55 Facts About Yoshiki Takei

Yoshiki Takei is a Japanese professional boxer and former kickboxer, who has held the WBO Bantamweight title since May 2024.

Yoshiki Takei won the fight by a first-round knockout, stopping Tasuku with strikes to the body at the 2:33 minute mark of the opening round.

Yoshiki Takei first lost a majority decision to Tenma Sano at Krush.

Yoshiki Takei captured the title by a first-round technical knockout, after he had knocked Hagiwara down three times inside of a single round.

Yoshiki Takei knocked Katsuhiro out with a left hook to the body after just 51 seconds.

Yoshiki Takei extended his winning streak to three consecutive fights with a narrow unanimous decision victory against Taito Gunji at Krush.

Yoshiki Takei took part in the 2016 Krush Super Bantamweight tournament, held to crown the inaugural Krush Bantamweight champion.

Yoshiki Takei was booked to face Ryusei in the tournament semifinals on April 10,2016.

Yoshiki Takei won the fight by a second-round knockout, flooring his opponent with a left uppercut in the final minute of the second round, which left Ryusei unable to beat the eight count.

Yoshiki Takei made quick work of Ueba, stopping him with a right uppercut at the midway point of the opening round.

Yoshiki Takei made his first and only Krush title defense against Ryusei, whom he head previously beaten by stoppage in the quarterfinals of the bantamweight tournament, at Krush.

Yoshiki Takei won the rematch by a third-round technical knockout, after knocking Ryusei down thrice in the last round of the bout.

Yoshiki Takei participated in the 2017 K-1 World GP Super Bantamweight World Grand Prix, which was held on April 22,2017.

Yoshiki Takei was scheduled to face Antonio Orden in the quarterfinals of the one-day tournament, while the other three fights pitted Keisuke Ishida against Charles Bongiovanni, Nobuchika Terado against Jamie Whelan and Kenji Kubo against Son Dachen.

Yoshiki Takei first knocked Orden down with a strike to the body, before forcing a referee stoppage with a flurry of punches at the 2:31 minute mark of the final round.

Yoshiki Takei first knocked Ishida down with a left straight, before finishing him with repeated right hooks at the midway point of the first round.

Yoshiki Takei faced the former RISE bantamweight champion Kenji Kubo in the finals of the Grand Prix.

Yoshiki Takei faced the "Legend of Heroes" featherweight champion Namito Izawa in a non-title bout at K-1 WORLD GP 2017 -67kg World Tournament on September 18,2017.

Yoshiki Takei knocked his opponent down with a head kick in the third round, before knocking him down twice more with flurries of punches, which resulted in an automatic technical knockout victory for him.

Yoshiki Takei then faced Victor Saravia in another non-title bout at K-1 WORLD GP 2017 Heavyweight World Tournament on November 23,2017, in his fifth and final fight of the year.

Yoshiki Takei made quick work of Saravia, winning the fight by a 98-second spinning back kick knockout.

At the annual "K-1 awards" held on January 14,2018, Yoshiki Takei was named the 2017 "Fighter of the Year".

Yoshiki Takei made his first K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship defense against Kenji Kubo at K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.

Yoshiki Takei previously beat Kubo in the finals of 2017 K-1 super bantamweight tournament to capture the vacant title.

Yoshiki Takei first knocked Kubo down with a right hook, before knocking him out with a second right hook soon after.

Yoshiki Takei faced the ISKA, WKN and WBC Muaythai champion Akram Hamidi in a non-title bout at K-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship Tournament on September 24,2018.

Yoshiki Takei won the fight by a first-round knockout, flooring Hamidi with a left straight.

Yoshiki Takei was then booked to face Yodbuadaeng Fairtex in another non-title bout at K-1 World GP 2018: K-1 Lightweight World's Strongest Tournament on December 8,2018.

Yoshiki Takei won the fight by decision, after an extra fourth round was contested.

Yoshiki Takei faced Sandro Martin in yet another non-title bout at K-1 World GP 2019: K'FESTA 2 on March 10,2019.

Yoshiki Takei won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.

Yoshiki Takei participated in the 2019 K-1 Super Bantamweight World Grand Prix on June 30,2019.

Yoshiki Takei faced Alex Rivas in the tournament quarterfinals, while the other three tournament pairings saw Masashi Kumura face Phetpangan Mor.

Yoshiki Takei beat Rivas by a first-round technical knockout, after knocking Rivas down twice inside of a single round, which resulted in a stoppage victory for him under the tournament rules.

Yoshiki Takei made quick work of Kumura as well, knocking him down twice by the 1:46 minute mark of the opening round.

Yoshiki Takei faced the reigning Krush Super Bantamweight champion Masashi Kumura in the finals of the Grand Prix.

On December 9,2020, at the K'Festa 4 press conference Yoshiki Takei announced his departure from kickboxing.

Yoshiki Takei had been ranked in the P4P top ten since July 2019.

On December 12,2020, at the K-1 World GP 2020 Winter's Crucial Bout event Yoshiki Takei relinquished his K-1 title and announced his transition to boxing.

Yoshiki Takei accordingly joined the Ohashi gym where he would be trained by the recently retired Akira Yaegashi.

Yoshiki Takei won the fight by TKO in the first round, forcing Takai's corner to throw in the towel after the second knockdown.

Yoshiki Takei was booked to face the up-and-coming prospect Azusa Takeda on September 9,2021, in the Korakuen Hall.

Yoshiki Takei won the fight by knockout in the first round.

Yoshiki Takei faced the undefeated Kazuhiro Imamura in his third professional bout, which took place on the undercard of the Naoya Inoue and Aran Dipaen bantamweight world title fight, on December 14,2021.

Yoshiki Takei was next booked to face Shingo Kawamura on April 22,2022, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Yoshiki Takei won the fight by a second-round technical knockout.

Yoshiki Takei's four fight undefeated streak earned Takei the chance to face the reigning OPBF super bantamweight champion Pete Apolinar, in the latter's first title defense.

In front of an audience of 1,420 people, Yoshiki Takei won the fight by a fifth-round knockout.

Yoshiki Takei had a great start to the fight, as he knocked Apolinar down twice in the second round, with a right hook and left hook respectively, and knocked him down once more with a leaping right hook in the fourth round as well.

Yoshiki Takei made his first OPBF super bantamweight title defense against Bruno Tarimo on December 23,2022, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

Yoshiki Takei beat Tarimo by doctor stoppage due to a cut in the eleventh round after scoring a knockdown in the first round.

Yoshiki Takei was expected to face the Philippine national bantamweight champion Ronnie Baldonado in a non-title bout on May 7,2023.

Yoshiki Takei vacated the OPBF super bantamweight title on November 29,2023.

Yoshiki Takei challenged Jason Moloney for the WBO bantamweight title on May 6,2024, at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

Yoshiki Takei made the first defense of his WBO Bantamweight title against Daigo Higa on September 3,2024, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.