Hideaki Yamazaki

Hideaki Yamazaki
Born山崎 秀晃
(1987-02-05) February 5, 1987 (age 37)
Kyoto, Japan
Other namesGolden Fist
NationalityJapanese
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65.0 kg (143.3 lb; 10.24 st)
DivisionFeatherweight
StyleShotokan Karate, Kickboxing
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofJapan
TeamTeam Dragon / KREST
Rank  Black belt in Shotokan Karate
Years active2009 - present
Kickboxing record
Total45
Wins34
By knockout19
Losses10
By knockout4
Draws1
Other information
Websiteh-yamazaki.com

Hideaki Yamazaki ( 山崎 秀晃, born February 5, 1987) is a Japanese Shotokan kickboxer, currently competing in the super lightweight division of K-1. A professional competitor since 2009, Yamazaki is the former Krush Lightweight and Krush Super Lightweight champion, as well as the former K-1 Super Lightweight champion. He also won the Krush -63 kg WILDRUSH League in 2012.[1]

As of February 2021, he is the #3 ranked featherweight according to Combat Press.[2] He's been ranked as a top ten featherweight since October 2020.[3] He was previously ranked in the featherweight top ten by Combat Press between April 2016[4] and May 2018.[5] He was ranked in the featherweight top ten by LiverKick.com.[6]

  1. ^ "Fighter Profile: Hideaki Yamazaki". Krush Kickboxing. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  2. ^ Aittama, Zach. "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: February 2021". combatpress.com. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: October 2020". combatpress.com. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: April 2016". combatpress.com. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: May 2018". combatpress.com. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  6. ^ "LiverKick Rankings Updated on 3/12/2018". liverkick.com. 12 March 2018.