109 Facts About Yasuhiro Kido

Yasuhiro Kido is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the lightweight division of Rizin Fighting Federation.

Yasuhiro Kido is the former Krush Super Welterweight champion, having held the title from 2012 until 2014.

Yasuhiro Kido was born in Kanagawa, Japan on December 25,1982.

Yasuhiro Kido made his professional debut against Tatsuro Irie at MAJKF "Explosion-3" on September 14,2003.

Yasuhiro Kido was knocked down with low kicks in both the first and second rounds, and was unable to stand up after the second low kick knockdown in the second round.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Tsurugi at Ikusa "YGZ04 Bird-Base" on March 12,2005.

Yasuhiro Kido knocked Tsurugi down with a head kick at the very end of the first round.

Yasuhiro Kido continued pressuring in the second round, finally knocking Tsurugi out with a head kick at the 2:32 minute mark.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Yuya Yamamoto in the opening bout of K-1 World MAX 2005 World Tournament Open on May 4,2005.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Kenshi Toda at Ikusa GP -U60 Superstarz Tournament -Final Stage- on September 19,2005.

Yasuhiro Kido combined lead leg middle and high kicks with knees and the second round, with Toda appearing unable to deal with them.

Midway through the second round, Yasuhiro Kido clinched Toda and landed several undefended knees, which forced his opponent's corner to throw in the towel.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Zenmaru Hidari at W Capsule Vol.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Matsuo Akamine at W Capsule on June 11,2006.

Yasuhiro Kido won the rematch by a third-round knockout, stopping Akamine with a head kick, 13 seconds into the round.

Yasuhiro Kido cut Lewis with an elbow in the fourth round, prompting the ringside doctor to stop the fight.

Yasuhiro Kido made his return to K-1 at K-1 World MAX 2007 Japan Tournament on February 5,2007, when he was scheduled to face Kenji Kawabata.

Yasuhiro Kido knocked Kawabata with a combination of a right straight and head kick in the first round.

Yasuhiro Kido continued pressuring after the fight resumed, knocking Kawabata with a right straight at the 2:26 minute mark.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Gozo Mitsuyama at K-1 World MAX 2007 World Elite Showcase on April 4,2007.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Hiroki Shishido at MAJKF "Breakdown 5" on June 10,2007.

Yasuhiro Kido scored the sole knockdown of the fight in the second round, when he dropped Shishido with a knee.

Yasuhiro Kido challenged the reigning M-1 Middleweight champion Shingo Garyu at M-1 "120th Anniversary of Japan-Thailand -Muay Thai Hearty Smiles-" on September 24,2007.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Yasuhito Shirasu at MAJKF "Breakdown-8" on December 2,2007.

Yasuhiro Kido participated in the K-1 World MAX 2008 Japan Tournament, held on February 2,2008.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Keiji Ozaki in the tournament quarterfinals.

Yasuhiro Kido won the closely contested fight by unanimous decision, winning the third round on all three of the judges scorecards.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Hayato in the tournament finals.

Yasuhiro Kido won the fight by a first-round knockout, dropping Hayato with a right straight, after both fighters knocked each other down.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Chi Bin Lim at K-1 World MAX 2008 World Championship Tournament Final 16 on April 9,2008.

Yasuhiro Kido knocked Lim down with a knee strike 40 seconds into the first round.

Yasuhiro Kido was next scheduled to face Artur Kyshenko at K-1 World MAX 2008 World Championship Tournament Final 8 on July 7,2008, with the winner earning his place in the 2008 K-1 MAX final tournament.

Yasuhiro Kido lost the fight by a second-round technical knockout.

Yasuhiro Kido participated in the K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan Tournament, held on February 23,2009.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Hinata Watanabe in the tournament quarterfinals.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Su Hwan Lee in the reserve of K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final 16, held on April 21,2009.

Yasuhiro Kido next scheduled to fight Leroy Kaestner in the reserve fight of K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final 8.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Ryuji in the quarterfinals of the K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg Japan Tournament on March 27,2010.

Yasuhiro Kido appeared close to getting a draw, but was deducted a point due to a low blow in the third round.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Vahid Roshani at K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament Final 16 on May 2,2010.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to make his BigBang debut against U-jung Kim at Big Bang 2 on July 31,2010.

Yasuhiro Kido won the fight by a first-round knockout, stopping Kim with a head kick.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to fight a rematch with Shingo Garyu at Big Bang 3 on September 23,2010.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Takayoshi Kitayama at Big Bang 4 on February 5,2011.

Yasuhiro Kido was deducted a point in the second round, as he was holding Kitayama in the clinch while knocking him down with a knee strike.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Kazuki Hamazaki at Big Bang 5 on May 15,2011.

Yasuhiro Kido thoroughly dominated Hamazaki and won the fight by a wide unanimous decision.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Kenta Yamada in his return to K-1, in the quarterfinals of K-1 World MAX 2011 -70kg Japan Tournament Final on September 25,2011.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Shintaro Matsukura at Big Bang 7 on December 11,2011.

Yasuhiro Kido won the fight by a second-round spinning backfist knockout.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Man-Sun Baek at Big Bang 8 on February 25,2012.

Yasuhiro Kido knocked Baek down twice in the first round, with a head kick and a right straight, before finally stopping him with a left straight at the 2:02 minute mark of the second round.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to challenge the reigning Krush Super Welterweight champion Kenta Yamada at Krush.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to fight Xu Yan at K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final 16 on May 27,2012.

Yasuhiro Kido won the fight by a third-round knockout, which earned him a place in the quarterfinals of the 2012 K-1 World MAX tournament.

Yasuhiro Kido fought twice before taking part in the MAX tournament.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Murthel Groenhart in the quarterfinals of the K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final on December 15,2012.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to make the first defense of his Krush title against Takuro Moriya at Krush.

Yasuhiro Kido was first scheduled to face Asami Zaurus at Big Bang 12 on February 24,2013.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to make his second Krush title defense against Yutaru Yamauchi at Krush.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Andy Souwer at K-1 World MAX 2013 World Championship Tournament Final 16 on September 14,2013.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to fight Kuntap Weerasakreck at Big Bang 15 on December 1,2013.

Yasuhiro Kido won the fight by a third-round technical knockout, stopping Yankun with a series of knees.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to make his third and final Krush title defense against Hiroki Nakajima at Krush.

Yasuhiro Kido scored the sole knockdown of the fight in the first round, dropping Nakajima with a right hook.

Yasuhiro Kido vacated the Krush Super Welterweight title on the title on August 21,2014.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face the two-time K-1 World MAX tournament winner Andy Souwer at RISE 100 - Blade 0 on July 12,2014.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Samo Petje at Blade 1 on December 29,2014.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to challenge the reigning ISKA Super Welterweight champion Armen Petrosyan at Oktagon 2015: 20 Years Edition on April 21,2015.

Petrosyan and Yasuhiro Kido were scheduled to fight an immediate rematch at Blade FC 2 on August 1,2015.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Zhao Shuai at Kickboxing of the world on January 23,2016.

Yasuhiro Kido won the fight by a second-round head kick knockout.

Yasuhiro Kido signed back on with K-1 in early 2016, after K-1 had reformed following its bankruptcy.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Daiki Watabe at K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg World Tournament on June 24,2016.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face the WKA Romanian Welterweight champion Robert Stoica at Big Bang 26 on September 4,2016.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Sanny Dahlbeck at K-1 World GP 2016 Featherweight Championship Tournament on November 3,2016.

Yasuhiro Kido later protested that he was illegally clinched preceding the knockout, but his complaint wasn't accepted.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Kim Min-su at Big Bang 28 on February 12,2017.

Yasuhiro Kido won the fight by a second-round technical knockout.

Yasuhiro Kido participated in the 2017 Super Welterweight World Grand Pix, held at K-1 World GP 2017 Super Middleweight Championship Tournament on June 18,2017.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Luke Whelan in the tournament quarterfinals.

Yasuhiro Kido won the fight by a third-round body shot knockout.

Yasuhiro Kido was more successful in the rematch and won by a first-round knockout, due to lowkicks.

Yasuhiro Kido faced the two-weight WAKO World champion Chingiz Allazov in the tournament finals.

Yasuhiro Kido was knocked down once in the first round, with a left hook, and twice in the third round, with a left and right straights respectively.

Yasuhiro Kido was knocked down once in both the second and third rounds.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Issam Chahid at K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Massaro Glunder at K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament on June 17,2018.

Yasuhiro Kido won the fight by disqualification, as Glunder was disqualified for excessive holding, despite numerous warnings from the referee.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Jonathan Tuhu at K-1 World GP 2018: 3rd Super Lightweight Championship Tournament on November 3,2018.

Yasuhiro Kido won the fight by a second-round head kick knockout.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Katsuya Jinbo at K-1 World GP 2019 Yokohamatsuri on November 24,2019.

Yasuhiro Kido took part in the 2020 K-1 Super Welterweight World Grand Prix, held at K-1: K'Festa 3 on March 22,2020.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Milan Pales in the tournament quarterfinals.

Yasuhiro Kido won the fight by a second-round knockout, dropping Pales with a head kick.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Daiki Watabe during BigBang's 10th Year Anniversary event, held on November 8,2020.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to face Daiki Matsushita at K-1: K'Festa 4 on January 24,2021.

Yasuhiro Kido was scheduled to fight a rematch with Yutaro Yamauchi at K-1 World GP 2021: Yokohamatsuri on September 20,2021.

Yasuhiro Kido faced Yasuhito Shirasu at Bigbang 42 on June 12,2022.

The bout was a rematch of their December 2,2007 fight, which Yasuhiro Kido won by majority decision.

Yasuhiro Kido won the rematch by majority decision as well.

Yasuhiro Kido faced Joji at Super Bigbang 2022 on November 13,2022.

On December 16,2022, it was announced that Yasuhiro Kido would depart from K-1, as his contract with the promotion expired.

Yasuhiro Kido faced Yukimitsu Takahashi at the inaugural Narigari show on February 5,2023.

Yasuhiro Kido lost the fight by unanimous decision, after being knocked down in the dying seconds of the final round.

Yasuhiro Kido faced the two-time K-1 World MAX champion Buakaw Banchamek at Legend of Rajadamnern: Last of the Generation on September 9,2023.

Yasuhiro Kido faced Kusa MAX at Super Bigbang 2023 on December 3,2023.

Yasuhiro Kido won the fight by a second-round technical knockout.

Yasuhiro Kido faced Yi Long at Space One Champions 2024 on May 7,2024.