Keiji Ozaki

Keiji Ozaki
尾崎圭司
Born Ozaki Keiji
April 24, 1980 (1980-04-24) (age 31)
Kanagawa, Japan
Other names Tornado Star
Taekwondo Dragon
Nationality Japanese
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Division Lightweight
Welterweight
Style Taekwondo
Fighting out of Tokyo, Japan
Team Team Dragon
Trainer Kensaku Maeda
Rank      2nd dan black belt in Taekwondo
Years active 2003-present
Kickboxing record
Total 36
Wins 22
By knockout 7
Losses 13
By knockout 2
Draws 1
No contests 0
Other information
Occupation Professional kickboxer
Taekwondo instructor
University Kanagawa University
Website http://ozaki-dojo.com/
Ozaki's strict style is Full contact Taekwondo.
last updated on: October 22, 2011

Keiji Ozaki (尾崎圭司 Ozaki Keiji?) is a Japanese taekwondo practitioner and a kickboxer, born on April 24, 1980. He won the tournament of R.I.S.E. at welterweight in 2006. As a martial artist, he practises the full-contact version of taekwondo, and has competed in numerous competitions of such calibre. His rank is black belt of 2nd dan certified by Japan Taekwondo Association.

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Biography

Youth

Keiji Ozaki was born on April 24, 1980 in the prefecture of Kanagawa, Japan. He spend his young age in USA, in Murrysville, PA until the halfway of high school. After coming to a Japanese high school, he started practicing finswimming. He participated Japanese national championship of swimming for 5 different disciplines in 1999, and he won the 5 gold medal at 5 disciplines. After graduation of high school, he entered Kanagawa University and he joined its taekwondo team.

Taekwondo era

In 2000, he won the gold medal of Japanese national championship for undergraduates in full contact taekwondo at open weight. In 2002 and 2003, he won the national championships for adults.

Professional kickboxing

In March 2000, he joined Team Dragon and started practicing kickboxing. On September 28 2003, he debuted on R.I.S.E., one of the kickboxing promoting and sanctioning body, as a professional kickboxer. He fought against Tomoaki Suehiro, and won by unanimous decision.

On December 17 2006, he participated "R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive tournament '06", and he won the tournament.

K-1

Ozaki was offered by K-1, and he participated K-1 to prove the strength of taekwondo.

Titles

Kickboxing record

Professional Kickboxing record
21 Wins (7 (T)KO's, 14 decisions), 14 Losses (2 (T)KO's, 12 decisions), 1 Draw
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
2011-10-22 Loss Roman Mailov W5 Grand Prix K.O. Moscow, Russia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 21-14-1
2011-08-14 Loss Thomas Adamandopoulos Krush.11 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 21-13-1
Fight was for I.S.K.A. World Kickboxing title (-62.300 kg).
2010-12-12 Win Toshiki Taniyama Krush First Generation King Tournaments ~Round.1~ Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 21-12-1
2010-10-29 Win Hiroki Namai Krush EX "Road to the Championship" Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan KO (Spinning Backfist) 2 20-12-1
2010-07-05 Loss Yuta Kubo K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament, Quarter Final Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 19-12-1
2010-05-02 Win Kosuke Komiyama K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament Final 16 1st round Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Split) 3 3:00 19-11-1
Qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament.
2010-03-13 Win Yoshi Good Loser "Krush x Survivor" Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 18-11-1
2009-11-22 Loss Kan Itabashi R.I.S.E. "R.I.S.E. 60" Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan KO (Punches) 2 2:29 17-11-1
The bout was for Itabashi's title of R.I.S.E. 60kg class championship.
2009-08-14 Loss Genki Yamamoto Krush "Krush Lightweight GP 2009 -Opening Round.2-" Round of 16 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 17-10-1
2009-05-31 Loss Yan Xu The Challenger Macau, China Decision (Uunanimous) 3 3:00 17-9-1
2009-02-23 Loss Yasuhito Shirasu K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan Tournament Reserve match Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 17-8-1
2008-11-08 Loss Su Hwan Lee AJKF "Krush! -Kickboxing Destruction-" Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Split) 4 (Ex.1) 3:00 17-7-1
2008-08-31 Win Kwang-Sik John J-Network "Team Dragon Quest 2" Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan KO (Right low kick) 3 1:25 17-6-1
2008-02-02 Loss Yasuhiro Kido K-1 World MAX 2008 Japan Tournament Quarterfinal Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 16-6-1
2007-10-25 Loss Yuya Yamamoto AJKF "Roman Kick Return Kickboxer of the best 60 Tournament Final Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 16-5-1
2007-06-28 Draw Wing-Heung Pak K-1 World MAX 2007 World Tournament Final Elimination Opening fight Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan Decision draw) 3 3:00 16-4-1
2007-04-04 Loss Ian Schaffa K-1 World MAX 2007 World Elite Showcase Super fight Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 16-4
2007-02-05 Loss Yoshihiro Sato K-1 World MAX 2007 Japan Tournament Semifinal Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 16-3
2007-02-05 Win Hiroki Shishido K-1 World MAX 2007 Japan Tournament Quarterfinal Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 16-2
2006-12-17 Win Naoki Samukawa R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive Tournament '06 Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 15-2
Wins title of R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive Tournament '06 championship.
2006-12-17 Win Yuuki R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive Tournament '06 Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan KO 2 1:58 14-2
2006-12-17 Win Hideki Mizutani R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive Tournament '06 Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 13-2
2006-11-03 Win Kenji Kanai Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2006 Opening match Sumida, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 12-2
2006-06-25 Loss Nobumitsu Sudo R.I.S.E. Flash to Crush Tournament '06 Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan KO (Punches) 2 1:28 11-2
2006-05-17 Ex Shingo Garyu J-Network "Go! Go! J-Net '06 ~Invading the Dragon" Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan No Decision 1 3:00
2006-02-09 Win Hiroshi Sekimoto Shoot Boxing 2006 Neo Orthros Series 1st Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 11-1
2005-12-18 Win Hiroshi Mizumachi R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive Tournament '05 Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan KO (Spinning back kick) 2 1:33 10-1
2005-10-30 Win Crazy884 R.I.S.E. XIX Ōta, Tokyo, Japan KO (Right hook) 1 2:03 9-1
2005-09-25 Win Taiga Yamaguchi Shoot Boxing 20th Anniversary Series 4th Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 8-1
2005-07-31 Win Yuuki R.I.S.E. XVII Ōta, Tokyo, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 0:34 7-1
2005-05-29 Win Yuji Kitano R.I.S.E. XVI Ōta, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Split) 3 3:00 6-1
2005-01-30 Win Takayoshi Kitayama R.I.S.E. XII Minato, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 5-1
2004-11-28 Win Taisho Future Fighter IKUSA -Sora- Gangstarz Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan TKO (Punches) 3 0:42 4-1
2004-07-04 Win Shannon Forrester R.I.S.E. The Low Of The Ring -Japan vs. World- Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 3-1
2004-04-29 Loss Keiichi Samukawa R.I.S.E. VII Ōta, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Split) 4(Ex.1) 3:00 2-1
2003-12-23 Win Masaki Shimamura R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive Tournament Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2-0
2003-09-28 Win Tomoaki Suehiro R.I.S.E. Fourth Ōta, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 1-0

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