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Yuji Nashiro (名城裕司) (born September 13, 1983) is a Japanese kickboxer who competes in the welterweight division. ==Biography and career== Nashiro was born in Nara City and is the brother of world champion boxer Nobuo Nashiro. He began his martial arts career in Kyokushin karate, in which he was the Japanese and Asian champion in the middleweight division. He was also the amateur Muay Thai champion of Japan. He made his professional kickboxing debut in 2006 and won his first three fights by knockout before taking a break from the sport for almost three years. He returned at the ''K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg Japan Tournament'' where he was knocked out by Yuichiro Nagashima in the quarter-finals.〔(FieLDS K-1 World Max 2010 Japan Tournament results )〕 Following this, he went on to compete in the Krush promotion where he won his first two fights before losing to Yoshihiro Sato. He returned to the Japan MAX Tournament at ''K-1 World MAX 2011 -70kg Japan Tournament Final'' where he caused an upset by winning the tournament. He defeated 2002 World MAX champion Albert Kraus in the quarter-finals and Takafumi Morita in the semis, both by decision, before going on to knock out Yuya Yamamoto in the first round of the final.〔(K-1 Announces Participants and Matchups for K-1 MAX 2011 -70kg Japan Tournament )〕 On February 25, 2012, he defeated Yukihiko Komiya via majority decision at ''Big Bang 8'' in Tokyo.〔(Big Bang 8 Results: Kido, Nashiro Score Wins, HIROYA Upset by Naoki )〕 Nashiro moved down in weight to compete in the ''Krush Grand Prix 2013 ~67kg First Class Tournament~'' on January 14, 2012, facing Abdallah Ezbiri at the quarter-finals.〔(Yuta Kubo, Yuji Nashiro to Compete in Krush 67kg GP )〕〔(Krush Announces 67kg Tournament Quarterfinal Matchups )〕 He came in overweight on his first two attempts and lost by unanimous decision.〔(Krush 67kg Tournament Results: Kubo Wins Tournament in Disputed Decision, Alamos Upsets Takiya )〕 He challenged Danilo Zanolini for his HEAT Middleweight (-70 kg/154 lb) Championship at ''HEAT 27'' in Kobe, Japan on July 28, 2013, losing by unanimous decision.〔(Round Extra – Danilo Zanolini vence japonês Yuji Nashiro no HEAT – Saulo Cavalari é campeão brasileiro do WGP Kickboxing – Grupo musical Tihuana se apresenta em treino aberto do UFC )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yūji Nashiro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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