Background
Yuya Yamamoto was born in Takasu, Onomichi in Hiroshima, Japan on July 15, 1984.
Yuya Yamamoto was born in Takasu, Onomichi in Hiroshima, Japan on July 15, 1984.
Era He started learning karate at Kushukaikan during his high school life. After winning the championship, he moved to Tokyo and joined Booch Beat, a kickboxing team, to be a kickboxer. On September 7, 2001, he debuted as a professional kickboxer for All Japan Kickboxing Federation(AJKF).
At this time, he was only 17 years old. kickboxing In 2004, Yamamoto challenged Yamauchi"s welterweight championship on January 4, but he was defeated by the unanimous decision at 5R. In January 2006, he moved to Seishunjuku from Booch Beat.
On February 6, 2005, he fought against Yoshihiro Sato. He was beaten completely as he was knocked down 6 times during the bout of 5R. Sato knocked down Yamamoto twice at 1R, twice at 2R, once at 3R, once at 4R. Yamamoto was going to be retired before fighting against Sato.
Foreign this reason, although he was offered only 10 days before, he accepted this bout as a replacement. Although he intended to retire, this bout was evaluated by K-1.
Thereafter, he decided to continue his career.
In 2007, he participated the tournament for the vacant welterweight championship of AJKF. He was awarded on January 12 in 2008. On December 5, 2008, he fought against Christophe Pruvost from Switzerland for his AJKF Welterweight title, but he was beaten by TKO by cut and he lost his title. Yamamoto lost to Xu Yan by TKO at Krush.16 in Tokyo, Japan on February 17, 2012.
Yamamoto competed in the Krush Grand Prix 2013 ~67kg First Class Tournament~ on January 14, 2012 in Tokyo.
In the quarter-finals, he went up against Hitoshi Tsukagoshi, a quick former 63 kg fighter. Yamamoto"s power was too much for Tsukagoshi, however, and he knocked him out with a brutal left hook in round three.
He then lost a split decision after taking Abdellah Ezbiri into an extension round in the semis. He lost to TaCa via unanimous decision after an extension round at Krush.28 in Tokyo, Japan on May 12, 2013.
"BIRTH" by Yutaka Ozaki.