Nobu Hayashi

Nobu Hayashi
Nobu Hayashi
Born	April 27, 1978 (age 45); Tokushima, Japan
Native name	林伸樹
Nationality	Japanese
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	115 kg (254 lb; 18.1 st)
Division	Heavyweight
Style	Kickboxing
Team	Dojo Chakuriki Japan
Years active	1999–present
Kickboxing record
Total	38
Wins	16
By knockout	7
Losses	19
By knockout	8
Draws	3
	Last updated on: October 26, 2011

Nobu Hayashi (Japanese: 林伸樹; born April 27, 1978) is a professional Japanese Heavyweight karateka and kickboxer. He is a two-time K-1 Japan tournament runner-up and holds notable wins over Ben Edwards, Sander Thonhauser and Faisal Zakaria. Hayashi fights out of Dojo Chakuriki Japan in Tokyo, Japan.^[1] Hayashi was diagnosed with Leukemia, but was recently able to recover and is now cancer free.

Biography and career[edit]

Nobu Hayashi was born in the Japanese city of Tokushima. He learned karate while attending highschool. After his graduation in 1998 Hayashi moved to the Netherlands to train at the world famous Chakuriki Dojo under the guidance of Thom Harinck. He was very committed and eventually debuted, at the age of 19, in the K-1. Nobu Hayashi won his first three fights at the K-1 Japan GP 1999 and reached the tournament finals but lost the title fight against Musashi. In 2004 he received his Muay Thai teaching diploma from Thom Harinck and opened his own gym, Dojo Chakuriki Japan, in Tokyo. In the same year Hayashi again took the second place in the K-1 Japan GP.

However, Nobu Hasyashi would have his biggest fight outside the ring. In 2009 he checked himself into the hospital after he was diagnosed with acute leukemia. Hayashi released the comment via his dojo, "Just like Chakuri spirit, "going forward, and forward" I am determined to win against this illness, and in my heart I swore I will be back in that ring and fight again, and for now I will dedicate myself to the medical treatment". Nobu Hayashi was successfully treated for cancer in 2010 and continues his kickboxing career as the head of Dojo Chakuriki Japan.

Titles[edit]

2004 K-1 Japan GP finalist
2001 K-1 Japan GP 3rd place
1999 K-1 Japan GP finalist
1998 Seido Kaikan Rookies 4th place
1996 Satojuku Tokyo tournament champion

Kickboxing record[edit]

Kickboxing Record
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
15 Wins (7 KO's, 8 decisions), 19 Losses (8 KO's, 11 decisions), 2 draws
2014-12-29	Loss	Murat Aygun	Blade 1	Tokyo, Japan	KO			15-19-2
2008-09-15	Draw	Yuuki Niimura	TITANS NEOS IV	Japan	Decision Draw	3	3:00	15-18-2
2008-07-13	Loss	Aleksandr Pitchkounov	K-1 WGP 2008 in Taipei	Japan	Decision (3-0)	Ext. R	3:00	15-18-1
2008-04-20	Win	Ben Edwards	TITANS NEOS III	Japan	Decision (3-0)	3	3:00	15-17-1
2007-09-16	Win	Faisal Zakaria	TITANS NEOS II	Japan	Decision (2-0)	3	3:00	14-17-1
2007-05-04	Loss	Daniel Ghiţă	K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2007	Romania	Decision (3-0)	3	3:00	13-17-1
2005-07-29	Loss	Carter Williams	K-1 WGP 2008 in Hawaii	United States	Decision (3-0)	3	3:00	13-16-1
2005-01-23	Loss	Ben Rothwell	Shootboxing Ground Zero Fukuoka	Japan	Decision (3-0)	3	3:00	13-15-1
2005-05-27	Loss	Freddy Kemayo	K-1 WGP 2008 in Paris	France	KO	1	2:36	13-14-1
2004-06-26	Loss	Hiromi Amada	K-1 Beast 2004	Japan	Decision (3-0)	3	3:00	13-13-1
2004-06-26	Win	Hiraku Hori	K-1 Beast 2004	Japan	KO	3	2:31	13-12-1
2004-06-26	Win	Tsuyoshi Nakasako	K-1 Beast 2004	Japan	Decision (3-0)	3	3:00	12-12-1
2004-04-30	Loss	Dewey Cooper	K-1 WGP 2004 in Las Vegas	United States	Decision (3-0)	3	3:00	11-12-1
2004-02-15	Loss	Petr Vondracek	K-1 Burning 2004	Japan	KO	1	2:35	11-11-1
2003-09-21	Loss	Yusuke Fujimoto	K-1 Survival 2003	Japan	Decision (2-1)	Ext. R	3:00	11-10-1
2003-06-29	Win	Toru Oishi	K-1 Beast 2003	Japan	KO	1	1:38	11-9-1
2002-09-22	Loss	Tatsufumi Tomihira	K-1 Andy Spirits 2002	Japan	Decision (3-0)	Ext. R	3:00	10-9-1
2002-07-14	Win	Masaaki Miyamoto	K-1 WGP 2003 in Fukuoka	Japan	Decision (3-0)	3	3:00	10-8-1
2002-06-02	Win	Hajime Moriguchi	K-1 Survival 2002	Japan	Decision (2-0)	3	3:00	9-8-1
2002-02-24	Loss	Alexey Ignashov	K-1 WGP 2002 Holland Elimination Tournament	Netherlands	Decision (3-0)	5	3:00	8-8-1
2001-08-19	Loss	Nicholas Pettas	K-1 Andy Memorial 2001	Japan	KO	1	1:26	8-7-1
2001-08-19	Win	Tatsufumi Tomihira	K-1 Andy Memorial 2001	Japan	KO	3	2:55	8-6-1
2001-06-24	Win	Tsuyoshi	K-1 Survival 2001	Japan	Decision (3-0)	3	3:00	7-6-1
2001-04-15	Loss	Peter Aerts	K-1 Burning 2001	Japan	TKO	5	0:36	6-6-1
2001-01-30	Win	Great Kusatsu	K-1 Rising 2001	Japan	Decision (3-0)	5	3:00	6-5-1
2001-05-20	Draw	John Wyatt	K-1 UK Global Heat		Decision Draw	5	3:00	5-5-1
2000-10-08	Win	Sander Thonhauser	Victory or Hell Part 1	Netherlands	KO	2		5-5
2000-07-07	Loss	Andy Hug	K-1 Spirits 2000	Japan	KO	1	2:05	4-5
2000-05-28	Loss	Teng Jun	K-1 Burning 2000	Japan	Decision (3-0)	2nd Ext. R	3:00	4-4
2000-03-19	Loss	Cyril Abidi	K-1 Burning 2000	Japan	KO	2	1:52	4-3
2000-01-25	Loss	Hiromi Amada	K-1 Rising 2000	Japan	TKO (Doctor stoppage)	3	0:50	4-2
1999-08-22	Loss	Musashi	K-1 Spirits '99	Japan	Decision (3-0)	3	3:00	4-1
1999-08-22	Win	Tsuyoshi Nakasako	K-1 Spirits '99	Japan	Decision (2-0)	3	3:00	4-0
1999-08-22	Win	Issei Nakai	K-1 Spirits '99	Japan	KO	1	0:51	3-0
1999-08-22	Win	Maasaki Miyamoto	K-1 Spirits '99	Japan	KO	1	1:48	2-0
1999-03-27	Win	Gurhan Degirmenci	The Fights of the Gladiators	Netherlands	Decision (3-0)	3	2:00	1-0
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes