Andrews Nakahara is a Japanese-Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and kyokushin

Kyokushin

is a style of stand-up, full contact karate, founded in 1964 by Korean-Japanese karate master, who was born under the name Choi Young-Eui . Kyokushinkai is Japanese for "the society of the ultimate truth". Kyokushin is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline and hard training...

 karateka. He made his MMA pro debut against Kazushi Sakuraba

Kazushi Sakuraba

is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and former professional wrestler. He has competed in pro-wrestling for New Japan Pro Wrestling, UWFi and Kingdom Pro Wrestling. He has fought in MMA competition in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, PRIDE Fighting Championships, K-1 Hero's and Dream...

 at DREAM.2

DREAM.2

Dream.2 Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 1st Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Dream. It took place on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan....

. Andrews and Francisco Filho

Francisco Filho (martial artist)

Francisco "Chiquinho" Filho is a Brazilian former Kyokushin Karateka and kickboxer. He is one of the few karate-ka to have successfully completed the 100 man kumite more than once....

 were recently awarded a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Blue Belt under Magno Almeida

Magno Almeida

Magno Santos Almeida born June 6, 1985) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, He holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He is ranked #3 on the World MMA Lightweight Scouting Report by Bloody Elbow for up and coming fighters.-Early life:...

.

Biography

Nakahara was born in Mogi das Cruzes

Mogi das Cruzes

Mogi das Cruzes is a municipality in the state of São Paulo metropolitan region of the state capital. The population in 2010 according to the Census population is 387,241 inhabitants, resulting in a population density of 533.90 inhabitants per km ²....

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 on March 12, 1983 to Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 parents who arrived in Brazil during the Japanese immigration boom in the early 60's and 70's. Even though his parents are Japanese, Nakahara cannot speak Japanese and was raised only speaking Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

. Nakahara first begun to study Kyokushin kaikan a strong full contact karate

Full contact karate

Full contact karate is a wide term used to differentiate between competition formats of karate where competitors spar full-contact and allow knockout as winning criterion, and those competitions that use light contact/semi contact point sparring where a knockout is regarded as a foul.The term is...

 style developed by Masutatsu Oyama

Masutatsu Oyama

, more commonly known as Mas Oyama, was a karate master who founded Kyokushinkai Karate, considered the first and most influential style of full contact karate. He was born Choi Yeong-eui . A Zainichi Korean, he spent most of his life living in Japan and acquired Japanese citizenship in 1964...

. Nakahara went on to join the International Karate Organization

International Karate Organization

The International Karate Organization was founded by Mas Oyama in Japan. Its purpose is to promote and teach the Kyokushin Way around the globe...

 (IKO) team. Since then he has been successful in many competitions both in Brazil and America including championship fights with rival karatekas Ewerton Teixeira

Ewerton Teixeira

Ewerton Teixeira is a Brazilian Super Heavyweight kyokushin karateka and kickboxer, currently competing in K-1. He obtained his first K-1 title in 2008 at K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka by beating Keijiro Maeda in the final...

 and Eduardo Tanaka.

Titles and accomplishments

• Kyokushin
  • 2007 All American Open Karate Championships IKO-1 (Lost to Ewerton Teixeira
    Ewerton Teixeira
    Ewerton Teixeira is a Brazilian Super Heavyweight kyokushin karateka and kickboxer, currently competing in K-1. He obtained his first K-1 title in 2008 at K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka by beating Keijiro Maeda in the final...
    
    )
  • 2006 All American Open Karate Championships IKO-1 (Defeated Ewerton Teixeira)
  • 2005 All American Open Karate Championships IKO-1 (Lost to Eduardo Tanaka)
  • 2005 3rd Kyokushin World Weight Tournament
  • 2005 South American Open IKO-1
  • 2004 All American Open Karate Championships IKO-1 7th Place
  • 2004 6th South American Karate Tournament (Middleweight)
  • 2004 Brazilian Open IKO-1

Mixed martial arts record

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|Win
|3-2
|  Jun Hee Moon
|Decision (Unanimous)
| K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg World Championship Tournament Final 16 in Seoul
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|align="center"|5:00
|Seoul, South Korea
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|-
|Loss
|2-2
|  Ryo Chonan

Ryo Chonan

is a Japanese mixed martial artist, currently fighting in DEEP where he was the 3rd DEEP middleweight champion. He has previously competed in PRIDE Fighting Championships and the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is noted for being one of two fighters to finish Anderson Silva in an MMA fight at...

| Decision (Unanimous)
| DREAM.13

Dream.13

Dream 13 was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream. The event took place on Monday, March 22, 2010 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. The event aired live in North America on HDNet....

|
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|5:00
|Yokohama, Japan
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|-
|Win
|2-1
|  OyamaShungo Oyama

Shungo Oyama

Shungo Oyama is a Japanese mixed martial artist with a background in judo and sambo.-Early life:He was born in Nasu District in Tochigi Prefecuture, Japan on April 11, 1974 as Toshiyuki Oyama...

| TKO (Punches)
| DREAM.8
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2:00
|Nagoya, Japan
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|-
|Win
|1-1
|  RamosDong Sik Yoon
| TKO (Punches)
| DREAM.6

DREAM.6

Dream 6: Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream on September 23, 2008...

|
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|0:30
|Saitama, Japan
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|-
|Loss
|0-1
|  Kazushi Sakuraba

Kazushi Sakuraba

is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and former professional wrestler. He has competed in pro-wrestling for New Japan Pro Wrestling, UWFi and Kingdom Pro Wrestling. He has fought in MMA competition in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, PRIDE Fighting Championships, K-1 Hero's and Dream...

| Submission (Neck Crank)
| DREAM.2

DREAM.2

Dream.2 Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 1st Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Dream. It took place on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan....

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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|8:20
|Saitama, Japan
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