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 Nobuo Nashiro. 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 '' K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg Japan Tournament'' where he was knocked out by Yuichiro Nagashima 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 Yoshihiro Sato. 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 Albert Kraus in the quarter-finals and Takafumi Morita in the semis, both by decision, before going on to knock out Yuya Yamamoto 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 Danilo Zanolini 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