Takeru Segawa

Quick Facts

Full Name	Takeru Segawa
Occupation	Kickboxer
Date Of Birth	Jul 29, 1991(1991-07-29)
Age	33
Birthplace	Yonago
Country	Japan
Birth City	Tottori Prefecture
Horoscope	Cancer

Takeru Segawa Biography

Takeru Segawa is one of the most popular and richest Kickboxer who was born on July 29, 1991 in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. On the 8th of December on the 8th of December, 2015. Rizin made a decision to have a match that would pit Segawa along with Chinese fighter, Yang Ming, for the New Year’s Eve celebration. At the press conference Rizin the president of Rizin, Sakakibara, acknowledged requests to stage an Segawa against. Nasukawa fight, however Sakakibara said there wasn’t enough time to advertise the fight, and said he would try get it done in 2016.

Tenshin Nasukawa had been making calls for Segawa since June 8th on, 2015. Due the contractual obligation, the two fighters were unable to fight in the boxing ring. In the midst of this K-1 as well as RISE were engaged in the “Kickboxing Cold War” since 2010.

On December 31, 2017, Nasukawa won Rizin’s Kickboxing -57kg tournament. In an attempt to quash the cold war and influence K-1 and RISE to make the Segawa fight, Nasukawa made sure the show was being broadcast live so Rizin was not be able to cut any of his comments. Post-fight, in the ring, Nasukawa engaged the crowd by asking who they want him to fight next and the crowd screamed Segawa’s name. In February 2018, M-1 Sports Media, which operates K-1, filed a lawsuit against Tenshin, his father Hiroyuki, RISE president Takashi Ito and Rizin president Sakakibara. According to the lawsuit, it all started three years ago when Nasukawa called out Segawa to fight. More recently during Rizin’s New Year’s Eve event when Nasukawa asked the audience who they want him to fight next. They claim that it’s an unfair business practice to involve another fighter’s name from a different organization.

On August 29, 2017 Rizin executive Nobuhiko Takada said on twitter “Two of the biggest superstars of kickboxing, Takeru vs Tenshin Nasukawa should be made right now! If this super-fight will not happen due to the (sic) cold war, it is heinous crime! Let’s make this! Make miracle!” A few hours later a K-1 broadcaster trolled Takada on twitter. A few days later, Takada apologized and promised to never talk about a fighter from another organization ever again and deleted every tweet he had about Nasukawa vs Segawa.

On the 5th of August in the 5th of August, Segawa said to media outlets that he was keen to fight Nasukawa should K-1 can arrange the fight. K-1 Japan’s group producer, Mitsuru Miyata, demanded that Nasukawa sign an exclusive agreement with K-1 in order to organize the fight. Nasukawa’s trainer as well as RISE president Takashi Ito, has told the Combat sports publication Fight & Life, that he would be willing to allow Nasukawa fight in a K-1 fight, however, he isn’t willing to sign a contract that would bind Nasukawa in exchange for an exclusive deal with K-1.

Takeru Segawa Net Worth

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

On the 21st of November on the 21st of November, the 21st of November, 2015 Segawa was the first to defend his K-1-55kg world title Charles Bongiovanni, he won the match by KO. Following the fight during the interview in-ring, Segawa announced his desire to fight in Rizin 2 weeks after Nasukawa made the same announcement. After the match, when Segawa returned to the arena, Nasukawa approached him and demanded that he fight. The fight could take place in Rizin even with RISE as well as the K-1 Cold War. At the press meeting, Segawa mentioned that he did not recognize Nasukawa and was unable to comprehend the words he spoke of due to the loud crowd and believed he was an admirer. Segawa said he was willing to fight in the event that it is it is offered. Following the fight, Nasukawa tweeted that Segawa was willing to fight the night of New Years Eve.

The year 2015 was the first time that K-1 has officially signed a partnership with the newest MMA promotional organization Rizin Fighting Federation. Rizin the president of Rizin, Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced that Rizin will make partnerships with any fighting organization, which is why RISE started working with Rizin too. This arrangement allowed a match between Segawa and Nasukawa to be more likely.

In 2016, Nasukawa signed with Rizin to fight on a December event. However, K-1 suddenly ended their partnership with Rizin. K-1 have tried to avoid any mention of the fight.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Takeru Segawa height 5 ft 6 in Takeru weight 60 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Takeru Segawa Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Takeru Ranked on the list of most popular Kickboxer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Takeru Segawa celebrates birthday on July 29 of every year.