Hiroya (kickboxer)

Hiroya, born on 6 January 1992, is a Japanese kickboxer who made his K-1 debut at the K-1 World MAX 2007 Japan Tournament on 5 February 2007, aged fifteen and the youngest contestant. He won the K-1 Koshien amateur title in 2008 after finishing runner-up the year before, and also took an Asian junior low kick title as an amateur. Moving up to 65 kilograms he stopped Chonden Chuwattana with low kicks in December 2012, lost a close quarter-final to Masaaki Noiri at the Road to Glory Japan 65 kilogram Slam in March 2013, and won the Krush 65 kilogram championship in 2014. He also fought at MAX Muay Thai events in Sendai and Khon Kaen.