Taiei Kin

Kin Taiei (Korean: 김태영, Hanja: 金泰泳; born July 8, 1970) is a Korean-Japanese light heavyweight karateka, kickboxer and mixed martial artist competing in K-1 and DREAM. He's also a karate instructor and a trainer for professional fighters. His name is sometimes pronounced as "Kim Tae Yong" in Korean.

Before switching to MMA, Kin was a distinguished fighter in the K-1, praised by both Peter Aerts and Ernesto Hoost as the best fighter to come out of Asia.^[2]

Biography

Early years

Kin Taiei(金泰泳) was born as the eldest son in Amagasaki city of Hyogo prefecture, Japan on July 8, 1970. As he is the eldest son, he's got a younger brother. Both of his parents worked till late at night, he was sent to Karate dojo for combing the care with a nursery school.　He took an interest in football (soccer) at 4th year of elementary school, and dropped out training karate at 6th year. He won the Japanese national championship for junior high schools at the 3rd year. When he was a student of Kobe Korean Senior High school, he tried to start practicing boxing because he had a longing for foreign boxers, but he joined karate team in his school because his parents objected strongly. For this reason, he also joined the karate team of Korea University in Tokyo when he became a university student. During his university life, he participated a full contact karate championship promoted by Sato juku, but he was beaten by Nobuaki Kakuda. Although he lost, he was evaluated highly by Kazuyoshi Ishii, and he was invited to Seidokaikan. Thus, Kin became to be a student of Seidokaikan in Osaka after graduation of university.

Debut

On January 31, 1993, Kin participated "The 2nd Towa Cup Karate Japan Open Tournament", but he was beaten by Masaaki Satake in the final.

On June 25, he fought against Changpuek Kiatsongrit from Thailand for the vacant title of UKF World Light heavyweight championship at the event of "Sanctuary III", but he lost by decision.

Titles

• 2009 K-1 World Grand Prix in Seoul finalist
• 1996 WMTC World Junior middleweight champion
• 1995 Karate World Cup champion
• 1995 K-3 Grand Prix runner up
• 1994 UKF World Light heavyweight champion
• 1994 Karate Japan Open finalist
• 1993 Karate World Cup 3rd Place
• 1993 Karate Japan Open finalist
• 1992 Karate World Cup finalist (lost to Andy Hug)

Kickboxing record

Professional kickboxing record

33 Fights, 25 wins, 7 Losses, 1 Draw Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2014-08-10 Win Niyama Makoto Accelerator 28 Japan TKO 2011-12-25 Win Ryuji Goto Accelerator 18 Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 3:00 2011-06-05 Win Kuniyoshi Heat 18 Osaka, Japan Ext.R Decision (3-0) 4 3:00 2009-11-22 Win Magnum Sakai RISE 60 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (3-0) 4 3:00 2009-09-26 Win Cătălin Moroşanu K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16 Seoul, Korea Disqualification 2 3:00 2009-08-02 Loss Singh Jaideep K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final Seoul, Korea Decision (3-0) 3 3:00 The bout was for the title of K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Asia Grand Prix Tournament. 2009-08-02 Win Takumi Sato K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Semi-Final Seoul, Korea Decision (2-1) 3 3:00 2009-08-02 Win Sun Wu K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Quarter-Final Seoul, Korea TKO (doctor stoppage) 2 2:00 2007-08-05 Win Yusuke Fujimoto K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hong Kong Semi-Final Hong Kong TKO (Right high kick) 2 1:59 Despite win had to withdraw from tournament due to injury. 2007-08-05 Win Sentoryu K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hong Kong Quarter-Final Seoul, Korea TKO (Right high kick) 1 1:43 2000-07-30 Win Stan Longinidis K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Nagoya Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Decision (2-0) 3 3:00 1998-03-14 Win Taro Minato Battle of the strongest 1997-11-09 Win Taro Minato K-1 Grand Prix '97 Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00 1997-06-07 Win Orlando Wiet K-1 Fight Night '97 Zurich, Switzerland Decision (3-0) 5 3:00 1997 Loss Thailand 1996-09-01 Win Wanlop Sor.Sarthaphan K-1 Revenge '96 Osaka, Osaka, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00 Wins Wanlop's WMTC(currently WMC) World Junior middleweight Championship. 1996-03-30 Loss Wanlop Sor.Sarthaphan King's Assumption 50th Anniversary Event Thailand Decision (3-0) 5 3:00 The bout was for the vacant title of WMTC(currently WMC) World Junior middleweight Championship. 1996-06-02 Win Azem Maksutaj K-1 Fight Night II Zurich, Switzerland Decision (3-0) 5 3:00 1995-12-09 Win Peter Theijssen K-1 Hercules Nagoya, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 3:00 1995-09-03 Win Dale Westerman K-1 Revenge II Yokohama, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00 1995-07-16 Loss Ivan Hippolyte K-3 Grand Prix '95 Nagoya, Japan Decision (2-0) 3 3:00 1995-07-16 Win Orlando Wiet K-3 Grand Prix '95 Nagoya, Japan Ext.R Decision (2-0) 4 3:00 1995-07-16 Win Gurkan Ozkan K-3 Grand Prix '95 Nagoya, Japan Decision (3-0) 3 3:00 1995-06-10 Win Iwan Mewis K-1 Fight Night Zurich, Switzerland Decision (3-0) 5 3:00 1995-03-25 Draw Bayram Colak K League Decision Draw 5 3:00 1994-12-10 Win Eugene Valerio K-1 Legend Tokyo, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00 1994-09-18 Win Orlando Wiet K-1 Revenge Tokyo, Japan KO (Right high kick) 4 0:08 1994-03-04 Win Changpuek Kiatsongrit K-1 Challenge Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00 Wins Changpuek's title of UKF World Light heavyweight Championship. 1993-12-05 Loss Paul Briggs Revenge Melbourne, Australia KO (Right knee) 1 2:55 1993-11-15 Win Tommy Rhinehart K-1 Andy's Glove Tokyo, Japan KO (Kick) 1 2:04 1993-09-04 Win Phothai Chorwaikool K-1 Illusion Tokyo, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00 1993-06-25 Loss Changpuek Kiatsongrit Sanctuary III Osaka, Osaka, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00 The bout was for the vacant title of UKF World Light heavyweight Championship. 1993-04-03 Win Michael Thompson K-1 Grand Prix '93 Tokyo, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00 Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Karate record

Professional karate record
9 Fights, 8 wins, 1 Loss Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 1993-10-03 Loss Masaaki Satake Karate World Cup '93 Japan 1993-10-03 Win Michael Thompson Karate World Cup '93 Japan 1993-10-03 Win Atsushi Tamaki Karate World Cup '93 Japan Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	4-3	Henry Miller	TKO (corner stoppage)	Heat - Heat 16	02008-11-06-0000November 6, 2008	1	4:01	Osaka, Japan
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	3-3	Zelg Galesic	TKO (elbow injury)	DREAM.4 - Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Quarterfinals	02008-06-15-0000June 15, 2008	1	1:05	Yokohama, Japan
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	3-2	Ikuhisa Minowa	Decision (unanimous)	DREAM.2 - Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Opening Round	02008-04-29-0000April 29, 2008	2	5:00	Saitama, Japan
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	2-2	Zelg Galešić	TKO (doctor stoppage)	Hero's 2007 in Korea	02007-10-28-0000October 28, 2007	1	0:36	Seoul, South Korea
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	2-1	Kiyoshi Tamura	Decision (unanimous)	Hero's 9	02007-07-16-0000July 16, 2007	2	5:00	Yokohama, Japan
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	1-1	Tokimitsu Ishizawa	KO (head kick)	K-1 Premium Dynamite!! 2006	02006-12-31-0000December 31, 2006	1	2:48	Osaka, Japan
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	0-1	Yoshihiro Akiyama	Technical Submission (armbar)	Hero's 6	02006-08-05-0000August 5, 2006	1	2:01	Tokyo, Japan	Hero's 2006 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix quarter-final.

See also

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

External links

• Official K-1 website

References