Taiga Kawabe

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Taiga
Born Taiga Kawabe (河部 大雅)
(1996-08-14) August 14, 1996 (age 27)
Aikawa, Kanagawa Prefecture
Other names Hypernova
Nationality Japanese
Height 166cm
Weight 60.0 kg (132.3 lb; 9.45 st)
Division Bantamweight
Super Bantamweight
Style Kickboxing, Karate
Stance Southpaw
Fighting out of Japan
Team TRY HARD GYM (2012-2021)
Team Dragon (2021-)
Years active 2012 - present
Kickboxing record
Total 39
Wins 24
By knockout 6
Losses 13
By knockout 6
Draws 2
Other information
Notable relatives Hiroya (Brother)

Taiga Kawabe is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Japan. He is the former Krush Super Bantamweight and K-1 Super Featherweight champion, as well as a two-time K-1 Grand Prix runner-up.[1]

Taiga is the younger brother of Hiroya, who inspired him along with the two time K-1 Max World Champion Masato to start practicing Karate in his childhood, becoming a Black Belt at the fifth grade.[2]

He was ranked as a top ten bantamweight in the world by Combat Press between April 2018 and January 2019.[3][4]

Kickboxing career

Early career

Taiga made his professional debut against Ryota at Krush-EX 2012 vol.6, winning by a third-round TKO. He won his next three fights by unanimous decision, before participating in the Krush Youth Super Bantamweight Grand Prix. He won the tournament with a split decision against Namito Izawa in the semifinals and a unanimous decision against Ryuji Horio in the finals.[5]

After an extra round decision win against Yuya Suzuki at Krush.41, Taiga won the Krush Super Bantamweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Shota Takiya.[6]

K-1

Early K-1 career

Taiga made his K-1 debut against Takeru Segawa at the K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament event. Taiga lost the fight by a spinning backfist knockout. It was both the first loss and the first knockout loss of his career.[7]

Immediately following this loss, Taiga was scheduled to take part in the K-1 Super Bantamweight Grand Prix, to crown the inaugural champion.[8] He defeated Soufiane El Haji by unanimous decision in the quarterfinals and Nobuchika Terado by a third-round knockout in the semifinals. In a rematch with Takeru Segawa in the tournament finals, Taiga once again came up short, losing by unanimous decision.[9]

At K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship, Taiga fought the future Krush Super Featherweight champion Leona Pettas. Pettas won the fight by a majority decision.[10] Returning to Krush, Taiga bounced back from this losing skid with a second-round knockout of Taishi Hiratsuka.[11]

K-1 Super Featherweight tournament

Taiga took part in the K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan Tournament. He scored a first-round flying knee knockout of Masahiro Yamamoto in the quarterfinals, and a first-round left-hook knockout of Toshi in the semifinals. Taiga won the tournament with a unanimous decision win against Koya Urabe.[12]

Winning this tournament earned him a place in the K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan Tournament. He won his quarterfinal bout against Javier Hernández by TKO, after his opponent retired at the end of the second round. He beat Hirotaka Urabe by unanimous decision in the semifinals. Taiga fought a rematch with Koya Urabe in the tournament finals, and lost by TKO, after being knocked down three times inside of the first 90 seconds.[13]

K-1 title reign

After beating Chen Wende at the Wu Lin Feng 2016: WLF x Krush - China vs Japan event, Taiga was given the chance to challenge Hirotaka Urabe for the K-1 Super Featherweight title. He beat Urabe by unanimous decision.[14]

Four months after winning the title, Taiga was scheduled to fight Koji in a non-title bout.[15] He won the fight by unanimous decision.[16]

In his last fight with the promotion, Taiga was scheduled to fight Stavros Exakoustidis. Exakoustidis won the fight by a first-round knockout.[17]

Moving away from K-1, Taiga participated in the Kunlun Fight 74 61.5kg Tournament, being scheduled to fight Lin Qiangbang in the quarterfinals. Qiangbang won the fight by majority decision.[18]

RIZIN

Taiga made his promotional debut with RIZIN against Kento Haraguchi at Rizin 13.[19] The fight ended in a draw.[20]

Taiga would lose his next two fights to Zhu Xu at Emei Legend 36 by majority decision,[21] and to Saeksan Or. Kwanmuang at Rise by unanimous decision.[22]

Kawabe was scheduled to fight Thalisson Gomes Ferreira at Rizin 15.[23] Taiga once again lost, after being knocked down three times inside of the second round.[24]

His third appearance for RIZIN was at Rizin 17, when he was scheduled to fight Hikaru Machida. Taiga managed to beat Machida by unanimous decision.[25]

After his first victory in over two years, Taiga was scheduled to fight the former RISE Lightweight champion Taiju Shiratori at Rizin 19.[26] Shiratori won the fight by unanimous decision.[27] The two of them fought an immediate rematch at Rizin 20.[28] Shiratori once again won, this time by TKO, as Taiga was unable to continue after the second round due to a cut.[29]

Taiga was next scheduled to fight the reigning RISE Lightweight champion Kento Haraguchi at Rizin 23. Taiga lost the fight by a first-round knockout.[30]

Following these three losses, Taiga was scheduled to fight Yuma Yamahata at Rizin 25. He snapped the second losing streak of his career with a unanimous decision victory over Yamahata.[31]

Taiga was next scheduled to fight Kanta Motoyama at Rizin 27. He dominated throughout the three rounds and won a unanimous decision.[32]

RISE

Taiga was scheduled to fight Kan Nakamura at RISE WORLD SERIES 2021 on July 18, 2021.[33] He lost the fight by majority decision.[34]

Taiga was scheduled to face Genji Umeno at RISE World Series 2021 Osaka 2 on November 14, 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision.[35]

Taiga was booked to face Ryo Takahashi at Rizin 34 – Osaka on March 20, 2022.[36] The bout was ruled a majority decision draw.[37]

Titles and accomplishments

Awards

  • eFight.jp
    • Fighter of the Month (April 2016)[40]

Fight record

Kickboxing record
24 Wins (6 (T)KO's), 13 Losses, 2 Draws, 0 No Contest
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2022-07-02 Japan Soichiro Arata Rizin 36 Osaka, Japan
2022-03-20 Draw Japan Ryo Takahashi Rizin 34 – Osaka Osaka, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2021-11-14 Win Japan Genji Umeno RISE World Series 2021 Osaka 2 Osaka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2021-07-18 Loss Japan Kan Nakamura RISE WORLD SERIES 2021 Osaka, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2021-03-21 Win Japan Kanta Motoyama Rizin 27 – Nagoya Nagoya, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2020-11-21 Win Japan Yuma Yamahata Rizin 25 – Osaka Osaka, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2020-08-10 Loss Japan Kento Haraguchi Rizin 23 – Yokohama Yokohama, Japan KO (Punches) 1 2:50
2019-12-31 Loss Japan Taiju Shiratori Rizin 20 - Saitama Saitama, Japan TKO (Doctor Stoppage/cut) 2 3:00
2019-10-12 Loss Japan Taiju Shiratori Rizin 19 - Osaka Osaka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2019-07-27 Win Japan Hikaru Machida Rizin 17 - Saitama Saitama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2019-04-21 Loss Brazil Thalisson Gomes Ferreira Rizin 15 - Yokohama Yokohama, Japan TKO (3 knockdowns rule) 2 2:34
2019-03-10 Loss Thailand Saeksan Or. Kwanmuang Rise World Series 2019 First Round Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2019-01-12 Loss China Zhu Xu Emei Legend 36 China Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2018-09-30 Draw Japan Kento Haraguchi Rizin 13 - Saitama Saitama, Japan Decision 3 3:00
2018-05-13 Loss China Lin Qiangbang Kunlun Fight 74 61.5kg Tournament, Quarter Finals China Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2017-09-18 Loss Greece Stavros Exakoustidis K-1 World GP 2017 Welterweight Championship Tournament Tokyo, Japan KO (3 Knockdowns/Left Hook) 1 2:41
2017-06-18 Win Japan Koji K-1 World GP 2017 Super Welterweight Championship Tournament Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2017-02-25 Win Japan Hirotaka Urabe K-1 World GP 2017 Lightweight Championship Tournament Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins the K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Title.
2016-12-03 Win China Chen Wende Wu Lin Feng 2016: WLF x Krush - China vs Japan Zhengzhou, China Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2016-09-19 Loss Japan Koya Urabe K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament, Final Tokyo, Japan KO (3 Knockdowns/Left Cross) 1 1:30
For the K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament.
2016-09-19 Win Japan Hirotaka Urabe K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament, Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2016-09-19 Win Spain Javier Hernández K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan TKO (Forfeit) 2 3:00
2016-04-24 Win Japan Koya Urabe K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan Tournament, Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins the K-1 -60kg Japan Championship.
2016-04-24 Win Japan Toshi K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan Tournament, Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan KO (Left Hook) 1 0:54
2016-04-24 Win Japan Masahiro Yamamoto K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan Tournament, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan KO (Left Flying Knee) 1 1:48
2016-02-05 Win Japan Taishi Hiratsuka Krush.63 Tokyo, Japan KO (Left Hook) 2 2:46
2015-11-21 Loss Japan Leona Pettas K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2015-04-19 Loss Japan Takeru K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg Championship Tournament, Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
For the K-1 -55kg World Championship.
2015-04-19 Win Japan Nobuchika Terado K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg Championship Tournament, Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Hook) 3 2:40
2015-04-19 Win Morocco Soufiane El Haji K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg Championship Tournament, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2014-11-03 Loss Japan Takeru K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament Tokyo, Japan KO (Spinning Back Fist) 3 0:13
2014-08-24 Win Japan Shota Takiya Krush.45 Nagoya, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins the Krush Super Bantamweight Belt.
2014-05-11 Win Japan Yuya Suzuki Krush.41 Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2013-12-14 Win Japan Ryuji Horio Krush.35 - Krush Youth GP 55kg Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins the Krush Youth GP 2013 -55kg Tournament.
2013-10-13 Win Japan Namito Izawa Krush-IGNITION 2013 vol.6 - Krush Youth GP 55kg Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Split) 4 3:00
2013-10-13 Win Japan Masahiro Krush-IGNITION 2013 vol.6 - Krush Youth GP 55kg Tournament Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
2013-09-01 Win Japan Hiraoka Seiji J-NETWORK "J-FIGHT SHINJUKU ~ vol.32 ~" Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2013-06-16 Win Japan Yoshiki Krush.29 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2013-03-20 Win Japan Keisuke Ishida Krush.27 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2012-11-23 Win Japan Ryota Krush-EX 2012 vol.6 Tokyo, Japan TKO (3 Knockdowns/Left High Kick) 3 1:20
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes
Amateur Kickboxing Record
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2012-06-03 Win Japan Rasta Kido BigBang Amateur 6 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 2 1:30
2012-03-11 Win Japan Daisuke Hirano KAMINARIMON Tokyo, Japan KO 2
2011-12-18 Win Japan Sho Oota KAMINARIMON Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 2 1:30
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

References

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