41 Facts About Ryuji Kajiwara

Ryuji Kajiwara was born on 9 December 1976 and is a Japanese former professional kickboxer and boxer.

Ryuji Kajiwara is the head trainer of K-1 Gym Headquarters Team Pegasus and member of the K-1 Japan Group executive committee.

Ryuji Kajiwara faced Sota Tamura at SHOOT BOXING 2004 Infinity-S Vol.

Ryuji Kajiwara next faced Yoshihiro Ono at the February 13,2005 J-NETWORK event.

Ryuji Kajiwara won the fight by a third-round technical knockout, the first stoppage victory of his career.

Ryuji Kajiwara participated in the 2005 J-NETWORK Lightweight Rookie of the Year tournament.

Ryuji Kajiwara won his quarterfinal bout against Fire Harada by unanimous decision on April 10,2005, and advanced to the tournament semifinals, held on June 12,2005, where he faced Hiroshi Iwakiri.

Ryuji Kajiwara beat Iwakiri by unanimous decision and faced Takenori Hosono in the tournament finals, which were held on the same day.

Ryuji Kajiwara won the Rookie to the Year title with a first-round knockout of Hosono.

Ryuji Kajiwara won the fight by unanimous decision, after an extra round was contested.

Ryuji Kajiwara won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.

Ryuji Kajiwara next faced Daisuke Watanabe at SURPRISING 8 MA Japan Kick on December 3,2006.

Ryuji Kajiwara won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.

Ryuji Kajiwara faced AJKF super featherweight champion Naoki Ishikawa in his third straight non-title bout at AJKF New Deal on April 15,2007.

Ryuji Kajiwara was booked to face Makoto Nishiyama for the vacant WFCA World Lightweight title at J-NETWORK "TEAM DRAGON QUEST 1" on June 3,2007.

Ryuji Kajiwara made his second AJKF appearance against Hisanori Maeda at AJKF Kick Return Kickboxer of the best 60 Tournament on August 25,2007.

Ryuji Kajiwara lost the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout.

Ryuji Kajiwara faced Fire Harada on October 25,2007, in his last fight of the year.

Ryuji Kajiwara rebounded from his third professional loss with a split decision win.

Ryuji Kajiwara was booked to face the former two-time WBC featherweight champion Chi In-jin at K-1 ASIA MAX 2008 IN SEOUL on February 24,2008.

Ryuji Kajiwara suffered two consecutive losses for the first time in his career on May 31,2008, as he lost a majority decision to Koji Yoshimoto at AJKF vs Team Dragon.

Ryuji Kajiwara snapped his two-fight losing streak with a third-round technical knockout of Kim Young-kwang at J-NETWORK TEAM DRAGON QUEST 2 on August 31,2008, after which he was booked to face Haruaki Otsuki at K-1 World MAX 2008 World Championship Tournament Final on October 1,2008.

Ryuji Kajiwara faced Akihiro Kuroda at KING OF KINGS TOUITSU in KOBE, -62 kg Tournament First Round on December 23,2008.

Ryuji Kajiwara made his Krush debut against Genki Yamamoto at AJKF Krush 2 on March 14,2009.

Ryuji Kajiwara participated in the 2009 Krush lightweight Grand Prix, the first round of which was held on July 24,2009.

Ryuji Kajiwara beat Sol-de-tigre Yosuke in the opening round of the tournament by a second-round technical knockout and advanced to the tournament quarterfinals, where he faced Yuji Takeuchi.

Ryuji Kajiwara made his third K-1 appearance against Keiichi Samukawa at K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final on December 5,2009.

Ryuji Kajiwara was booked to face Daisuke Endo at Krush 6 on April 29,2010.

Ryuji Kajiwara next faced Naoki Ishikawa at Krush 9 on August 14,2010.

Ryuji Kajiwara took part in the 2011 Krush First Generation King Tournament, held to crown the inaugural Krush champions.

Ryuji Kajiwara earned his place in the final two bouts of the tournament with a unanimous decision victory against TaCa on January 9,2011.

Ryuji Kajiwara faced Kizaemon Saiga in the penultimate bout of the tournament on April 30,2011.

Ryuji Kajiwara made his first Krush lightweight title defense against Tetsuya Yamato at Krush 14 on December 9,2011.

Ryuji Kajiwara faced the 2008 K-1 Koshien tournament winner Hiroya in a non-title bout at Krush 18 on May 3,2012.

Ryuji Kajiwara faced Ikki at Krush 25 on December 14,2012.

Ryuji Kajiwara first dropped a unanimous decision, after an extra round was fought, to Yukihiro Komiya at the Road to GLORY JAPAN -65 kg SLAM event on March 10,2013.

Ryuji Kajiwara was then knocked out in the third round by Minoru Kimura at Krush 28 on May 12,2013.

Ryuji Kajiwara was booked to face Naoki Terasaki at Krush 33 on September 21,2013.

Ryuji Kajiwara won the fight by unanimous decision, snapping his two-fight losing streak.

Ryuji Kajiwara faced Hirotaka Urabe in his retirement fight at Krush 35 on December 14,2013.

Ryuji Kajiwara won the fight by unanimous decision and announced his retirement from the sport in the post-fight ring speech.