The Most Famous
BOXERS from Japan
Top 5
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Japanese Boxers of all time. This list of famous Japanese Boxers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Kiyoshi Tanabe (b. 1940)
With an HPI of 41.26, Kiyoshi Tanabe is the most famous Japanese Boxer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Kiyoshi Tanabe (田辺 清, born October 10, 1940) is a retired Japanese boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics.
2. Ryōta Murata (b. 1986)
With an HPI of 36.20, Ryōta Murata is the 2nd most famous Japanese Boxer. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Ryōta Murata (村田 諒太, Murata Ryōta, born 12 January 1986) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2013 to 2022. He held the WBA (Regular) middleweight title twice between 2017 and 2021, and the WBA (Super) middleweight title from 2021 to 2022. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2011 World Championships, and gold the following year at the 2012 Olympics.
3. Satoshi Shimizu (b. 1986)
With an HPI of 28.80, Satoshi Shimizu is the 3rd most famous Japanese Boxer. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Satoshi Shimizu (清水 聡, Shimizu Satoshi, born March 13, 1986 in Okayama) is a Japanese professional boxer who has held the OPBF featherweight title since 2017. As an amateur, he won the bronze medal in the men's bantamweight division at the 2012 Olympics.
4. Sena Irie (b. 2000)
With an HPI of 21.62, Sena Irie is the 4th most famous Japanese Boxer. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Sena Irie (入江 聖奈, Irie Sena, born 9 October 2000) is a Japanese retired amateur boxer who won a gold medal in the inaugural women's featherweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She became the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing.
5. Tomoya Tsuboi (b. 1996)
With an HPI of 0.00, Tomoya Tsuboi is the 5th most famous Japanese Boxer. His biography has been translated into different languages.
Tomoya Tsuboi is a Japanese boxer. He competed at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships, winning the gold medal in the bantamweight event. Tsuboi and Sewon Okazawa were the first Japanese gold medal winners at the 2021 championships.
People
Pantheon has 5 people classified as Japanese boxers born between 1940 and 2000. Of these 5, 5 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Japanese boxers include Kiyoshi Tanabe, Ryōta Murata, and Satoshi Shimizu. As of April 2024, 2 new Japanese boxers have been added to Pantheon including Kiyoshi Tanabe, and Tomoya Tsuboi.
Living Japanese Boxers
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Kiyoshi Tanabe
1940 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Ryōta Murata
1986 - Present
HPI: 36.20
Satoshi Shimizu
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.80
Sena Irie
2000 - Present
HPI: 21.62
Tomoya Tsuboi
1996 - Present
HPI: 0.00
