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Tetsuya Yamato

Born	Iwashita Tetsuya 岩下哲也 (1987-12-10) December 10, 1987 (age 37) Chita, Aichi, Japan
Native name	大和哲也
Other names	Strong-armed painter
Nationality	Japanese
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st)
Division	Lightweight (-63KG MAX)
Style	Kickboxing,
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Team	Yamato Kickboxing Gym
Years active	6 (2005 -present)

Kickboxing record
Total	42
Wins	31
By knockout	22
Losses	10
By knockout	3
Draws	1

Other information
Occupation	House painter and decorator
Website	http://ameblo.jp/yamato-tetsuya/
Last updated on: February 16, 2014

Tetsuya Yamato (大和哲也, Yamato Tetsuya, born December 10, 1987) is a Japanese lightweight kickboxer and house painter and decorator. He won the Japanese national K-1 tournament as a Lightweight in 2010.

Biography

Debut

Tetsuya Yamato was born in Chita, Aichi, Japan on December 10, 1987 as Tetsuya Iwashita. He took the name Yamato in honour of his gym, Yamato Kickboxing Gym. After graduating from high school he started working in construction, and became a painter to coat buildings with coloured acrylic resin.

On July 31, 2005, he made his debut as a professional kickboxer in the R.I.S.E. organization, and he knocked out Eiji Ogawa in the 1st round with left low kick. After this bout he became a member of NJKF and started fighting under the NJKF banner. His second fight was on September 24 against Takuya Minekawa, in which he won by TKO.

On January 15, 2006, Yamato was chosen and awarded the 2005 Rookie Award by NJKF .

Winning national titles

After Yamato's career of 3 years with NJKF, he was asked to compete for the vacant NJKF Lightweight title in 2008, and he fought against Hiromi Nakayama in the Semi-final. He won by a TKO in the 4th round because of a cut by an elbow strike. On July 27, 2008, he fought against Hanawa in the final for the title, and he knocked out Hanawa in the 1st round with a left hook.

On January 25, 2009, Yamato was chosen and awarded 2008 MVP by NJKF, and also awarded GBR award because he won the NJKF title, and he had 3 bouts on NJKF and won 3 times with 2 knockouts in 2008.

In the middle of 2009, he was asked to participate in the "WBC Muaythai Rule Japanese unified Championship Decision Tournament" as a lightweight as NJKF, MAJKF and JPMC announced that they were going to establish the unified championships sanctioned by WBC Muaythai.

On September 23, he fought against Kazuya Oe in the semi-final, and he knocked him out with body shot in the 2nd round. In the tournament final on December 4, he fought against Yūdai Kono for the vacant first Japanese title of WBC, and he won by a TKO with cut as the bout was stopped by a doctor in the 4th round. For this bout, he won his second national title.

On January 24, 2010, he was awarded the 2009 Outstanding Performance Award by NJKF as he had 7 bouts with 6 wins 6 Knock outs and 1 loss.

On March 14, 2010, Yamato fought against Saenchai Sor Kingstar from Thailand in Los Angeles, USA to challenge the vacant world lightweight title sanctioned by Muay Thai Association of America (MTAA). He was knocked out by left high kick at 1R.

Wins K-1 tournament

In 2010, Yamato was offered by K-1 for K-1 Japanese national tournament at lightweight. On May 2, he fought against Masahiro Yamamoto, and although he was expected to lose, he won by unanimous decision in the extra round. On July 5, he won the Japanese national tournament of K-1 at Lightweight(-63 kg).

On December 9, 2011, Yamato fought Ryuji Kajiwara for the Krush -63 kg Championship but lost via unanimous decision.

Yamato knocked out former Lumpinee Stadium champion Densiam Lookprabaht in the first round on February 18, 2012.

He was scheduled to face Leo Monteiro for the vacant WBC Muaythai International Super Lightweight Championship on September 22, 2012 at NJKF's Kick to the Future 6 in Tokyo, Japan. Monteiro was replaced by Paul Karpowicz, however. Yamato defeated Karpowicz via unanimous decision (49-48, 49-48, 50-48) to win the title.

He challenged Sagetdao Petpayathai for the WBC super lightweight world title at M-One: Reborn in Highland, California, USA on May 16, 2013 and lost via TKO due to a cut in round four.

He defeated Kevin Ross by split decision at Lion Fight 11 in Las Vegas on September 20, 2013.

He retained his WBC Muaythai International Super Lightweight (-63.5 kg/140 lb) Championship with a unanimous decision win over Masaaki Noiri at an NJKF event in Tokyo on February 16, 2014.

Titles

2012 WBC Muaythai International Super Lightweight Championship
2010 K-1 WORLD MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament champion
2009 WBC Muay Thai Japanese Lightweight champion
2009 WMC Intercontinental Lightweight champion
2008 New Japan Kickboxing Federation (NJKF) Lightweight champion

Awards

2009 Outstanding Performance Award (NJKF, January 24, 2010)
2008 MVP (NJKF, January 25, 2009)
2008 GBR Award (gbring.com, January 25, 2009)
2005 Rookie Award (NJKF, January 15, 2006)

Kickboxing record

Professional kickboxing record

31 Wins (22 (T) KO's, 9 decisions), 10 Losses, 1 Draw

Retains the WBC Muaythai International Super Lightweight (-63.5 kg/140 lb) Championship.
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
2014-02-16	Win	Masaaki Noiri	NJKF	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (unanimous)	5	3:00	31-10-1
2013-09-20	Win	Kevin Ross	Lion Fight 11	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Decision (split)	5	3:00	30-10-1
2013-05-16	Loss	Sagetdao Petpayathai	M-One: Reborn	Highland, California, USA	TKO (cut)	4	1:38	29-10-1
For WBC World Super Lightweight title.
2012-09-22	Win	Paul Karpowicz	NJKF: Kick to the Future 6	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (unanimous)	5	3:00	29-9-1
2012-02-18	Win	Densiam Lukprabaht	NJKF: Kick to the Future 1	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Punches)	1	2:28	26-9-1
2011-12-09	Loss	Ryuji Kajiwara	Krush.14	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	25-9-1
For Krush -63kg Championship.
2011-10-03	Loss	Jomthong Chuwattana	WBC Japan	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	25-8-1
2011-08-14	Win	Coke Chunhawat	M-1 Grand Muay Thai Championship	Los Angeles, California, USA	TKO (Cut)	3	2:24	25-7-1
2011-06-25	Loss	Koya Urabe	K-1 World MAX 2011 -63kg Japan Tournament Final, Semi final	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	24-7-1
2011-06-25	Win	Hiroya	K-1 World MAX 2011 -63kg Japan Tournament Final, Quarter final	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	24-6-1
2011-05-21	Win	Makoto Nishiyama	New Japan Blood 3	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Ref stop/three knockdowns)	2	1:30	23-6-1
2010-12-31	Draw	Akiyo Nishiura	Dynamite!! 2010	Saitama, Japan	Decision (Majority Draw)	3	5:00	22-6-1
2010-09-20	Loss	Kōya Urabe	GoodLoser "Krush.10"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	22-6
2010-07-05	Win	Yūta Kubo	K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament Final, Final	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left hook)	3	1:26	22-5
Wins K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament.
2010-07-05	Win	Kizaemon Saiga	K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament Final, Semi-final	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left hook)	2	2:13	21-5
2010-07-05	Win	Yūki Taguchi	K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament Final, Quarter-final	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left hook)	1	3:03	20-5
2010-05-02	Win	Masahiro Yamamoto	K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament Final 16	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	4(Ex.1)	3:00	19-5
2010-03-14	Loss	Saenchai Sor Kingstar	World Champion Muay Thai Extravaganza	El Monte, California, USA	KO (Left high kick)	1	2:13	18-5
The bout was for the vacant MTAA World Lightweight (135lbs) title.
2009-12-23	Win	Ratchayothin Wild Shīsā	Yamato gym 40th & Nagoya JK Factory 20th Anniversary: "The Origin Of Kick Boxing"	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan	KO (Left body shot)	3	1:05	18-4
2009-12-04	Win	Yūdai Kōno	MAJKF "Break Through-14"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Doctor stop/cut)	4	2:22	17-4
Wins the vacant first WBC Muaythai Japanese Lightweight title.
2009-10-12	Loss	Densiam Lookprabath	NJKF "MuayThai Open 9"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	16-4
2009-09-23	Win	Kazuya Ōe	NJKF "Road To Real King 11"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	KO	2	2:15	16-3
2009-07-19	Win	Kaensak Sor Ploenjit	Ultimate Warriors	Anaheim, California, USA	KO (Left body shot)	5	2:59	15-3
Wins Kaensak's WMC International Lightweight title.
2009-07-05	Win	Maki Lansayam	Nagoyakick "Summer Fes.09 Freedom"	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan	TKO (Cut)	2	2:30	14-3
2009-04-12	Win	Sohta	MAJKF "Break Though-10"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right cross)	1	2:32	13-3
2008-12-23	Win	Pathiban S Kobayashi	Nagoyakick " DrumRoll Please!!"	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	12-3
2008-11-09	Win	Yasutaku	NJKF "Start Of New Legend XIII"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Doctor stoppage/Cut)	3	1:51	11-3
2008-07-27	Win	Hanawa	NJKF "Start Of New Legend IX"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left hook)	1	0:42	10-3
Wins vacant NJKF Lightweight title.
2008-03-08	Win	Hiromi Nakayama	NJKF "Start Of New Legend II"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Referee stoppage/Cut)	4	1:16	9-3
2007-11-23	Loss	Khunsuk Weerasakreck	NJKF "Fighting Evolution XIII"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right cross)	2	2:46	8-3
2007-09-02	Win	Ikki	NJKF "Fighting Evolution X"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right cross)	5	2:59	8-2
2007-07-01	Win	Ganba Kuroda	NJKF "Fighting Evolution VIII"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Corner stoppage)	5	0:35	7-2
2007-01-28	Loss	Yoryut	NJKF "Fighting Evolution II"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	6-2
2006-11-23	Win	Orokamono	NJKF "Advance X"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Corner stoppage)	3	0:20	6-1
2006-09-24	Win	Mishima	NJKF "Advance VIII"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right hook)	2	2:17	5-1
2006-07-02	Win	Hideo	NJKF "Advance VI"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	4-1
2006-05-14	Win	Kozaru	NJKF "Advance V Young Fight"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	3-1
2006-01-15	Loss	Ikki	NJKF "Advance I"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	2-1
2005-09-24	Win	Takuya Minekawa	NJKF "Infinity Challenge VIII"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	TKO	3	1:19	2-0
2005-07-31	Win	Eiji Ogawa	KGS "R.I.S.E. XVII"	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left low kick)	1	1:15	1-0
Professional Debut.