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Kin Taiei
Born Kin Taiei
(1970-07-08) July 8, 1970 (age 53)
Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
Native name 金 泰泳 / 김 태영
Other names Kin-chan
Nationality Japanese
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Division Light Heavyweight
Style Seidokaikan Karate
Team Seido kaikan
Rank      4th Dan Black Belt in Karate
Years active 1992–present
Kickboxing record
Total 32
Wins 24
By knockout 6
Losses 7
By knockout 1
Draws 1
Mixed martial arts record
Total 7
Wins 4
By knockout 2
By decision 2
Losses 3
By knockout 2
By submission 1
Other information
University Korea University
last updated on: September 26, 2009

Kin Taiei (Korean: 김태영; born July 8, 1970) is a Korean-Japanese light heavyweight karateka, kickboxer and mixed martial artist competing in K-1 and DREAM.

Before switching to MMA, Kin was a distinguished fighter in the K-1, praised by both Peter Aerts and Ernesto Hoost as the best fighter to come out of Asia.

Biography

Early years

Kin Taiei (金泰泳) was born as the eldest son in Amagasaki city of Hyogo prefecture, Japan on July 8, 1970. As he is the eldest son, he's got a younger brother. Both of his parents worked till late at night, he was sent to Karate dojo for combing the care with a nursery school. He took an interest in football (soccer) at 4th year of elementary school, and dropped out training karate at 6th year. He won the Japanese national championship for junior high schools at the 3rd year. When he was a student of Kobe Korean Senior High school, he tried to start practicing boxing because he had a longing for foreign boxers, but he joined karate team in his school because his parents objected strongly. For this reason, he also joined the karate team of Korea University in Tokyo when he became a university student. During his university life, he participated a full contact karate championship promoted by Sato juku, but he was beaten by Nobuaki Kakuda. Although he lost, he was evaluated highly by Kazuyoshi Ishii, and he was invited to Seidokaikan. Thus, Kin became a student of Seidokaikan in Osaka after graduation of university.

Debut

On January 31, 1993, Kin participated "The 2nd Towa Cup Karate Japan Open Tournament", but he was beaten by Masaaki Satake in the final.

On June 25, he fought against Changpuek Kiatsongrit from Thailand for the vacant title of UKF World Light heavyweight championship at the event of "Sanctuary III", but he lost by decision.

Work as Trainer

During the years 2006 and 2007, he trained Hong-man Choi in his K-1 career. Choi improved very much during the time Kin was in his corner. They worked together for almost two years in which Choi had nine fights. He won six of them and lost three, twice against Jérôme Le Banner and once against Mighty Mo (kickboxer). Among his six wins was a win over K-1 Dominator Semmy Schilt and a Rematch win over Mighty Mo, in which Kin changed Choi's fighting style from orthodox to southpaw to block Mo's devastating overhand right better.

Titles

  • 2009 K-1 World Grand Prix in Seoul finalist
  • 1996 WMTC World Junior middleweight champion
  • 1995 Karate World Cup champion
  • 1995 K-3 Grand Prix runner up
  • 1994 UKF World Light heavyweight champion
  • 1994 Karate Japan Open finalist
  • 1993 Karate World Cup 3rd Place
  • 1993 Karate Japan Open finalist
  • 1992 Karate World Cup finalist (lost to Andy Hug)

Kickboxing record

Professional kickboxing record
33 Fights, 25 wins, 7 Losses, 1 Draw
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2014-08-10 Win Japan Niyama Makoto Accelerator 28 Japan TKO
2011-12-25 Win Japan Ryuji Goto Accelerator 18 Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 3:00
2011-06-05 Win Japan Kuniyoshi Heat 18 Osaka, Japan Ext.R Decision (3-0) 4 3:00
2009-11-22 Win Japan Magnum Sakai RISE 60 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (3-0) 4 3:00
2009-09-26 Win Romania Cătălin Moroşanu K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16 Seoul, Korea Disqualification 2 3:00
2009-08-02 Loss India Singh Jaideep K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final Seoul, Korea Decision (3-0) 3 3:00
The bout was for the title of K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Asia Grand Prix Tournament.
2009-08-02 Win Japan Takumi Sato K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Semi-Final Seoul, Korea Decision (2-1) 3 3:00
2009-08-02 Win China Sun Wu K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Quarter-Final Seoul, Korea TKO (doctor stoppage) 2 2:00
2007-08-05 Win Japan Yusuke Fujimoto K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hong Kong Semi-Final Hong Kong TKO (Right high kick) 2 1:59
Despite win had to withdraw from tournament due to injury.
2007-08-05 Win United States Sentoryu K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hong Kong Quarter-Final Seoul, Korea TKO (Right high kick) 1 1:43
2000-07-30 Win Australia Stan Longinidis K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Nagoya Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Decision (2-0) 3 3:00
1998-03-14 Win Japan Taro Minato Battle of the strongest
1997-11-09 Win Japan Taro Minato K-1 Grand Prix '97 Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00
1997-06-07 Win France Orlando Wiet K-1 Fight Night '97 Zurich, Switzerland Decision (3-0) 5 3:00
1997 Loss Thailand Kong Pathapee Sor Sumalee Thailand Thailand Decision 5
1996-09-01 Win Thailand Wanlop Sor.Sarthaphan K-1 Revenge '96 Osaka, Osaka, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00
Wins Wanlop's WMTC (currently WMC) World Junior middleweight Championship.
1996-03-30 Loss Thailand Wanlop Sor.Sarthaphan King's Assumption 50th Anniversary Event Thailand Decision (3-0) 5 3:00
The bout was for the vacant title of WMTC (currently WMC) World Junior middleweight Championship.
1996-06-02 Win Switzerland Azem Maksutaj K-1 Fight Night II Zurich, Switzerland Decision (3-0) 5 3:00
1995-12-09 Win Netherlands Peter Theijssen K-1 Hercules Nagoya, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 3:00
1995-09-03 Win Australia Dale Westerman K-1 Revenge II Yokohama, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00
1995-07-16 Loss Netherlands Ivan Hippolyte K-3 Grand Prix '95 Nagoya, Japan Decision (2-0) 3 3:00
1995-07-16 Win France Orlando Wiet K-3 Grand Prix '95 Nagoya, Japan Ext.R Decision (2-0) 4 3:00
1995-07-16 Win Australia Gurkan Ozkan K-3 Grand Prix '95 Nagoya, Japan Decision (3-0) 3 3:00
1995-06-10 Win Germany Iwan Mewis K-1 Fight Night Zurich, Switzerland Decision (3-0) 5 3:00
1995-03-25 Draw Netherlands Bayram Colak K League Decision Draw 5 3:00
1994-12-10 Win England Eugene Valerio K-1 Legend Tokyo, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00
1994-09-18 Win France Orlando Wiet K-1 Revenge Tokyo, Japan KO (Right high kick) 4 0:08
1994-03-04 Win Thailand Changpuek Kiatsongrit K-1 Challenge Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00
Wins Changpuek's title of UKF World Light heavyweight Championship.
1993-12-05 Loss Australia Paul Briggs Revenge Melbourne, Australia KO (Right knee) 1 2:55
1993-11-15 Win United States Tommy Rhinehart K-1 Andy's Glove Tokyo, Japan KO (Kick) 1 2:04
1993-09-04 Win Thailand Phothai Chorwaikool K-1 Illusion Tokyo, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00
1993-06-25 Loss Thailand Changpuek Kiatsongrit Sanctuary III Osaka, Osaka, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00
The bout was for the vacant title of UKF World Light heavyweight Championship.
1993-04-03 Win England Michael Thompson K-1 Grand Prix '93 Tokyo, Japan Decision (3-0) 5 3:00
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Karate record

Professional karate record
9 Fights, 8 wins, 1 Loss
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
1993-10-03 Loss Japan Masaaki Satake Karate World Cup '93 Japan
1993-10-03 Win England Michael Thompson Karate World Cup '93 Japan
1993-10-03 Win Japan Atsushi Tamaki Karate World Cup '93 Japan
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
7 matches 4 wins 3 losses
By knockout 2 2
By submission 0 1
By decision 2 0
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 4-3 Sentoryū Henri TKO (corner stoppage) Heat - Heat 16 November 6, 2010 1 4:01 Osaka, Japan
Loss 3-3 Zelg Galesic TKO (elbow injury) Dream 4: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Second Round June 15, 2008 1 1:05 Yokohama, Japan
Win 3-2 Ikuhisa Minowa Decision (unanimous) Dream 2: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 First Round April 29, 2008 2 5:00 Saitama, Japan
Loss 2-2 Zelg Galešić TKO (doctor stoppage) Hero's 2007 in Korea October 28, 2007 1 0:36 Seoul, South Korea
Win 2-1 Kiyoshi Tamura Decision (unanimous) Hero's 9 July 16, 2007 2 5:00 Yokohama, Japan
Win 1-1 Tokimitsu Ishizawa KO (head kick) K-1 Premium Dynamite!! 2006 December 31, 2006 1 2:48 Osaka, Japan
Loss 0-1 Yoshihiro Akiyama Technical Submission (armbar) Hero's 6 August 5, 2006 1 2:01 Tokyo, Japan Hero's 2006 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix quarter-final.

See also

  • Seidokaikan
  • List of K-1 events
  • List of male kickboxers
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