Hideaki Yamazaki ( 山崎 秀晃, born February 5, 1987) is a Japanese Shotokan kickboxer, currently competing in the super lightweight division of K-1.
[10] After defeating Ikki and Luke Turner, he was scheduled to fight Minoru Kimura in his first title defense.
[12] In November 2014, Hideaki Yamazaki made his highly anticipated debut with K-1, fighting in the quarter finals of the K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament.
Advancing to the semifinals, he defeated Yuta Kubo by a third-round technical knockout, after he had dropped him twice in the round.
[21] After his failed title shot, Yamazaki fought and beat Jun Nakazawa in June 2018, winning by unanimous decision.
[23] After this loss, he went on a four fight winning streak, defeating Jin Hirayama[24] by decision and knocking out Ruku, Tsubasa Horii and Hikaru Terashima.
[25][26][27] During the 2020 K-1 World GP in Osaka, held on September 22, 2020, Yamazaki fought Rukiya Anpo for the K-1 Super Lightweight title.
[31] Yamazaki made his first K-1 super lightweight title defense against Tetsuya Yamato at K-1: K'Festa 5 on April 3, 2022.
[32] Yamazaki lost his title by first round knockout when Yamato landed a left hook only 50 seconds into the bout.
[33] Yamazaki faced the 2019 RISE Lightweight champion Kento Haraguchi at The Match 2022 on June 19, 2022.