Yuji Nashiro (名城裕司) (born September 13, 1983) is a Japanese

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who competes in the

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division.

Biography and career

Nashiro was born in

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and is the brother of world champion boxer

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. He began his martial arts career in

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, in which he was the Japanese and Asian champion in the middleweight division. He was also the amateur

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champion of Japan. He made his professional

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debut in 2006 and won his first three fights by knockout before taking a break from the sport for almost three years. He returned at the ''

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'' where he was knocked out by

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in the quarter-finals. Following this, he went on to compete in the Krush promotion where he won his first two fights before losing to

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. He returned to the Japan MAX Tournament at '' K-1 World MAX 2011 -70kg Japan Tournament Final'' where he caused an upset by winning the tournament. He defeated 2002 World MAX champion

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in the quarter-finals and Takafumi Morita in the semis, both by decision, before going on to knock out

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in the first round of the final. On February 25, 2012, he defeated Yukihiko Komiya via majority decision at ''Big Bang 8'' in

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. Nashiro moved down in weight to compete in the ''Krush Grand Prix 2013 ~67kg First Class Tournament~'' on January 14, 2012, facing Abdallah Ezbiri at the quarter-finals. He came in overweight on his first two attempts and lost by unanimous decision. He challenged

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for his HEAT Middleweight (-70 kg/154 lb) Championship at ''HEAT 27'' in Kobe, Japan on July 28, 2013, losing by unanimous decision.Round Extra – Danilo Zanolini vence japonês Yuji Nashiro no HEAT – Saulo Cavalari é campeão brasileiro do WGP Kickboxing – Grupo musical Tihuana se apresenta em treino aberto do UFC
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Titles

* All Japan Kyokushin Open Middle Weight Class Knockdown Karate Champion 2002 * Middle Asian Kyokushin Middle Weight Class Knockdown Karate Champion 2003 * K-2 Gloved Karate Kansai Tournament Champion 2006 * All Japan Glove Karate Competition Champion 2006 * WMFJ Japanese Amateur Muay Thai Champion * All Japan Glove Karate Tournament Champion * 2011 K-1 -70kg Japan Tournament Champion

Kickboxing record

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References

External links

K-1 Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nashiro, Yuji 1983 births Living people Japanese male kickboxers Welterweight kickboxers Japanese male karateka Kyokushin kaikan practitioners People from Nara, Nara