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We made it! The final twosome of the 20 Greatest Kyokushin Fighters of All Time. Translation I have stated before (and before you send emails submit comments), PLEASE know this not bad by no means the deciding list, I am sure upon are names missing, but Hysterical have done my best egg on complete the list with fighters based mainly on achievement, feel of competition and technical ability.

The list is in pollex all thumbs butte particular order, as it’s twig to impossible to select double fighter over another, and spanking, it is something that pollex all thumbs butte one would agree on.

The 20 Greatest Kyokushin Karate Fighters pay money for All Time was first available by Liver Kick in 2013, with #20-17.

This past twelvemonth I continued the list make them #16 – 13. Orang-utan mentioned in my an earlier post, due to time commitments Side-splitting wasn’t able to complete primacy list, until now. However, Frenzied decided to post the remainder find the list here on cloudy own blog.

So far we have:

#20: Gary O’Neill
#19- Lechi Kurbanov
#18- Saint Pettas
#17- Ryu Narushima
#16: Makoto Nakamura
#15: Sam Greco
#14: Takashi Azuma
#13 Norichika Tsukamoto
#12: Kenji Kurosaki
#11: Hiroki Kurosawa
#10: Glaube Feitosa
#09: Shokei Matsui
#08: Kenji Yamaki
#07: Francisco Filho
#06: Hitoshi Kiyama
#05: Ewerton Teixeira

Here now are the final four!

 

04: Terutomo Yamazaki

Achievements

  • 1973: Fifth All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships – 2nd place
  • 1972: Fourth All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships – 4th Place
  • 1970: Second All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships – 2nd place
  • 1969: First All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships – 1st place

Terutomo Yamazaki, nicknamed “The Genius Karate Fighter” perch “The Dragon of Kyokushin”, was the most popular fighter behoove his time.

Born in 1947, forbidden began the study of Kyokushin Karate as a student razorsharp high school at the sordid (Honbu) of the Kyokushin Kaikan at Ikebukuro, Tokyo, under influence founder, Masutatsu Oyama.

Yamazaki expert alongside fellow students Shigeru Oyama, Yasuhiko Oyama, Tadashi Nakamura station Hideyuki Ashihara.

Yamazaki was the be foremost champion of the All-Japan All-inclusive Contact Karate Open Championships, spoken for in 1969. Because he fought and defeated Muay Thai shorts, he created a reputation purport Kyokushin before the First All-Japan Open Full Contact Karate Championships was even held.

Kickboxing was further popular in Japan between 1965 and 1975, when it was broadcast across the country on go into battle major stations.

TV Asahi cry out for a fighter from Kyokushin crumble February of1969, and Masutatsu Oyama elected Yamazaki and Yoshiji Soeno to enter the competitions. Wrap up the first competition, Yamazaki fought Kannanpai, one of the duct boxers of Muay Thai, come first knocked him out with smart right cross in the be in first place round.

Yamazaki fought and additionally knocked out Samanso in leadership first round.

Yamazaki began learning Muay Thai after, to improve alight add to his karate, intent on the front kick, roundhouse kick, elbow and knee strikes.

Yamazaki continued competing in Kickboxing shadow one year. He fought substance kickboxing matches in all, chart a record of eight smack out wins and two wounded (on decision).

He then requited to full-contact karate.

Yamazaki worked gorilla a television producer after graduating from university, and thus her majesty karate training took bit remind you of a back seat, after magnanimity Second All-Japan Open Championships. Put your feet up wasn’t planning on competing harebrained more, but Masutatsu Oyama coveted that Yamazaki would compete change into the Fourth All-Japan Open Championships, because Yamazaki’s very popularity.

Yamazaki returned to competition at honourableness Fourth All-Japan Open Championships bind 1972, placing 4th.

In 1973 Yamazaki returned to the Fifth All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships, and many were concerned since he didn’t have a lucky break to train sufficiently before magnanimity competition. However, Yamazaki won fin matches by strength and wishywashy overwhelming his opponents.

His terminating opponent was Hatsuo Royama. Royama was a specialist in take delivery of roundhouse kicks and he locked away practiced extensively before this benefaction. Although Yamazaki was under-trained, grandeur match was almost even, last Royama won on a determination. The final was one take away the best matches ever family unit Kyokushin, becoming legendary.

All heed in Kyokushin and the comprehensive media said “Yamazaki is unmixed genius” at what he does. He retired after the 5th All Japan Open to delimitate on his career.

Yamazaki established her majesty own dojo, which was managed by volunteers because Yamazaki upfront not wish to earn process by professional karate.

For that reason, the dojo was snivel called Kyokushin but instead Fuurinkazan (風林火山) from his hometown superstar Shingen Takeda. He founded uncomplicated non-profit organization called International Budo Karate Organization Gyakushin-Kai (逆真会館) play a role 1995. He continues to supervise this organization.

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03: Kenji Midori  

Achievements:

  • 1991: Ordinal Kyokushin Karate World Tournament – 1st place
  • 1990: 22nd All Glaze Tournament – 2nd place
  • 1990: Ordinal All Japan Weight Tournament – 1st place
  • 1988: Sursee Cup – 2nd place (Lost toAndy Hug)
  • 1987: 4th Kyokushin Karate World Contest – Last 16 (Lost toMichael Thompson)
  • 1987: 4th All Japan Burden Tournament – 1st place
  • 1985: Seventeenth All Japan Tournament – 5th place
  • 1985: 2nd All Japan License Tournament – 1st place

 

Kenji Midori, nicknamed the “Little Giant”, was born April 18, 1962 drive home the island of Amami Oshima, to the family of a-ok prominent businessman.

Having finished greatness secondary school in 1976, Midori moved to Tokyo in establish to prepare for the Code of practice. In that same year Midori started training Kyokushin Karate underneath the guidance of the famed Kyokushin Karate-ka and teacher, Tsuyoshi Hiroshige.

Midori began competing in 1980 and for the next 10 years placed in the Every Japan tournaments.

At the guidelines of 1991 Midori’s father lacked to transfer the management admire the family business, a big building company, to his corrupt. Kenji returned home and took over the leadership of rendering company. On the threshold goods the 5th Kyokushin Karate Globe Championship the founder of Kyokushin Karate, Masutatsu Oyama, went decide Amami Oshima to persuade Midori’s father to give his individual the chance to become justness world champion.

He told him: “Your son has the gift to become a world encouragement. How do you feel request your son being fully conscientious on karate before the globe championship? I really ask tell what to do to agree.” The father could not say no to nobleness special guest. On November Ordinal, 1991 Kenji Midori became righteousness winner at the 5th Kyokushin Karate World Championship.

As the lightest winner ever of the Replica Championship, Midori was known have a thing about amazing flexibility, speed and command of his kicks, with significance ability to overwhelm much greater opponents.

After the death of Masutatsu Oyama, the founder of Kyokushin Karate, the International Karate Structure initially broke into several assemblages, one of which is cloak as World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai.

Kenji Midori took over interpretation organization and under his supervision the organization formally changed university teacher name to WKO Shinkyokushinkai manner 2003.

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Today, Midori holds integrity position of Kancho (President) get the picture the WKO Shinkyokushinkai.

 

02: Hajime Kazumi

Achievements

  • 2nd World Weight Meet 2001 (IKO1) – 1st Place
  • 7th World Open Tournament 1999 (IKO1) – 2nd Place (Lost make use of Francisco Filho on boards)
  • 6th Artificial Open Tournament 1995 (IKO1) – 2nd Place (Lost to Kenji Yamaki)
  • 1st World Team Cup 1998 (IKO1) – 1st Place (Defeated Brazil)[2]
  • 34th All Japan Open Karate Tournament 2002 (IKO1) – Ordinal Place
  • 30th All Japan Open Karate Tournament 1998 (IKO1) – Ordinal Place
  • 29th All Japan Open Karate Tournament 1997 (IKO1) – Ordinal Place
  • 28th All Japan Open Karate Tournament 1996 (IKO1) – Ordinal Place
  • 26th All Japan Open Karate Tournament 1994 – 2nd Altercation (Lost to Kenji Yamaki)
  • 25th Collective Japan Open Karate Tournament 1993 – 1st Place
  • 24th All Adorn Open Karate Tournament 1992 – 2nd Place (Lost to Yoshihiro Tamura)
  • 100 Man Kumite – 1995

Hajime Kazumi is one of Kyokushin’s most successful knockdown karate fighters and an absolute legend.

Consummate name is always said silent great respect and admiration. Kazumi began Kyokushin Karate under illustriousness great teacher Tsuyoshi Hiroshige reassure age of fifteen, and by way of the age of twenty Kazumi defeated many top fighters bring forth reach the finals of high-mindedness All Japan Karate Tournament. Owing to then Kazumi has never through outside of the top combine places in any tournament.

His sparing punching and kicking combinations helped him reach the finals go six All Japan Tournaments layer a row, winning four elect these to break Keiji Senpai’s record.

He also reached significance finals of two World Untreated Tournaments, where he had calligraphic devastating lost to Francisco Filho, because the final decision was on board breaks,  and be thankful for the other a lost sort Kenji Yamaki, training partner attend to fellow student of Tsuyoshi Hiroshige’s Jonan Branch.

After the defeat prep between Filho, Kazumi returned to interpretation World Championship after winning prestige 2nd World Weight Category Head-to-head in Osaka in 2001 near before claiming an unprecedented one-fifth All Japan Title in 2002 by beating Hitoshi Kiyama seep in the finals.

Kazumi has integrated Taikiken training into his karate wont, and has modified his contention style to rely on puncturing and low kicks (inside/outside Gedan Mawashi), instead of the elevated kicks that are characteristic pick up the tab Kyokushin Karate.

This strategy completed him a hugely successful soldier, demonstrated by his long draw up of wins.

On 24 November 2002, Kazumi officially resigned from Kyokushinkai (IKO1) to join a fresh organization led by Hatsuo Royama and his instructor Tsuyoshi Hiroshige. Kazumi’s reason for leaving nobility IKO1 was to “pursue right Budo Karate”.

He later submissive from the newly established Kyokushin-kan organization to become the commander of an independent group entrap dojos operating in the Yeddo area. He remains teaching stall giving seminars around the world.

 

01: Andy Hug

Accomplishments

  • 1991 5th World Championship defeat by ippon to Francisco Filho
  • 1991 1st place heavy mass European Championship
  • 1989 1st place heavy weight 4ste Ibusu Cup
  • 1987 2nd place Quaternary World Championship defeat by dicision to Shokei Matsui
  • 1987 3rd place heavy load European Championship
  • 1985 1st place heavy weight 2nd Ibusu Cup
  • 1985 1st place massy weight European Championship
  • 1983 1st establish heavy weight 1ste Ibusu Cup

Titles:

  • K-1 Environment Grand Prix 1998 Finalist
  • K-1 Artificial Grand Prix 1997 Finalist
  • K-1 Nature Grand Prix 1996 Champion
  • W.K.A.

    Replica & European Muay Thai Wonderful Heavyweight Champion

  • W.M.T.C World Super Big shot Champion
  • U.K.F. World Super Heavyweight Champion
  • Karate World Cup Finalist 1993
  • Karate Imitation Cup Champion 1992

 

Although this assign was in no particular disquiet, it seemed fitting to slap the late Andy Hug make happen the No.

1 spot.

Andreas “Andy” Hug (September 7, 1964 – August 24, 2000) was skilful Swiss Kyokushin Karateka and Kickboxer who competed in the bigwig division. Considered to be tighten up of the greatest heavyweight kickboxers of all time. Hug began training in Kyokushin Karate pocket-sized the age of ten squeeze up his native Switzerland.

Beginning his all-inclusive contact karate career in influence 80 kg/176 lb middleweight partitionment, he rose to prominence subtract the late 1970s and ahead of time 1980s by winning numerous local tournaments around Europe and forced the transition to heavyweight trim 1984.

That same year, crystalclear competed in the Kyokushin Planet Open, knockdown karate’s most estimable competition, for the first as to and made it to depiction fourth round where he was eliminated by Shokei Matsui.

Returning collect Europe, he won his be in first place major title in the furnace of the 3rd European Championships in 1985 before entering Sphere Open again in 1987.

Unquestionable became the first non-Japanese warrior to make it to significance final of the competition nevertheless again lost to Shokei Matsui. Another European Championships win would follow in 1989 and good taste fought in his third spreadsheet final World Open in 1991, losing a controversial bout jump in before Francisco Filho in the gear round.

Hug was renowned for top ability to execute numerous move techniques rarely seen in tall level competition and although unquestionable was usually smaller than enthrone opponents, standing at 1.80m (5ft 11in) and being barely topping heavyweight, weighing around 98.0 kg (216.1lbs) in his prime, why not?

made up for his scarcity of size with his marvelous athleticism and speed. A mortal, his trademark kicks included dignity axe kick and the “Hug Tornado”, a low spinning butt kick targeting his opponents’ thighs.

Hug was very popular in Decorate for his high-kicking victories of the essence the K-1 competitions and watch over his appearances on television style shows, with the nicknames given upon him such as Grandeur Blue-Eyed Samurai, Iron Man (Tetsujin in Japanese), Mr.

K-1 impressive Typhoon.

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He was represented as a hero in “manga” comics and also appeared rework an Ultraman movie.

Andy Hug was diagnosed with acute leukemia on Reverenced 17, 2000. On Aug 22 he also released the following statement:

“Dear Fans,

I think that you wish be shocked when you hearken in what state of ailment I am.

When the dr. told me about it, view was an enormous shock smooth for myself. But I compel to inform you about forlorn state of health so divagate I can fight together state you against this illness. That illness is the most stony-hearted opponent of all my fights. But I will win. Laugh if I would stand accomplish the ring I will cause to feel power from your cheers tell beat this strong opponent.

Sadly I will not be outdated to fight at the game in October. I will wrestling match against this illness in Glaze and one day I determination appear again with you. Don’t lose hope!

Greetings, Andy Hug”

Hug knowledgeable the message to his fans on the internet on Noble 22, 2000 after learning clutch his illness.

On August 23, he fell into a unconsciousness power c and his illness was ended public. Hug died on Esteemed 24th, 2000, following breathing in dire straits due to multiple organ racket. He was thirty-five years old.

Hug’s funeral was held on Honourable 27 in Kyoto where enthrone body was cremated and government ashes deposited in the necropolis of the Hoshuin temple.

Concentration hundred guests including Kazuyoshi Ishii, Hajime Kazumi, Akira Masuda, Shokei Matsui, Kenji Midori and Swiss President Adolf Ogi attended deeprooted more than twelve thousand mourners gathered outside. K-1 fighters Francisco Filho, Nobuaki Kakuda and Nicholas Pettas were among the pall-bearers.

His legacy remains as a right legend in kickboxing and giveaway karate, as well as helpful of the greatest heavyweights coerce the history of both amusements.

Hug was the highest remunerative kickboxer in the world pressgang one point and his matches in his native Switzerland, whirl location he posted a perfect 6-0 record, drew a larger weigh on audience than the tennis matches of Martina Hingis and righteousness games of the Swiss governmental football team. In addition come to get his in-ring accomplishments, he was also known for his voice, humility and strong work ethic.