Yoshihiro Sato
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| Yoshihiro Sato 佐藤嘉洋 |
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| Full name | 佐藤嘉洋 | ||
| Nickname | Yoshi-HERO | ||
| Nationality |  Japan |
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| Date of birth | January 25, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Aichi,Japan | ||
| Fighting out of | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (160.9 lb/11.5 st) | ||
| Style | Muay Thai | ||
| Team | FULLCAST Nagoya JK Factory |
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| Years active | 10 (1998-present) | ||
| Kickboxing record | |||
| Total | 45 | ||
| Wins | 36 | ||
| By knockout | 15 | ||
| Losses | 9 | ||
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Yoshihiro Sato (Japanese: 佐藤嘉洋; born January 25, 1981) is a professional Japanese kickboxer and martial artist competing in K-1 MAX. He is former Welterweight Muay Thai World champion and two time 2006, 2007 K-1 World MAX Japan champion.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Amateur era
In 1981, he was born in Aichi,Japan. He started learning kickboxing since 1994 when he was in 2nd year of the junior high school. He won the tournament of Glove karate open championship even he was just 16 years years old when he was in 2nd year of the high school. He also won the championship of the next year in 1997.
[edit] Fight as a professional kickboxer
He passed the examination for professional kickboxing of New Japan Kickboxing Federation in 1998.He won his first match by decision December 25, 1998. He changed his weight class from lightweight to welterweight in April 2000. He moved to All Japan Kickboxing Federation from New Japan Kickboxing Federation in June 2001. He won the title of WKA World Muay Thai Welterweight by KO Miran Stevic in Germany on 23 November 2001. It was the first time for him to fight in the oversea.
[edit] Entry to K-1
He beat William Diender (Netherlands) by decision On May 3, 2005. It was the first match in K-1. He lost to Virgil Kalakoda in a K-1 Superfight in the K-1 MAX Finals in what is considered to have been a controversial decision. On October 12, 2005, he defeated Kaoklai Kaennorsing, the only fighter who has fought in both K-1's heavyweight division and in K-1 MAX. On February 4, 2006 he defeated Akeomi Nitta, Ryuki Ueyama and Tatsuji to win the K-1 MAX Japan Grand Prix 2006 tournament. On February 5, 2007 he won the K-1 MAX Japan Grand Prix 2007 tournament. His latest fight was in April of 2007 where he lost to Ducth fighter Andy Souwer by decision.
[edit] Career
- Amateur
- Glove karate open championship winner (1996)
- Glove karate open championship winner (1997)
- Professional
- WKA World Muay Thai Welterweight championship (2001-2005)
- WPKC World Muay Thai Super welterweight champion (2004-2005)
- K-1 MAX Japan Grand Prix Champion (2006)
- K-1 MAX Japan Grand Prix Champion (2007)
[edit] Record
| Date | Outcome | Details | Opponent | Notes |
| December 25, 1998 | Win | Decision 2-0 | Isao Miyamoto | |
| June 4, 1999 | Win | Decision 2-0 | Masato Okawa | |
| August 29, 1999 | Win | KO R2 | Takenori Kato | |
| January 29, 2000 | Win | Decision 3-0 | Tatsuya Morimoto | |
| April 9, 2000 | Win | Decision 3-0 | Ryuji Hatsuda | |
| July 7, 2000 | Win | KO R5 | Yasuyuki Hirokawa | |
| September 24, 2000 | Win | KO R4 | Atsushi Nakamura | |
| November 26, 2000 | Loss | KO R1 | Thanonsak Therrat | |
| February 12, 2001 | Win | Decision 3-0 | Choranthai Kiatchansin | |
| March 20, 2001 | Win | KO R5 | Khondej Shissen | |
| June 17, 2001 | Win | KO R1 | Tomohiro Chiba | |
| August 10, 2001 | Win | KO R3 | Noel Soarez | |
| November 17, 2001 | Win | KO R4 | Milan Stevaik | WKA |
| February 15, 2002 | Win | Decision 3-0 | Hisayuki Kanazawa | |
| April 12, 2002 | Win | Decision 3-0 | Charimsak Ingram | AJKF |
| July 21, 2002 | Win | TKO R2 | Shingo Eguchi | |
| October 17, 2002 | Win | Decision 3-0 | Takahiko Shimizu | |
| November 24, 2002 | Loss | Decision | Fikari Tyarti | |
| April 12, 2003 | Win | KO R2 | Ittiphol Akkarivorn | |
| June 20, 2003 | Win | Decision 3-0 | Chris Van Venrooy | |
| August 17, 2003 | Win | Decision 3-0 | Kaolan Kaochiwit | AJKF/WKA |
| December 6, 2003 | Win | TKO R2 | Shane Chapman | SuperLeague |
| February 28, 2004 | Win | Decision | Asan Benfache | WPKC |
| April 17, 2004 | Loss | TKO Cut R4 | Changpeuk Chor Sriprasert | |
| July 24, 2004 | Win | KO R3 | Peter Crooke | AJKF |
| September 25, 2004 | Win | KO R2 | Dieselok | |
| November 27, 2004 | Win | KO R4 | Ittiphol Akkarivorn | |
| February 6, 2005 | Win | Decision 3-0 | Yuya Yamamoto | AJKF |
| May 3, 2005 | Win | Decision 3-0 | William Diender | K-1 MAX |
| July 20, 2005 | Loss | Decision 1-2 | Virgil Kalakoda | K-1 MAX |
| October 12, 2005 | Win | Decision 2-1 | Kaoklai Kaennorsing | K-1 MAX |
| February 2, 2006 | Win | Decision 3-0 | Akeomi Nitta | K-1 MAX Japan Quarterfinal |
| February 2, 2006 | Win | TKO R1 | Ryuki Ueyama | K-1 MAX Japan Semifinal |
| February 2, 2006 | Win | Decision 3-0 | Tatsuji | K-1 MAX Japan Final |
| April 4, 2006 | Win | Decision 3-0 | Mike Zambidis | K-1 MAX 2006 Eliminations |
| June 30, 2006 | Loss | KO R2 | Buakaw Por Pramuk | K-1 WORLD MAX 2006 Final |
| September 4, 2006 | Loss | Decision 1-2 | Albert Kraus | K-1 MAX |
| February 5, 2007 | Win | Decision | Yasuhito Shirasu | K-1 MAX Japan Quarterfinal |
| February 5, 2007 | Win | Decision | Keiji Ozaki | K-1 MAX Japan Semifinal |
| February 5, 2007 | Win | KO | Tatsuji | K-1 MAX Japan Final |
