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Chihiro Suzuki (fighter)
is a Japanese kickboxer and mixed martial artist currently competing in KNOCK OUT and in the Rizin Fighting Federation. He is the current KNOCK OUT Black Super Lightweight champion. As of April 2023, he is ranked as the ninth best super featherweight kickboxer in the world by Beyond Kick. Mixed martial arts career Pancrase Suzuki made his professional mixed martial arts debut against Katsuyuki Hironaka at Pancrase 284 on February 5, 2017. He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout and amassed a 2–2 record during the following year, before being placed in the Pancrase Flyweight Neo Blood tournament. Suzuki faced Kento Mizutani in the tournament quarterfinals at Pancrase 294 on March 11, 2018. He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout. Suzuki faced Satoru Enomoto in the tournament semifinals at Pancrase 297 on July 1, 2018. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Suzuki captured the tournament title with a unanimous decision victory over Kohei Sugiyama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitaka, Tokyo
file:井之頭恩賜公園 (16016034730).jpg, 260px, Inokashira Park in Mitaka is a Cities of Japan, city in the Western Tokyo region of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 190,403, and a population density of 12,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Mitaka is located on the Kantō region, Kantō Plain, just outside the 23 special wards of Tokyo Metropolis, which are on its eastern borders. The Tamagawa Aqueduct canal, which runs alongside Mitaka station, has an important place in history, built in 1653 to feed the local metropolitan area, metropolis. It is also the place where novelist Osamu Dazai died by suicide in 1948. The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan is located in Mitaka. Surrounding municipalities Tokyo Metropolis *Chōfu, Tokyo, Chōfu *Koganei, Tokyo, Koganei *Musashino, Tokyo, Musashino *Setagaya, Tokyo, Setagaya *Suginami, Tokyo, Suginami Climate Mitaka has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bellator MMA Champions
Bellator MMA (formerly known as "Bellator Fighting Championships") was an American mixed martial arts promotion, and the following is a history of its champions in each weight class. At the time of its inception in 2008, CEO Bjorn Rebney founded Bellator Fighting Championships as a tournament based organization. The inaugural champion for each weight class was determined by the winner of an eight-man tournament. All subsequent title challengers were required to first win an eight-man tournament in a specific weight class in order to earn the right to challenge that division's reigning champion. Dethroned champions were required to re-enter the tournaments in order to attempt to regain their title. Under Bjorn Rebney's sole leadership, Bellator MMA would strictly adhere to these rules during the first four years of its operation. The first changes to this format would begin to appear not long after Viacom (2005–2019), Viacom, Inc. purchased a controlling stake in the organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoot Boxing
, commonly written as Shootboxing, is a combat sport. Shoot boxing is also a stand-up fighting promotion company based in Tokyo, Japan. The organization was founded by former kickboxer Caesar Takeshi in 1985. Shootboxing, the combat sport, is a mixture of its two parent combat styles of shoot wrestling and kickboxing, allowing for kicks, punches, knees, elbows, throws, and standing submissions (chokeholds, armlocks and wristlocks). History Shoot boxing was created in August 1985 by former kickboxer Caesar Takeshi. The first Shootboxing event took place on September 1, 1985. Some mixed martial artists such as Hayato Sakurai began their careers in Shootboxing. Shootboxing has also drawn fighters who became famous in other promotions such as Jens Pulver. Many K-1 World MAX stars also either debuted in Shootboxing or have fought for Shootboxing in the past, including Andy Souwer, Albert Kraus, and Buakaw Banchamek. Rules Shootboxing rules are as follows: Match f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Yoza
is a Japanese karateka, professional kickboxer and the current K-1 Lightweight champion. As of 3 April 2023, Yoza is ranked the #1 super-bantamweight kickboxer in the world by Combat Press. As of April 2023, Yoza is ranked the #1 featherweight kickboxer in the world by Beyond Kickboxing. Professional career Early career Career beginnings Yoza made his professional kickboxing debut against Masahiro Kojika at Japanese Kickboxing Innovation Join Forces 12 on March 31, 2019. He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout, after knocking Kojika down three times by the 2:38 minute mark. Yoza faced Tatsuro Fukui at Japanese Kickboxing Innovation Join Forces 13 on May 19, 2019. He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout. The ringside physician was called in at the very end of the round, due to a cut on Fukui's face, who advised the referee to stop the fight. Yoza made his promotional debut with REBELS against Yoshiki at REBELS 61 on June 9, 2019. He won the fight by spl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of K-1 Champions
This is the list of all K-1 champions. Included are the K-1 World Grand Prix and K-1 World MAX champions as well as all the preliminary tournament winners from the events promoted by FEG (1993– 2012), K-1 Global (2012–2023), and K-1 (2014–present), following the former's dissolution. The list does not contain K-1's mixed martial arts branch Hero's and DREAM champions. K-1 World Championship * K-1 FEG (2007 - 2012) K-1 Super Heavyweight Championship ::''Weight limit: Unlimited'' K-1 Heavyweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' * K-1 WORLD GP JAPAN (2014 - present) K-1 World GP Heavyweight Championship ::''Weight limit: Unlimited'' K-1 World GP Cruiserweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 World GP Middleweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 World GP Super Welterweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 World GP Welterweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 World GP Super Lightweight Championship ::''Weight limit: '' K-1 World GP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyokushin
is a style of karate originating in Japan. It is a full-contact style of stand-up fighting and is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline, and hard training. Kyokushin Kaikan is the martial arts organization founded in 1964 by Korean-Japanese , officially the International Karate Organization. Previously, this institution was known as the Oyama Dojo. Since 1964, the style has continued to spread to more than 120 countries, becoming one of the largest martial arts organizations in the world, and in Japan itself. History Founding Initially, Masutatsu Oyama opened his first official dōjō – the Oyama Dojo – in 1953, in a small building behind Rikkyo University to teach Goju-ryu style of traditional Karate. Subsequently, Oyama's Karate theory would deviate from Goju-ryu and would form his own style. His instruction was distinguished by goals improving the strength in the actual battle by performing a kumite that directly hits the opponen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring Prefectures of Japan, prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents . Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in Western Tokyo, its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ota City General Gymnasium
Ota City General Gymnasium is an arena in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea .... It is the home arena of the Earthfriends Tokyo Z of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league. Gallery Image:Ota city general gymnasium arena.JPG, Main Arena Image:Ota City General Gymnasium.png, Satellite view Image:Ota City Gymnasium 1.jpg, Image:Ota City Gymnasium 3.jpg, Image:Ota City Gymnasium 2.jpg, Image:Ota City Gymnasium 4.jpg, References {{coord, 35, 33, 52.2, N, 139, 43, 40.3, E, region:JP_type:landmark, display=title Basketball venues in Japan Earthfriends Tokyo Z Indoor arenas in Japan Sports venues in Tokyo Shinagawa City Basketball Club Buildings and structures in Ōta, Tokyo Sports venues completed in 2012 2012 establishmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
REBELS (kickboxing)
is a defunct martial arts entertainment planning and promotion brand, which was established in 2010 and merged into Knock Out in 2021. History Rebels was established by the former two-weight Martial Arts Japan kickboxing champion Genki Yamaguchi on December 1, 2009, with the aim of popularizing the sport of muay thai in Japan. The inaugural event was held jointly by M-1 Challenge and Cross-Point on January 29, 2010, and was headline by a lightweight bout between Arashi Fujihara and TOMONORI. Starting with the third event, Rebels-EX, Cross Point broke their partnership with M-1 and remained as the sole promoter and organizer of the events. On June 11, 2011, Rebels announced a partnership with the Dutch-based It's Showtime, which allowed cross-promotion and mutual exchange of fighters under contract. The first joint event was held on July 18, 2011, under the name “Stand up JAPAN!” REBELS × IT'S SHOWTIME 〜 REBELS.8 〜 and was headlined by a -61 kg title eliminator between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otoko Matsuri
Otoko may refer to: *Ōtoko River, New Zealand river *Otoko, New Zealand Otoko is a small settlement west of Te Karaka in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island. State Highway 2 runs through Otoko on its way from Ōpōtiki to Gisborne. History Artist Peter Williams farmed in the area in the 1960s. Th ..., New Zealand settlement * Otoko, Nigeria See also * {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikuru Asakura
is a Japanese mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight (MMA), featherweight division of Rizin Fighting Federation. He also competed for Road Fighting Championship, Fighting Network Rings and Deep (mixed martial arts), DEEP. He is a former Fighting Network Rings 143-pound and 154-pound champion. Along with his mixed martial arts career, he is also a popular YouTuber in Japan. He is the older brother of Kai Asakura. Early life Mikuru started his interest in martial arts training karate in elementary school, however he also played volleyball for three years. Mikuru, along with his brother Kai Asakura, were involved in numerous Street fighting, street fights in their childhood, even fighting each other. As they got older, a therapist suggested to their mother to enroll them into boxing classes. While studying at the Aichi Prefectural Toyohashi Technical High School, the Asakura brothers went to Zen Dokai Toyohashi Dojo, where they were first in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 In Rizin Fighting Federation
The year 2024 was the tenth year in the history of the Rizin Fighting Federation, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. List of events Title fights Rizin Landmark 8 ''Rizin Landmark 8'' was a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on February 24, 2024, at the Saga Arena in Saga, Japan. Background The event marked the organization's first visit to Saga Prefecture. A lightweight bout between Luiz Gustavo and Yoshinori Horie headlined the event. A featherweight bout between former champion Vugar Karamov and former Rebel FC Featherweight champion Kazumasa Majima was expected to take place at the event. However, Karamov withdrew from the bout due to his inability to travel to Japan and was replaced by Masakazu Imanari. A lightweight bout between former Shooto Pacific Rim Lightweight champion Yusuke Yachi and former HEAT Lightweight champion Kim Kyung-pyo was expected to take place at the event. However Kim withdrew from the bout due to knee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
