Takeru Segawa

The native form of this personal name is Segawa Takeru. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Takeru Segawa
Takeru following the 2015 Rizin NYE event
Born世川 武尊
(1991-07-29) July 29, 1991 (age 33)
Yonago, Japan
Other namesNatural Born Crusher
Takeru Kaewsamrit
NationalityJapanese
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
DivisionBantamweight
StyleKarate, Kickboxing
Fighting out ofSagamihara, Japan
TeamTeam VASILEUS (2022-)
K-1 Gym KREST (2017 - 2022)[2]
Team Dragon (2010-2016)
TrainerMasakazu Watanabe
Kensaku Maeda (former)
Rank  Black belt in Shin Karate
Years active2008 - present
Kickboxing record
Total48
Wins44
By knockout26
Losses4
By knockout1
Other information
Websitehttps://takeru-official.net/
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2020 - present
Genrevlog
Subscribers271 thousand[3]
Total views38.96 million[3]
100,000 subscribers2020
Last updated: 14 Jul 2022

Takeru Segawa (世川 武尊, Segawa Takeru) is a Japanese kickboxer currently competing in the Flyweight divisions of ONE Championship. He is the former K-1 Super Featherweight champion, K-1 Featherweight champion and K-1 Super Bantamweight champion. He is the only three weight champion in K-1 history.[4] Takeru is considered by many to be a generational talent and one of the greatest kickboxers in the modern history of the sport, alongside his compatriot Tenshin Nasukawa.[5][6][7] He is currently ranked #2 in the ONE Flyweight Kickboxing rankings.

A professional competitor since 2008, Segawa became the K-1 Super Bantamweight champion when he defeated Taiga Kawabe in the finals of the 2015 K-1 Super Bantamweight Grand Prix, on April 19, 2015.[8] He became the K-1 Featherweight champion when he defeated Kaito Ozawa in the finals of the 2016 K-1 Featherweight Grand Prix, on November 3, 2016,[9] thus becoming the first two-weight champion in K-1 history.[10] He further became the K-1 Super Featherweight champion after defeating Kosuke Komiyama in the finals of the 2018 K-1 Super Featherweight Grand Prix, on March 21, 2018,[11] thus becoming the first and only three weight champion in K-1 history.[12]

Segawa was ranked as a top ten pound for pound kickboxer by Combat Press from June 2015 until October 2022,[13][14] when he took an extended break to heal a number of injuries,[15] and was ranked as the best pound for pound kickboxer from June 2019 until July 2022.[16][17] Combat Press ranked him as the best flyweight and later the best bantamweight in their divisional rankings as well.[18][19][20][21]

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  2. ^ "K-1GYM SAGAMI-ONOK-1ジム相模大野店について". k-1gym.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b "About 武尊 / TAKERU". YouTube.
  4. ^ "武尊 /タケル/Takeru". k-1.co.jp. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Rizin 26: Tenshin Nasukawa sets up Takeru Segawa dream fight – 'let's make martial arts exciting together'". scmp.com. January 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  6. ^ "【インタビュー】29歳武尊が語る"過去最高の自分"「魔裟斗さんは一番強い時に引退した。そういう感覚に近い」". number.bunshun.jp. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  7. ^ "武尊：生不逢時的K-1王者". hk01.com. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference K-1 SB title was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference K-1 FW title was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference First two title was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference K-1 SF title was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference First three title was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: October 2015". combatpress.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  14. ^ Aittama, Zach. "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: October 2022". combatpress.com. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference Injuries was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: June 2019". combatpress.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  17. ^ Aittama, Zach. "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: July 2022". combatpress.com. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  18. ^ "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: April 2018". combatpress.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  19. ^ "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: April 2019". combatpress.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  20. ^ "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: May 2019". combatpress.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  21. ^ "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: August 2020". combatpress.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.