is a Japanese

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er, retired

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, known for his career in

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Biography

Yuichiro Nagashima was born in 1984 in the city of

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. He started learning

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when he was an elementary school. He continued training Judo until the graduation of

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. During his

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life, he practiced

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, but he attended training only once or twice a week. He first intended to become a

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, but was deemed too short, so he decided to be a fighter instead.

Mixed martial arts

Nagashima joined the team of

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and started training seriously when he was matriculated in University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences. In addition, Nagashima started participating professional

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bouts. He also started

ing

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characters during his entrance to the ring.

Kickboxing

In 2007, Nagashima shifted his focus to

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and has gone on to become known as the "

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Kickboxer" due to his love of anime and cosplay entrances before bouts. He won ten consecutive victories to start his career, fighting for

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, Mars and New Japan Kickboxing Federation. On November 9, 2008, he defeated Teruaki Furukawa for the vacant NJKF

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title; this marked the first time a kickboxer from a non-NJKF affiliated gym had won an NJKF title. On January 25, 2009, he was chosen and awarded 2008 Outstanding Performance Award by NJKF, and also given 3 more awards certified combat sports medias.

K-1

After winning the title, Nagashima was offered by

. He participated K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan Tournament on February 23, 2009, and he knocked out Hayato at 2R at the quarterfinal, but he was beaten by Yuya Yamamoto and lost by TKO because of being cut at the semifinal. After the Japanese tournament, Nagashima was offered to fight against

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from

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on April 21. They engaged in a heated war of words before the bout where Kraus said "he seems to be a gay". The fight ended in Nagashima losing by knockout in round one. On October 26, Nagashima was offered to fight against Xu Yan from

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. Although he trained at Masato's gym, he was knocked out at round one. In December, he was awarded the 2009 Walkout of the Year by ''Inside MMA'' of

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. On March 27, 2010, Nagashima participated to K-1 World Max 2010 Japan tournament. He won the tournament with 3 consecutive knock outs. Although he wanted to defend his NJKF title after this tournament, he returned his title as on 1 April because he was going to participate the world tournament and it was hard to arrange his schedule for defending title. On December 31, 2010, Nagashima took part in a "mixed rules" bout against

and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert

Shinya Aoki is a Japanese mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and grappler competing in ONE Championship's Welterweight division. He also competes in DDT Pro-Wrestling where he is a former three-time DDT Extreme Champion. A professional competit ...

Dynamite!! 2010 ''Dynamite!! 2010'' was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event in the annual New Year's Eve event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group that took place on December 31, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event includ ...

, the annual New Year's Eve fight festival. One round was to be held under Kickboxing rules and the other under

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rules. A

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decided that the Kickboxing round was to commence first. Aoki took advantage of the fact that he only had to survive through a single three-minute round of Kickboxing and thus threw pointless attacks like flying dropkicks and rolling heel kicks while holding onto the ring ropes in order to run the clock down. As the second round began, and Aoki now in his element under MMA rules, he dropped immediately for a Double Leg Takedown, while Nagashima launched a Flying Knee square into Aoki's jaw. The blow instantly

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Aoki, after which Nagashima followed up with a number of hammerfists on the supine Aoki. The referee stepped in and stopped the fight four seconds into the period. He faced

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at ''REBELS 13'' in Tokyo on October 28, 2012 with a place at the '' Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2012'' on the line. He lost via unanimous decision (30-29, 30-29, 29-28). He lost a one-sided unanimous decision to

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at '' Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam'' in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2012 after being dropped in round one. He lost to

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by unanimous decision at ''Hoost Cup: Kings'' in Nagoya, Japan on June 16, 2013. Nagashima stopped a three-fight skid when he beat

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by unanimous decision at ''Shoot Boxing Battle Summit Ground Zero Tokyo 2013'' in Tokyo, Japan on November 15, 2013.

Professional wrestling

On March 6, 2011, Nagashima appeared in the

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promotion

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to challenge fellow rookie Daichi Hashimoto, who was scheduled to face

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, and said that he had also made his debut in wrestling and soon would be Daichi's rival. Nagashima began training in the Zero1 dojo under

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, who was also Hashimoto's trainer. Although Daichi was the original target to Yuichiro, veteran wrestler

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offered to wrestle Nagashima first, so Yuichiro had his debut on May 5 at the Korakuen Hall against him, with th Otaku Kickboxer winning the bout. The match was highly praised and some said that Yuichiro's skill was such that he seemed to have years of experience. Later, on June 14, Yuichiro had his first match against Daichi, teaming with former yokozuna and K-1 fighter Akebono to defeat Hashimoto & Otani. Two months after, Nagashima teamed up with Hashimoto and Otani to defeat

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, Kamikaze &

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. After their last meeting, Nagashima announced his intention to face Masahiro Chono, who had wrestled against Hashimoto. Chono agreed and the match was held in

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, with Nagashima in the losing side. Thereafter, Yuichiro began competing actively for IGF, achieving significant victories over

and

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. Upon his return to Zero1, Nagashima came in a feud with

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, being defeated by Fujita in a singles match. This was his final match of the year, as Nagashima returned to kickboxing shortly after. In 2013, Nagashima made a return to pro wrestling in IGF, beating Black Tiger in two consecutive matches.

Lethwei

In February 2020, Nagashima made his debut in

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rules against Burmese Aut Chin Thwai. Nagashima lost after he injured his leg at the third round. He entered the match wearing the first anime

he wore in his career, that of

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from the eponymous franchise, and suggested this was his last fight.

Retirement

On September 23, 2021, Nahashima was scheduled to face Shohei Asahara, Yasuomi Soda and Yusaku Nakamura in his retirement exhibition match at DEEP☆KICK 55. As in the previous occasion, he came to the match wearing a significant cosplay, the same Miku Hatsune costume he wore in his K-1 championship in November 2008, and thanked the fans for their support in his 14 years career.

Titles

*Professional ** 2010 K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg Japan Tournament winner ** 2008 The 1st New Japan Kickboxing Federation

champion ** 2008 MARS Blaster bout tournament A block winner ** 2006 RR Lightweight tournament winner * Amateur ** 2006 Kempo 7th West Japan Championship 4th place ** Kakuto Yuseikai Karate 8th championship winner ** 2006

61st National Sports Festival Runner Upのじぎく兵庫国体デモスポ行事日本拳法試合結果
www.japan-sports.or.jp Retrieved 2010-04-04.(Japanese)

Awards

* 2008 Outstanding Performance Award (NJKF, January 25, 2009) * 2008 Kakutogi Tsushin Award (NJKF, January 25, 2009) * 2008 Fullcontact KARATE Award (NJKF, January 25, 2009) * 2008 BoutReview Award (NJKF, January 25, 2009) * 2009 Walkout of the Year (''Inside MMA'' of

, December 2009)

Lethwei record

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Mixed martial arts record

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, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 3-1 , Yusuke Kagiyama , KO (Punches) , Real Rhythm: 4th Stage , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:45 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 2-1 , Tsuneo Kimura , TKO (Punches) , Double R: 3rd Stage , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:41 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 1-1 , Tsuyoshi Ono , TKO (Punches) , Double R: 3rd Stage , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:37 ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 0-1 , Satoru Takadaya , Submission (Armbar) , Powergate 2: War Cry Of Soul , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:59 ,

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Mixed rules record

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Lumpinee Boxing Stadium Lumpinee Boxing Stadium () is a arena, sporting arena in Bangkok, Thailand. Opened more than a decade later than Rajadamnern Stadium, Lumpinee is run by the Royal Thai Army. It has become the symbol of modern Muay Thai. Only Rajadamnern Stadiu ...

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Katsunori Kikuno is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He was the former DEEP Lightweight Champion. Background Kikuno started his martial arts training with judo when he was in high school, and was able to take third place in the Kyushu 66 kg tournament and ...

, TKO (Punches) , Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:34 , Saitama City, Saitama, Japan , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 ,

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''Legend'':

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagashima, Yuichiro 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Nishinomiya Martial artists from Hyōgo Prefecture Japanese male kickboxers Japanese male mixed martial artists Cosplayers Japanese male professional wrestlers Japanese male karateka Kunlun Fight kickboxers Japanese Lethwei practitioners Mixed martial artists utilizing Nippon Kempo Mixed martial artists utilizing karate Mixed martial artists utilizing shootboxing