Yasuomi Soda

Yasuomi Soda (左右田 泰臣, Sōda Yasuomi) is a Japanese kickboxer fighting out of the Silver Wolf Gym, the same gym of the legendary kickboxer Masato. He was the RISE kickboxing Super Lightweight champion, winning his title against Japanese kickboxer Koji Yoshimoto.^[1]

Yasuomi Soda
Born	左右田泰臣 (1988-06-08) June 8, 1988 (age 37) Tokyo, Japan
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65.0 kg (143.3 lb; 10.24 st)
Style	Kickboxing
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Tokyo, Japan
Team	Silver Wolf (Kickboxing)
Years active	2009 - present
Professional boxing record
Total	11
Wins	8
By knockout	5
Losses	2
Draws	1
Kickboxing record
Total	35
Wins	26
By knockout	9
Losses	9
By knockout	1
Other information
Boxing record from BoxRec

He was K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament finalist^[2] and holds victories over notable featherweight kickboxers such as Minoru Kimura and Yuta Kubo.^[3]

Kickboxing career

RISE Super Lightweight title run

Soda made his debut in 2009, when he participated in the RISE 59 RISING ROOKIES CUP. He won the tournament with victories over Ryuji Yamaguchi, Ishitsukasa Koichi and Atsushi Hori.^[4]

Soda then went on to win his next eight fights, winning three of them by stoppage. His eleven fight winning streak earned him the chance to challenge Koji Yoshimoto for the RISE Super Lightweight title.^[5][6] He suffered the first professional loss of his career, as Yoshimoto won the fight by unanimous decision.^[7]

Soda bounced back with a TKO of Kim Dong-soo and a decision win over Komiya Yukihiro, which gave the chance the fight a rematch with Koji Yoshimoto.^[8] Soda won the fight, and title, by majority decision.^[9]

K-1 Super Lightweight tournament

In his next fight, Soda fought Lee Sung-hyun^[10] and won by majority decision.^[11]

After winning his next two fights, Soda participated in the 2014 K-1 Super Lightweight Grand Prix. In the quarterfinals, he scored a second round TKO over Minoru Kimura. In the semifinals, he won a decision against Hiroya. In the finals, he fought Kaew Fairtex, and lost a majority decision.^[12]

Krush title fights

Following this loss, Soda went on a 3-3 run, which included a win over Yuta Kubo and a second loss to Kaew Fairtex.^[13] In August 2017, during Krush 78, Soda fought Jun Nakazawa for the Krush Super Lightweight title.^[14] The fight went into an extra round, after which Nakazawa won a split decision.^[15]

Soda participated in the 2018 K-1 Super Lightweight Grand Prix. He defeated Mo Abdurahman by a fourth round KO, but lost to Kaew Fairtex by an extra round decision in the semifinals.^[16]

During Krush 104, Soda once again fought for the Krush Super Lightweight title, this time against Hayato Suzuki. The fight went into an extra round, after which Suzuki won a unanimous decision.^[17]

Titles and accomplishments

• K-1
  • 2016 K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament runner-up
• RISE
  • 2013 RISE 65 kg Champion^[18]
  • 2009 RISE ROOKIES CUP 65 kg champion

Professional boxing record

11 fights	8 wins	2 losses
By knockout	5	0
By decision	3	2
Draws	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
11	Loss	8-2-1	Nath Nwachukwu	UD	12	31 Jul 2025	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	For the vacant OPBF Super-welterweight title
10	Win	8-1-1	Hisashi Kato	KO	7 (8)	27 Apr 2025	Kumagaya Dome, Kumagaya, Japan
9	Loss	7-1-1	Ryota Toyoshima	UD	8	21 Nov 2024	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
8	Win	7-0-1	Ma Roo Jung	UD	6	27 Jun 2024	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
7	Win	6–0–1	Yong In Jo	TKO	8 (8), 2:16	12 Mar 2024	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
6	Win	5–0–1	Taiga Ito	KO	3 (8), 2:08	24 Aug 2023	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5	Win	4–0–1	Chan Sala	UD	6	31 May 2023	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
4	Win	3–0–1	Mitsuyoshi Oshima	TKO	6 (6), 0:44	29 Mar 2023	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
3	Draw	2–0–1	Tatsuki Tokiyoshi	MD	4	3 Nov 2022	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2	Win	2–0	Eigoro Akai	SD	4	27 Sep 2022	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1	Win	1–0	Anju The Bull	TKO	2 (4), 1:56	10 Jun 2022	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

26 Wins, 9 Losses, 0 Draw
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2019-08-31	Loss	Hayato Suzuki	Krush 104	Tokyo, Japan	Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
For the Krush -65kg Belt.
2019-03-10	Win	Masaya Matsuhana	K-1 World GP 2019: K’FESTA 2	Saitama, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2018-11-03	Loss	Kaew Weerasakreck	K-1 World GP 2018: Super Lightweight Championship Tournament, Semi Finals	Saitama Prefecture, Japan	Ext. R. Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
2018-11-03	Win	Mo Abdurahman	K-1 World GP 2018: Super Lightweight Championship Tournament, Quarter Finals	Saitama Prefecture, Japan	KO (Right knee to the body)	4	2:30
2018-07-22	Win	Meng Guodong	Krush.90	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left hook to the body)	2	2:54
2018-03-21	Loss	Jun Nakazawa	K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1	Saitama, Japan	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
2017-12-09	Win	Hiroki Nakamura	Krush.83	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2017-08-06	Loss	Jun Nakazawa	Krush.78	Tokyo, Japan	Extra Round Decision (Split)	4	3:00
For the Krush -65kg Belt.
2017-04-02	Win	Daiki Matsushita	Krush.75	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right Cross)	1	2:18
2016-11-02	Win	Fawad Seddiqi	K-1 World GP in Japan Featherweight Championship Tournament	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2016-03-04	Loss	Hideaki Yamazaki	K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament, Quarter Finals	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Uppercut + Left Hook)	2	0:32
2015-11-21	Loss	Masaaki Noiri	K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2015-07-04	Loss	Kaew Fairtex	K-1 World GP 2015 -70kg Championship Tournament	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2015-04-19	Win	Yuta Kubo	K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg Championship Tournament	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2014-11-03	Loss	Kaew Fairtex	K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament, Final	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
Fight was for K-1 -65kg Championship[broken anchor].
2014-11-03	Win	Hiroya	K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament, Semi Finals	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
2014-11-03	Win	Minoru Kimura	K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament, Quarter Finals	Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan	TKO (2 Knockdowns/body knees)	2	2:43
2014-03-30	Win	Tapruwan Hadesworkout	RISE 98	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2013-11-04	Win	Kevin Eiberg	RISE 96	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2013-07-19	Win	Lee Sung-hyun	RISE 94	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
2013-03-17	Win	Koji Yoshimoto	RISE 92	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Majority)	5	3:00
Won RISE -65kg Title.
2012-10-25	Win	Yukihiro Komiya	RISE 90	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2012-06-02	Win	Kim Dong-soo	RISE 88	Tokyo, Japan	TKO	3	2:29
2012-01-28	Loss	Koji Yoshimoto	RISE 86	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
Fight was for RISE Lightweight Belt.
2011-09-23	Win	Kotetsu	RISE 83	Tokyo, Japan	KO	2	1:08
2011-06-25	Win	Shingo Yokoyama	K-1 World MAX 2011 –63 kg Japan Tournament Final	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2011-04-17	Win	Tomo Kiire	RISE 76	Tokyo, Japan	Ext.R Decision (Split)	4	3:00
2011-02-27	Win	AKIRA	RISE 74	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right Low Kicks)	3	1:11
2010-12-19	Win	Kewpie	RISE 73	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2010-10-03	Win	Snake Atsushi	RISE 71	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right Low Kicks)	2	0:49
2010-05-16	Win	Kwon Min Seok	RISE 65	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
2009-11-22	Win	Masanori Gojou	RISE 60	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2009-10-04	Win	Atsushi Hori	RISE 59 RISING ROOKIES CUP Final	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Won RISE ROOKIES CUP 65kg championship .
2009-08-23	Win	Koichi Ishizuka	RISE 58 RISING ROOKIES CUP Semi Finals	Tokyo, Japan	Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
2009-04-26	Win	Ryuji Yamaguchi	R.I.S.E. 54 RISING ROOKIES CUP Quarter Finals	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left Hook)	1	0:40
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of male kickboxers