Yasuhito Namekawa

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yasuhito Namekawa
Occupation	Mixed Martial Artist
Date Of Birth	Oct 27, 1974(1974-10-27)
Age	50
Birthplace	Kitaibaraki
Country	Japan
Birth City	Ibaraki Prefecture
Horoscope	Libra

Yasuhito Namekawa Biography

Yasuhito Namekawa is one of the most popular and richest Mixed Martial Artist who was born on October 27, 1974 in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Yasuhito Namekawa, also known as Hua Chuan Kang Ren, Namekawa Yasuhito), is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes at the light heavyweight division. He was born October 27, 1974. Namekawa was the first Mixed martial artist to make his debut on Fighting Network Rings’ in 1998. From 1998, when Rings introduced King of King Rules, he fought in mostly Shoot fighting fights. Namekawa fought for Pride FC, Deep FC, and Rings throughout his career. Namekawa’s last fight was in 2008. He had a ten-year professional mixed martial arts career.

Namekawa made his Deep debut on March 30, 2002 at Deep – 4th Impact. Namekawa defeated Daisuke Watanabe in a majority decision. His next two fights at Deep were won by him with submission wins over Makoto Ishikawa and Yuki Itshikawa. Wallid Ismail defeated him by decision at Inoki BOm-BaYe 2002 on December 31st 2002. Namekawa finished the year with a record of 3-1 with Deep. Namekawa began 2003 at Deep – 8th Impact with a draw against Osami Shibuya. Namekawa didn’t fight again until January 22, 2004, Yusuke Imagura was defeated by Namekawa via TKO at Deep – 13th Impact.

On February 15, 2004, Namekawa made his Pride FC debut with a submission win over Egidijus Valavicius at Pride Bushido 2. He returned to Pride on October 14, 2004, he was defeated by Maurício Rua.

In his second outing in the Deep organisation, Namekawa beat Kenji Akiyama by TKO, Jong Hyuk Moon by submission and lost to Ryuta Sakurai. He also drew with Jeong Ho Lee on December 2, 2005. On April 11, 2006, Namekawa was defeated by Cyrille Diabate by KO at Deep – 24 Impact.

2001 would be a complete contrast to previous years, as Namekawa won in four of five fights. He beat Takashi Sonoda and Wataru Imamura as well as Masutatsu Yano, Masutatsu Yano, and Dexter Casey all by submission. Namekawa was defeated by Egijus Valavicius in a TKO on October 20, 2001.

Yasuhito Namekawa Net Worth

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

Namekawa was first for RINGS in 1998 when he faced Minoru Toyonaga. The bout ended in a draw. Then, he submitted Daniel Higgins and out pinned Ryuki Ueyama. Namekawa lost his first match against Bakouri Gorgitidze on October 11, 1998. He lost by submission. Namekawa was defeated by Masayuki Nause in round 1 at 4:50. Namekawa ended the year by drawing against Lee Hasdell, a British fighter. Namekawa fought Hasdell again on January 23, 1999. Hasdell was disqualified for an illegal punch. Namekawa won by decision. Namekawa won by decision on March 7, 1999. Hasdell won round 1 by KO in 5 minutes 55.

Namekawa won victories over the following fighters: Ryuki Ueyama (Sara Umer), Minoru Toyonaga, Troy Ittensohn and Ryuki Ueyama (Sara Umer). Wataru Sakata and Ryuki Ueyama were also defeated. Namekawa’s 2000 year was disappointing. He failed to win a single match, losing to Willie Peeters and Chris Haseman.

Yasuhito Namekawa’s final fight for RINGS was on February 15, 2002, on the final ever Rings event. He was submitted by Sam Nest at 4:53 of round 2.

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Facts & Trivia

Yasuhito Ranked on the list of most popular Mixed Martial Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Yasuhito Namekawa celebrates birthday on October 27 of every year.