Tatsuya Tsubakihara | |
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Born | 椿原 龍矢 May 7, 1999 Kadoma, Osaka, Japan |
Other names | The Naniwa Samurai |
Nationality | Japanese |
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] |
Weight | 57.5 kg (127 lb; 9.05 st) |
Style | Kickboxing |
Stance | Orthodox |
Fighting out of | Hirano, Osaka, Japan |
Team | Gesshinkai Team Samurai |
Trainer | Yasuyuki Nakane |
Rank | 3rd Dan Black Belt in Ryukyu Shōrin-ryū Karate[2] |
Years active | 2016–present |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 23 |
Wins | 16 |
By knockout | 3 |
Losses | 6 |
By knockout | 0 |
Draws | 1 |
Tatsuya Tsubakihara (Japanese: 椿原龍矢, Tsubakihara Tatsuya, born May 7, 1997) is a Japanese kickboxer, currently fighting in the featherweight division of K-1. He is the former K-1 featherweight champion, having held the title in 2021.[3]
Tsubakihara achieved standout success as an amateur, as he won the 2017 K-1 Koshien Tournament,[4] Japan's most prestigious amateur kickboxing competition, after finishing as the runner-up in the two previous years.[5][6] He was named the K-1 Rookie of the Year following early professional success and captured the K-1 Featherweight championship three years later.[3] He was subsequently ranked as the second-best -58 kg kickboxer in the world, only behind Tenshin Nasukawa, by Combat Press.[7]
As of April 2023, he is ranked as the fifth best super flyweight (-58 kg) by Combat Press and the fifth best bantamweight (-58 kg) by Beyond Kickboxing.[8][9] He's been ranked in the Combat Press divisional rankings since October 2020 and the Beyond Kickboxing divisional rankings since their inauguration.[10][11]
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