue in the tournament final. Takahashi defeated Miyo Yoshida by unanimous decision at ''Shoot Boxing Battle Summit: Ground Zero Tokyo 2013'' on . She was scheduled to fight Miyumi Takahashi at ''Shootboxing 2014: Act 1'' on February 23, 2014, but the fight was scrapped due to illness.Mio Tsumura Wins Fifth Straight At Shoot Boxing 2014: Act 1
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Shoot boxing and kickboxing record

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, , Tokyo, Japan , , TKO (Referee stoppage, punches) , , 3 , , 1:19 , , 5-1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="CCFFCC" , 2010-05-23 , , Win , , align=left, Yukino Oishi , ,

, , Tokyo, Japan , , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 2:00 , , 4-1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="CCFFCC" , 2010-03-19 , , Win , , align=left, Asako Saioka , ,

, , Tokyo, Japan , , TKO (Referee stoppage, chin injury) , , 2 , , 1:08 , , 3-1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="CCFFCC" , 2009-11-18 , , Win , , align=left, Harumi , , Shoot Boxing 2009: Takeshi Road -bushido- The Fifth , , Tokyo, Japan , , TKO (Referee stoppage) , , 2 , , 1:51 , , 2-1 , - , - bgcolor="FFBBBB" , 2009-08-23 , , Loss , , align=left,

, , Shoot Boxing Girls Tournament 2009, , Tokyo, Japan , , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 2:00 , , 1-1 , - , - bgcolor="CCFFCC" , 2009-06-28 , , Win , , align=left, Kanako Oka , , Young Caesar Cup Tokyo 2009 , , Tokyo, Japan , , Decision (Unanimous) , , 4 (Ex.1) , , 2:00 , , 1-0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , colspan=9 , ''Legend'':

References

External links

Official blog

Official blog (old)

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Background

Shoot boxing and kickboxing career

Shoot boxing and kickboxing record

See also

References

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