Kazuyoshi Ishii

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kazuyoshi Ishii
Occupation	Martial Artist
Date Of Birth	Jun 10, 1953(1953-06-10)
Age	71
Birthplace	Uwajima
Country	Japan
Birth City	Ehime Prefecture
Horoscope	Gemini

Kazuyoshi Ishii Biography

Kazuyoshi Ishii is one of the most popular and richest Martial Artist who was born on June 10, 1953 in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Seidokaikan Karate master who established K-1. K-1 combat circuit. He also founded his own karate group in the year 1980.

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Kazuyoshi Ishii (石井 和義 , Ishii Kazuyoshi, born June 10, 1953) is a Japanese master of Seidokaikan karate and founder of the K-1 fighting circuit, a widely televised international martial arts competition combining Muay Thai, karate, sanshou, taekwondo, kenpo, boxing, and kickboxing. His karate training began with Kyokushin karate, but he formed his own karate organization in 1980, began promoting televised karate competitions, and started staging K-1 events in 1993.

Ishii began training in Kyokushin karate under Hideyuki Ashihara, who was then a senior instructor in Kyokushin’s International Karate Organization (IKO). By the time he was 16 years old, he had established a local Kyokushin dojo (training hall) under his instructor’s supervision. Six years later, in 1975, he opened a Kyokushin dojo in Osaka, and this was a very successful venture.

He was born with his two siblings living in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.

Kazuyoshi Ishii Net Worth

Kazuyoshi Ishii is one of the richest Martial Artist from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kazuyoshi Ishii 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At the age of 16 the dojo was already in existence. local Kyokushin dojo, and later, he opened another one in Osaka which was highly profitable.

He was a part of the Yakuza in a period when there was a link to tax fraud and tax evasion and tax evasion, among other things.

Ishii was born on June 10, 1953, in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. He is one of three siblings. As a boy, he was interested in sumo and baseball, and was also introduced to gymnastics. While Ishii was in junior high school, a book by Masatoshi Nakayama sparked his interest in Shotokan karate, but a Sonny Chiba film later inspired him to pursue training in Kyokushin karate.

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Kazuyoshi Ranked on the list of most popular Martial Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Kazuyoshi Ishii celebrates birthday on June 10 of every year.