Hinata Watanabe

Hinata Watanabe
渡辺日菜太
Born August 26, 1986 (1986-08-26) (age 25)[1]
Hiratsuka, Japan
Other names HINATA
Nationality Japanese
Height 1.8161 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[2]
Weight 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)[3]
Division Welterweight
Style Kickboxing
Stance Southpaw
Fighting out of Hiratsuka, Japan
Team Shonan Kakuto Club
Years active 2005-present
Kickboxing record
Total 31
Wins 21
By knockout 6
Losses 10
By knockout 4
last updated on: February 15, 2011

Hinata Watanabe (born August 26, 1986 in Hiratsuka), or HINATA, is a Japanese welterweight kickboxer fighting out of Hiratsuka, Japan for the Shonan Kakuto Club. He is the 2008 R.I.S.E. champion currently competing in R.I.S.E. and K-1 MAX.

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Biography / Career

Hinata made his pro debut with R.I.S.E. at the G-Bazooka Tournament event in 2005 losing in a non-tournament match. Over the next couple of years he had a fairly unspectacular fight record on the local circuit winning nine and losing six between 2005 and 2007. He had his first taste of success in 2008 winning a playoff at R.I.S.E. 46[4] to earn himself a shot at the organizations middleweight title, against a fighter who had defeated Hinata the previous year, at R.I.S.E. 48. This time Hinata would have his revenge, beating Ryuji to win the R.I.S.E. middleweight title -70 kg.[5] As champion he had an additional bonus - qualifying for the following year's K-1 MAX Japan tournament – as R.I.S.E. was a feeder for the larger K-1 organization.

In 2009 Hinata entered the annual K-1 World MAX Japan tournament with the victor having a chance at qualification for the K-1 World MAX final later that year. Hinata caused an upset by defeating the reigning K-1 MAX Japan champion Yasuhiro Kido by decision in the quarter finals. This victory did, however, come at a cost, with the young fighter being unable to continue in the tournament due to a broken nose suffered in the win.[6] His performances at the K-1 MAX Japan lead to him being called up for a super fight at the K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 8 where he lost to The Contender Asia Series 1 fighter Dzhabar Askerov. He made a further appearance for K-1 before the end of the year at the K-1 World MAX 2009 Final in another super fight, this time shocking MAX regular and multiple world champion Mike Zambidis by taking a unanimous victory.Every person who attended this fight said that Hinata should be disqualified in this fight as he clearly kicked Zambidi's testicles 4 times .Of course Japanese judges made another favour in another Japanese fighter and gave him the victory.If this fight was held in another country its definitely sure that Hinata would have been disqualified for the illegal kicks[7]

By now a well known face on the local circuit Hinata re-entered the K-1 World MAX Japan 2010 where he caused another upset by defeating 2009 K-1 World MAX semi finalist Yuya Yamamoto in the quarter finals, only to suffer a KO defeat to fellow up and coming fighter Hiroki Nakajima in less than a minute of their semi final bout.[8] This defeat meant that Hinata would miss out on qualification for the MAX final and showed that he still had some work to do. In his very next fight Hinata burst on to the global scene where he upset top five middleweight fighter and heavy favourite Artur Kyshenko with a spectacular crescent kick TKO.[9] The victory meant that Hinata moved up to 12 in the international middleweight division rankings on HeadkickLegend in their October 2010 rankings.[10]

Titles

Professional Kickboxing Record

Kickboxing Record
21 Wins (6 (T)KO's), 10 Losses
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
2011-10-23 Win Baek Min-Cheo REBELS 9 & It's Showtime Japan Tokyo, Japan KO ( Body Kick) 1 1.01 21-10
2011-07-18 Loss Giorgio Petrosyan REBELS 8 & It's Showtime Japan Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 20-10
2011-01-23 Win Woo Yong Choi REBELS-EX: Hinata's Wave Tokyo, Japan KO (Left High Kick) 3 0:15 20-9
2010-11-08 Win Andre "Dida" Amade K-1 World MAX 2010 Final, Super Fight Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 19-9
2010-09-18 Loss Andy Souwer Shoot Boxing "Ishin 4" Tokyo, Japan KO (Choke) 1 0:48 18-9
2010-07-31 Win Artur Kyshenko KRS: "RISE 68" Tokyo, Japan TKO (Left Middle Kick) 3 1:23 18-8
2010-03-27 Loss Hiroki Nakajima K-1 World MAX 2010 Japan, Semi Finals Saitama, Japan KO (Right Hook) 1 0:58 17-8
2010-03-27 Win Yuya Yamamoto K-1 World MAX 2010 Japan, Quarter Finals Saitama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 17-7
2010-01-24 Win Doo Suk Oh R.I.S.E. 61 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 16-7
2009-10-26 Win Mike Zambidis K-1 World MAX 2009 Final, Super Fight Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 15-7
2009-07-13 Loss Dzhabar Askerov K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 8, Super Fight Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 14-7
2009-02-23 Win Yasuhiro Kido K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 14-6
Despite victory has to withdraw from tournament due to injury.
2008-11-30 Win Hayato R.I.S.E. 51 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 13-6
2008-07-04 Win Ryuji R.I.S.E. 48 - The King Of Gladiators '08 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 12-6
Wins R.I.S.E. middleweight title -70 kg and qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan.
2008-07-04 Win Yasuhito Shirasu R.I.S.E. 46 - The King Of Gladiators '08 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 11-6
Qualifies for R.I.S.E. middleweight title fight.
2008-02-22 Win Hideki Mizutani R.I.S.E. -γ- "ROC" Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 10-6
2007-12-16 Loss Ryuji R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive tournament '07, Semi Finals Japan KO (Right Hook) 2 1:40 9-6
2007-12-16 Win R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive tournament '07, Quarter Finals Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 9-5
2007-10-28 Win Mikoto R.I.S.E. Last Survival '07 Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 8-5
2007-09-? Win Rajadamnern Stadium Bangkok, Thailand KO 7-5
2007-07-22 Loss Crazy884 R.I.S.E. 38 Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 6-5
2007-04-29 Win Hideya Tanaka R.I.S.E. 35 Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 6-4
2007-02-11 Loss Masakazu Watanabe J-Network "J-Fight 14" tournament, 1st Round Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 5-4
2006-12-17 Win Hiroyuki Owatarti R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive tournament '06, Opening Fight Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 5-3
2006-10-29 Loss Naoki Tashima R.I.S.E. 30 Japan KO (Straight Left) 1 0:38 4-3
2006-09-01 Loss Koji J-Network "Mach Go! Go!" Strongest Tournament, 1st Round Japan Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 4-2
2006-05-28 Win Wataru Hutoshi R.I.S.E. 26 Japan KO (Punch) 3 2:17 4-1
2006-04-16 Win NIIZUMAX! J-Network "J-Fight 9" Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 3-1
2006-01-04 Win A.J.K.F. "New Years Festival" '06, Opening Fight Japan KO 1 1:23 2-1
2005-09-18 Win Motoe Takahashi Nozomi Trial League 3 Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 1-1
2005-06-19 Loss Hideaki Yoshikawa R.I.S.E. G-Bazooka Tournament '05, Opening Fight Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 0-1

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

References

  1. ^ ""K-1 OFFICIAL WEBSITE". K-1 Official Website. http://www.k-1.co.jp/en/fighter/player.php?index=hinata. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
  2. ^ ""K-1 OFFICIAL WEBSITE". K-1 Official Website. http://www.k-1.co.jp/en/fighter/player.php?index=hinata. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
  3. ^ ""K-1 OFFICIAL WEBSITE". K-1 Official Website. http://www.k-1.co.jp/en/fighter/player.php?index=hinata. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
  4. ^ ""3A-LIFE presents R.I.S.E.46 ～THE KING OF GLADIATORs'08～ (In Japanese)"". www.rise-kgs.com. http://www.rise-kgs.com/result/0511_result.html. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  5. ^ ""3A-LIFE presents R.I.S.E.48 ～THE KING OF GLADIATORs'08～ (In Japanese)"". www.rise-kgs.com. http://www.rise-kgs.com/result/0704_result.html. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  6. ^ ""Report K-1 World Max 2009 Japan"". www.fansofk1.com. http://www.fansofk1.com/article?aID=1886. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
  7. ^ ""FieLDS K-1 WORLD MAX 2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT -FINAL (Report)"". K-1 Official Website. http://www.k-1.co.jp/en/event/2009/1026_max/index.html. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  8. ^ ""Shocker in Japan: Nagashima wins K-1 MAX Tournament!"". www.headkicklegend.com. http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/3/27/1392756/shocker-in-japan-nagashima-wins-k. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
  9. ^ ""RISE Result Shocker: Hinata Defeats Kyshenko"". www.headkicklegend.co.. http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/7/31/1598208/rise-result-shocker-hinata-defeats. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
  10. ^ ""October Rankings: Middleweight Division"". www.headkicklegend.com. http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/10/7/1737126/october-rankings-middleweight-division. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 

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