Tetsuya Yamato
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Tetsuya Yamato 大和 哲也 |
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| Born | Iwashita Tetsuya 岩下 哲也 December 10, 1987 Chita, Aichi, Japan |
| Native name | 大和 哲也 |
| Other names | Strong-Armed Painter, The Japanese Battleship |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st) |
| Division | Lightweight |
| Style | Muay Thai, Kickboxing |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan |
| Team | Yamato Kickboxing Gym |
| Years active | 6 (2005 -present) |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 52 |
| Wins | 36 |
| By knockout | 25 |
| Losses | 15 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Occupation | House painter and decorator |
| Website | http://ameblo.jp/yamato-tetsuya/ |
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Tetsuya Yamato (大和 哲也 Yamato Tetsuya, born December 10, 1987) is a Japanese Lightweight kickboxer. He won the Japanese national K-1 tournament as a Lightweight in 2010.
Yamato was born in Chita, Aichi, Japan on December 10, 1987 as Tetsuya Iwashita. He took the name Yamato in honour of his gym, Yamato Kickboxing Gym. After graduating from high school he started working in construction, and became a painter to coat buildings with coloured acrylic resin.
On July 31, 2005, he made his debut as a professional kickboxer in the R.I.S.E. organization, and he knocked out Eiji Ogawa in the 1st round with left low kick. After this bout he became a member of NJKF and started fighting under the NJKF banner. His second fight was on September 24 against Takuya Minekawa, in which he won by TKO.
On January 15, 2006, Yamato was chosen and awarded the 2005 Rookie Award by NJKF .
After Yamato's career of three years with NJKF, he was asked to compete for the vacant NJKF Lightweight title in 2008, and he fought against Hiromi Nakayama in the Semi-final. He won by a TKO in the 4th round because of a cut by an elbow strike. On July 27, 2008, he fought against Hanawa in the final for the title, and he knocked out Hanawa in the 1st round with a left hook.
On January 25, 2009, Yamato was chosen and awarded 2008 MVP by NJKF, and also awarded GBR award because he won the NJKF title, and he had 3 bouts on NJKF and won 3 times with 2 knockouts in 2008.
In the middle of 2009, he was asked to participate in the "WBC Muaythai Rule Japanese unified Championship Decision Tournament" as a lightweight as NJKF, MAJKF and JPMC announced that they were going to establish the unified championships sanctioned by WBC Muaythai.
On September 23, he fought against Kazuya Oe in the semi-final, and he knocked him out with body shot in the 2nd round. In the tournament final on December 4, he fought against Yūdai Kono for the vacant first Japanese title of WBC, and he won by a TKO with cut as the bout was stopped by a doctor in the 4th round. For this bout, he won his second national title.
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