Tetsuya Yamato

Tetsuya Yamato 大和 哲也
Born	Iwashita Tetsuya 岩下 哲也 (1987-12-10) December 10, 1987 Chita, Aichi, Japan
Native name	大和 哲也
Other names	Strong-armed painter
Nationality	Japanese
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st)
Division	Lightweight (-63KG MAX)
Style	Kickboxing
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Team	Yamato Kickboxing Gym
Years active	6 (2005 -present)
Kickboxing record
Total	41
Wins	30
By knockout	22
Losses	10
By knockout	3
Draws	1
Other information
Occupation	House painter and decorator
Website	http://ameblo.jp/yamato-tetsuya/
last updated on: September 20, 2013

Tetsuya Yamato (大和 哲也, Yamato Tetsuya, born December 10, 1987) is a Japanese lightweight kickboxer and house painter and decorator. He won the Japanese national K-1 tournament as a Lightweight in 2010.

Biography

Debut

Tetsuya Yamato was born in Chita, Aichi, Japan on December 10, 1987 as Tetsuya Iwashita. After graduating from high school he started working in construction, and became a painter to coat buildings with coloured acrylic resin.

On July 31, 2005, he made his debut as a professional kickboxer in the R.I.S.E. organization, and he knocked out Eiji Ogawa in the 1st round with left low kick.^{[citation needed]} After this bout he became a member of NJKF and started fighting under the NJKF banner. His second fight was on September 24 against Takuya Minekawa, in which he won by TKO.^{[citation needed]}

On January 15, 2006, Yamato was chosen and awarded the 2005 Rookie Award by NJKF .^[1]

Winning national titles

After Yamato's career of 3 years with NJKF, he was asked to compete for the vacant NJKF Lightweight title in 2008, and he fought against Hiromi Nakayama in the Semi-final. He won by a TKO in the 4th round because of a cut by an elbow strike.^{[citation needed]} On July 27, 2008, he fought against Hanawa in the final for the title, and he knocked out Hanawa in the 1st round with a left hook.^{[citation needed]}

On January 25, 2009, Yamato was chosen and awarded 2008 MVP by NJKF, and also awarded GBR^[2] award^[3] because he won the NJKF title, and he had 3 bouts on NJKF and won 3 times with 2 knockouts in 2008.

In the middle of 2009, he was asked to participate in the "WBC Muaythai Rule Japanese unified Championship Decision Tournament" as a lightweight as NJKF, MAJKF^[4] and JPMC^[5] announced that they were going to establish the unified championships sanctioned by WBC Muaythai.

On September 23, he fought against Kazuya Oe in the semi-final, and he knocked him out with body shot in the 2nd round.^{[citation needed]} In the tournament final on December 4, he fought against Yūdai Kono for the vacant first Japanese title of WBC, and he won by a TKO with cut as the bout was stopped by a doctor in the 4th round.^{[citation needed]} For this bout, he won his second national title.^{[citation needed]}

On January 24, 2010, he was awarded the 2009 Outstanding Performance Award by NJKF^[6] as he had 7 bouts with 6 wins 6 Knock outs and 1 loss.

On March 14, 2010, Yamato fought against Saenchai Sor Kingstar from Thailand in Los Angeles, USA to challenge the vacant world lightweight title sanctioned by Muay Thai Association of America (MTAA). He was knocked out by left high kick at 1R.^{[citation needed]}

Wins K-1 tournament

In 2010, Yamato was offered by K-1 for K-1 Japanese national tournament at lightweight. On May 2, he fought against Masahiro Yamamoto, and although he was expected to lose, he won by unanimous decision in the extra round. On July 5, he won the Japanese national tournament of K-1 at Lightweight(-63 kg).

On December 9, 2011, Yamato fought Ryuji Kajiwara for the Krush -63 kg Championship but lost via unanimous decision.^[7]

Yamato knocked out former Lumpinee Stadium champion Densiam Lookprabaht in the first round on February 18, 2012.^[8]

He was scheduled to face Leo Monteiro for the vacant WBC Muaythai International Super Lightweight Championship on September 22, 2012 at NJKF's Kick to the Future 6 in Tokyo, Japan. Monteiro was replaced by Paul Karpowicz, however. Yamato defeated Karpowicz via unanimous decision (49-48, 49-48, 50-48) to win the title.^[9]

He challenged Sagetdao Petpayathai for the WBC super lightweight world title at M-One: Reborn in Highland, California, USA on May 16, 2013 and lost via TKO due to a cut in round four.^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

He defeated Kevin Ross by split decision at Lion Fight 11 in Las Vegas on September 20, 2013.^[15][16][17]

Titles

• 2012 WBC Muaythai International Super Lightweight Championship
• 2010 K-1 WORLD MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament champion
• 2009 WBC Muay Thai Japanese Lightweight champion
• 2009 WMC Intercontinental Lightweight champion
• 2008 New Japan Kickboxing Federation (NJKF) Lightweight champion

Awards

• 2009 Outstanding Performance Award (NJKF, January 24, 2010)
• 2008 MVP (NJKF, January 25, 2009)
• 2008 GBR Award (gbring.com, January 25, 2009)
• 2005 Rookie Award (NJKF, January 15, 2006)

Kickboxing record

Professional kickboxing record

30 Wins (22 (T) KO's, 8 decisions), 10 Losses, 1 Draw Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record 2013-09-20 Win Kevin Ross Lion Fight 11 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (split) 5 3:00 30-10-1 2013-05-16 Loss Sagetdao Petpayathai M-One: Reborn Highland, California, USA TKO (cut) 4 1:38 29-10-1 For WBC World Super Lightweight title. 2012-09-22 Win Paul Karpowicz NJKF: Kick to the Future 6 Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 29-9-1 2012-02-18 Win Densiam Lukprabaht NJKF: Kick to the Future 1 Tokyo, Japan KO (Punches) 1 2:28 26-9-1 2011-12-09 Loss Ryuji Kajiwara Krush.14 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 25-9-1 For Krush -63kg Championship. 2011-10-03 Loss Jomthong Chuwattana WBC Japan Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 25-8-1 2011-08-14 Win Coke Chunhawat M-1 Grand Muay Thai Championship Los Angeles, California, USA TKO (Cut) 3 2:24 25-7-1 2011-06-25 Loss Koya Urabe K-1 World MAX 2011 -63kg Japan Tournament Final, Semi final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 24-7-1 2011-06-25 Win Hiroya K-1 World MAX 2011 -63kg Japan Tournament Final, Quarter final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 24-6-1 2011-05-21 Win Makoto Nishiyama New Japan Blood 3 Tokyo, Japan TKO (Ref stop/three knockdowns) 2 1:30 23-6-1 2010-12-31 Draw Akiyo Nishiura [[Dynamite!! 2010]] || Saitama, Japan || Decision (Majority Draw) || 3 || 5:00 ||22-6-1 2010-09-20 Loss Kōya Urabe GoodLoser "Krush.10" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 22-6 2010-07-05 Win Yūta Kubo K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament Final, Final Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan KO (Left hook) 3 1:26 22-5 Wins K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament. 2010-07-05 Win Kizaemon Saiga K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament Final, Semi-final Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan KO (Left hook) 2 2:13 21-5 2010-07-05 Win Yūki Taguchi K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament Final, Quarter-final Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan KO (Left hook) 1 3:03 20-5 2010-05-02 Win Masahiro Yamamoto K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament Final 16 Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 4(Ex.1) 3:00 19-5 2010-03-14 Loss Saenchai Sor Kingstar World Champion Muay Thai Extravaganza El Monte, California, USA KO (Left high kick) 1 2:13 18-5 The bout was for the vacant MTAA World Lightweight (135lbs) title. 2009-12-23 Win Ratchayothin Wild Shīsā Yamato gym 40th & Nagoya JK Factory 20th Anniversary: "The Origin Of Kick Boxing" Nagoya, Aichi, Japan KO (Left body shot) 3 1:05 18-4 2009-12-04 Win Yūdai Kōno MAJKF "Break Through-14" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan TKO (Doctor stop/cut) 4 2:22 17-4 Wins the vacant first WBC Muaythai Japanese Lightweight title. 2009-10-12 Loss Densiam Lookprabath NJKF "MuayThai Open 9" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 16-4 2009-09-23 Win Kazuya Ōe NJKF "Road To Real King 11" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan KO 2 2:15 16-3 2009-07-19 Win Kaensak Sor Ploenjit Ultimate Warriors Anaheim, California, USA KO (Left body shot) 5 2:59 15-3 Wins Kaensak's WMC International Lightweight title. 2009-07-05 Win Maki Lansayam Nagoyakick "Summer Fes.09 Freedom" Nagoya, Aichi, Japan TKO (Cut) 2 2:30 14-3 2009-04-12 Win Sohta MAJKF "Break Though-10" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan KO (Right cross) 1 2:32 13-3 2008-12-23 Win Pathiban S Kobayashi Nagoyakick " DrumRoll Please!!" || Nagoya, Aichi, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00 ||12-3 2008-11-09 Win Yasutaku NJKF "Start Of New Legend XIII" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan TKO (Doctor stoppage/Cut) 3 1:51 11-3 2008-07-27 Win Hanawa NJKF "Start Of New Legend IX" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan KO (Left hook) 1 0:42 10-3 Wins vacant NJKF Lightweight title. 2008-03-08 Win Hiromi Nakayama NJKF "Start Of New Legend II" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan TKO (Referee stoppage/Cut) 4 1:16 9-3 2007-11-23 Loss Khunsuk Weerasakreck NJKF "Fighting Evolution XIII" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan KO (Right cross) 2 2:46 8-3 2007-09-02 Win Ikki NJKF "Fighting Evolution X" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan KO (Right cross) 5 2:59 8-2 2007-07-01 Win Ganba Kuroda NJKF "Fighting Evolution VIII" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 5 0:35 7-2 2007-01-28 Loss Yoryut NJKF "Fighting Evolution II" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 6-2 2006-11-23 Win Orokamono NJKF "Advance X" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 3 0:20 6-1 2006-09-24 Win Mishima NJKF "Advance VIII" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan KO (Right hook) 2 2:17 5-1 2006-07-02 Win Hideo NJKF "Advance VI" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 4-1 2006-05-14 Win Kozaru NJKF "Advance V Young Fight" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 3-1 2006-01-15 Loss Ikki NJKF "Advance I" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2-1 2005-09-24 Win Takuya Minekawa NJKF "Infinity Challenge VIII" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan TKO 3 1:19 2-0 2005-07-31 Win Eiji Ogawa KGS "R.I.S.E. XVII" Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan KO (Left low kick) 1 1:15 1-0 Professional Debut. Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of K-1 champions
• List of male kickboxers

References

External links

• Official blog (Old)
• Official blog (New)
• Yamato Kickboxing Gym