Masato (kickboxer)

Masato 魔裟斗
Born	Kobayashi Masato 小林 雅人 10 March 1979 (1979-03-10) (age 32) Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
Other names	Silver Wolf[1] Charisma of MAX[2] Mākun[3] the Rebellious Charisma[4]
Nationality	Japanese
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Division	Welterweight
Style	Kickboxing
Fighting out of	Tokyo, Japan
Team	Silver Wolf
Trainer	Nuatorani (Muay Thai) Satoshi Iida (Boxing)
Years active	12 (1997–2009)
Kickboxing record
Total	63
Wins	55
By knockout	25
Losses	6
By knockout	1
Draws	2
Other information
Spouse	Shin Yazawa
Website	http://www.k-masato.com/
last updated on: May 7, 2010

Masato Kobayashi (Japanese: 魔裟斗; born March 10, 1979) is a Japanese former welterweight kickboxer. He was the world champion of ISKA at Welterweight under Oriental rules, and he is the winner of K-1 WORLD MAX World tournament in 2003 and 2008. In addition, he is also the runner-up of K-1 World MAX World tournament in 2004 and 2007.

Biography

Early life

Masato Kobayashi (小林 雅人) was born in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture Japan on March 10, 1979. When he was young, he moved to Niiza, Saitama because of his parents' job. He started going to Asagiri Municipal Asagiri 4th Junior High School(ja). After graduating junior high school, he started Saitama Sakae High School(ja), but he dropped out soon after with his friends. He described the reason for dropping out simply as "enthusiasm" when he appeared on popular Japanese television　show "Junk Sports"(ja). After dropping out, he worked many jobs but did not holding a steady position. Although he got a job as an assistant at a Yakitori bar, he quit the job on the first day, saying he was "going to leave for lunch".

In 1994, when he was 15 years old, he joined Yonekura Boxing Gym. After failing his test for a professional boxers' license, he left the gym. When he was 17 years old, he joined Fuji Gym and started learning kickboxing because he thought kickboxing was useful for street fighting. After passing the exam for professional kickboxing, he became a professional kickboxer under All Japan Kickboxing Federation(AJKF). Before his first fight, Shigeo Kato, the owner of Fuji gym, tried to name him "Fuji Sankaizan"(藤 山海山) as a ring name, but it was denied. Thereupon, Kato suggested another ring name Masato(魔裟斗), "the homonym term of Masato (雅人)". He accepted that name but he did not like it because it gave a bad impression as its script was like Japanese Hells Angels.

All Japan Kickboxing Federation

Masato made his professional debut on March 23, 1997 against Hutoshi Takehara, winning by KO in the first round. In his second bout, he fought against Takayuki Kohiruimaki on May 30, losing by KO due to knee strikes in the third. Originally, this bout was promoted as an ordinary freshman bout of three rounds, but　was later upgraded to the main final bout due to the cancellation of a previously scheduled main bout.

On March 17, 1999, he fought against Tomoharu Chiba for the vacant national title of AJKF at welterweight when he was 20 years old. He knocked out Chiba at 3R and became the new champion. After this victory, he began receiving offers for international matches. On November 22, he fought against Eval Denton from USA, and won by decision at 5R. When Paul Ingram, the president of WKA, watched this bout, he evaluated Masato highly and considered rating him for world rating,^[5] but this was to be Masato's last bout in the AJKF. After this bout, he was rated as #13 at welterweight by World Kickboxing Association(WKA), but he announced that he was going to be independent from AJKF in December. Masato was offered to fight against Mohamed Ouali from Morocco on January 21 by AJKF for the rating of WKA,^[6] but he denied this bout because he did not give his consent about the conditions for the bout. He sent his agent to AJKF for negotiation on January 14, but it was broken off. For this reason, this bout was canceled.^[7] He handed in a notice of withdrawal to AJKF and Fuji gym as on March 14 and returned his title at that day.^[8] According to the announcement from AJKF, the contract between AJKF, Fuji gym, and Masato was until for 2002. For this withdrawal, he lost his training area, so he asked some martial arts gyms to rent some space for training.

Silver Wolf

As Masato left AJKF, he started managing himself with his team "Silver Wolf". On April 16, 2000, Masato went to Thailand, and he fought against Kongnapa Looktubpha. He knocked out Kongnapa cold with a swift left uppercut. On November 1, he was offered by K-1 for challenging Morad Sari from France. He knocked out Sari at 2R with left hook, and he took Sari's world championship of International Sport Karate Association(ISKA) under oriental rules.^[9] Takashi Ito, the Japanese veteran kickboxer, decided to be retired when he saw this bout. For this reason, he had a retirement bout(Exhibition) with Masato on March 30, 2001.^[10]

On December 5, Masato participated the event of King's Birthday to fight against Suriya Sor. Ploenchit, a highly ranked southpaw, who would later go on to compete in the 2004 Summer Olympics and win a bronze medal in Welterweight boxing, for the vacant world title of International World Muaythai(IWM) at Super welterweight. Masato was unprepared for Suriya's southpaw style and was dominated for the entire 5 rounds. Originally Masato was scheduled to fight Orono Por.Muang U-Bon but due to speculation that Orono had Hepatitis B, Masato's team opted not to fight, only days before the event.

K-1 WORLD MAX 2002

Masato participated the Japanese tournament of K-1 MAX on February 11, 2002. This tournament was televised to all around Japan by the Tokyo Broadcasting System(TBS), and the directors introduced Masato as "the Rebellious Charisma"(反逆のカリスマ) for advertising slogan, and they continued to use it whenever　Masato is on television. Although it got commonly known, Masato hated his new nickname and he said "Stop using it." during the interview because he did not understand what Rebellious is for.^[11] He beat Takayuki Kohiruimaki, the only person who had beaten Masato before among Japanese, by unanimous decision at the final of tournament. After the tournament, Kohiruimaki said "I'll　fight against him again and kill him without fail." on the ring to the audience^[12]).

On May 11, 2002, he participated K-1 World MAX 2002 World Tournament Final. He beat Duane Ludwig by unanimous decision at 3R, but he was knocked down by Albert Kraus at 2R and lost by unanimous decision in the semi-final.

Masato had a returning bout in his own event "Wolf Revolution". He fought against Melvin Murray from Canada, and he knocked out with low kicks in the 2nd round.

K-1 WORLD MAX 2003

On the 5th of July 2003, Masato was invited again to join the K-1 World MAX 2003 World Tournament Final. He defeated Greek kick-boxer Mike Zambidis in the quarter finals by a split decision, after a close fight. He then moved on to the semi finals to fight Thai kick-boxer Sakeddaw Kiatputon in whom he defeated via a Right uppercut KO. Masato then moved on to fight in his first K-1 World MAX final for the title against Albert Kraus whom he had loss to at the K-1 World MAX 2002 World Tournament Final via decision (Kraus went on to win the title) and also again fought Kraus later that year at K-1 World MAX 2002 Champions' Challenge in which resulted in a decision draw. Masato finally managed to defeat Kraus via a left hook knockout in the 2nd round at 2:26 making him the new K-1 World MAX Champion.

On December 15, 2003, Masato fought two more semi-contact exhibition matches for the Wolf Revolution, including a single round of MMA rules against Caol Uno who had fought on UFC before.

K-1 WORLD MAX 2004

Loss to Buakaw in the final.

Marriage

On February 13, he had a press conference to announce his marriage with his wife Shin Yazawa, a Japanese actress. They said they registered their marriage at the public office on February 11, 2007 ^[13] .^[14] He disclosed that he is called "Mākun" by his wife as his nickname. By the way, His parents and Musashi also calls Masato Mākun.^[15]

K-1 WORLD MAX 2007

^[16] On October 3, 2007 he participated on his 6th consecutive K-1 World MAX Final held in Tokyo, Japan. In quarter finals he was matched up against reigning champion Buakaw Por. Pramuk. Near the end of the first round, Masato connected with a left uppercut and right cross combo and Buakaw was knocked down. Masato maintained the pace of offense throughout the fight and won the fight by unanimous decision.

In the semis, Masato was paired up against Artur Kyshenko. The first round unfolded with Kyshenko imposing his range and size on Masato, keeping him at bay throwing hard right hands and left hooks. The second round saw Masato pushing the pace with more leg kicks and combinations. At the two minute mark, Masato threw an overhand right which stunned Kyshenko, and then followed up with a left hook which sent the Ukrainian to the canvas. Kyshenko did not make the count, sending Masato to the finals against Dutch Shoot boxer Andy Souwer.

Masato dominated the first round by throwing body-head combinations and backing Souwer onto the ropes. However, at the end of the round Souwer's methodical leg kicks started to take its toll. In the second the leg kicks were visibly affecting Masato and at the very end, Souwer delivered two knee strikes to the left leg while clinching with Masato which made it obvious that Masato could not walk straight afterwards and he did not answer the bell for the third round, giving Souwer the victory by tko and making him the 2007 K-1 World MAX champion.

K-1 WORLD MAX 2008

On October 1, 2008 Masato won his second K-1 MAX title, defeating Yoshihiro Sato and Artur Kyshenko.

Retirement

Masato fought his retirement fight against Andy Souwer. Masato won the fight after five excellent rounds where he dropped Souwer with a right hand in the fourth round.

Kickboxing record

Professional kickboxing record

55 Wins (25 (T)KO's, 30 Decisions), 6 Losses, 2 Draws Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record 2011-05-07 Ex Kazuya Yasuhiro Charity Fight Event -Let's Stand Up, Japan!- Minato, Tokyo, Japan No Decision 2 2:00 2011-05-07 Ex Kenichi Ogata Charity Fight Event -Let's Stand Up, Japan!- Minato, Tokyo, Japan No Decision 2 2:00 2009-12-31 Win Andy Souwer Dynamite!! 2009 Saitama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 55-6-2 2009-11-07 Ex Susumu Daigūji Silver Wolf presents Final Revolution ~Daiguji Susumu Final~ Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan No Decision 2 3:00 2009-07-13 Win Tatsuya Kawajiri K-1 World Max 2009 Final 8 Tokyo, Japan TKO (Corner Stoppage) 2 1:43 54-6-2 2009-04-21 Ex Hiroya K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final 16 Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan No Decision 1 3:00 2008-10-01 Win Artur Kyshenko K-1 World MAX 2008 Final Tokyo, Japan Ext R. Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 53-6-2 Wins K-1 World MAX 2008 World Championship title. 2008-10-01 Win Yoshihiro Satō K-1 World MAX 2008 Final Tokyo, Japan Ext R. Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 52-6-2 2008-07-07 Win Gago Drago K-1 World MAX 2008 Final 8 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 51-6-2 2008-04-09 Win Virgil Kalakoda K-1 World MAX 2008 Final 16 Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Hook) 3 0:22 50-6-2 2007-12-31 Win Yong Soo Choi K-1 Premium 2007 Dynamite!! Osaka, Japan TKO (Corner Stoppage) 3 0:51 49-6-2 2007-10-03 Loss Andy Souwer K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship Final Tokyo, Japan TKO (Corner Stoppage) 2 3:00 48-6-2 Fight was for K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship title. 2007-10-03 Win Artur Kyshenko K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship Final Tokyo, Japan KO (Left Hook) 2 0:41 48-5-2 2007-10-03 Win Buakaw Por. Pramuk K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 47-5-2 2007-06-28 Win Gesias Calvancante K-1 World MAX 2007 Final Elimination Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 46-5-2 2007-04-04 Win Ole Laursen K-1 World MAX 2007 World Elite Showcase Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 45-5-2 2006-12-31 Win Satoru Suzuki K-1 Premium 2006 Dynamite!! Osaka, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 2 2:22 44-5-2 2006-06-30 Loss Andy Souwer K-1 World MAX 2006 World Championship Final Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 43-5-2 2006-06-30 Win Takayuki Kohiruimaki K-1 World MAX 2006 World Championship Final Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 43-4-2 2006-04-05 Win Remigijus Morkevičius K-1 World MAX 2006 World Tournament Open Tokyo, Japan TKO (Corner Stoppage) 2 1:56 42-4-2 2006-02-04 Win Ian Schaffa K-1 World MAX 2006 Japan Tournament Saitama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 41-4-2 2005-12-31 Win Akira Ōhigashi K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite!! Osaka, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 2 1:58 40-4-2 2005-07-20 Win Mike Zambidis K-1 World MAX 2005 Championship Final Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 39-4-2 2005-05-25 Ex Shin Nopadetsorn Wolf Revolution Minato, Tokyo, Japan No Decision 2 2:00 2005-05-04 Win Chi Bin Lim K-1 World MAX 2005 World Tournament Open Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 38-4-2 2004-12-31 Win Norifumi Yamamoto K-1 PREMIUM 2004 Dynamite!! Osaka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 37-4-2 2004-07-07 Loss Buakaw Por. Pramuk K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Final Tokyo, Japan Ext R. Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 36-4-2 Fight was for K-1 World MAX 2004 World Championship title. 2004-07-07 Win Albert Kraus K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 36-3-2 2004-07-07 Win Jadamba Narantungalag K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 35-3-2 2004-04-07 Win Serkan Yilmaz K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Open Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 34-3-2 2003-12-15 Ex Caol Uno Wolf Revolution meets Luz. Minato, Tokyo, Japan No Decision 2 3:00 2003-11-18 Win Vince Phillips K-1 World MAX 2003 Champions' Challenge Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Low-Kick) 2 0:15 33-3-2 2003-07-05 Win Albert Kraus K-1 World MAX 2003 World Tournament Final Saitama, Japan KO (Left Hook) 2 2:26 32-3-2 Wins K-1 World MAX 2003 World Championship title. 2003-07-05 Win Sakeddaw Kiatputon K-1 World MAX 2003 World Tournament Final Saitama, Japan KO (Right uppercut) 2 2:55 31-3-2 2003-07-05 Win Mike Zambidis K-1 World MAX 2003 World Tournament Final Saitama, Japan Decision (Split) 3 3:00 30-3-2 2003-03-01 Win Kōzō Takeda K-1 World MAX 2003 Japan Grand Prix Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 29-3-2 Wins K-1 Japan MAX 2003 tournament title. 2003-03-01 Win Takehiro Murahama K-1 World MAX 2003 Japan Grand Prix Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 28-3-2 2003-03-01 Win Genki Sudō K-1 World MAX 2003 Japan Grand Prix Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 27-3-2 2002-10-11 Draw Albert Kraus K-1 World MAX 2002 Champions' Challenge Tokyo, Japan Decision draw 5 3:00 26-3-2 2002-08-06 Win Melvin Murray Wolf Revolution ~Resurrection~ Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 2 2:59 26-3-1 2002-05-11 Loss Albert Kraus K-1 World MAX 2002 World Tournament Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 25-3-1 2002-05-11 Win Duane Ludwig K-1 World MAX 2002 World Tournament Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 25-2-1 2002-02-11 Win Takayuki Kohiruimaki K-1 Japan MAX 2002 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 24-2-1 Wins K-1 Japan MAX 2002 tournament title. 2002-02-11 Win Ryūji Gotō K-1 Japan MAX 2002 Tokyo, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 3 2:52 23-2-1 2002-02-11 Win Takehiro Murahama K-1 Japan MAX 2002 Tokyo, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 3 0:30 22-2-1 2001-12-08 Win Noel Soares K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Tokyo, Japan KO (Right cross) 3 1:30 21-2-1 2001-08-23 Win Ben Burton Black List 010 meets Wolf Revolution Japan KO (Right Low-Kick) 4 1:10 20-2-1 2001-06-22 Win Goran Danilovic Wolf Revolution Third Wave Japan KO (Right Low-Kick) 2 2:06 19-2-1 2001-04-15 Win Patrik Eriksson K-1 Burning 2001 Kumamoto, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 18-2-1 2001-03-30 Ex Takashi Itō MAJKF "ODYSSEY-1 Ito Takashi Retirement Memorial Match" Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan No Decision 1 2:00 2001-01-21 Win Mohamed Ouali Wolf Revolution Second Wave Japan TKO (Corner Stoppage) 3 1:26 17-2-1 2000-12-05 Loss Suriya Sor. Ploenchit King's Birthday Bangkok, Thailand Decision 5 3:00 16-2-1 The bout was for the vacant title of IWM World Super welterweight championship. 2000-11-01 Win Mourad Sari K-1 J-MAX 2000 Tokyo, Japan KO (Left hook) 2 0:48 16-1-1 Wins Sari's title of ISKA Oriental World Welterweight World championship. 2000-07-26 Win Clayton Collier Wolf Revolution First Wave Japan KO (Left jab) 1 1:15 15-1-1 2000-05-26 Win Melchor Menor Colosseum 2000 Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 4 2:59 14-1-1 2000-04-16 Win Kongnapa Looktubpha Thailand KO (Left uppercut) 2 13-1-1 1999-11-22 Win Eval Denton All Japan Kickboxing 1999: WAVE-XIII Japan Decision 5 3:00 12-1-1 1999-10-08 Win Nick Misich All Japan Kickboxing 1999: WAVE-XII Japan Decision 5 3:00 11-1-1 1999-08-17 Win Steve Misich All Japan Kickboxing 1999: WAVE-V Japan TKO (Doctor stoppage) 2 2:15 10-1-1 1999-07-13 Win Matteo Trevisian All Japan Kickboxing 1999: WAVE-IV Japan Decision 5 3:00 9-1-1 1999-05-11 Win James Schaser All Japan Kickboxing 1999: WAVE-III Japan Decision 5 3:00 8-1-1 1999-03-17 Win Tomoharu Chiba All Japan Kickboxing 1999: WAVE-II Japan KO (Left hook) 3 0:34 7-1-1 Wins the vacant title of All Japan Kickboxing Federation Welterweight Championship. 1999-01-25 Draw Hiroyuki Doi All Japan Kickboxing 1999: WAVE-I Japan Decision draw 5 3:00 6-1-1 1998-11-14 Win Tetsumasa Shimamura Shoot Boxing Ground Zero Tokyo Tokyo, Japan KO (Left hook) 1 2:32 6-1 1998-10-16 Win Junji Tsuboi All Japan Kickboxing 1998 Japan Decision 5 3:00 5-1 1998-09-19 Win K-Takahashi All Japan Kickboxing 1998: Kick Champion's Night Japan Decision 4 3:00 4-1 1998-07-08 Win Takami Kawano All Japan Kickboxing 1998 Japan Decision 3 3:00 3-1 1998-03-22 Win Tomohiro Chiba All Japan Kickboxing 1998 Japan KO (Left hook) 3 3:00 2-1 1997-05-30 Loss Takayuki Kohiruimaki All Japan Kickboxing 1997: KICK OVER-V Japan TKO (Referee stoppage) 3 2:52 1-1 1997-03-23 Win Hutoshi Takehara All Japan Kickboxing 1997: KICK OVER-IV Japan KO (Right cross) 1 2:52 1-0 Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Titles

• 2008 K-1 World MAX Champion
• 2007 K-1 World MAX Finalist
• 2004 K-1 World MAX Finalist
• 2003 K-1 World MAX Champion
• 2003 K-1 World MAX Japan Champion
• 2002 K-1 World MAX Japan Champion
• 2000 ISKA Oriental World Welterweight Champion(Defence: 0)
• 1999 AJKF Welterweight Champion(Defence: 0)

Wolf Revolution

Wolf Revolution is an event promoted by Masato himself. It mixes live bands with MMA and kickboxing matches. Masato headlined on each event and won all of his fights by KO.

Movies

Masato has appeared in films such as Izo, Buyuden, Dead or Alive 2: Birds, Shukyoku Ninja and Shamo.

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of K-1 champions
• List of male kickboxers
• List of kickboxing organizations

External links

• (Japanese)Masato Official Website
• (Japanese)Masato's Official Blog
• (Japanese)Silver Wolf Kick Boxing Gym
• (Japanese)K-1 Official Website Fighters' Profile Masato
• (English)K-1 Official Website Fighters' Profile Masato

References

1. ^ (English) K-1 Sport
2. ^ (Japanese)K-1 Official Japanese Website Fighters' Profile
3. ^ (Japanese)[1]
4. ^ (Japanese)TBS「Dynamite!!」
5. ^ (Japanese)「魔裟斗ＷＫＡ世界ランカーへ」(Masato becomes WKA ranker)
6. ^ (Japanese)「魔裟斗はWKA３位オワリと公式ランキング戦」(Masato fights against Ouali WKA #3 for WKA ranking)
7. ^ (Japanese)「魔裟斗欠場について全日本キックが事情説明」(AJKF explains why Masato is unable to appear)
8. ^ (Japanese)「魔裟斗、全日本キックを正式退会、フリー活動へ」(Masato withdraws from　AJKF officially, and starts activity freely)
9. ^ (English)K-1 J-MAX 2000
10. ^ (Japanese)BoutReview: 01.3.30 MAキック 伊藤隆・引退記念試合(MAJKF Takashi Ito Retirement Memorial Match)
11. ^ (Japanese)格闘Ｍｅｎ’ｓ Ｓｔｒｅｅｔ”反逆のカリスマ”魔裟斗、かく語りき。(Masato, the Rebellious Charisma, speaks)
12. ^ (Japanese)WORLD MAX 日本代表決定トーナメント(K-1 Masato wins the hot battles)
13. ^ (Japanese)魔裟斗＆矢沢心、結婚会見！「彼にKOされた」(Masato　&　Shin Yazawa Marriage Interview! "He knoked me out")(Japanese)
14. ^ (Japanese)魔裟斗＆矢沢心“ストレートKO婚”会見の一問一答！(Masato & Shin Yazawa Straight KO Marriage Interview　question-and-answer)
15. ^ (Japanese)魔裟斗のラストランに盟友・武蔵がエール!!(Musashi, the sworn friend, cheers Masato's last bout)
16. ^ (English)""Sweet 'n Souwer K-1 World Max Final" Written by Monty DiPietro". K-1 grand Prix Website. http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/top791.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-05. 

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Date of birth	March 10, 1979
Place of birth	Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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