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Tsuyoshi Nakasako

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Tsuyoshi Nakasako
Born (1974-01-29) January 29, 1974 (age 50)
Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
Native name中迫剛
Other namesThe Demon Prince
The Nobleman of Japan
Sako
NationalityJapan Japanese
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb)
DivisionHeavyweight
StyleSeidokaikan karate
Fighting out ofOsaka, Japan
TeamZEBRA 244
Years active1998–2008
Kickboxing record
Total46
Wins19
By knockout7
Losses26
By knockout11
Draws1

Tsuyoshi Nakasako (Japanese: 中迫剛; born January 29, 1974) is a Japanese retired heavyweight kickboxer who competed in K-1. During his ten-year career from 1998 until 2008, he fought a variety of K-1 champions including Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts, Remy Bonjasky, Mark Hunt, and Andy Hug.

Career

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Nakasako made his professional kickboxing debut on May 24 at the K-1 Braves '98 event in Fukuoka. In a dominant effort, he earned a TKO victory over taekwondo champion Pierre Guenette. Three months later, he reached the finals of the K-1 Japan Grand Prix '98 tournament before suffering his first defeat: a majority decision loss to former world champion Masaaki Satake. Losses Stan Longinidis and Andy Hug followed, but Nakasako rebounded with wins over world champion Dewey Cooper and Muay Thai exponent Tofan Pirani. He reached the semifinals of the K-1 Spirits '99 and K-1 Andy Memorial events, but endured decision losses to Nobu Hayashi and Musashi,[1] respectively.

Despite an eventual TKO loss, Nakasako made a strong showing against K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 winner Mark Hunt at K-1 Rising 2002, scoring a knockdown with a kick to the head and pressuring the champion effectively. This was followed shortly afterwards with a disqualification win over the debuting Bob Sapp at K-1 Survival 2002, awarded after Sapp shoved Nakasako into the corner, threw him to the ground and repeatedly struck him while he was down. Nakasako next entered the K-1 Andy Spirits tournament, where he dominantly made his way to the finals and fought five rounds to an eventual decision loss against Musashi.

At K-1 Burning 2004, Naksako faced Remy Bonjasky in the Dutchman's first match after winning the K-1 World Grand Prix 2003. After a dynamic bout wherein the Japanese fighter appropriated his opponent's signature flying knee attacks, Nakasako eventually suffered a TKO in the closing seconds of the final round. He came back with an impressive first round knockout of Mavrick Harvery, effectively dominating the cage fighter. Further tournament competition followed, with Nakasako continuing to fall short but nevertheless achieving the occasional surprising victory, such as his defeat of his rival Kaoklai Kaennorsing at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Seoul.[2]

Naksako entered his final tournament - the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka - on June 29. After defeating Bernard Ackah in the quarterfinals, he moved on to face karate champ Ewerton Teixeira and lost by unanimous decision. This was his last match to date, leaving him with a professional record of 19 wins, 26 losses, and 1 draw.

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Kickboxing record

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Kickboxing Record
19 Wins (7 (T)KO's, 12 Decisions), 26 Losses, 0 No Contest, 1 Draw
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
2008-06-29 Loss Brazil Ewerton Teixeira K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka Semifinal Fukuoka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 19-26-1
2008-06-29 Win Ivory Coast Bernard Ackah K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka Quarterfinal Fukuoka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 19-25-1
2008-04-13 Win Japan Takumi Sato K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 18-25-1
2007-08-11 Loss Russia Alexander Pitchkounov K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Las Vegas Quarterfinal Las Vegas, USA Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 17-25-1
2007-03-04 Loss Azerbaijan Zabit Samedov K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 17-24-1
2006-07-30 Loss Switzerland Björn Bregy K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Sapporo Sapporo, Japan KO (Right hook) 1 2:35 17-23-1
2006-06-03 Loss Japan Yusuke Fujimoto K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Seoul Semifinal Seoul, South Korea Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 17-22-1
2006-06-03 Win Thailand Kaoklai Kaennorsing K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Seoul Quarterfinal Seoul, South Korea Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 17-21-1
2005-08-22 Loss Thailand Kaoklai Kaennorsing Titans 2nd Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous 3 3:00 16-21-1
2005-06-14 Loss Japan Hiraku Hori K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Hiroshima Quarterfinal Hiroshima, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 16-20-1
2005-04-30 Loss United States Mark Selbee K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas Quarterfinal Las Vegas, USA Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 16-19-1
2004-07-17 Loss Thailand Kaoklai Kaennorsing K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Seoul Semifinal Seoul, South Korea Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 16-18-1
2004-07-17 Win South Korea Myeon Ju Lee K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Seoul Quarterfinal Seoul, South Korea Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 16-17-1
2004-06-26 Loss Japan Nobu Hayashi K-1 Beast 2004 in Shizuoka Quarterfinal Shizuoka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 15-17-1
2004-03-14 Win United States Mavrick Harvey K-1 Beast 2004 in Niigata Niigata, Japan KO 1 1:30 15-16-1
2004-02-15 Loss Netherlands Remy Bonjasky K-1 Burning 2004 Okinawa, Japan KO (Left high kick) 3 2:54 14-16-1
2003-09-21 Loss Japan Hiromi Amada K-1 Survival 2003 Quarterfinal Yokohama, Japan 2nd Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 14-15-1
2003-06-29 Loss Netherlands Peter Aerts K-1 Beast II 2003 Saitama, Japan KO (High kick) 2 1:42 14-14-1
2003-04-06 Loss South Africa Mike Bernardo K-1 Beast 2003 Yamagata, Japan TKO 2 1:02 14-13-1
2002-09-22 Loss Japan Musashi K-1 Andy Spirits Final Osaka, Japan 2nd Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 14-12-1
Fight was for the K-1 Andy Spirits title.
2002-09-22 Win Japan Yusuke Fujimoto K-1 Andy Spirits Semifinals Osaka, Japan KO (Punch) 2 2:18 14-11-1
2002-09-22 Win Japan Ryuta Noji K-1 Andy Spirits Quarterfinal Osaka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 13-11-1
2002-06-02 Win United States Bob Sapp K-1 Survival 2002 Toyama, Japan DQ 1 1:30 12-11-1
Sapp was disqualified after striking Nakasako on the ground.
2002-04-21 Loss Netherlands Ernesto Hoost K-1 Burning 2002 Hiroshima, Japan KO 1 1:46 11-11-1
2002-01-27 Loss New Zealand Mark Hunt K-1 Rising 2002 Shizuoka, Japan TKO (Referee stoppage) 2 2:55 11-10-1
2001-08-19 Loss Japan Musashi K-1 Andy Memorial Semifinal Saitama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 11-9-1
2001-08-19 Win Japan Great Kusatsu K-1 Andy Memorial Quarterfinal Saitama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 11-8-1
2001-06-24 Win Japan Shingo Koyasu K-1 Survival 2001 Sendai, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 10-8-1
2001-03-17 Loss Brazil Glaube Feitosa K-1 Gladiators 2001 Yokohama, Japan KO (Left high kick) 2 0:57 9-8-1
2001-01-30 Loss Japan Toru Oishi K-1 Rising 2001 Shikoku, Japan Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 9-7-1
2000-08-20 Loss Brazil Francisco Filho K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Yokohama Quarterfinal Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 9-6-1
2000-07-07 Loss China An Hu K-1 Spirits 2000 Quarterfinal Sendai, Japan TKO (Stoppage/Punches) 3 0:45 9-5-1
2000-05-28 Win Japan Noboru Uchida K-1 Survival 2000 Sapporo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 9-4-1
2000-03-19 Draw Australia Stan Longinidis K-1 Burning 2000 Yokohama, Japan Decision draw (1-0) 5 3:00 8-4-1
2000-01-25 Win Marten Simons K-1 Rising 2000 Nagasaki, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 8-4-0
1999-08-22 Loss Japan Nobu Hayashi K-1 Spirits '99 Semifinal Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 7-4-0
1999-08-22 Win Japan Toru Oishi K-1 Spirits '99 Quarterfinal Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3:00 7-3-0
1999-08-22 Win Japan Yasuhiro Anbe K-1 Spirits '99 Eighth-final Tokyo, Japan 2nd Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 6-3-0
1999-07-18 Win Sweden Tofan Pirani K-1 Dream '99 Nagoya, Japan KO (Right hook) 1 0:15 5-3-0
1999-03-22 Win United States Dewey Cooper K-1 The Challenge '99 Tokyo, Japan KO (Right high kick) 2 2:44 4-3-0
1999-02-03 Loss Switzerland Andy Hug K-1 Rising Sun '99 Tokyo, Japan KO (Right spinning heel kick) 2 0:22 3-3-0
1998-10-28 Loss Australia Stan Longinidis K-1 Japan '98 Kamikaze Tokyo, Japan TKO (Doctor stoppage) 4 0:30 3-2-0
The fight was stopped after Naksako suffered a broken nose.
1998-08-28 Loss Japan Masaaki Satake K-1 Japan Grand Prix '98 Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 3-1-0
Fight was for the for K-1 Japan Grand Prix '98 title.
1998-08-28 Win Japan Ryo Takigawa K-1 Japan Grand Prix '98 Semifinal Tokyo, Japan KO 1 0:56 3-0-0
1998-08-28 Win Japan Mitsuya Nagai K-1 Japan Grand Prix '98 Quarterfinal Tokyo, Japan TKO (Left high kick) 2 2:55 2-0-0
1998-05-24 Win Canada Pierre Guenette K-1 Braves '98 Fukuoka, Japan TKO (Punch) 2 2:14 1-0-0
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

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