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Masato (kickboxer)

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Masato Kobayashi, known in the ring as Masato, is a retired Japanese welterweight kickboxer born on 10 March 1979 in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture. He began kickboxing at seventeen at Fuji Gym after a short spell at a boxing gym, turned professional under the All Japan Kickboxing Federation in 1997 and won its national welterweight title in 1999. He became one of the stars of K-1 MAX, winning the K-1 World MAX tournament in 2003 and 2008 and finishing runner-up in 2004 and 2007, and he also held the ISKA Oriental rules World Welterweight title. Away from the ring he promotes the Wolf Revolution event and has acted in Japanese films.

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1979 1
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Male 1
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5+ 1
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is a Japanese retired welterweight kickboxer
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    born March 10, 1979
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    He was the ISKA World Welterweight Oriental Rules champion
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    He was the ISKA World Welterweight Oriental Rules champion, as well as the winner of the K-1 WORLD MAX World tournament in 2003 and 2008.
  • Lead, nationality
    is a Japanese retired welterweight kickboxer
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    is a Japanese retired welterweight kickboxer
  • Competed In: K-1 World MAX, Lead, competition
    the winner of the K-1 WORLD MAX World tournament in 2003 and 2008
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