Yoshiki Takei (武居由樹; born 12 July 1996) is a Japanese professional boxer and former kickboxer, who has held the WBO Bantamweight title since May 2024.
He won the fight by a first-round knockout, stopping Tasuku with strikes to the body at the 2:33 minute mark of the opening round.
[12] Takei extended his winning streak to three consecutive fights with a narrow unanimous decision victory against Taito Gunji at Krush.63 on February 5, 2016.
[14] Takei advanced to the tournament finals, held on June 12, 2016, where he faced the former WPMF and J-NETWORK super bantamweight champion Yuki Ueba.
[15] After capturing his second professional title, Takei was booked to face Yuichiro Ito in a non-title bout at GRACHAN 25 x BFC Vol.
[17] Takei made his first and only Krush title defense against Ryusei, whom he head previously beaten by stoppage in the quarterfinals of the bantamweight tournament, at Krush.71 on December 18, 2016.
[19] He was scheduled to face Antonio Orden in the quarterfinals of the one-day tournament, while the other three fights pitted Keisuke Ishida against Charles Bongiovanni, Nobuchika Terado against Jamie Whelan and Kenji Kubo against Son Dachen.
He first knocked Orden down with a strike to the body, before forcing a referee stoppage with a flurry of punches at the 2:31 minute mark of the final round.
[28] Takei made his first K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship defense against Kenji Kubo at K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1 on March 21, 2018.
[30] Takei faced the ISKA, WKN and WBC Muaythai champion Akram Hamidi in a non-title bout at K-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship Tournament on September 24, 2018.
[38] Takei faced the reigning Krush Super Bantamweight champion Masashi Kumura in the finals of the Grand Prix.
[51] On December 12, 2020, at the K-1 World GP 2020 Winter's Crucial Bout event Takei relinquished his K-1 title and announced his transition to boxing.
[57] Takei faced the undefeated Kazuhiro Imamura in his third professional bout, which took place on the undercard of the Naoya Inoue and Aran Dipaen bantamweight world title fight, on December 14, 2021.
[62] His four fight undefeated streak earned Takei the chance to face the reigning OPBF super bantamweight champion Pete Apolinar, in the latter's first title defense.
The fight was stopped at the 2:07 minute mark of the fifth round, as the referee waved the bout off after Apolinar was once again staggered, judging the Filipino fighter to have sustained too much damage.
[66][67] Takei made his first OPBF super bantamweight title defense against Bruno Tarimo on December 23, 2022, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
The bout took place on the undercard of the Naoya Inoue and Paul Butler undisputed bantamweight title fight, which was broadcast by PXB domestically in Japan and by ESPN in the United States.
[74] Takei upset the odds and won by unanimous decision (116–111, 116–111, 117–110), also securing a world title in only his ninth professional fight.
[75] Takei made the first defense of his WBO Bantamweight title against Daigo Higa on September 3, 2024, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.