Yuichiro Nagashima
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is a Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 kickboxer
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....

, and a Cosplay
Cosplay
, short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction...

er, fighting out of Nishinomiya, Hyogo
Nishinomiya, Hyogo
is a city located in Hyōgo, Japan, between the cities of Ōsaka and Kōbe. On April 1, 2005, the city of Nishinomiya celebrated its 80th anniversary. It is best known as the home of Kōshien Stadium, where the Hanshin Tigers baseball team plays home games and where Japan's annual high school baseball...

, currently competing at K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

. His rank is black belt of 2nd dan of Nippon Kempo
Nippon Kempo
Nippon Kempo or Nihon Kempo is a Japanese martial art that engages in full-contact bouts using a full range of techniques wearing specially developed protective gear...

.

Early life

Yuichiro Nagashima was born in 1984 in the city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo
Nishinomiya, Hyogo
is a city located in Hyōgo, Japan, between the cities of Ōsaka and Kōbe. On April 1, 2005, the city of Nishinomiya celebrated its 80th anniversary. It is best known as the home of Kōshien Stadium, where the Hanshin Tigers baseball team plays home games and where Japan's annual high school baseball...

. He started learning Judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

 when he was an elementary school. He continued training Judo until the graduation of junior high school. He decided to be a professional fighter when he was at the 3rd year of junior high school because he watched Andy Hug
Andy Hug
Andy Hug was a Swiss Seidokaikan and Kyokushin karateka and kickboxer from Wohlen. Hug was the K-1 World Grand Prix 1996 champion and runner up in 1997 and 1998.-Biography and career:...

 on television. Moreover, Nagashima swore to entertain the audience. During his high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 life, he practiced 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...

, but he attended training only once or twice a week.

Debut

Nagashima joined the team of Nippon Kempo
Nippon Kempo
Nippon Kempo or Nihon Kempo is a Japanese martial art that engages in full-contact bouts using a full range of techniques wearing specially developed protective gear...

 and started training seriously when he was matriculated in University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences
University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences
is a private university in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan, established in 1988.-External links:*...

. In addition, Nagashima started participating professional mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 bouts. He also started cosplay
Cosplay
, short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction...

ing anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 characters during his entrance to the ring.

Since 2007, Nagashima shifted his workplace to kickboxing
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....

, and he became known as "Otaku
Otaku
is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga or video games.- Etymology :Otaku is derived from a Japanese term for another's house or family , which is also used as an honorific second-person pronoun...

 kickboxer" because of his entrance show before the bouts. He won ten consecutive victories, and won the vacant title of NJKF at Super welterweight on December 9, 2008. This was the first time for NJKF that the kickboxer who is not the member of NJKF wins the title of NJKF (Sakigake juku is not member of NJKF).

On January 25, 2009, he was chosen and awarded 2008 Outstanding Performance Award by NJKF, and also given 3 more awards certified combat sports medias.

K-1

After winning the title, Nagashima was offered by K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

. He participated K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan Tournament  on February 23, 2009, and he knocked out Hayato
Hayato (kickboxer)
HAYATØ is a Japanese former welterweight kickboxer. He was the UKF World Super Welterweight champion and competed in K-1 MAX between 2001 and 2009.- Biography and career :...

 at 2R at the quarterfinal, but he was beaten by Yuya Yamamoto
Yuya Yamamoto
Yuya Yamamoto is a Japanese kickboxer competing in K-1 at middleweight . He is the former Japanese national champion of kickboxing sanctioned by All Japan Kickboxing Federation at welterweight.-Amateur era:...

 and lost by TKO because of being cut at the semifinal.

After the Japanese tournament, Nagashima was offered to fight against Albert Kraus
Albert Kraus
Albert “The Hurricane” Kraus is a Dutch welterweight kickboxer. He was the first K-1 World MAX 2002 champion and has also held four separate world titles in kickboxing and Muay Thai...

 from Netherlands
Netherlands
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 on April 21. They engaged in a heated war of words before the bout where Kraus said "he seems to be a gay". The fight ended in Nagashima losing by knockout in round one. On October 26, Nagashima was offered to fight against Xu Yan
Xu Yan (kickboxer)
Xu Yan is a Chinese kickboxer who competes in the welterweight division.-Biography and career:Xu made his debut in the K-1 promotion in March 2009 at K-1 Award & MAX Korea 2009 and was knocked out by Se Ki Kim in the second round...

 from China
China
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. Although he trained at Masato's
Masato (kickboxer)
Masato Kobayashi is a Japanese former welterweight kickboxer. He was the world champion of ISKA at Welterweight under Oriental rules, and he is the winner of K-1 WORLD MAX World tournament in 2003 and 2008...

 gym, he was knocked out at round one. In December, he was awarded the 2009 Walkout of the Year by Inside MMA of HDNet
HDNet
HDNet is a men's interest television channel in the United States, broadcasting exclusively in high-definition format and available via cable and satellite television...

.

On March 27, 2010, Nagashima participated to K-1 World Max 2010 Japan tournament. He won the tournament with 3 consecutive knock outs. Although he wanted to defend his NJKF title after this tournament, he returned his title as on the 1st of April because he was going to participate the world tournament and it was hard to arrange his schedule for defending title.

On December 31, 2010, Nagashima took part in a "mixed rules" bout against Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...

 expert Shinya Aoki
Shinya Aoki
is a Japanese mixed martial artist, grappler, and former police trainee who is noted for being the DREAM Lightweight Champion and former Shooto Middleweight Champion. Aoki holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Yuki Nakai, as well as a black belt in judo. He is one of the most prominent...

 at Dynamite!! 2010
Dynamite!! 2010
Dynamite!! 2010 was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event and the latest in the annual New Year's Eve event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group that took place on December 31, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event included bouts that encompass the DREAM, K-1 and...

, the annual New Year's Eve fight festival. One round was to be held under kickboxing rules and the other under mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 rules. A coin toss decided that the kickboxing round was to commense first. Aoki took advantage of the fact that he only had to survive through a single three-minute round of kickboxing and thus threw pointless attacks like flying dropkicks and rolling heel kicks while holding onto the ring ropes in order to run the clock down. As the second round began, and Aoki now in his element under MMA rules, he dropped immediately for a double-leg takedown, while Nagashima launched a flying knee square into Aoki's jaw. The blow instantly knocked out Aoki, after which Nagashima followed up with a number of hammerfists on the supine Aoki. The referee stepped in and stopped the fight four seconds into the period. He was at the UFC 137
UFC 137
UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 29, 2011 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Background:...

 press conference and was welcomed to fight in the UFC.

Titles

  • Professional
    • 2010 K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg Japan Tournament winner
    • 2008 The 1st New Japan Kickboxing Federation Super welterweight champion
    • 2008 MARS Blaster bout tournament A block winner
    • 2006 RR Lightweight tournament winner

  • Amateur
    • The 7th West Japan Students Kempo
      Nippon Kempo
      Nippon Kempo or Nihon Kempo is a Japanese martial art that engages in full-contact bouts using a full range of techniques wearing specially developed protective gear...

       Personal Championship 4th place (June 18, 2006 / West Japan Students Kempo Federation)
    • The 8th Kakuto Karate championship winner(Yuseikai)
    • The 61st National Sports Festival
      National Sports Festival of Japan
      is the national premier sports event of Japan. The abbreviated name is Kokutai . The 65th National Sports Festival of Japan was held in October 2010 in Chiba Prefecture.- Emperor's Cup and Empress Cup Champions :...

       Nippon Kempo
      Nippon Kempo
      Nippon Kempo or Nihon Kempo is a Japanese martial art that engages in full-contact bouts using a full range of techniques wearing specially developed protective gear...

       Adult men Runner Up(October 8, 2006 / Japan Sports Association, MEXT, Hyogo Prefecture
      Hyogo Prefecture
      is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...

      )

Awards

  • 2008 Outstanding Performance Award (NJKF, January 25, 2009)
  • 2008 Kakutogi Tsushin Award (NJKF, January 25, 2009)
  • 2008 Fullcontact KARATE Award (NJKF, January 25, 2009)
  • 2008 BoutReview Award (NJKF, January 25, 2009)
  • 2009 Walkout of the Year (Inside MMA of HDNet
    HDNet
    HDNet is a men's interest television channel in the United States, broadcasting exclusively in high-definition format and available via cable and satellite television...

    , December 2009)

Fight record

Professional Kickboxing record
Professional MMA record
Amateur MMA record

Mixed martial arts exhibition record

Win 1–0 Shinya Aoki
Shinya Aoki
is a Japanese mixed martial artist, grappler, and former police trainee who is noted for being the DREAM Lightweight Champion and former Shooto Middleweight Champion. Aoki holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Yuki Nakai, as well as a black belt in judo. He is one of the most prominent...

KO (Knee) Dynamite!! 2010
Dynamite!! 2010
Dynamite!! 2010 was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event and the latest in the annual New Year's Eve event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group that took place on December 31, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event included bouts that encompass the DREAM, K-1 and...

2 0:04 Chūō-ku
Chuo-ku
Chūō-ku is a common ward name in many large Japanese cities. It can be translated to mean "central district."This is a list of Chūō-ku in cities in Japan.* Chūō-ku, Sapporo* Chūō-ku, Saitama* Chūō-ku, Chiba* Chūō, Tokyo...

, Saitama City, Japan
Japan
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Legend:

Characters cosplayed at the public events

Date (Y/M/D) Name Title Event
2007-10-13 Haruhi Suzumiya
Haruhi Suzumiya
is the general name for a series of light novels written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito which were subsequently adapted into other media. The story follows the title character Haruhi Suzumiya, a high school girl who can unconsciously change reality, and her strange antics with her...

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya MARS
2008-06-08 Haruhi Suzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya NJKF
2009-10-26 Haruhi Suzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final
2007-12-09 Mikuru Asahina
Mikuru Asahina
is a fictional character from the Haruhi Suzumiya light novel series. She is the fourth member to make an appearance, and is also the only character other than Kyon to be brought into the SOS Brigade against her will. She is defined by Kyon to be extremely cute, and often finds herself in...

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya MARS
2008-02-11 Konata Izumi Lucky Star MARS
2008-09-27 Rena Ryūgū Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
, known simply as When They Cry for the North American release of the anime adaptation, is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft sound novel series produced by 07th Expansion. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and are playable on Microsoft Windows PCs...

NJKF
2008-11-09 Miku Hatsune Vocaloid
Vocaloid
is a singing synthesizer application, with its signal processing part developed through a joint research project between the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain and Japan's Yamaha Corporation, who backed the development financially—and later developed the software into the commercial product...

NJKF
2008-12-22 Takakazu Abe Kuso Miso Technique
Kuso Miso Technique
is a one-shot bara manga by first published in a manga supplement of the gay magazine Barazoku in 1987. The short manga is a famous meme on the internet , largely considered the representative work of Yamakawa and responsible for the revived popularity in his works.-Plot:Masaki Michishita, a...

DEEP
2009-01-14 Vita Yagami
Vita (Nanoha)
is a character in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's, voiced by Asami Sanada. She appears in neither the previous series Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha nor the later story Triangle Heart, but she does appear in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS. Vita is one of the Wolkenritter, a creation of the Book...

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
is a thirteen episode sequel to Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, a magical girl alternate universe spinoff of the Triangle Heart series of games and OVAs. A third series, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, was released in 2007...

K-1 Draw
2009-01-25 Index Toaru Majutsu no Index NJKF 2008 Award Ceremony
2009-02-22 Ai Enma Hell Girl K-1 Press Conference
2009-02-23 Ranka Lee Macross Frontier
Macross Frontier
is a Japanese animated science fiction space drama that aired in Japan on MBS from April 3, 2008 to September 25, 2008. It is the most recent Japanese anime television series set in the Macross universe. Animated by Satelight, premiered Japan on MBS on April 3, 2008...

K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan Tournament
2009-04-04 Ranka Lee Macross Frontier
Macross Frontier
is a Japanese animated science fiction space drama that aired in Japan on MBS from April 3, 2008 to September 25, 2008. It is the most recent Japanese anime television series set in the Macross universe. Animated by Satelight, premiered Japan on MBS on April 3, 2008...

All Star Thanksgiving Festival
2009-04-04 Komugi Nakahara Nurse Witch Komugi
Nurse Witch Komugi
is an original video animation anime series co-produced by Tatsunoko Production and Kyoto Animation. The series lasted for five episodes ,all of which were released on DVD in North America by ADV Films...

All Star Thanksgiving Festival
2009-04-08 Shana Shakugan no Shana
Shakugan no Shana
, also known simply as Shana, is a Japanese light novel series written by Yashichiro Takahashi, with illustrations by Noizi Ito. The series includes 25 novels released between November 2002 and October 2011 published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint...

Public training
2009-04-20 Haruko Momoi
Haruko Momoi
is a Japanese voice actress and singer/songwriter. She was born in Tokyo, Japan and is affectionately referred to as 'Halko' by her fans, a nickname she gave herself which is inspired by HAL 9000, the onboard computer of the Discovery in 2001: A Space Odyssey....

(Real person) K-1 Press Conference
2009-04-21 Nogizaka Haruka Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
is a Japanese light novel series by Yūsaku Igarashi, with illustrations by Shaa. The series originally started serialization in volume thirty of MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp on June 18, 2004. One more chapter was published until the first bound novel of the series was...

K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final 16
2009-06-11 Alicia Florence ARIA
ARIA (manga)
is a utopian science fantasy manga by Kozue Amano. The series was originally titled when it was published by Enix in the magazine Monthly Stencil, being retitled when it moved to Mag Garden's magazine Comic Blade. Aqua was serialized in Stencil from 2001 to 2002 and collected in two tankōbon volumes...

DEEP KICK Press Conference
2009-07-05 Kamina Gurren Lagann DEEP KICK
2009-09-15 Suigintou Rozen Maiden
Rozen Maiden
is a manga series created by Peach-Pit. The story centers on Jun Sakurada, a young hikikomori boy that forms a bond with Shinku, a living doll of the "Rozen Maiden" series, who was created by the mysterious dollmaker Rozen hundreds of years ago...

K-1 Press Conference
2010-02-19 Hitagi Senjōgahara Bakemonogatari
Bakemonogatari
is a Japanese popular light novel series written by Japanese novelist Nisio Isin and illustrated by Taiwanese illustrator Vofan; the series is published by Kodansha under the Kodansha Box imprint...

K-1 Draw
2010-03-26 Kurimu Sakurano Seitokai no Ichizon
Seitokai no Ichizon
is a collection of Japanese light novels by Sekina Aoi, with illustrations by Kira Inugami. The series started with the release of the first volume on January 19, 2008, published by Fujimi Shobo under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko label. Originally the series was called , but was later changed to the...

K-1 Press Conference
2010-03-27 Reimu Hakurei Touhou Project
Touhou Project
The , also known as Toho Project or Project Shrine Maiden, is a Japanese dōjin game series focused on bullet hell shooters made by the one-man developer Team Shanghai Alice, whose sole member, known as ZUN, is responsible for all the graphics, music, and programming for the most part...

K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg Japan Tournament Quarterfinal
2010-03-27 Eirin Yagokoro Touhou Project K-1 Semifinal
2010-03-27 Marisa Kirisame Touhou Project K-1 Final
2010-03-28 Marisa Kirisame Touhou Project K-1 Press Conference
2010-07-05 Sachiel Neon Genesis Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion
, commonly referred to as Evangelion, is a commercially and critically successful Japanese anime series that began airing in October 1995. The series was highly influential, and launched the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. It garnered several major animation awards...

K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg Tournament Final 16 -63kg Japan Tournament Final
2010-10-04 Saber Fate/stay night
Fate/stay night
is a Japanese visual novel developed by Type-Moon, which was originally released as an adult game for the PC. An all-ages version of Fate/stay night, titled Fate/stay night Réalta Nua, was released for the PlayStation 2 on April 19, 2007, and features the Japanese voice actors from the anime series...

K-1 World MAX Final 8 Draw
2010-12-31 Kokoro Akechi Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
is a media franchise owned by the Japanese trading card game company Bushiroad. It consists of an Internet radio drama, released in December 2009; an anime adaptation by J.C.Staff, the first season of which aired between October 7, 2010 and December 23, 2010; a manga adaptation serialized in Comp...

Dynamite!! 2010
Dynamite!! 2010
Dynamite!! 2010 was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event and the latest in the annual New Year's Eve event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group that took place on December 31, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event included bouts that encompass the DREAM, K-1 and...

2011-09-25 Shirai Kuroko To Aru Kagaku no Railgun K-1 World MAX 2011 -70kg Japan Tournament Final

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