Takeru Segawa

Takeru Segawa (世川 武尊, Segawa Takeru) is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 August 2020, he is ranked the #1 flyweight in the world by Combat Press.[1]

Takeru Segawa
Born (1991-07-29) July 29, 1991
Yonago, Japan
Other namesNatural Born Crusher
Nationality Japanese
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
StyleKarate, Kickboxing
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofJapan
TeamK-1 Gym KREST
Team Dragon (2010-2016)
TrainerMasakazu Watanabe
Kensaku Maeda (former)
Rank     Black belt in Shin Karate
Kickboxing record
Total40
Wins39
By knockout23
Losses1
Draws0

Kickboxing

Takeru started to train karate in his childhood. He was inspired by K-1 kickboxers, transitioning to kickboxing in high school.[2]

He is considered a star of the Japanese kickboxing scene due to his highly aggressive fighting style, always looking for the knockout.[3]

Segawa–Nasukawa rivalry

Tenshin Nasukawa has been calling out Segawa since June 8, 2015.[4] But due to contractual obligations, both fighters were not able to meet in the ring. At that time, K-1 and RISE were in a "Kickboxing Cold War" since 2010.

On August 5, 2015, Segawa told the media that he is interested in fighting Nasukawa if K-1 can organize it. K-1 Japan group producer, Mitsuru Miyata, demanded that Nasukawa sign an exclusive contract with K-1 to be able to make the fight happen.[5] Nasukawa's trainer and RISE president, Takashi Ito, told combat sports magazine Fight & Life, that he will agree to let Nasukawa fight in a K-1 event but he's not willing to give up Nasukawa to an exclusive contract with K-1.

In 2015, K-1 officially made a partnership with the new MMA promotion, Rizin Fighting Federation. Rizin president, Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced that Rizin is willing to make partnerships with every fighting organization so RISE began to work with Rizin as well. This deal made a Segawa–Nasukawa matchup more possible.

On November 21, 2015, Segawa made his first defense of his K-1 -55kg world title against Charles Bongiovanni, he won the fight by TKO. After the match, during the in-ring interview, Segawa announced his desire to fight in Rizin, 2 weeks after Nasukawa announced the same. When Segawa returned backstage, Nasukawa approached him and demanded the fight.[6] The fight can happen in Rizin even with the RISE and K-1 cold war. During the press conference, Segawa mentioned that he did not recognize Nasukawa and could not understand what he was saying due to the crowd noise and thought he was just a fan. Segawa confirmed that he is willing to accept the fight if offered.[6] After the event, Nasukawa tweeted that Segawa agreed to fight him on New Year's Eve.[7]

On December 8, 2015, Rizin announced a fight between Segawa and Chinese fighter, Yang Ming, for their New Year's Eve event. At the press conference, Rizin president, Sakakibara, acknowledged requests to make a Segawa vs. Nasukawa fight, however, he said there wasn't enough time to promote the fight and promised to try to make it happen in 2016.[8]

In 2016, Nasukawa signed with Rizin to fight on a December event. However, K-1 suddenly ended their partnership with Rizin. K-1 have tried to avoid any mention of the fight.

On June 18, 2017, after Segawa knocked out Buvaisar Paskhaev, K-1 commentator, Masato, expressed his desire to see Segawa fight Nasukawa but the 2 other commentators ignored his comments. 2 days later, K-1's official YouTube channel uploaded the full fight video of Segawa and Paskhaev but a few hours later it was deleted and re-uploaded without Masato's comments.

On August 29, 2017 Rizin executive Nobuhiko Takada said on twitter "Two of the biggest superstars of kickboxing, Takeru vs Tenshin Nasukawa should be made right now! If this super-fight will not happen due to the (sic) cold war, it is heinous crime! Let's make this! Make miracle!" A few hours later a K-1 broadcaster trolled Takada on twitter. A few days later, Takada apologized and promised to never talk about a fighter from another organization ever again and deleted every tweet he had about Nasukawa vs Segawa.[9]

On December 31, 2017, Nasukawa won Rizin's Kickboxing -57kg tournament. In an attempt to quash the cold war and influence K-1 and RISE to make the Segawa fight, Nasukawa made sure the show was being broadcast live so Rizin was not be able to cut any of his comments. Post-fight, in the ring, Nasukawa engaged the crowd by asking who they want him to fight next and the crowd screamed Segawa's name.[10] In February 2018, M-1 Sports Media, which operates K-1, filed a lawsuit against Tenshin, his father Hiroyuki, RISE president Takashi Ito and Rizin president Sakakibara. According to the lawsuit, it all started three years ago when Nasukawa called out Segawa to fight. More recently during Rizin's New Year's Eve event when Nasukawa asked the audience who they want him to fight next. They claim that it's an unfair business practice to involve another fighter's name from a different organization.[11]

On March 16, 2018, RISE president Takashi Ito, former K-1 fighter Hiroya and his lawyer, accused K-1 Japan Group's exclusive contract, illegal based on the competition law. Hiroya's lawyer told the media, that the way K-1's contract work makes you not fight for a year for your contract to expire. Every fight you make with the organization, extends your contract for another year from your last fight and the only way to get out of the contract is not get paid for a year. Hiroya cites this as the reason why Segawa could not fight Nasukawa as he knows Segawa as a friend and will not back down to a fight.[12]

Titles and accomplishments

Professional

Amateur

  • 2011 22nd All Japan Shin Karate K-2 Grand Prix BUDO-RA Award[15]
  • 2011 116th Shin Karate K-2 Tournament Lightweight Winner[16]
  • 2010 114th, 115th Shin Karate K-2 Tournament Lightweight Winner

Awards

  • K-1 Awards
    • 2017 Fight of the Year (vs Victor Saravia)[17]
    • 2018 Fighter of the Year[18]
    • 2019 Fight of the Year (vs Yodkitsada Yuthachonburi)[19]
  • CombatPress.com
    • 2018 Male Fighter of the Year[20]

Kickboxing record
Professional Kickboxing Record
39 Wins (23 (T)KO's), 1 Losses, 0 Draw, 0 No Contest
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTime
2020-03-22Win Petchdam PetchkiatpetchK-1: K’Festa 3Saitama, JapanKO (Punches)20:49
2019-11-24Win Yuta MurakoshiK-1 WORLD GP 2019 JAPAN YokohamatsuriYokohama, JapanDecision (Majority)33:00
2019-03-10Win Yodkitsada YuthachonburiK-1 World GP 2019: K’FESTA 2Saitama, JapanKO (Right Hook)22:41
2018-12-08Win KojiK-1 World GP 2018: K-1 Lightweight World's Strongest TournamentOsaka, JapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
Defended the K-1 World GP -60.0kg Belt.
2018-09-24Win Daniel Puertas GallardoK-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship TournamentSaitama, JapanKO (Punches)12:08
2018-03-21Win Kosuke Komiyama[21]K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1 -60kg World Tournament, FinalSaitama, JapanTKO (3 Knockdowns)32:01
Wins the K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament.
2018-03-21Win Masanobu GoshyuK-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1 -60kg World Tournament, Semi FinalsSaitama, JapanKO (Punches)12:25
2018-03-21Win Stavros ExakoustidisK-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1 -60kg World Tournament, Quarter FinalsSaitama, JapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
2017-09-18Win Wang Junguang[22]K-1 World GP 2017 Welterweight Championship TournamentTokyo, JapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
Defended the K-1 World GP 2016 -57.5kg World Belt.
2017-06-18Win Buvaisar PaskhaevK-1 World GP 2017 Super Welterweight Championship TournamentTokyo, JapanKO (Body Punches)31:17
2017-04-22Win Victor SaraviaK-1 World GP 2017 Super Bantamweight Championship TournamentTokyo, JapanKO (Left Hook)32:20
2016-11-03Win Kaito Ozawa[23]K-1 World GP 2016 Super Featherweight World Tournament, FinalTokyo, JapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
Wins the K-1 World GP 2016 -57.5kg World Tournament.
2016-11-03Win Yun Qi[24]K-1 World GP 2016 Super Featherweight World Tournament, Semi FinalsTokyo, JapanKO (Right Cross)22:31
2016-11-03Win Jamie WhelanK-1 World GP 2016 Super Featherweight World Tournament, Quarter FinalsTokyo, JapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
2016-08-20Ex. Kaew Fairtex[25]Krush.68Tokyo, JapanExhibition
2016-06-24Win Kaito Ozawa[26]K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg World TournamentTokyo, JapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
2016-04-24Win Yoadsenchai Sor. SopitK-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan TournamentTokyo, JapanTKO (3 Knockdowns)30:47
2015-12-31Win Yang MingRizin World Grand Prix 2015: Part 2 - Iza[27]Tokyo, JapanKO (Right Cross)22:59
2015-11-21Win Charles Bongiovanni[28]K-1 World GP 2015 The ChampionshipTokyo, JapanTKO (3 Knockdowns)22:16
Defended the K-1 -55kg Championship.
2015-07-04Win Hakim Hamech[29]K-1 World GP 2015 -70kg Championship TournamentTokyo, JapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
2015-04-19Win TaigaK-1 World GP 2016 -55kg World Tournament, FinalTokyo, JapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
Wins the K-1 World GP 2016 -55kg World Tournament[30].
2015-04-19Win Shota Takiya[31]K-1 World GP 2016 -55kg World Tournament, Semi FinalsTokyo, JapanTKO (Referee Stoppage)11:31
2015-04-19Win Alexandre PrilipK-1 World GP 2016 -55kg World Tournament, Quarter FinalsTokyo, JapanKO (Body shot)21:47
2015-02-06Win Otaki YutaKrush.51[32]JapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
Defended the Krush -58kg Belt
2014-11-03Win Taiga[33]K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship TournamentJapanKO (Spinning Back Fist)30:13
2014-08-09WinYuzo SuzukiKrush.44JapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
Defended the Krush -58kg Belt
2014-03-08Win Shota KanbeKrush.39JapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
Defended the Krush -58kg Belt
2013-12-14Win Goto KatsuyaKrush.35JapanKO12:33
2013-08-11Win Lee SolbinKrush.30JapanKO22:11
2013-05-12Win Nobuchika TeradoKrush.28 -58kg Tournament FinalJapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
Wins the Krush -58kg Belt
2013-03-20Win Yuzo SuzukiKrush.27 -58kg Tournament Semi FinalsJapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
2013-01-26Win Yagami KentaKrush.26 -58kg Tournament Quarter FinalsJapanKO (Straight Right)12:21
2012-12-14Win Sakaki KatsukiKrush.25JapanKO11:43
2012-10-21Win Yuya SuzukiKrush-EX 2012 vol.5JapanKO22:58
2012-09-09Win Masato YukiKrush YOUTH GPJapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
2012-06-08Loss Kyotani YukiKrush.19JapanTKO (Doctor Stoppage)13:00
2012-05-03Win Masanori ShimadaKrush.18JapanKO12:03
2012-03-17Win Kazuki TanakaKrush.17JapanKO22:54
2012-01-09Win KazunoriKrush.15JapanKO12:58
2011-12-10Win Katsumi MasudaKrush-EX 2011 FinalJapanDecision (Unanimous)33:00
2011-09-24Win Kamata HirofumiKrush.12JapanKO22:17
2008-12-15Loss Eksiam Mor.KrungthepThonburi[34] [35]Rajadamnern StadiumBangkok, ThailandDecision53:00
2008-Win [36]Siyodtong International StadiumPattaya, ThailandDecision33:00

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Amateur Kickboxing Record
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTime
2009-06-14Loss Hiroto YamaguchiK-1 Koshien 2009 Kansai Area Elimination Tournament First RoundSaitama, JapanDecision (Unanimous)12:00

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

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