Akeomi Nitta

Akeomi Nitta (新田明臣, born July 23, 1973) is a Japanese kickboxer.[1] He is one of Japan's kickboxers in the welterweight division.

Akeomi Nitta
Born	(1973-07-23) July 23, 1973 Tokyo, Japan
Native name	新田明臣
Nationality	Japanese
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Division	Welterweight
Style	Karate
Fighting out of	Tokyo, Japan
Kickboxing record
Total	43
Wins	30
By knockout	16
Losses	10
Draws	3
No contests	0

Biography

Karate to kickboxing

In elementary school Akeomi Nitta loved baseball; during junior high he chose not to pursue sports, instead concentrating on other activities. Daido-juku karate rekindled his interest, and he won the first tournament that he participated in although he was only a white belt (beginner) at the time. Soon after he met his teacher, Mr. Katsuyama, and became a pupil of S.V.G., a kickboxing gym, he won the championship of Shin-karate absolute class by knocking out all his opponents.

As a kickboxer

He knocked out his opponent again in his first professional match, and the future welterweight champion of the New Japan Kickboxing Federation, Hiroshi Suzuki, in his second. He knocked out another future welterweight champion, of the All Japan Kickboxing Federation, Tatsuya Suzuki, and won 12 straight matches from April 1994 to September 1998. In October 1996, he won the New Japan Kickboxing Federation Middleweight championship title. In March 2000, he defeated Mohammed Owali, the WPKL World Super welterweight champion who no other Japanese kickboxer had been able to defeat. Two months later, he beat an Italian kickboxer and won the title of WKA World Thai Boxing Super Welterweight champion in Milan, Italy. Later, he won the All Japan Kickboxing Federation Middleweight Championship.

Challenge to K-1

He had several K-1 matches, notably against Ramon Dekkers of the Netherlands—called "the strongest kickboxer of 20th century"—which ended in a draw. Dekker later said that Nitta was the strongest Japanese kickboxer. Nitta also KO'd American Kit Cope in K-1. In 2002 he participated in the K-1 WORLD MAX Japan Tournament, but was knocked out by Takashi Ohno, ISKA World Oriental Super Middleweight champion. In 2005 he defeated Ash-Ra, Takehiro Murahama and Koutetsu Boku while losing to Takayuki Kohiruimaki and Ian James Schaffa. In 2006 he lost to Yoshihiro Sato.

As a coach

He founded his own kickboxing gym named "BUNGELING BAY", and served as its president.

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record

40 Wins (25 (T) KO's, 15 decisions), 20 Losses, 2 Draws Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record 2006-04-28 Loss Ali Gunyar SNKA TITANS 3rd Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 2006-02-04 Loss Yoshihiro Sato K-1 World MAX 2006 Japan Tournament Saitama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2005-12-18 Draw Soren Monkongtong SNKA FINAL 2005 Tokyo, Japan Decision 5 3:00 2005-10-12 Loss Ian Schaffa K-1 World MAX 2005 Champions Challenge Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2005-08-22 Loss Shin Noppadetsorn SNKA TITANS 2nd Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2005-07-20 Win Kotetsu Boku K-1 World MAX 2005 Championship Final Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2005-06-18 Loss Kojiro IKUSA GP -U60 SUPERSTAR☆Z TOURNAMENT -Opening Stage- Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 Loses IKUSA -70kg title. 2005-05-06 Win Tetsuya Yamauchi J-NETWORK「GO! GO! J-NET '05 -volcano- Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2005-02-23 Loss Taishin Kohiruimaki K-1 World MAX 2005 Japan Tournament Final Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Front Kick) 1 0:36 For the K-1 World MAX 2005 Japan Tournament title. 2005-02-23 Win Takehiro Murahama K-1 World MAX 2005 Japan Tournament Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2005-02-23 Win ASH-RA K-1 World MAX 2005 Japan Tournament, Reserve Fight Tokyo, Japan TKO (Low Kick) 2 2:10 2005-01-21 Win Nick Fiordo J-NETWORK「GO! GO! J-NET '05 -volcano- Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2004-11-26 Win David Archuleta FUTURE FIGHTER IKUSA 6 〜宙(SORA)〜 GANGSTAR☆Z Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 Wins inaugural IKUSA -70kg title. 2004-07-10 Win Ngakau Spain IKUSA YOUNG GUNNERES 3 〜RETURNS〜 Tokyo, Japan TKO (Low Kick) 2 2:59 2003-12-06 Loss Gregory Swerts SuperLeague Netherlands 2003 Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00 2003-09-27 Loss Fadi Merza SuperLeague Germany 2003 Germany Decision 5 3:00 2002-02-11 Win Takashi Ohno K-1 World MAX 2002 Japan Tournament, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan KO (Left High Kick) 1 2:28 2001-07-22 Loss Takashi Ohno AJKF BLAZE UP Tokyo, Japan KO (Left Knee) 4 1:37 2000-11-29 Win Raphael Tai AJKF Legend X Tokyo, Japan Decision 5 3:00 2000-11-01 Draw Ramon Dekkers K-1 J-MAX 2000 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 2000-09-13 Loss Shane Chapman AJKF Legend VIII Tokyo, Japan Decision 5 3:00 2000-09-03 Loss Peter Crooke AJKF LEGEND-VII Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 2000-07-30 Win Matteo Sciacca AJKF LEGEND-VII Tokyo, Japan TKO (Low Kick) 3 0:50 2000-05-24 Win Norm Graham AJKF LEGEND-V Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2000-05-06 Win Stefano Stradella Italy TKO 3 2:50 Wins WKA World Muay Thai Super Welterweight title. 2000-03-16 Win Mohammed Ouali AJKF LEGEND-III Tokyo, Japan Decision (Split) 5 3:00 2000-02-20 Win Tetsushi Fujihara AJKF LEGEND-II Tokyo, Japan KO (High Kick) 3 1:12 1999-11-22 Win Kit Cope AJKF: WAVE-XIII Tokyo, Japan KO (high kick) 3 2:21 1999-05-24 Draw Shane Chapman New Japan Kickboxing "Achievement 3" Tokyo, Japan Decision Draw 5 3:00 1999-01-24 Loss Shigeru Ooba NJKF Tokyo, Japan TKO 2 1998-10-09 Loss Numponton BangkokStore NJKF Tokyo, Japan Decision 5 3:00 1998-09-11 Win Sidy Kone Lumpini Stadium Bangkok, Thailand Decision 5 3:00 1998-05-31 Win Tetsushi Fujihara Japan KO 3 1997-12-21 Win Taishin Kohiruimaki J-Network "J-Prestage" Tokyo, Japan KO (Low Kicks) 4 2:13 Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Career

• Amateur
  • unknown
• Professional
  • New Japan Kickboxing Federation the first Middleweight Champion
  • All Japan Kickboxing Federation Middleweight champion
  • W.K.A. World Thai boxing Super welterweight champion
  • K1 WORLD MAX 2005 Japan tournament 2nd Place

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of male kickboxers

References

1. Profile at K-1 Archived 2011-08-17 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official website of Akeomi Nitta(Japanese)