Taiga Kawabe

Taiga
BornTaiga Kawabe (河部 大雅)
(1996-08-14) August 14, 1996 (age 28)
Aikawa, Kanagawa Prefecture
Other namesHypernova
NationalityJapanese
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60.0 kg (132.3 lb; 9.45 st)
DivisionBantamweight
Super Bantamweight
StyleKickboxing, Karate
StanceSouthpaw
Fighting out ofJapan
TeamTRY HARD GYM (2012-2020, 2022-)
Team Dragon (2021)
Years active2012 - present
Kickboxing record
Total45
Wins30
By knockout6
Losses13
By knockout6
Draws2
Other information
Notable relativesHiroya (elder brother)

Taiga Kawabe is a Japanese kickboxer, currently signed with RISE, where he is the current RISE Super Featherweight (-60kg) champion. He is the former Krush Super Bantamweight and K-1 Super Featherweight champion, as well as a two-time K-1 Grand Prix runner-up.[1]

Taiga is the younger brother of Hiroya, who inspired him along with the two time K-1 Max World Champion Masato to start practicing Karate in his childhood, becoming a Black Belt at the fifth grade.[2]

He was ranked as a top ten bantamweight in the world by Combat Press between April 2018 and January 2019.[3][4]

  1. ^ "大雅 /タイガ/Taiga". k-1.co.jp. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. ^ "格闘家イケメンファイル Vol.35 ハイパーノヴァ 大雅（たいが）". tokyoheadline.com. 2015-10-26. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. ^ Tatum, Rob. "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: April 2018". combatpress.com. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. ^ Aittama, Zach. "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: January 2019". combatpress.com. Retrieved 26 March 2021.