Taio Asahisa was born on 16 January 1998 and is a Japanese kickboxer, currently fighting in the lightweight division of K-1, where he is the former lightweight champion.
39 Facts About Taio Asahisa
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Taio Asahisa was most notably eliminated from the All Japan Junior Kick competitions two years in a row by Tenshin Nasukawa, and by Ren Hiramoto in the first round of the 2014 K-1 Koshien tournament.
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Taio Asahisa made his professional debut on September 21,2014, at the age of 16, being scheduled to fight Masachika Morimoto in the quarterfinals of the 2014 J-Fight Next Generation Cup.
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Taio Asahisa managed to knock Ogura down late in the first round, and won by technical knockout nine seconds into the second round.
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Taio Asahisa fought the WPMF Japan Bantamweight champion Teru in the finals and won the fight by unanimous decision.
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Taio Asahisa was scheduled to make his K-1 debut against Namito Izawa at Krush 49.
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Taio Asahisa was scheduled to make his second promotional appearance against Chikara Iwao at Krush 54.
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Taio Asahisa achieved his first win with the promotion by majority decision.
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Taio Asahisa lost his next fight against Keisuke Ishida by unanimous decision, with Ishida clearly winning two of the three rounds of the bout.
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Taio Asahisa moved away from K-1 for his next two fights.
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Taio Asahisa returned to K-1 to face Haruma Saikyo at K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg World Tournament.
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Saikyo was the more dominant party in the first round, while Taio Asahisa was more successful in pressuring Saikyo in the second and third round.
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Taio Asahisa was scheduled to fight Fumiya Osawa at Krush 70.
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Taio Asahisa was scheduled to face Sano Tenma at Krush 73, in the tournament quarterfinals.
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Two months later, Taio Asahisa fought Leona Pettas in the tournament semifinals, and lost by a dominant unanimous decision.
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Taio Asahisa suffered the first knockdown of his professional career in the first round of the fight.
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Taio Asahisa won the fight by unanimous decision, managing to knock down Oiwa in the first round.
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Taio Asahisa was next scheduled to fight Shue Shenzheng at the Wu Lin Feng 2018: -60kg World Championship Tournament, in a reserve bout of a WLF 60kg bout.
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Taio Asahisa extended his winning streak to three with a dominant unanimous decision victory over Yuzuki Satomi at Krush 91.
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Taio Asahisa was scheduled to make his return to K-1 at K-1 World GP 2018: K-1 Lightweight World Tournament, being scheduled to fight the former Krush Featherweight champion Riku Anpo.
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Taio Asahisa took part in a Krush Super Featherweight tournament, with the quarterfinal bout being held at Krush 98.
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Taio Asahisa was scheduled to fight a rematch with the Leona Pettas.
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Taio Asahisa rebounded from his second loss to Pettas with a unanimous decision victory against Naoki Yamamoto at Krush 101.
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Taio Asahisa was afterwards scheduled to fight Tomoya Yokoyama at Krush 104.
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Taio Asahisa had a slow start to the fight, with all three judges scoring the first round as a draw.
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Taio Asahisa built momentum as the fight went on, winning the bout by unanimous decision.
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Taio Asahisa's last fight at 60kg was against Narufumi Nishimoto at Krush 107.
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Taio Asahisa won the fight by a second-round knockout, dropping Nishimoto with a left body kick in the last minute of the second round.
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Taio Asahisa stepped in on a four days notice to fight the reigning K-1 Lightweight champion Kenta Hayashi at K-1 World GP 2020: K'Festa 3.
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Taio Asahisa weighed in 2.2kg lighter than his opponent and came into the fight as a significant underdog.
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Taio Asahisa pressured after the fight resumed, scoring a second knockdown at the 1:44 minute mark of the second round.
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Taio Asahisa was scheduled to fight Hiroki at K-1 World GP 2020 in Osaka, in his second fight at lightweight.
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Taio Asahisa defeated Hiroki by second round high kick knockout, having been knocked down in the first round.
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Taio Asahisa was scheduled to fight Hikaru Hasumi at K-1 World GP 2020 Winter's Crucial Bout.
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Taio Asahisa was scheduled to fight the reigning K-1 Lightweight champion Gonnapar Weerasakreck at K-1 World GP 2021 in Fukuoka.
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Taio Asahisa had previously beat Kenta Hayashi, then the K-1 Lightweight champion, in a non-title bout, while Gonnapar became the champion after dethroning Hayashi at K-1 World GP 2020 Winter's Crucial Bout.
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Accordingly, an extra round was fought, after which Taio Asahisa was awarded a split decision.
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Taio Asahisa faced Yuki Yoza in a non-title bout at K-1 World GP 2022 Japan on February 27,2022.
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Taio Asahisa made his first K-1 Lightweight title defense against Yuki Yoza at K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6 on March 12,2023, in what was an immediate rematch of his upset loss to Yoza the previous year.