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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Masato is the 3,687th most popular athlete (down from 3,132nd in 2019), the 3,154th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,297th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Masato ranks 3,686 out of 6,025. Before him are Thomas Johanson, Luke Campbell, Sébastien Flute, Abdalelah Haroun, and Brittney Reese. After him are Tibor Gécsek, Chang Hye-jin, Megan Delehanty, Genevieve Gregson, Émilien Jacquelin, Igor Pavlov, and Marina Trandenkova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Masato ranks 778. Before him are Danny Fonseca, Markus Larsson, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Jamie Dwyer, Georgi Peev, and Joseph Elanga. After him are Björn Phau, Anastasios Sidiropoulos, Kris Meeke, Igor Pavlov, Jan Marek, and Leandro Vieira.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masato ranks 3,159 out of 6,245. Before him are Kazumasa Kawano (1970), Takayuki Sugiyama (1976), Keita Machida (1990), and Masahiko Nakagawa (1969). After him are Kim Jong-song (1964), Kensuke Nagai (1989), Eriko Arakawa (1979), Shigeki Kurata (1972), Yasutaka Yoshida (1966), Yuji Yaso (1969), Akira Tozawa (1985), and Mariko Shinoda (1986).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Masato ranks 46. Before him are Daniel Martínez (null), Naoko Takahashi (1972), Yuko Arimori (1966), 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 Kaori Matsumoto (1987).

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