Yuichiro Nagashima

Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima 長島☆自演乙☆雄一郎
Born	Nagashima Yūichirō (1984-07-02) 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	Middleweight
Style	Nippon Kempo, Karate, Kickboxing
Team	Sakigake Juku
Rank	2nd dan black belt in Nippon Kempo
Years active	11 (2005-present)
Kickboxing record
Total	32
Wins	19
By knockout	13
Losses	11
By knockout	4
Draws	2
Mixed martial arts record
Total	7
Wins	4
By knockout	3
Losses	3
By knockout	1
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: November 15, 2013

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 2nd dan black belt in Nippon Kempo.

Biography

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.

MMA

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.

Kickboxing

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 judo and Brazilian 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 faced Henri van Opstal at REBELS 13 in Tokyo on October 28, 2012 with a place at the Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2012 on the line. He lost via unanimous decision (30-29, 30-29, 29-28).^[6][7][8]

He lost a one-sided unanimous decision to Robin van Roosmalen at Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2012 after being dropped in round one.^[9][10][11]

He lost to Yoshihiro Sato by unanimous decision at Hoost Cup: Kings in Nagoya, Japan on June 16, 2013.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Nagashima stopped a three-fight skid when he beat Hiroki Shishido by unanimous decision at Shoot Boxing Battle Summit Ground Zero Tokyo 2013 in Tokyo, Japan on November 15, 2013.^[16][17]

Professional wrestling

On March 6, 2011, Nagashima appeared in the puroresu promotion Pro Wrestling ZERO1 to challenge fellow rookie Daichi Hashimoto, who was scheduled to face Masahiro Chono, and said that he had also made his debut in wrestling and soon would be Daichi's rival. Nagashima began training in the ZERO1 dojo under Shinjiro Otani, who was also Hashimoto's trainer. Although Daichi was the original target to Yuichiro, veteran wrestler Kohei Sato offered to wrestle Nagashima first, so Yuichiro had his debut on May 5 at the Korakuen Hall against him, with th Otaku Kickboxer winning the bout. The match was highly praised and some said that Yuichiro's skill was such that he seemed to have years of experience. Later, on June 14, Yuichiro had his first match against Daichi, teaming with former yokozuna and K-1 fighter Akebono to defeat Hashimoto & Otani. Two months after, Nagashima teamed up with Hashimoto and Otani to defeat Ryoji Sai, KAMIKAZE & Munenori Sawa.

After their last meeting, Nagashima announced his intention to face Masahiro Chono, who had wrestled against Hashimoto. Chono agreed and the match was held in Inoki Genome Federation, with Nagashima in the losing side. Thereafter, Yuichiro began competing actively for IGF, achieving significant victories over Munenori Sawa and Bob Sapp. Upon his return to ZERO1, Nagashima came in a feud with Fujita Hayato, being defeated by Fujita in a singles match. This was his final match of the year, as Nagashima returned to kickboxing shortly after.

In 2013, Nagashima made a return to pro wrestling in IGF, beating Black Tiger in two consecutive matches.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Cross armbar
  • Moonsault
• Signature moves
  • Asai moonsault
  • Facewash
  • Handstand kick
  • Repeated stiff shoot kicks to the opponent's chest
  • Shining wizard
  • Super hurricanrana

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^[18] Lightweight tournament winner
• Amateur
  • The 7th West Japan Students Kempo Personal Championship 4th place (June 18, 2006 / West Japan Students Kempo Federation)^[19]
  • 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)^[20][21]

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

Professional Kickboxing record

19 Wins (13 (T)KO's, 5 decisions), 11 Losses, 2 Draw Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record 2016-10-30 Draw Tian Xin Kunlun Fight 54 - Super Fight Wuhan, China Extra Round Decision (Draw) 4 3:00 19-11-2 2016-06-05 Loss Gu Hui Kunlun Fight 45 - Qualification tournament for 70 kg 16 man Tournament Group E Semi Final Chengdu, China Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 19-11-1 2015-02-21 Loss Yuki Sakamoto Shoot Boxing 2015 act. I Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 19-10-1 2015-01-31 Draw Yi Long Wu Lin Feng World Championship 2015 Chongqing, China Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 19-9-1 2014-12-29 Loss Hinata Blade 1 Tokyo, Japan Decision 3 3:00 19-9 2014-09-09 Win Yi Long Wu Lin Feng Khorgos, China TKO 3 1:40 19-8 2014-06-16 Loss Danilo Zanolini Rise 100 - Blade 0 - Tokyo, Japan DQ (Foul) ? ?:?? 18-8 2013-11-15 Win Hiroki Shishido Shoot Boxing Battle Summit Ground Zero Tokyo 2013 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 18-7 2013-06-16 Loss Yoshihiro Sato Hoost Cup: Kings Nagoya, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 17-7 2012-12-31 Loss Robin van Roosmalen Glory 4: Tokyo Saitama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 17-6 2012-10-28 Loss Henri van Opstal REBELS.13 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 17-5 2011-09-25 Win Kenmun K-1 World MAX 2011 –70 kg Japan Tournament Final Osaka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 17-4 2010-11-08 Loss Mike Zambidis K-1 World MAX 2010 Final Quarter-final Tokyo, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 3 0:53 16-4 2010-07-05 Win Andre Dida K-1 World MAX 2010 Final 16 - Part 1 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 16-3 Qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2010 Final. 2010-03-27 Win Hiroki Nakajima K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg Japan Tournament Final Saitama, Japan KO (Right Hook) 3 1:58 15-3 Wins K-1 World Max 2010 Japan Tournament. 2010-03-27 Win Ryuji K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg Japan Tournament Semifinal Saitama, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 1:44 14-3 2010-03-27 Win Yuji Nashiro K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg Japan Tournament Quarterfinal Saitama, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 0:39 13-3 2009-10-26 Loss Xu Yan K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final Yokohama, Japan KO (Left Hook) 1 1:04 12-3 2009-04-21 Loss Albert Kraus K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final 16 Tokyo, Japan KO (Punches) 1 1:07 12-2 2009-02-23 Loss Yuya Yamamoto K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan Tournament Semi-final Tokyo, Japan TKO (Doctor Stoppage) 3 0:59 12-1 2009-02-23 Win Hayato K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan Tournament Quarter-final Tokyo, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 2 0:36 12-0 2008-12-22 Win Sakushi K-River DEEP Protect Impact 2008 Tokyo, Japan TKO (Doctor Stoppage) 2 0:39 11-0 2008-11-09 Win Teruaki Furukawa NJKF "Start of the New Legend XIII" Tokyo, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 1:04 10-0 Winning the vacant 1st NJKF Super welterweight championship. 2008-09-27 Win Soichiro Miyakoshi NJKF "Start of the New Legend XI" Tokyo, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 1:50 9-0 2008-06-08 Win Kenta NJKF "West Swell" Osaka, Japan Decision (Majority 2-1) 5 3:00 8-0 2008-05-03 Win Marmai Khaolak stadium Khao Lak, Thailand KO 4 7-0 2008-02-11 Win Shine Soo "MARS 11 2nd Anniversary MARS Blaster Bout Tournament A block" Final Tokyo, Japan KO (Left Hook) 3 0:18 6-0 Winning MARS Blaster Bout Tournament A block. MARS was dissolved before fighting against the winner from B block. 2008-02-11 Win K.Worwanchai "MARS 11 2nd Anniversary MARS Blaster Bout Tournament A block" Semi-final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 2 3:00 5-0 2007-12-09 Win Norimasa Iwasaki MARS 10 "All-Out War" Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 4-0 2007-10-13 Win Junichi Maruyama MARS 09 Osaka, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 2:27 3-0 2007-07-08 Win Kenji Ueda DEEP 30 Impact Osaka, Japan KO 1 1:38 2-0 2007-04-15 Win Fumihito Fukano NJKF "Fighting Evolution IV Kenshinjuku 10th anniversary event" Osaka, Japan KO (Right High Kick) 1 2:04 1-0 Mixed rules record Professional record breakdown 2 matches 1 win 1 loss By knockout 1 0 By submission 0 0 By decision 0 0 Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes Loss 1-1 Katsunori Kikuno TKO (Punches) Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 000000002011-12-31-0000December 31, 2011 2 2:34 Saitama, Saitama, Japan Win 1–0 Shinya Aoki KO (Flying Knee) Dynamite!! 2010 000000002010-12-31-0000December 31, 2010 2 0:04 Chūō-ku, Saitama City, Japan Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Characters cosplayed at the public events

See also

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

References

External links

• Official K-1 Profile
• MMA Madness Profile
• MMA Universe Profile
• Official blog
• Official Gree blog