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Masato

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Masato Kobayashi (小林 雅人, Kobayashi Masato; born March 10, 1979) is a Japanese retired welterweight kickboxer. He was the ISKA World Welterweight Oriental Rules champion, as well as the winner of the K-1 WORLD MAX World tournament in 2003 and 2008. In addition, he was also the runner-up of the K-1 World MAX World tournament in 2004 and 2007. Prior to the K-1 Rising event in Madrid in May 2012, it was announced that Masato will be working as an executive producer for K-1. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Masato is the 3,927th most popular athlete (down from 3,133rd in 2024), the 3,275th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,297th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Masato ranks 3,927 out of 6,025. Before him are Lars Nieberg, Thomas Johanson, Luke Campbell, Sébastien Flute, Abdalelah Haroun, and Brittney Reese. After him are Tibor Gécsek, Chang Hye-jin, Megan Delehanty, Kristina Poplavskaja, Genevieve Gregson, and Émilien Jacquelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Masato ranks 816. Before him are Markus Larsson, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Jamie Dwyer, Georgi Peev, Yehuda Levi, and Joseph Elanga. After him are Björn Phau, Anastasios Sidiropoulos, Kris Meeke, Anton Gerashchenko, Igor Pavlov, and Olya Polyakova.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masato ranks 3,277 out of 6,245. Before him are Masahiko Nakagawa (1969). After him are Kim Jong-song (1964), Kensuke Nagai (1989), Eriko Arakawa (1979), Anne Suzuki (1987), Shigeki Kurata (1972), Yasutaka Yoshida (1966), Yuji Yaso (1969), Akira Tozawa (1985), Mariko Shinoda (1986), Saori Arimachi (1988), and Ai Fukuhara (1988).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Masato ranks 47. Before him are Naoko Takahashi (1972), Yuko Arimori (1966), Takeru Kobayashi (1978), Takanori Nagase (1993), Tadanori Koshino (1966), and Yukinori Miyabe (1968). After him are Yoko Tanabe (1966), Mizuki Noguchi (1978), Sergio Fernández (null), Kōichi Morishita (1967), Nobuharu Asahara (1972), and Yumiko Shige (1965).

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