Yuichiro Nagashima
| Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nagashima Yūichirō July 2, 1984 Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan |
| Native name | 長島☆自演乙☆雄一郎 |
| Other names | Jienotsu (short for Jisaku-Jien Otsukaresan [1]) |
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 70.0 kg (154.3 lb; 11.02 st) |
| Division | Welterweight |
| Style | Nippon Kempo Karate, Kickboxing |
| Team | Sakigake Juku |
| Rank | 2nd dan black belt in Nippon Kempo |
| Years active | 5 (2005-present) |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 21 |
| Wins | 17 |
| By knockout | 12 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 5 |
| Wins | 3 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| Losses | 2 |
| By submission | 1 |
| Other information | |
| University | University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences |
| Notable relatives | Kengo Nagashima, brother |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Last updated on: September 25, 2011 | |
Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima (長島☆自演乙☆雄一郎, Nagashima Jien'otsu Yūichirō, born July 2, 1984) is a Japanese welterweight kickboxer, and a cosplayer, fighting out of Nishinomiya, Hyogo, currently competing at K-1. His rank is black belt of 2nd dan of Nippon Kempo.
Biography
Early life
Yuichiro Nagashima was born in 1984 in the city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo. He started learning Judo when he was an elementary school. He continued training Judo until the graduation of junior high school. He decided to be a professional fighter when he was at the 3rd year of junior high school because he watched Andy Hug on television. Moreover, Nagashima swore to entertain the audience. During his high school life, he practiced full contact karate, but he attended training only once or twice a week.
Debut
Nagashima joined the team of Nippon Kempo and started training seriously when he was matriculated in University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences. In addition, Nagashima started participating professional mixed martial arts bouts. He also started cosplaying anime characters during his entrance to the ring.
Since 2007, Nagashima shifted his workplace to kickboxing, and he became known as "Otaku kickboxer" because of his entrance show before the bouts. He won ten consecutive victories, and won the vacant title of NJKF at Super welterweight on December 9, 2008. This was the first time for NJKF that the kickboxer who is not the member of NJKF wins the title of NJKF (Sakigake juku is not member of NJKF).
On January 25, 2009, he was chosen and awarded 2008 Outstanding Performance Award by NJKF, and also given 3 more awards certified combat sports medias.[2]
K-1
After winning the title, Nagashima was offered by K-1. He participated K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan Tournament on February 23, 2009, and he knocked out Hayato at 2R at the quarterfinal, but he was beaten by Yuya Yamamoto and lost by TKO because of being cut at the semifinal.
After the Japanese tournament, Nagashima was offered to fight against Albert Kraus from Netherlands on April 21. They engaged in a heated war of words before the bout where Kraus said "he seems to be a gay". The fight ended in Nagashima losing by knockout in round one. On October 26, Nagashima was offered to fight against Xu Yan from China. Although he trained at Masato's gym, he was knocked out at round one. In December, he was awarded the 2009 Walkout of the Year by Inside MMA of HDNet.[3]
On March 27, 2010, Nagashima participated to K-1 World Max 2010 Japan tournament. He won the tournament with 3 consecutive knock outs. Although he wanted to defend his NJKF title after this tournament, he returned his title as on 1 April because he was going to participate the world tournament and it was hard to arrange his schedule for defending title.[4]
On December 31, 2010, Nagashima took part in a "mixed rules" bout against Jiu-Jitsu expert Shinya Aoki at Dynamite!! 2010, the annual New Year's Eve fight festival. One round was to be held under kickboxing rules and the other under mixed martial arts rules. A coin toss decided that the kickboxing round was to commense first. Aoki took advantage of the fact that he only had to survive through a single three-minute round of kickboxing and thus threw pointless attacks like flying dropkicks and rolling heel kicks while holding onto the ring ropes in order to run the clock down. As the second round began, and Aoki now in his element under MMA rules, he dropped immediately for a double-leg takedown, while Nagashima launched a flying knee square into Aoki's jaw. The blow instantly knocked out Aoki, after which Nagashima followed up with a number of hammerfists on the supine Aoki. The referee stepped in and stopped the fight four seconds into the period.[5] He was at the UFC 137 press conference and was welcomed to fight in the UFC.
Titles
- Professional
- 2010 K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg Japan Tournament winner
- 2008 The 1st New Japan Kickboxing Federation Super welterweight champion
- 2008 MARS Blaster bout tournament A block winner
- 2006 RR[6] Lightweight tournament winner
- Amateur
- The 7th West Japan Students Kempo Personal Championship 4th place (June 18, 2006 / West Japan Students Kempo Federation)[7]
- The 8th Kakuto Karate championship winner(Yuseikai)
- The 61st National Sports Festival Nippon Kempo Adult men Runner Up(October 8, 2006 / Japan Sports Association, MEXT, Hyogo Prefecture)[8][9]
Awards
- 2008 Outstanding Performance Award (NJKF, January 25, 2009)
- 2008 Kakutogi Tsushin Award (NJKF, January 25, 2009)
- 2008 Fullcontact KARATE Award (NJKF, January 25, 2009)
- 2008 BoutReview Award (NJKF, January 25, 2009)
- 2009 Walkout of the Year (Inside MMA of HDNet, December 2009)
Fight record
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17 Wins (12 (T)KO's, 5 decisions), 4 Losses
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3 Wins (3 (T)KO's, 0 decisions), 2 Losses
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1 Fight 1 win(1KO)
Mixed martial arts exhibition record
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Characters cosplayed at the public events
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See also
References
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP79YR8wGbo
- ^ 大和哲也が08年最優秀選手賞。長島が4賞獲得 Tetsuya Yamato is 08 MVP. Nagashima wins 4 awards. BoutReview.com Retrieved 2010-07-05
- ^ HDNet Original Programming - Transcripts Episode 349 www.hdnet.ca Retrieved 2010-04-04
- ^ 長島選手がスーパーウェルター級王座返上。後楽園で王座決定戦！ www.njkf.info Retrieved 2010-04-04.(Japanese)
- ^ "Jienotsu" Shocks Aoki, Ishii Underwhelms in K-1-MMA Crossover
- ^ Pronounced as "double R".
- ^ 2006年度 西日本学生拳法連盟主催・後援 試合結果 nipponkempo05.hp.infoseek.co.jp Retrieved 2010-04-04.(Japanese)
- ^ Nippon Kempo was a demonstration sport only for 2006, so only people live in Hyogo were allowed to participate.
- ^ のじぎく兵庫国体 デモスポ行事 日本拳法試合結果 www.japan-sports.or.jp Retrieved 2010-04-04.(Japanese)