Tenshin Nasukawa
Unbeaten in kickboxing, now chasing a boxing world title
- Born
- August 18, 1998, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
- Nationality
Japan- Height
- 165 cm (5′5″)
- Reach
- 176 cm (5′9″)
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Style
- Acrobatic southpaw counter-puncher
- Weight
- Bantamweight, Featherweight, Super Bantamweight
- Active
- 2012–present
- Status
- Active · age 28
The record
Professional kickboxing per Wikipedia, unbeaten when he left the sport in 2022; the 2018 exhibition with Floyd Mayweather Jr. is not counted. Pro boxing 8-2 (3 KO) after losing the WBC bantamweight title rematch to Takuma Inoue on 27 September 2026 (BoxingNews24); MMA 4-0. record
The story
enshin Nasukawa was trained by his father from childhood, had a 99-5-3 amateur record by age 15 and never lost as a professional kickboxer, leaving the sport at 42-0 with 28 knockouts. The southpaw from Matsudo, Chiba, blended kickboxing with Kyokushin karate and was known for spinning kicks, rolling kicks and jumping knees thrown with precision. He beat Rodtang Jitmuangnon for the inaugural RISE world featherweight title in 2018 and, in June 2022, outpointed Takeru Segawa in front of 56,399 fans at the Tokyo Dome in a long-awaited superfight. He then switched to boxing, stopped Juan Francisco Estrada in April 2026 and has twice lost decisions to Takuma Inoue for the WBC bantamweight title, most recently in September 2026.
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- RISE World Featherweight champion (2018)
- RISE Bantamweight champion (2015)
- ISKA oriental rules bantamweight world champion (2015)
- ISKA unified rules featherweight world champion (2019)
- RISE World Series 58 kg tournament winner (2019)
- Combat Press Male Fighter of the Year (2019)
- Combat Press Knockout of the Year (2016)
- Japanese boxing Newcomer of the Year (2023)
Defining fights
- 2018WINvs Rodtang Jitmuangnon (decision, won inaugural RISE World featherweight title)
- 2018LOSSvs Floyd Mayweather Jr. (TKO 1, boxing exhibition, not on his record)
- 2022WINvs Takeru Segawa (unanimous decision, Tokyo Dome)
- 2026WINvs Juan Francisco Estrada (RTD 9, boxing)
- 2026LOSSvs Takuma Inoue (unanimous decision, WBC bantamweight title rematch, boxing)
From southpaw, let the orthodox opponent lead, slip or step just out of range, and return a straight left or left hook the instant their punch retracts, the counter that dropped Takeru.
