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Featherweight. Asian Championships. 2022 Amman. Featherweight. Sena Irie (入江 聖奈, Irie Sena, born 9 October 2000)[ 2] is a Japanese retired [ 3] amateur boxer who won a gold medal in the inaugural women's featherweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [ 4] She became the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing.
Mode (s) Single-player, multiplayer. Victorious Boxers: Ippo's Road to Glory, [ a] known as simply Victorious Boxers, is a boxing video game developed by New Corporation for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It is based on the Hajime no Ippo franchise. [ 1] The game was released in Japan by Entertainment Software Publishing in December 2000 ...
Website. TEIKEN.COM. The founder of Teiken Boxing Gym, Sadayuki Ogino (1901–1970), [3] during his career as an active junior featherweight boxer. Teiken Boxing Gym (帝拳ボクシングジム) is a Japanese traditional boxing club based in the Kagurazaka neighborhood of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Dating back to 1926, [4] Teiken Boxing Gym ...
Emiko Raika (来家 恵美子, born January 24, 1975, in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese female professional boxer and mixed martial artist.. Although more Japanese women have taken up traditionally male sports such as karate, kickboxing and wrestling in recent years, many in Japan still believe that women should not box, because of the injury risk.
The history of boxing in Japan began in 1854 when Matthew Perry landed at Shimoda, Shizuoka soon after the Convention of Kanagawa. At that time, American sailors often engaged in sparring matches on board their ships, with their fists wrapped in thin leather. It was the first example of boxing conveyed to Japan.
Amateur boxing career. Hiruta took up boxing while attending the Okayama Technical High School and continued to train while at the JSDF Physical Training School. Hiruta was able to reach the finals of the 2016 All Japan Women's Championships, competing in the flyweight event, but was defeated by the 2014 World Championships bronze medalist Madoka Wada in the final bout of the tournament.
The American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) is a mixed martial arts gym based in San Jose, California. It is one of the pioneering schools of mixed martial arts (MMA). In 2014, AKA opened the AKA Thailand gym in Phuket, Thailand. Prominent trainers include Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master Leandro Vieira, Bob Cook, Derek Yuen, Javier Mendez, and Andy Fong.
Naoko Kumagai (born 8 August 1971) is a Japanese female kickboxer and 3-time World Champion in three different weight classes. [1] She also had two amateur boxing matches with Russian Elena Karpachova, and one pro boxing match. [2] Kumagai is known for her knockout punch and high KO percentage. Her kickboxing record is 31 wins (27 KO), 4 losses ...