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Tetsuya Yamato
BornIwashita Tetsuya
岩下 哲也
(1987-12-10) December 10, 1987 (age 36)
Chita, Aichi, Japan
Native name大和 哲也
Other namesStrong-armed painter
NationalityJapan Japanese
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st)
DivisionLightweight (-63KG MAX)
StyleKickboxing, Muay Thai
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofNagoya, Aichi, Japan
TeamYamato Kickboxing Gym
Years active6 (2005 -present)
Kickboxing record
Total36
Wins26
By knockout21
Losses9
By knockout2
Draws1
Other information
OccupationHouse painter and decorator
Websitehttp://ameblo.jp/yamato-tetsuya/
Last updated on: February 18, 2012

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 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[clarification needed] by NJKF, and also awarded GBR[clarification needed][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[clarification needed], 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 -63kg 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]

Titles

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

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

References

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