Naoko Kumagai

Naoko Kumagai (born August 8, 1971 in Yamanashi) is a Japanese female kickboxer and 3-time World Champion in 3 different weight classes.^[1] She also had two amateur boxing matches with Russian Elena Karpachova, and one pro boxing match.^[2]

Naoko Kumagai
Born	Kumagai Naoko (1971-08-08) August 8, 1971 (age 51) Yamanashi, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	115 lb (52 kg; 8.2 st)
Style	Kickboxing
Stance	Southpaw
Fighting out of	Tokyo, Japan
Team	Fudohkan Gym
Trainer	Shinya Natori
Years active	1989–2002
Professional boxing record
Total	3
Wins	1
Losses	2
Kickboxing record
Total	37
Wins	31
By knockout	27
Losses	4
Draws	1
No contests	1
Other information
Boxing record from BoxRec

Kumagai is known for her knockout punch and high KO percentage. Her kickboxing record is 36 fights, with 31 wins (27 via KO), 4 losses and 2 draws.

Notable fights

Pro debut loss to WKA world Champion Ella Yee of the United Kingdom; Kumagai defeated German Kickboxing Champion, Regina Halmich, by first-round KO; A five-round decision victory over ISKA World Kickboxing Champion, Kim "Fireball" Messer of the USA;

A First round KO victory over Japan's Natsumi Nakazawa; two fights with Australian star, Amanda Buchanan: The first fight with Buchanan was a five-round decision loss to Buchanan for the WKA World Title and the rematch with Buchanan was a 4th-round KO victory for Kumagai over Buchanan as Kumagai regained her WKA world title from Buchanan.

Kumagai VS WKA World Champion, Lisa Howarth, 2 fights: The First fight with Lisa Howarth in Manchester, England was ruled a no contest, by the WKA.

The 2nd fight with Lisa Howarth in Tokyo was a first-round KO Kumagai victory for the WKA World flyweight Title;

Kumagai vs Kyoko Miyazake, "aka Kamikaze" was a fourth rd TKO victory world title defense.

Kickboxing Decision win over MMA star, Yoko Takahashi.

Draw vs Australian Star, Holly Ferneley, in a five-round Muay Thai fight.

Draw vs shootboxing champion, Terumi Fujiyama, in a shoot boxing fight. One exhibition fight against World Champion, Sachiyo Shibata(no decision was rendered in this "exhibition fight")

Titles

• Double-K World Women's Lightweight Champion^[3]
• WKA World Flyweight and Bantamweight Title^[4]
• UKF World Super Bantamweight Title^[5][6]

Media career

She appeared in Jackass: The Movie segment "Ass Kicked By Girl" beating up Ryan Dunn in a kickboxing session.^[7]

References

1. "This site is temporarily unavailable". www.womenkickboxing.com.
2. "boxing-records.com". www.boxing-records.com.
3. . www.boutreview.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. . www.boutreview.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. . Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
6. . www.boutreview.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. Jackass. Simon and Schuster. 29 October 2002. ISBN 9780743431118.

External links

• This site is temporarily unavailable Fightprofile at womenkickboxing.com
• Naoko Kumagai at IMDb