Native name 角田信朗 Style Seidokaikan Karate Nationality Japanese Name Nobuaki Kakuda | Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Draws 1 Losses 8 | |
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Weight 208 lb (94 kg; 14.9 st) Children Yuria Kakuda, Kenshiro Kakuda Movies and TV shows Tensai TV kun, Godzilla - Mothra and King Ghid, Godzilla: Final Wars Similar People Andy Hug, Juri Ihata, Masaaki Satake, Kazuyoshi Ishii, Kan Sawada | ||
Andy Hug kyokushin training DVD 真会 - with Nobuaki Kakuda
Nobuaki Kakuda (角田信朗, Kakuda Nobuaki, born April 11, 1961 in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese Seidokaikan Karateka.
Contents
- Andy Hug kyokushin training DVD with Nobuaki Kakuda
- Akebono vs nobuaki kakuda part 1 2
- Career
- Personal life
- Titles
- Filmography
- References
Akebono vs nobuaki kakuda part 1 2
Career
Kakuda is famous for his first punch knockout win over American mixed martial artist Mavrick at 0:56 seconds in the K-1 Fields Europe GP 2005 as well as being the only K-1 fighter to lose to Akebono, a former Sumo wrestler. He is also one of the K-1 organization's regents. At the time of his retirement, he was the oldest and shortest (174 cm) participant in the K-1 tournaments.
After working as a referee-in-charge and ringside judge in K-1 events, Kakuda had also served as an executive producer for K-1 under Fighting and Entertainment Group.
Personal life
Kakuda was born in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He named his son Kenshiro (賢士朗) and daughter Yuria (友里亜) after characters from Fist of the North Star.
Titles
