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Masahiko Kimura (木村 政彦, Kimura Masahiko, 10 September 1917 – 18 April 1993) was a Japanese judoka and professional wrestler.He won the All-Japan Judo Championships three times in a row for the first time in history and had never lost a judo match from 1936 to 1950.
The fight between Japanese judoka Masahiko Kimura and Brazilian jiu-jitsu founder Hélio Gracie was held at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on October 23, 1951. It was held as a special challenge, with no titles on the line: Gracie was the self-proclaimed national jiu-jitsu champion, [1] seen as a regular judo 6th dan by Kimura, [2] while Kimura himself was coming from a career in ...
His current record stands at 29 Matches 19-7-3 (W-L-D), with 12 KOs, and the best rank he reached is 1st in Lightweight. His signature "Look Away" technique is based on a skill former World Middleweight Champion Jake LaMotta had used in his career and his signature move the "Frog Punch" is based on real-life former world champion Koichi Wajima ...
Hajime no Ippo (はじめの一歩, lit. ' The First Step ') is a Japanese boxing-themed manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa.It has been serialized by Kodansha in the shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine since October 1989, with its chapters collected in 141 tankōbon volumes as of July 2024.
There were no plans to release the OVA, Mashiba vs. Kimura. Disc sales of the series did not perform well. [17] In September 2020, Discotek Media announced that they have licensed the series for a 2021 release, including the 76 episodes, Champion Road and, for the first time in North America, the OVA Mashiba vs. Kimura. [18]
Tag League the Best - Day 7: Tokyo, Japan: 2 22: 1 [23] Defeated Hanako Nakamori and Misaki Ohata in the finals of the 2012 Tag League the Best to win the vacant championship. [24] — Vacated: April 30, 2012: JWP 20th Anniversary: Mania X: Tokyo, Japan — — — The championship was vacated after Toshie Uematsu wrestled her final JWP match ...
Win 13–1–2 Masahiro Sakamoto MD: 12 23 Nov 2016 Sumiyoshi SportsCenter, Osaka, Japan: Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title: 15 Win 12–1–2 Thiraphong Phaepho KO 1 (10), 2:35: 6 Jul 2016 Meenayothin Camp, Bangkok, Thailand: 14 Win 11–1–2 Yamato Uchinono TKO 5 (8), 1:45: 12 May 2016 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan: 13 Win 10–1–2 ...
The World's Strongest Tag Determination League (世界最強タッグ決定リーグ戦, Sekai Saikyō Taggu Kettei Rīgu-sen), more commonly known in the West as the Real World Tag League, is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by All Japan Pro Wrestling since 1977, usually, run on the first weeks of December.