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Taiga Kawabe is a Japanese
kickboxer Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general ...
, fighting out of
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. 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
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, who inspired him along with the two time K-1 Max World Champion
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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
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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 Bantamweight title with a unanimous decision victory over
Shota Takiya is a retired Japanese kickboxer who competed in the super bantamweight divisions of Krush, K-1, RISE and Rizin FF. A professional competitor since 2007, he is a former two-time Krush Super Bantamweight champion. Kickboxing career Early ca ...
.


K-1


Early K-1 career

Taiga made his K-1 debut against
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at the
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event. Taiga lost the fight by a spinning backfist knockout. It was both the first loss and the first knockout loss of his career. Immediately following this loss, Taiga was scheduled to take part in the K-1 Super Bantamweight Grand Prix, to crown the inaugural champion. He defeated Soufiane El Haji by unanimous decision in the quarterfinals and
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by a third-round knockout in the semifinals. In a rematch with
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in the tournament finals, Taiga once again came up short, losing by unanimous decision. At
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, Taiga fought the future Krush Super Featherweight champion
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. Pettas won the fight by a majority decision. Returning to Krush, Taiga bounced back from this losing skid with a second-round knockout of Taishi Hiratsuka.


K-1 Super Featherweight tournament

Taiga took part in the
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. He scored a first-round flying knee knockout of Masahiro Yamamoto in the quarterfinals, and a first-round left-hook knockout of Toshi in the semifinals. Taiga won the tournament with a unanimous decision win against
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. Winning this tournament earned him a place in the
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. He won his quarterfinal bout against
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by TKO, after his opponent retired at the end of the second round. He beat
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by unanimous decision in the semifinals. Taiga fought a rematch with
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in the tournament finals, and lost by TKO, after being knocked down three times inside of the first 90 seconds.


K-1 title reign

After beating Chen Wende at the Wu Lin Feng 2016: WLF x Krush - China vs Japan event, Taiga was given the chance to challenge
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for the K-1 Super Featherweight title. He beat Urabe by unanimous decision. Four months after winning the title, Taiga was scheduled to fight Koji in a non-title bout. He won the fight by unanimous decision. In his last fight with the promotion, Taiga was scheduled to fight
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. Exakoustidis won the fight by a first-round knockout. Moving away from K-1, Taiga participated in the Kunlun Fight 74 61.5kg Tournament, being scheduled to fight
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in the quarterfinals. Qiangbang won the fight by majority decision.


RIZIN

Taiga made his promotional debut with RIZIN against
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at Rizin 13. The fight ended in a draw. Taiga would lose his next two fights to Zhu Xu at Emei Legend 36 by majority decision, and to
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at Rise by unanimous decision. Kawabe was scheduled to fight Thalisson Gomes Ferreira at Rizin 15. Taiga once again lost, after being knocked down three times inside of the second round. His third appearance for RIZIN was at Rizin 17, when he was scheduled to fight Hikaru Machida. Taiga managed to beat Machida by unanimous decision. After his first victory in over two years, Taiga was scheduled to fight the former RISE Lightweight champion
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at Rizin 19. Shiratori won the fight by unanimous decision. The two of them fought an immediate rematch at Rizin 20. Shiratori once again won, this time by TKO, as Taiga was unable to continue after the second round due to a cut. Taiga was next scheduled to fight the reigning RISE Lightweight champion
Kento Haraguchi Haraguchi Kento (原口健飛, born 9 April 1998) is a Japanese kickboxer and former boxer, currently competing in the super lightweight division of RISE. He is the current ISKA Oriental Rules World Light Welterweight (-65kg) champion, the forme ...
at Rizin 23. Taiga lost the fight by a first-round knockout. Following these three losses, Taiga was scheduled to fight Yuma Yamahata at Rizin 25. He snapped the second losing streak of his career with a unanimous decision victory over Yamahata. Taiga was next scheduled to fight Kanta Motoyama at Rizin 27. He dominated throughout the three rounds and won a unanimous decision.


RISE

Taiga was scheduled to fight
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at RISE WORLD SERIES 2021 on July 18, 2021. He lost the fight by majority decision. Taiga was scheduled to face Genji Umeno at RISE World Series 2021 Osaka 2 on November 14, 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Taiga was booked to face Ryo Takahashi at Rizin 34 – Osaka on March 20, 2022. The bout was ruled a majority decision draw. Taiga faced Soichiro Arata at Rizin 36 – Okinawa on July 2, 2022. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the fight 30–24 in his favor, as he had knocked Arata down in every round of the bout. Taiga faced Shota Okudeira in a super featherweight (-60 kg) bout at RISE World Series 2022 on October 15, 2022. The fight was ruled a split decision draw after the first three rounds, with one scorecard of 30–28 for Okudeira and one scorecard of 30–29 for Taiga, while the third judge had it as an even 30–30 draw. Taiga was awarded a unanimous decision following an extra fourth round.


Titles and accomplishments

* K-1 ** 2017 K-1 -60kg World Champion ** 2016
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Runner-Up ** 2016 K-1 -60kg Japan Tournament Champion ** 2015 K-1 World GP -55kg Championship Tournament Runner-Up *
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** 2014 Krush Super Bantamweight Champion ** 2013 Krush Youth GP -55kg Tournament Champion Awards *eFight.jp **Fighter of the Month (April 2016)


Fight record

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K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament The year 2016 is the 24th year in the history of the K-1. 2016 starts with K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament. List of events K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament ''K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament'' was a kickboxing event ...
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Koya Urabe is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. He is the inaugural and former two time K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament Champion. As of December 2020, he is the #10 ranked Super Bantamweight according to Combat Press, first e ...
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Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
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Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
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K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan Tournament The year 2016 is the 24th year in the history of the K-1. 2016 starts with K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament. List of events K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament ''K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament'' was a kickboxing even ...
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Leona Pettas is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the super featherweight division of K-1, where he is the Super Featherweight champion. He took the family name of his first trainer Karateka Nicholas Pettas. Pettas is the 2022 K-1 Super Featherw ...
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K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship The year 2015 is the 23rd year in the history of the K-1. 2015 starts with K-1 China vs. USA, and ends with K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship. List of events K-1 China vs. USA K-1 China vs. USA was a kickboxing event held on January 1, 20 ...
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K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg Championship Tournament The year 2015 is the 23rd year in the history of the K-1. 2015 starts with K-1 China vs. USA, and ends with K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship. List of events K-1 China vs. USA K-1 China vs. USA was a kickboxing event held on January 1, 20 ...
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Nobuchika Terado Nobuchika Terado (born September 9, 1980) is a retired Japanese kickboxer. He was the 2009 AJKF and RISE Bantamweight champion, the 2011 ISKA Bantamweight and 2012 Super Bantamweight champion, as well as the 2016 Krush Super Bantamweight champ ...
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K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg Championship Tournament The year 2015 is the 23rd year in the history of the K-1. 2015 starts with K-1 China vs. USA, and ends with K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship. List of events K-1 China vs. USA K-1 China vs. USA was a kickboxing event held on January 1, 20 ...
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Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
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K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg Championship Tournament The year 2015 is the 23rd year in the history of the K-1. 2015 starts with K-1 China vs. USA, and ends with K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship. List of events K-1 China vs. USA K-1 China vs. USA was a kickboxing event held on January 1, 20 ...
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K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament ''K-1 World GP 2014 –65 kg Championship Tournament'' was a kickboxing event held on November 3, 2014, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Background This event featured 8-Man tournament for the inaugural K-1 -65kg Champions ...
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Shota Takiya is a retired Japanese kickboxer who competed in the super bantamweight divisions of Krush, K-1, RISE and Rizin FF. A professional competitor since 2007, he is a former two-time Krush Super Bantamweight champion. Kickboxing career Early ca ...
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Nagoya, Japan is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...
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Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
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Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
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Namito Izawa Namito Izawa is a Japanese kickboxer. Titles and accomplishments Professional * 2016 Hero Legends -57kg Champion * 2014 Hero Legends -57kg World Tournament Champion Amateur * 2009 K-3 Grand Prix Lightweight Champion * 2008 K-3 Grand Prix L ...
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Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
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Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
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Rasta Kido Rasta Kido known as Rasta (良星) is a Japanese kickboxer. A professional competitor since 2013, Kido is the former BigBang Super Bantamweight titlist and one-time RISE Bantamweight title challenger. He is a highly considered Flyweight fighter ...
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Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
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Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
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See also

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List of male kickboxers This is a list of notable male professional kickboxers. A * Donegi Abena * Lukas Achterberg * Thomas Adamandopoulos * Serhiy Adamchuk * Romie Adanza * Armando González * Benjamin Adegbuyi * Israel Adesanya * Peter Aerts * Ryo Aitaka * Vi ...


References

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