Keiji Ozaki
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Keiji Ozaki 尾崎圭司 |
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| 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) |
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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/ |
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Ozaki's strict style is Full contact Taekwondo. |
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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 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.
In 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.
In 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".
Ozaki 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.
He lost to Jessy Petit-Jean in a fight for the WKN World Lightweight Kickboxing Championship on November 17, 2012 in Liege, Belgium.
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