August 27, 2011 - Shinjuku, Japan - For the 5th year straight, K-1 continue supporting the up-and-coming youngsters wanting to start a career in the sport with the East Japan K-1 Koshien Tournament.
As with previous years, the safety and wellbeing of these high-school aged fighters is paramount, and stringent doctor checks were performed pre-fight as well as compulsory use of full shin-guards, knee pads and headgear was enforced along with the standard 14 ounce gloves.
Today 41 hopefuls with do battle until just 2 remain. That’s a total of 39 fights in 2 separate blocks. The winner of each block will qualify for the K-1 Koshien 2011 Final to be held November 3 in Differ Ariake. Along with these will be 2 qualifiers from the West Japan tournament that will take place in Osaka on September 10, as well as some of the Final 8 from last year’s tournament.
If the passion and determination the kids fought with today is any indicator for how this year’s series goes, it looks like it is going to be one of the best. The results from today are as follows:
Fight #1: Tomoyuki Nagasawa vs. Kyohei Hayashi (Winner: Kyohei Hayashi) *Ippon
Fight #2: Ryota Konno vs. Joichiro Shimo (Winner: Joichiro Shimo) *Decision 3-0
Fight #3: Daiki Matsushita vs. Yuma Senba (Winner: Daiki Matsushita) *Ippon
Fight #4: Tatsuya Okikura vs. Yuto Izumi (Winner: Tatsuya Okikura) *Decision 3-0
Fight #5: Naoki Fukuda vs. Shotaro Shimoda (Winner: Shotaro Shimoda) *Decision 3-0
Fight #6: Mayo Okamoto vs. Yuma Horikoshi (Winner: Mayo Okamoto) *Decision 2-0
Fight #7: Ryota Hiruma vs. Soichiro Nakao (Winner: Soichiro Nakao) *Ext.R Decision 3-0
Fight #8: Minoru Kimura vs. Seichi Hokao (Winner: Minoru Kimura) *Ippon
Fight #9: Meishun Gotanda vs. Haruki Yamada (Winner: Haruki Yamada) *Decision 3-0
Fight #10: Keisuke Ishida vs. Kyohei Hayashi (Winner: Kyohei Hayashi) *Decision 2-0
Fight #11: Joichiro Shimo vs. Yuya Koyama (Winner: Joichiro Shimo) *Decision 3-0
Fight #12: Atsushi Yamada vs. Daiki Matsushita (Winner: Atsushi Yamada) *Decision 2-1
Fight #13: Masaki Takeuchi vs. Takumi Jitsukawa (Winner: Masaki Takeuchi) *Ippon
Fight #14: Masaya Kubota vs. Mitsuharu Imadu (Winner: Mitsuharu Imadu) *Decision 3-0
Fight #15: Tatsuya Okikura vs. Hironori Nakajima (Winner: Tatsuya Okikura) *Decision 3-0
Fight #16: Asato Soutome vs. Hiroaki Shiroma (Winner: Asato Soutome) *Decision 2-0
Fight #17: Shuto Miyazaki vs. Satomi Akasaka (Winner: Shuto Miyazaki) *Ippon
Fight #18: Yusuke Komiyama vs. Shotaro Shimoda (Winner: Yusuke Komiyama) *TKO
Fight #19: Mayo Okamoto vs. Yuki Kurihara (Winner: Yuki Kurihara) *Ippon
Fight #20: Kazuki Mori vs. Soichiro Nakao (Winner: Kazuki Mori) *Ext.R Decision 3-0
Fight #21: Ryota Kobayashi vs. Yoshiki Saito (Winner: Yoshiki Saito) *Decision 3-0
Fight #22: Haruki Nihei vs. Hitoshi Saeki (Winner: Haruki Nihei) *Decision 2-0
Fight #23: Minoru Kimura vs. Iyori Akiba (Winner: Minoru Kimura) *Decision 3-0
Fight #24: Yusuke Ami vs. Haruki Yamada (Winner: Yusuke Ami) *TKO
Fight #25: Yamato Matsuoka vs. Fukushi Mashio (Winner: Fukushi Mashio) *Decision 3-0
Fight #26: Kyohei Hayashi vs. Joichiro Shimo (Winner: Joichiro Shimo) *Decision 2-0
Fight #27: Atsushi Yamada vs. Masaki Takeuchi (Winner: Masaki Takeuchi) *Ext.R Decision 2-1
Fight #28: Mitsuharu Imadu vs. Tatsuya Okikura (Winner: Mitsuharu Imadu) *Ext.R Decision 3-0
Fight #29: Asato Soutome vs. Shuto Miyazaki (Winner: Shuto Miyazaki) *Ippon
Fight #30: Yusuke Komiyama vs. Yuki Kurihara (Winner: Yusuke Komiyama) *Decision 3-0
Fight #31: Kazuki Mori vs. Yoshiki Saito (Winner: Kazuki Mori) *Decision 3-0
Fight #32: Haruki Nihei vs. Minoru Kimura (Winner: Minoru Kimura) *Decision 3-0
Fight #33: Yusuke Ami vs. Fukushi Mashio (Winner: Yusuke Ami) *Decision 3-0
Fight #34: Joichiro Shimo vs. Masaki Takeuchi (Winner: Masaki Takeuchi) *Ippon
Fight #35: Mitsuharu Imadu vs. Shuto Miyazaki (Winner: Shuto Miyazaki) *Ippon
Fight #36: Yusuke Komiyama vs. Kazuki Mori (Winner: Yusuke Komiyama) *Decision 2-0
Fight #37: Minoru Kimura vs. Yusuke Ami (Winner: Minoru Kimura) *Ippon
Fight #38: Masaki Takeuchi vs. Shuto Miyazaki (Winner: Shuto Miyazaki) *Decision 2-0
Fight #39: Yusuke Komiyama vs. Minoru Kimura (Winner: Minoru Kimura) *Decision 3-0
