List of Krush champions

This is a list of all Krush champions. Included are all champions who have won the title since the brands inauguration in 2009, as a collaboration of K-1 and AJKF. It is the sister brand of K-1.[1][2]

Krush Cruiserweight Championship

Weight limit: 90 kg (198.4 lb)
Name Date Defenses
Japan K-Jee
(def. Rui Hanazawa) 		August 31, 2019
  • def. Hisaki Kato on March 28, 2020
K-Jee vacates the title on December 22, 2020, to focus of his K-1 title.[3]
Iran Mahmoud Sattari
(def. Seiya Tanigawa) 		July 24, 2021
  • def. Animal Koji on December 18, 2021

Krush Super Welterweight Championship

Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)
Name Date Defenses
Japan Kenta Yamada
(def. Yutaro Yamauchi) 		July 16, 2011
Japan Yasuhiro Kido
(def. Kenta Yamada) 		March 17, 2012
  • def. Takurō Moriya on January 28, 2013
  • def. Yutaro Yamauchi on August 11, 2013
  • def. Hiroki Nakajima on April 15, 2014
Kido vacated the title on August 21, 2014.[4]
Japan Hiroki Nakajima
(def. Yoichi Yamazaki) 		April 12, 2015
  • def. Yutaro Yamauchi on October 4, 2015
Netherlands Jordann Pikeur
(def. Hiroki Nakajima) 		April 10, 2016
  • def. Yoichi Yamazaki on July 18, 2016
  • def. Yu Hirono on January 15, 2017
  • def. Yutaro Yamauchi on January 27, 2018
  • def. Hiromi Wajima on September 30, 2018
  • def. Katsuya Jinbo on June 31, 2019

Krush Welterweight Championship

Weight limit: 67.5 kg (148.8 lb)
Name Date Defenses
Japan Yuta Kubo
(def. Abdellah Ezbiri) 		January 14, 2013
Japan Masaaki Noiri
(def. Yuta Kubo) 		September 1, 2013
Noiri vacates the title on February 26, 2014 after moving to super lightweight.
Japan Keita Makihira
(def. Yuya Yamamoto) 		April 15, 2014
  • draw. Daiki Watabe on March 15, 2014
  • def. Abdellah Ezbiri on October 5, 2014
Japan Daiki Watabe
(def. Keita Makihira ) 		January 17, 2016
Japan Hitoshi Tsukakoshi
(def. Daiki Watabe) 		October 15, 2016
  • def. Mohan Maharjan on February 18, 2017
  • def. Keita Makihira on February 12, 2018
Brazil Minoru Kimura
(def. Hitoshi Tsukakoshi) 		August 5, 2018
Kimura vacated the title on July 11, 2020 to focus on his K-1 title.[5]
Japan Kazuki Yamagiwa
(def. Kaisei Kondo) 		August 29, 2020
Japan Kona Kato
(def. Kazuki Yamagiwa) 		January 23, 2021
Japan Riki Matsuoka
(def. Kona Kato) 		April 23, 2021
Japan Ayinta Ali
(def. Riki Matsuoka) 		February 20, 2022
  • def. Kota Nakano on August 27, 2022

Krush Super Lightweight Championship

Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb)
Name Date Defenses
Japan HIROYA
(def. TaCa) 		March 8, 2014
Japan Naoki Terasaki
(def. HIROYA) 		July 13, 2014
Japan NOMAN
(def. Naoki Terasaki) 		January 4, 2015
Japan Hideaki Yamazaki
(def. NOMAN) 		November 14, 2015
Yamazaki vacates the title on October 11, 2016 after sustaining ligament injuries.[6]
Japan Jun Nakazawa
(def. Yukihiro Komiya) 		April 2, 2017
Japan Yuto Shinohara
(def. Jun Nakazawa) 		August 5, 2018
Shinohara vacates the title on December 18, 2018 after moving to lightweight.[7]
Japan Hayato Suzuki
(def. Daiki Matsushita) 		January 26, 2019
Japan Daizo Sasaki
(def. Hayato Suzuki) 		February 24, 2020
  • def. Kensei Kondo on July 11, 2020
  • def. Jin Hirayama on May 30, 2021
  • def. Hikaru Terashima on June 17, 2022
Sasaki vacates the title on December 16, 2022.[8]
Japan Shu Inagaki
(def. Takuma Tsukamoto) 		April 28, 2023

Krush Lightweight Championship

Weight limit: 62.5 kg (137.8 lb)
Name Date Defenses
Japan Ryuji Kajiwara
(def. Koya Urabe) 		April 30, 2011
France Thomas Adamandopoulos
(def. Ryuji Kajiwara) 		August 12, 2012
Japan Hideaki Yamazaki
(def. Thomas Adamandopoulos) 		March 20, 2013
  • def. Minoru Kimura on December 14, 2013
  • def. Mohamed Boulef on June 12, 2014
  • def. Joan Cañaveral on June 12, 2015
Yamazaki vacates the title on September 13, 2015 after moving to super lightweight.[9]
Japan Daizo Sasaki
(def. Ren Hiramoto) 		June 12, 2016
  • def. Hiroto Iwasaki on October 15, 2016
  • def. Toshiki Taniyama on August 6, 2017
Thailand Kongnapa Weerasakreck
(def. Daizo Sasaki) 		April 22, 2018
Gonnapar vacates the title on March 1, 2021, to focus on his K-1 title.[10]
Japan Shuji Kawarada
(def. Yuzuki Satomi) 		September 24, 2021
Japan Fumiya Osawa
(def. Shuji Kawarada) 		April 30, 2022
Japan Yuzuki Satomi
(def. Fumiya Osawa) 		June 16, 2023
Japan Kento Ito
(def. Yuzuki Satomi) 		February 24, 2023

Krush Super Featherweight Championship

Weight limit: 60 kg (132.3 lb)
Name Date Defenses
Japan Hirotaka Urabe
(def. Yuji Takeuchi) 		April 30, 2011
Japan Kan Itabashi
(def. Hirotaka Urabe) 		August 11, 2013
Japan Haruaki Otsuki
(def. Kan Itabashi) 		August 11, 2013
Otsuki vacates the title on October 17, 2014 due to injuries.
Japan Hirotaka Urabe
(def. Kotaro Shimano) 		November 9, 2014
  • def. German Tabuenca on May 4, 2015
  • def. Zhuang Shuson on September 12, 2015
Urabe vacated the title on June 1, 2016 to focus on his K-1 title.[11]
Japan Riku Anpo
(def. Leona Pettas) 		May 28, 2017
Japan Masanobu Goshu
(def. Riku Anpo) 		October 1, 2017
Japan Kotaro Shimano
(def. Masanobu Goshu) 		June 30, 2018
Japan Yuma Saikyo
(def. Kotaro Shimano) 		March 9, 2019
Japan Leona Pettas
(def. Yuma Saikyo) 		September 16, 2019
  • def. Naoki Yamamoto on December 15, 2019
  • def. Tatsuya Oiwa on June 28, 2020
Pettas vacated the title on September 3, 2021.[12]
Japan Chihiro Nakajima
(def. Tomoya Yokoyama) 		January 28, 2022
  • def. Narufumi Nishimoto on December 18, 2022
Japan Naoki Takahashi
(def. Chihiro Nakajima) 		September 29, 2023
Japan Tomoya Yokoyama
(def. Naoki Takahashi) 		February 24, 2024

Krush Featherweight Championship

Weight limit: 57.5 kg (126.8 lb)
Name Date Defenses
Japan Takeru Segawa
(def. Nobuchika Terado) 		May 12, 2013
  • def. Shota Kanbe on March 8, 2014
  • def. Yuzo Suzuki on August 9, 2014
  • def. Yuta Otaki on February 6, 2015
Segawa vacates the title on August 5, 2015 to defend the K-1 title.[13]
Japan Kaito Ozawa
(def. Shota Kanbe) 		February 5, 2016
Japan Haruma Saikyo
(def. Kaito Ozawa) 		October 1, 2017
Japan Yuki Egawa
(def. Haruma Saikyo) 		March 10, 2019
  • def. TETSU on June 21, 2018
Egawa vacates the title on February 3, 2020, to focus on his K-1 title.[14]
Japan Takahito Niimi
(def. Riku Morisaka) 		November 27, 2020
  • def. Toma on February 27, 2021
  • def. Keito Okajima on June 25, 2021
  • def. Tatsuki Shinotsuka on December 18, 2021
Japan Shuhei Kumura
(def. Takahito Niimi) 		May 21, 2022
Japan Riku Morisaka
(def. Shuhei Kumura) 		March 25, 2023
Japan Tatsuki Shinotsuka
(def. Riku Morisaka) 		Oct 21, 2023
Shinotsuka vacates the title on March 27, 2024, after buying out his contract.[15]

Krush Super Bantamweight Championship

Weight limit: 55 kg (121.3 lb)
Name Date Defenses
Japan Shota Takiya
(def. Ryuya Kusakabe) 		April 30, 2011
Takiya vacates the title on May 25, 2013 after moving to a non-K1 affiliated gym.[16]
Japan Shota Takiya
(def. Takumi Tosaka) 		January 4, 2014
  • def. Ryuma Tobe on May 11, 2014
Japan Taiga Kawabe
(def. Shota Takiya) 		August 24, 2014
Kawabe vacates the title on April 24, 2015 following a knee injury.[17]
Japan Ryuji Horio
(def. Takumi Tosaka) 		August 14, 2015
Japan Nobuchika Terado
(def. Ryuji Horio) 		March 20, 2016
  • def. Charles Bongiovanni on September 30, 2016
  • def. Kenji Kubo on November 5, 2017
Title is declared vacant on July 1, 2018, due to Terado's inactivity.[18]
Japan Masashi Kumura
(def. Taito Gunji) 		February 16, 2019
  • def. Yuta Hayashi on November 16, 2019
  • def. Taito Gunji on September 26, 2020
Kumura vacated the title on July 9, 2021.[19]
Japan Riamu
(def. Momotaro Kiyama) 		October 31, 2021
  • def. Lyra Nagasaka on July 22, 2023

Krush Bantamweight Championship

Weight limit: 53 kg (116.8 lb)
Name Date Defenses
Japan Yoshiki Takei
(def. Yuki Ueba) 		June 12, 2016
  • def. Ryusei on December 18, 2016
Takei vacates the title on May 22, 2017 to focus on his K-1 title.[20]
Japan Taito Gunji
(def. Ryusei) 		September 8, 2017
Japan Akihiro Kaneko
(def. Taito Gunji) 		June 30, 2018
  • def. Junya Weerasakreck on October 28, 2018
Kaneko vacates the title on December 18, 2018, after moving up to super-bantamweight.[7]
Japan Koki
(def. Junya Weerasakreck) 		April 19, 2019
Japan Junki Sasaki
(def. Koki) 		November 8, 2019
Sasaki vacates the title on July 22, 2020, after moving up to super-bantamweight.[21]
Japan Begin Yoshioka
(def. Mao Hashimoto) 		December 19, 2020
Japan Kazuki Miburo
(def. Begin Yoshioka) 		March 27, 2021
Japan Koji Ikeda
(def. Kazuki Miburo) 		March 26, 2022
  • def. Aoi Noda on July 30, 2022
  • def. Kiri Matsutani on February 25, 2023

Krush Flyweight Championship

Weight limit: 51 kg (112.4 lb)
Name Date Defenses
Japan Rui Okubo
(def. Daina) 		September 24, 2022
Okubo vacated the title on April 14, 2023, in order to move up in weight.[22]
Japan Toki Oshika
(def. Daina) 		May 20, 2023
Japan Yuto
(def. Toki Oshika) 		Oct 21, 2023
Japan Daina
(def. Yuto) 		Jan 28, 2024

Krush Women's Flyweight Championship

Weight limit: 52 kg (114.6 lb)
Name Date Defenses
Japan Syuri
(def. Miku Hayashi) 		March 16, 2014
  • def. Kanako Taniyama on July 13, 2014
  • def. Aki Gracyer on December 21, 2014
  • def. Tomoko SP on September 12, 2015
Syuri vacated the title on February 4, 2016, after singing with Pancrase.[23]
Japan Kana Morimoto
(def. Momi) 		April 10, 2016
  • def. Aki Gracyer on July 18, 2016
  • def. Kai Ting Chuang on September 30, 2016
Netherlands Mellony Geugjes
(def. Kana Morimoto) 		January 15, 2017
  • def. Momi on March 15, 2017
Japan Kana Morimoto
(def. Mellony Geugjes) 		December 9, 2017
  • def. Kim Townsend on May 17, 2018
  • def. Liu Shibei on August 18, 2018
Morimoto vacated the title on June 17, 2020 to focus on her K-1 title[24]
Japan Kotomi
(def. Mahiro) 		April 23, 2021
Kotomi vacated the title on August 1, 2023, due to recurring brain issues[25]
Japan Noriko Ikeuchi
(def. MAO) 		Jan 28, 2024

Krush Women's Atomweight Championship

Weight limit: 45 kg (99.2 lb)
Name Date Defenses
Japan Emi Matsushita
(def. Eguchi Comachi) 		December 9, 2017
  • def. Yoshimi on June 30, 2018
Title is declared vacant on October 25, 2018, after Matsushita refused to fight Takanashi Miho.[26]
Japan Miho Takanashi
(def. Shizuka) 		May 18, 2019
Miho vacates the title on June 6, 2020, after moving up to minimumweight.[27]
Japan Miyuu Sugawara
(def. Moe Takahashi) 		November 27, 2020
  • def. MIO on November 20, 2021
  • def. Yu on February 20, 2022
  • def. Chan Lee on October 28, 2022
Sugawara vacated the title on September 26, 2023.[28]
Japan Kira Matsutani
(def. Nana Okuwaki) 		November 25, 2023

Tournament winners

Grand Prix champions

Krush Lightweight Grand Prix 2009
Date Champion Nationality Event Location Runner-up Nationality
2009-11-02 Masahiro Yamamoto Japan Japan Krush Lightweight Grand Prix 2009 〜Round.2〜 Tokyo, Japan Yuta Kubo Japan Japan
Krush Grand Prix 2013 ~67 kg Tournament~
Date Champion Nationality Event Location Runner-up Nationality
2013-01-14 Yuta Kubo Japan Japan Krush Grand Prix 2013 ~67 kg Tournament~ Tokyo, Japan Abdellah Ezbiri France France

Youth Grand Prix champions

Krush 2011 Under-22 ~63kg Supernova~ Tournament
Date Champion Nationality Event Location Runner-up Nationality
2009-03-14 Takuya Shirahama Japan Japan Krush.2 Tokyo, Japan Yosuke Morii Japan Japan
Krush 2011 Under-22 ~63kg Supernova~ Tournament
Date Champion Nationality Event Location Runner-up Nationality
2011-12-09 Masaaki Noiri Japan Japan Krush.14 Tokyo, Japan Koya Urabe Japan Japan
Krush 2012 Under-22 ~63kg Supernova~ Tournament
Date Champion Nationality Event Location Runner-up Nationality
2012-11-10 Koya Urabe Japan Japan Krush.24 Tokyo, Japan Hisaki Higashimoto Japan Japan
Krush 2012 Under-22 ~70kg Supernova~ Tournament
Date Champion Nationality Event Location Runner-up Nationality
2012-11-10 Shintaro Matsukura Japan Japan Krush.24 Tokyo, Japan Taisei Kondo Japan Japan
Krush YOUTH GP 2013 -55kg Tournament
Date Champion Nationality Event Location Runner-up Nationality
2013-12-14 Taiga Japan Japan Krush.35 Tokyo, Japan Ryuji Horio Japan Japan

Wildrush League champions

GAORA Krush 2012 -63kg WILDRUSH League
Date Champion Nationality Event Location Runner-up Nationality
2012-10-08 Hideaki Yamazaki Japan Japan Krush.23 Tokyo, Japan Hitoshi Tsukakoshi Japan Japan
Krush -60kg WILDRUSH League 2014
Date Champion Nationality Event Location Runner-up Nationality
2014-10-05 Kotaro Shimano Japan Japan Krush.46 Tokyo, Japan Tomohiro Kitai Japan Japan
Krush -58kg WILDRUSH League 2015
Date Champion Nationality Event Location Runner-up Nationality
2015-12-04 Kaito Ozawa Japan Japan Krush.61 Tokyo, Japan Kento Ito Japan Japan

Records

Most wins in title bouts

Title wins Champion Weight class W D NC L
7 Japan Daizo Sasaki Lightweight, Super Lightweight 7 0 0 1
6 Netherlands Jordann Pikeur Super Welterweight 6 0 0 0
Japan Kana Morimoto Women's Flyweight 6 0 0 1
5 Japan Hirotaka Urabe Super Featherweight 5 2 0 1
Japan Shota Takiya Super Bantamweight 5 0 0 1

Most consecutive title defenses

Defenses Champion Division Period
5 Netherlands Jordann Pikeur Super Welterweight April 10, 2016 - current
3 Japan Hirotaka Urabe Super Featherweight April 30, 2011 - August 11, 2013
Japan Yasuhiro Kido Super Welterweight March 17, 2012 - August 21, 2014
Japan Hideaki Yamazaki Lightweight March 20, 2013 - September 13, 2015
Japan Takeru Segawa Featherweight May 12, 2013 - August 5, 2015
Japan Syuri Women's Flyweight March 16, 2014 - February 4, 2016
Thailand Gonnapar Weerasakreck Lightweight April 22, 2018 - March 1, 2021
Japan Takahito Niimi Featherweight November 27, 2020 - May 21, 2022
Japan Daizo Sasaki Super Lightweight February 24, 2020 - June 17, 2022

See also

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