Taiga Kawabe

RISE 175 event takes place on January 14, 2024, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. This kickboxing showcase features Taiga Kawabe challenging Chang Hyung Lee for the Super Featherweight title in the main event. Other fighters include Arina Kobayashi vs. Wang Qinglong, Sota Kimura vs. Chappy Yoshinuma, and Kakeru vs. Kenichi Yamakawa across the card. Additional bouts highlight Tatsuya Wakahara vs. Kazu Matsuyama and Musashi Kutsuwa vs. Hiroya Oshima.

The final event of 2019 is here, and per usual it’s being held by RIZIN Fighting Federation!

RIZIN 17 live from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. In the evening’s main event, lightweights Yusuke Yachi and Mikuru Asakura lock horns. Also the card, numerous UFC veterans are in action as Ulka Sasaki takes on longtime veteran Shintaro Ishiwatari, Ultimate Fighter 24 runner-up Hiromasa Ogikubo clashes with Yuki Motoya, Johnny Case challenges Satoru Kitaoka, Tatsuya Kawajiri battles unbeaten Russian Ali Abdulkhalikov, Mizuto Hirota faces off with grappling ace Roberto de Souza, and UFC veteran and current ROAD FC champion Seo Hee Ham meets Tomo Maesawa.

RIZIN 19 live from the EDION Arena in Osaka, Japan. In the main event, Kai Asakura is on a mission to keep his momentum going following a shocking victory over a Kyoji Horiguchi when he takes on Ulka Sasaki. Also on the card, Eight men are on the hunt for a lightweight tournament championship. Jiří Procházka, who captured Rizin’s light heavyweight crown with an April victory over Muhammed King Mo, meets Fabio Maldonado. The two will clash in a 220-pound catchweight affair.

RIZIN 23 serves to crown a new bantamweight champion when Hiromasa Ougikubo meets Kai Asakura in the headliner. The undercard is full of prospects, including Kazumasa Majima, Makoto Takahashi and Tatsuki Saomoto. Kickboxing fans will be treated to a rematch between Taiga and Kento Haraguchi, plus the return of KAITO.

ABEMA presents RISE WORLD SERIES 2023 2nd Round takes place on August 26, 2023, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. This kickboxing event features YA-MAN battling Hiroto Yamaguchi for the inaugural RISE Open Finger Glove -65kg title in the main event. The semifinals of the -54kg Tournament include Kazuki Osaki vs. Toki Tamaru and Shiro Matsumoto vs. Kumandoi Petchyindee. Other fighters like Koki Osaki, Taiga Kawabe, and Kan Nakamura compete across the card.

Witness the Fight Card of the Decade! Celebrate 10 years of Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation's spectacular martial arts legacy with the ultimate year-end event! This is more than a fight card—it’s a night of champions, legends, and rising stars.

SUPER RIZIN.4 takes place on July 27, 2025, at Saitama Super Arena (Stadium Version) in Saitama, Japan. The main event features Mikuru Asakura taking on Kleber Koike. The card also includes Naoki Inoue facing Ryuya Fukuda for the RIZIN Bantamweight title. Inoue, a 28-year-old submission expert, clashes with 31-year-old DEEP two-division champion Fukuda.

The Cygames presents RISE WORLD SERIES 2021 OSAKA2 takes place on November 14, 2021, at Edion Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. Additional bouts include Kento Haraguchi vs. Petch and Kan Nakamura vs. YA-MAN.

Cygames presents RISE WORLD SERIES 2021 OSAKA takes place on July 18, 2021, at Edion Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. This kickboxing event features the opening round of the -53kg DEAD OR ALIVE Tournament with fighters like Kazuki Osaki, Shiro Matsumoto and Jin Mandokoro.

Cygames presents RISE WORLD SERIES 2022 in Ota City takes place on October 15, 2022, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. This kickboxing event features Kazuki Osaki defending his Super Flyweight (-53kg) title against Kazane in the main event. Other fighters include Taiju Shiratori vs. YA-MAN in a super lightweight bout, Daiki vs. Haruto Yasumoto in featherweight, and Hiroshi Nakamura vs. Lee in a 62.5kg superfight. Additional matchups showcase Kensei Yamakawa and top talent across various weight classes.

RISE WORLD SERIES 2024 OSAKA takes place on June 15, 2024, at Edion Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. This kickboxing event features Kazuki Osaki defending his Super Flyweight title against Jin Mandokoro in the main event. Other fighters include Taiga vs. Daniel Puertas, Taiju Shiratori vs. Petru Morari, and Riku Kazushima vs. Samvel Sor Tong Prachin across the card. Additional bouts showcase Toki Tamaru vs. Jung Hyeonwoo and Kan Nakamura vs. Thiago Ferreira.

RIZIN returns to Osaka, Japan, for RIZIN.25, which is headlined by a title bout featuring Mikuru Asakura and Yutaka Saito for the RIZIN featherweight championship. Asakura is riding an eight-fight winning streak and has compiled a 7-0 record within the Rizin organization. Now, he prepares for the biggest fight of his career in an effort to capture the Rizin gold. His opponent, Saito, is a seasoned MMA veteran who has compiled an 18-4-2 record and is coming off a devastating knockout victory via soccer kicks over Kazumasa Majima. He plans to play spoiler and hand Asakura his first defeat in the promotion while capturing the league’s featherweight championship in the process.

We'll create the new K-1! All 15 matches including the memorable new K-1 launch match, including all the uncut matches / Gao Fairtex vs. Sokuda Yasuomi!

A total of 16 matches including Taiga vs Takeru!! A special post-match interview with major fighters is also included!!

K-1 WORLD GP 2017, which will determine the first lightweight champion. In addition to Okube Koya, who won the world's strongest tournament in September 2016, four representatives of Japan and powerful overseas players gathered. They fight a fierce and fierce battle for the crown.

The Champion Carnival was a match between four-weight champions who were born during a year of battle, and they gathered together to compete in a title match. Furthermore, the final match of 2015, where all the star players participated and attracted a huge crowd packed at Yoyogi Gymnasium.

The Cygames presents RISE WORLD SERIES 2019 1st Round takes place on March 10, 2019, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. This kickboxing event features Tenshin Nasukawa facing Federico Roma in the -58kg Tournament A Block opener. Other competitors include Taiga vs. Sexan Or. Kwanmuang and Chan Hyung Lee vs. Yuki in the -61kg Tournament bouts. Additional fights showcase Genji Umeno vs. Lu Jun and Shiro vs. Ryuya Okuwaki. It marks the explosive start of RISE’s 2019 World Series.

The K-1 WORLD GP 2017 JAPAN takes place on September 18, 2017, at the Saitama Super Arena Community Arena in Saitama, Japan. This event includes an eight-man tournament to determine the welterweight champion with fighters Yuta Kubo and Minoru Kimura. Takeru Segawa defends his featherweight title against Junguang Wang. Taiga and Yoshiki Takei compete in non-title superfights.

K-1 WORLD GP 2016 held on September 19th, which will determine the world's strongest at -60kg. Strong fighters such as Taiga and Komiyayama Kosuke came to the point of making the decision to wait for the Urabe brothers' monopoly on the throne. Unpredictable tournaments are included in all matches without cuts.

K-1 WORLD GP 2016 IN JAPAN held on April 24th. The 60kg class, with strong players including Tobe Hirotaka and Tobe Koya, clashing with eight Japanese warriors hoping to compete in the world tournament. The sympathetic survival match is worth watching.

The new K-1 has left Yoyogi, which has been held since its launch, and moved to Saitama Super Arena. The first memorable event will be hosting a super welterweight tournament, which is said to be the most layered in the world. How did the four Japanese national team players compete against the powerful overseas teams who have shown strength in past tournaments? It also includes all-out battles in which champions from K-1 weight classes such as Gao, Louis, Takeru, and Taiga also participated.

RIZIN 13 will be the promotions biggest event to date from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Following the tragic loss of Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto this month, two generational talents from their respective combat sports will compete in a clash featuring two of Japan’s best. Yamamoto’s protege Kyoji Horiguchi will strap on the big gloves when he crosses over into kickboxing to take on undefeated 20-year-old phenom Tenshin Nasukawa. In addition to the headliner, Mirko Cro Cop returns against streaking heavyweight Roque Martinez, former Invicta FC atomweight champ Ayaka Hamasaki meets DEEP titleholder Mina Kurobe, and former UFC fighters Diego Brandão and Daron Cruickshank will clash at lightweight.

RIZIN 15 live from the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. The promotion returns to Yokohama for the first time in two years with many of the biggest stars in the promotion. The inaugural Rizin light heavyweight title will be on the line when 2015 RIZIN Heavyweight GP winner King Mo meets the man he defeated to win the grand prix, Jiří Procházka. In the night’s co-headliner, RIZIN bantamweight champion Kyoji Horiguchi takes on former UFC flyweight Ben Nguyen. Since leaving the UFC with a 7-1 record, Horiguchi has won eight straight fights, including stoppages over Bellator champ Darrion Caldwell, former consensus No. 1 flyweight Ian McCall, and former King of Pancrase Shintaro Ishiwatari.