46 Facts About Shota Takiya

Shota Takiya is a retired Japanese kickboxer who competed in the super bantamweight divisions of Krush, K-1, RISE and Rizin FF.

Shota Takiya won the fight by a first-round knockout, stopping Kengo with a knee to the body at the 2:12 minute mark of the opening round.

Shota Takiya was booked to face Naohito Terauchi at AJKF Road to 70's on September 29,2007.

Shota Takiya won the fight by a second-round jumping knee knockout.

Shota Takiya was awarded the automatic technical knockout victory in the second round, after successfully knocking Sakuchi down three times by the 1:46 minute mark.

Shota Takiya made his K-1 debut against Vitaly Lisniak at K-1 WORLD MAX 2008 World Championship Tournament FINAL16 on April 9,2008.

Shota Takiya was booked to face the one-time AJKF bantamweight title challenger Nobuchika Terado for the vacant AJKF belt at AJKF New Year Kick Festival 2009 on January 4,2009.

Shota Takiya made his Krush debut against Koya Urabe at Krush.

Shota Takiya was booked to face Nasu at Krush 5 on January 4,2010.

Shota Takiya won the fight by a second-round technical knockout, as he successfully knocked Nasu three times by the 2:28 minute mark.

Shota Takiya won the fight by a second-round knockout, flooring TARO with a left straight.

Shota Takiya faced Hiroaki Mizuhara in his third fight of the year, at Krush 10 on September 20,2010.

Shota Takiya won the closely contested bout by split decision, after an extra round was fought.

Shota Takiya was booked to face Takumi Tosaka in the quarterfinals of the super bantamweight tournament, held on December 12,2010.

Shota Takiya knocked Tosaka out with a combination of a knee and front kick at the 2:16 minute mark of the second round.

Shota Takiya was victorious in the rematch as well, winning their second meeting by unanimous decision, after an extra round was fought.

Shota Takiya faced Ryuya Kusakabe in the finals of the tournament, which was held on the same day.

Shota Takiya won the final bout of the tournament by a third-round knockout.

Shota Takiya faced Damien Trainor, in his second non-title bout, at Krush 13 on November 12,2011.

Shota Takiya made his first Krush super bantamweight title defense against Nobuchika Terado at Krush 15 on January 9,2012.

Shota Takiya made quick work of Terado, as he won the fight by a first-round knockout.

Shota Takiya made his second Krush super bantamweight title defense against Takumi Tosaka at Krush 22 on August 26,2012.

The bout was a rematch of their December 12,2010, meeting, which Shota Takiya won by a second-round knockout.

Shota Takiya was next booked to face Mike Alamos in a non-title bout at Krush Grand Prix 2013 on January 14,2013.

Alamos won the fight by majority decision, snapping Shota Takiya's ten fight winning streak.

Shota Takiya vacated the Krush super bantamweight title on May 25,2013 after moving to a non-K1 affiliated gym.

Shota Takiya rebounded from this loss by notching two straight unanimous decision victories, with the first being against Ryuma Tobe at Krush.

Shota Takiya was booked to face Takumi Tosaka for the vacant Krush super bantamweight title, in a trilogy match held at Krush.

Shota Takiya made the first Krush title defense of his second reign against Ryuma Tobe at Krush.

Shota Takiya made his third title defense against Taiga Kawabe at Krush.

Shota Takiya faced Shou Rong at K-1 World GP 2015 -60kg Championship Tournament on January 18,2015.

Shota Takiya scored the sole knockdown of the bout in the first round, dropping Rong with a right hook.

Shota Takiya participated in the 2016 K-1 super bantamweight grand prix, which was held on April 19,2015.

Shota Takiya faced Danial Williams in the quarterfinals of the same-day tournament.

Shota Takiya won the first bout of the tournament by unanimous decision and advanced to the semifinals, where he faced the reigning Krush Featherweight champion Takeru Segawa.

Shota Takiya returned to Krush for his next bout, as he was booked to face Yoshiki at Krush.

Shota Takiya lost the fight by unanimous decision, after an extra round was fought.

Shota Takiya next faced Reiya at HOOST CUP KINGS OSAKA 2 on November 26,2017.

Shota Takiya made his RISE promotional debut against Azusa Kaneko at RISE 123 on March 24,2018.

Shota Takiya was next booked to face Jin Mandokoro at RISE 124 on May 24,2018.

Shota Takiya made his Rizin debut against Syuto Sato at Rizin 12 - Nagoya on August 12,2018.

Shota Takiya faced Kazuya Okuwaki at RISE 128 on November 2,2018.

Shota Takiya notched his first victory with the promotion, as he won by a fourth-round technical knockout.

Shota Takiya was booked to re-match Jin Mandokoro at RISE 131 on March 23,2019.

Shota Takiya made his second appearance with Rizin at Rizin 18 - Nagoya on August 18,2019, against Kazuki Osaki.

Shota Takiya announced his retirement from the sport on January 8,2020.