Daigo Higa (比嘉 大吾, Higa Daigo; born August 9, 1995) is a Japanese professional boxer who held the WBC flyweight title…Daigo Higa (比嘉 大吾, Higa Daigo; born August 9, 1995) is a Japanese professional boxer who held the WBC flyweight title from 2017 to 2018. He also challenged for the WBO bantamweight title title in 2024 and for the WBA bantamweight title twice in 2025.
Koki Eto (江藤 光喜, Etō Kōki; born February 8, 1988) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to…Koki Eto (江藤 光喜, Etō Kōki; born February 8, 1988) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2019. He held the WBA interim flyweight title in 2013 and challenged for the WBC super-flyweight title in 2015. Koki is the oldest of the three Eto brothers. His twin brother Taiki and their younger brother Shingo are all professional boxers.
Satoshi Shingaki (新垣諭, Shingaki Satoshi; born February 21, 1964) is a Japanese former professional boxer. He held the…Satoshi Shingaki (新垣諭, Shingaki Satoshi; born February 21, 1964) is a Japanese former professional boxer. He held the IBF bantamweight title from 1984 to 1985 as the inaugural champion.
Akinobu Hiranaka (平仲 明信, born Nobuaki Hiranaka, on November 14, 1963) is a Japanese former boxer. He was a world…Akinobu Hiranaka (平仲 明信, born Nobuaki Hiranaka, on November 14, 1963) is a Japanese former boxer. He was a world champion boxer in the Light welterweight (Super lightweight or former Junior welterweight) division. He won the WBA Junior Welterweight championship of the world in 1992, and competed at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. He is one of the few Japanese champions that lacked financial backing from large gyms or television companies, and he had to personally negotiate with opponents to land a shot at the world title.
Tsuyoshi Hamada (浜田 剛史, Hamada Tsuyoshi; born November 29, 1960) is a retired Japanese professional boxer who is a…Tsuyoshi Hamada (浜田 剛史, Hamada Tsuyoshi; born November 29, 1960) is a retired Japanese professional boxer who is a former WBC world junior welterweight champion.
Katsuo Tokashiki (渡嘉敷 勝男, born July 27, 1960, in Okinawa, Japan) is a Japanese former WBA Light flyweight champion. He…Katsuo Tokashiki (渡嘉敷 勝男, born July 27, 1960, in Okinawa, Japan) is a Japanese former WBA Light flyweight champion. He currently works as an actor and television persona, and runs his own boxing gym in Tokyo, Japan.
Tadashi Tomori (友利 正, Tomori Tadashi; born December 28, 1959) is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBC junior…Tadashi Tomori (友利 正, Tomori Tadashi; born December 28, 1959) is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBC junior flyweight champion.
Yasutsune Uehara (上原 康恒, Uehara Yasutsune; born October 12, 1949 in Okinawa, Japan) is a former professional boxer and…Yasutsune Uehara (上原 康恒, Uehara Yasutsune; born October 12, 1949 in Okinawa, Japan) is a former professional boxer and former WBA and lineal super featherweight champion. He is one of the few Japanese boxers to have won the world title fighting outside Japan.
Yoko Gushiken (具志堅 用高, Gushiken Yōkō; born 26 June 1955) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 1974…Yoko Gushiken (具志堅 用高, Gushiken Yōkō; born 26 June 1955) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 1974 to 1981. He held the WBA light-flyweight title from 1976 to 1981, making a total of 13 successful defences. Following his retirement from boxing, he remains popular in Japan as a tarento having signed a contract with Ohta Production. He is well known in Japan for his trademark hair style. Gushiken was inducted in 2015 to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
