Koya Urabe | |
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Born | Chiba Prefecture, Japan | June 7, 1990
Other names | Untouchable |
Nationality | Japanese |
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 62.5 kg (138 lb; 9.84 st) |
Style | Ashihara Karate, Kickboxing |
Stance | Southpaw |
Fighting out of | Tokyo, Japan |
Team | Nishiyama Dojo (2009) Team Dragon (2009-2016) K-1 Gym KREST (2017-present) |
Trainer | Masakazu Watanabe Kensaku Maeda |
Rank | Black belt in Ashihara Karate |
Years active | 2009—2024 |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 64 |
Wins | 52 |
By knockout | 13 |
Losses | 12 |
By knockout | 3 |
Other information | |
Notable relatives | Hirotaka Urabe (brother) Yu Takahashi (sister-in-law) Maryjun Takahashi (sister-in-law) Yuji Takahashi (brother-in-law) Jui Takajo (sister-in-law) Aki Takajo (sister-in-law) |
Koya Urabe (卜部功也, Urabe Kōya) is a retired Japanese kickboxer, who competed professionally in the super featherweight and lightweight divisions of K-1. He is the former K-1 Lightweight champion, the former K-1 Super Featherweight champion and a two-time K-1 World Super Featherweight Grand Prix winner.
Urabe was ranked as a top ten super bantamweight kickboxer in the world by Combat Press between September 2020 and April 2023,[1][2] as well as a top ten bantamweight by between April 2018 and August 2020.[3][4]