Keiji Ozaki (尾崎圭司, Ozaki Keiji, born April 24, 1980) is a Japanese taekwondo practitioner and a kickboxer. He won the tournament of R.I.S.E. at welterweight in 2006. As a martial artist, he practises the full-contact version of taekwondo, and has competed in numerous competitions. His rank is 2nd dan black belt certified by the Japan Taekwondo Association.
| Keiji Ozaki | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ozaki Keiji April 24, 1980 Kanagawa, Japan |
| Native name | 尾崎圭司 |
| Other names | Tornado Star Taekwondo Dragon |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st) |
| Division | Lightweight Welterweight |
| Style | Taekwondo, Kickboxing |
| Fighting out of | Tokyo, Japan |
| Team | Team Dragon |
| Trainer | Kensaku Maeda |
| Rank | 2nd dan black belt in Taekwondo |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 45 |
| Wins | 26 |
| By knockout | 8 |
| Losses | 18 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 0 |
| Other information | |
| Occupation | Professional kickboxer Taekwondo instructor |
| University | Kanagawa University |
| Website | http://ozaki-dojo.com/ |
| Ozaki's strict style is Full contact Taekwondo. Last updated on: January 14, 2013 | |
Biography
editYouth
editKeiji Ozaki was born on April 24, 1980, in the prefecture of Kanagawa, Japan. He spent his young age in United States, in Murrysville, PA until he was halfway through high school. After coming to a Japanese high school, he started practicing finswimming. He participated in the Japanese national championship of swimming for 5 different disciplines in 1999, and he won 5 gold medals at 5 disciplines. After graduation of high school, he entered Kanagawa University and he joined its taekwondo team.
Taekwondo era
editIn 2000, he won the gold medal of Japanese national championship for undergraduates in full contact taekwondo at open weight. In 2002 and 2003, he won the national championships for adults.
Professional kickboxing
editIn March 2000, he joined Team Dragon and started practicing kickboxing. On September 28, 2003, he debuted on R.I.S.E., one of the kickboxing promoting and sanctioning body, as a professional kickboxer. He fought against Tomoaki Suehiro, and won by unanimous decision.
On December 17, 2006, he won the "R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive tournament '06".
K-1
editOzaki was offered by K-1, and he participated K-1 to prove the strength of taekwondo.
He defeated Masanobu Goto by a clear unanimous decision at Krush-EX 2012 vol.5 on October 21, 2012, at Shinjuki Face in Tokyo. He floored Goto four times in the fight.[1][2]
He lost to Jessy Petit-Jean in a fight for the WKN World Lightweight Kickboxing Championship on November 17, 2012, in Liège, Belgium.[3]
He lost a majority decision to Hiroya in a non-tournament bout at Krush Grand Prix 2013 ~67kg Tournament First Round~ on January 14, 2013, in Tokyo.[4][5]
Ozaki faced fellow taekwondo stylist Seiji Takahashi at NJKF: 2013 3rd in Tokyo on April 29, 2013.[6]
Titles
edit- Professional
- 2006 R.I.S.E. Dead Or Alive Tournament '06 champion
- Amateur
- 11th Kanagawa Prefecture Taekwondo Championship winner (2000)
- 12th Kanagawa Prefecture Taekwondo Championship Full contact Openweight winner (July 15, 2001)
- 4th Tokyo Taekwondo Championship Full contact Openweight winner (October 8, 2001)
- Chubu Taekwondo Championship winner (2000)
- 12th All Japan University Taekwondo Championship Full contact Openweight winner (2000)
- 13th All Japan University Taekwondo Championship Full contact Openweight winner (December 7, 2001)
- 14th All Japan University Taekwondo Championship Kumite Openweight winner (September 16, 2002)
- All Japan Taekwondo Championship 3rd place (2001)
- 13th All Japan Full contact Taekwondo Championship Kumite Openweight winner (December 28, 2002)
- 14th All Japan Full contact Taekwondo Championship winner (November 29, 2003)
Kickboxing record
edit| 27 Wins (9 (T)KO's, 14 decisions), 22 Losses (2 (T)KO's, 20 decisions), 1 Draw | ||||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-05 | Win |  Keisuke Kurihara |
Krush 46 | Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 27-22-1 |
| 2014-06-12 | Loss | Ikki |
Krush 42 | Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 26-22-1 |
| 2014-01-04 | Loss | Taito |
Krush 37, -65 kg Championship Tournament, First Round | Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 26-21-1 |
| 2013-09-01 | Loss | Toshiki Taniyama |
Bigbang 14 | Tokyo, Japan | Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | 26-20-1 |
| For Inaugural Bigbang Super Lightweight title. | ||||||||
| 2013-04-29 | Loss | Seiji Takahashi |
NJKF: 2013 3rd | Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 26-19-1 |
| 2013-01-14 | Loss | Hiroya |
Krush Grand Prix 2013 ~67 kg Tournament First Round~ | Tokyo, Japan | Decision (majority) | 3 | 3:00 | 26-18-1 |
| 2012-11-17 | Loss |  Jessy Petit-Jean |
La Nuit Du Kick Boxing | Liège, Belgium | 26-17-1 | |||
| For WKN World Lightweight Kickboxing Championship. | ||||||||
| 2012-10-21 | Win | Masanobu Goto |
Krush-EX 2012 vol.5 | Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 26-16-1 | |
| 2012-06-26 | Loss | Taito |
Krush. 22 | Tokyo, Japan | Unanimous Decision | 3 | 25-16-1 | |
| 2012-07-19 | Win |  Ding Ning |
Krush.19 | Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 25-15-1 | |
| 2012-01-09 | Win | Hironori Hattori |
Krush.15 | Tokyo, Japan | KO | 2 | 0:37 | 24-15-1 |
| 2011-10-22 | Loss |  Roman Mailov |
W5 Grand Prix K.O. | Moscow, Russia | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 23-15-1 |
| 2011-08-14 | Loss | Thomas Adamandopoulos |
Krush.11 | Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | 23-14-1 |
| Fight was for I.S.K.A. World Kickboxing title (-62.300 kg). | ||||||||
| 2011-05-29 | Win |  Park |
Krush -70 kg First Generation Championship Tournament ~Round.1~ | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Decision | 3 | 3:00 | 23-13-1 |
| 2011-02-05 | Win | Yosuke Mizuochi |
Bigbang 4 | Tokyo, Japan | KO (3 Knockdowns) | 3 | 2:22 | 22-13-1 |
| 2010-12-12 | Win | Toshiki Taniyama |
Krush First Generation King Tournaments ~Round.1~ | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | KO (Taekwondo Back Kick then followed by punches) | 3 | 22-12-1 | |
| 2010-10-29 | Win | Hiroki Namai |
Krush EX "Road to the Championship" | Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan | KO (Spinning Backfist) | 2 | 21-12-1 | |
| 2010-09-20 | Win | Fumiya Sasaki |
Krush.10 | Shinjuku Face, Tokyo, Japan | KO | 3 | 1:28 | 20-12-1 |
| 2010-07-05 | Loss | Yuta Kubo |
K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament, Quarter Final | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 19-12-1 |
| 2010-05-02 | Win | Kosuke Komiyama |
K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament Final 16 1st round | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | 19-11-1 |
| Qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2010 -63kg Japan Tournament. | ||||||||
| 2010-03-13 | Win | Yoshi |
Good Loser "Krush x Survivor" | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 18-11-1 |
| 2009-11-22 | Loss | Kan Itabashi |
R.I.S.E. "R.I.S.E. 60" | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | KO (Punches) | 2 | 2:29 | 17-11-1 |
| The bout was for Itabashi's title of R.I.S.E. 60kg class championship. | ||||||||
| 2009-08-14 | Loss | Genki Yamamoto |
Krush "Krush Lightweight GP 2009 -Opening Round.2-" Round of 16 | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 17-10-1 |
| 2009-05-31 | Loss | Xu Yan |
The Challenger | Macau, China | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 17-9-1 |
| 2009-02-23 | Loss | Yasuhito Shirasu |
K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan Tournament Reserve match | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 17-8-1 |
| 2008-11-08 | Loss |  Su Hwan Lee |
AJKF "Krush! -Kickboxing Destruction-" | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Split) | 4 (Ex.1) | 3:00 | 17-7-1 |
| 2008-08-31 | Win | Kwang-Sik John |
J-Network "Team Dragon Quest 2" | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | KO (Right low kick) | 3 | 1:25 | 17-6-1 |
| 2008-02-02 | Loss | Yasuhiro Kido |
K-1 World MAX 2008 Japan Tournament Quarterfinal | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 16-6-1 |
| 2007-10-25 | Loss | Yuya Yamamoto |
AJKF "Roman Kick Return Kickboxer of the best 60 Tournament Final | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | 16-5-1 |
| 2007-06-28 | Win |  Wing-Heung Pak |
K-1 World MAX 2007 World Tournament Final Elimination Opening fight | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 16-4-1 |
| 2007-04-04 | Loss |  Ian Schaffa |
K-1 World MAX 2007 World Elite Showcase Super fight | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 16-4 |
| 2007-02-05 | Loss | Yoshihiro Sato |
K-1 World MAX 2007 Japan Tournament Semifinal | Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 16-3 |
| 2007-02-05 | Win | Hiroki Shishido |
K-1 World MAX 2007 Japan Tournament Quarterfinal | Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 16-2 |
| 2006-12-17 | Win | Naoki Samukawa |
R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive Tournament '06 | Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 15-2 |
| Wins title of R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive Tournament '06 championship. | ||||||||
| 2006-12-17 | Win | Yuki |
R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive Tournament '06 | Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan | KO | 2 | 1:58 | 14-2 |
| 2006-12-17 | Win | Hideki Mizutani |
R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive Tournament '06 | Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 13-2 |
| 2006-11-03 | Win | Kenji Kanai |
Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2006 Opening match | Sumida, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 12-2 |
| 2006-06-25 | Loss | Nobumitsu Sudo |
R.I.S.E. Flash to Crush Tournament '06 | Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan | KO (Punches) | 2 | 1:28 | 11-2 |
| 2006-05-17 | Ex | Shingo Garyu |
J-Network "Go! Go! J-Net '06 ~Invading the Dragon" | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | No Decision | 1 | 3:00 | |
| 2006-02-09 | Win | Hiroshi Sekimoto |
Shoot Boxing 2006 Neo Orthros Series 1st | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 11-1 |
| 2005-12-18 | Win | Hiroshi Mizumachi |
R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive Tournament '05 | Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan | KO (Spinning back kick) | 2 | 1:33 | 10-1 |
| 2005-10-30 | Win | Crazy884 |
R.I.S.E. XIX | Ōta, Tokyo, Japan | KO (Right hook) | 1 | 2:03 | 9-1 |
| 2005-09-25 | Win | Taiga Yamaguchi |
Shoot Boxing 20th Anniversary Series 4th | Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | 8-1 |
| 2005-07-31 | Win | Yuki |
R.I.S.E. XVII | Ōta, Tokyo, Japan | TKO (Corner stoppage) | 2 | 0:34 | 7-1 |
| 2005-05-29 | Win | Yuji Kitano |
R.I.S.E. XVI | Ōta, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | 6-1 |
| 2005-01-30 | Win | Takayoshi Kitayama |
R.I.S.E. XII | Minato, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | 5-1 |
| 2004-11-28 | Win | Taisho |
Future Fighter IKUSA -Sora- Gangstarz | Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan | TKO (Punches) | 3 | 0:42 | 4-1 |
| 2004-07-04 | Win | Shannon Forrester |
R.I.S.E. The Low Of The Ring -Japan vs. World- | Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | 3-1 |
| 2004-04-29 | Loss | Keiichi Samukawa |
R.I.S.E. VII | Ōta, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Split) | 4(Ex.1) | 3:00 | 2-1 |
| 2003-12-23 | Win | Masaki Shimamura |
R.I.S.E. Dead or Alive Tournament | Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 2-0 |
| 2003-09-28 | Win | Tomoaki Suehiro |
R.I.S.E. Fourth | Ōta, Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 1-0 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Walsh, Dave. "Krush-EX 2012 vol.5 to Air Live Tonight on Nicovideo". Liverkick.com. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ^ Walsh, Dave. "Krush-EX 2012 vol.5 Live Results". Liverkick.com. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ^ "La Nuit du Kick-Boxing | Muaythaitv". muaythaitv.fr.
- ^ Walsh, Dave. "Keita, Tsukagoshi Complete Krush 67kg Tournament + 4 Fights Announced for 1/14 Card". Liverkick.com. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ^ Walsh, Dave. "Krush 67kg Tournament Results: Kubo Wins Tournament in Disputed Decision, Alamos Upsets Takiya". Liverkick.com. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ^ Walsh, Dave. "Japanese Kickboxing Scene: April Preview". Liverkick.com. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
External links
edit- "LiverKick". LiverKick. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- "Fighter's Profiles". Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-03-24.
- Shu Hirata. "K-1 MAX - 02/05/2007: 'Kohiruimaki vs. Ologun in the First Round!'". Retrieved 2007-03-24.[permanent dead link]
- "Ian Schaffa vs Keiji Ozaki". 2007-02-27. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2007-03-24.