WBC Special Preview -Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Takuma Inoue
WBC STATISTICS
Vacant WBC Bantamweight World Championship
November 24, 2025 / Tokyo, Japan / Toyota Arena Tokyo
TEIKEN PROMOTIONS PRESENTS:
TENSHIN NASUKAWA (Japan)
Ranked WBC No. 1 at Bantamweight
Age: 27 / Date of birth: August 18,1998
Residence: Tokyo, Japan / Birthplace: Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Record: 7-0, 2 KOs / Total rounds: 50
Height: 5’5” – 165cm / Reach: 65” – 165cm / Stance: Left-handed
Trainer: Hiroyuki Nasukawa (father)
TAKUMA INOUE (Japan)
Ranked WBC No. 2 at Bantamweight
Former WBC Interim Bantamweight World Champion
Former Oriental & Pacific Boxing Federation Super Flyweight Champion
Age: 29 / Date of birth: December 26, 1995
Residence: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan / Birthplace: Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
Record: 20-2, 5 KOs / Total rounds: 203 / World championship fights: 3-1, 1 KO
Height: 5’4” – 163cm / Reach: 64” – 163cm / Stance: Right-handed
Manager: Hideyuki Ohashi / Trainer: Shingo Inoue
WBC BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONS
1. Eder Jofre (Brazil) 1963 – 1965
2. Masahiko Harada (Japan) 1965 – 1968
3. Lionel Rose (Australia) 1968 – 1969
4. Ruben Olivares (Mexico) 1969 – 1970
5. Chucho Castillo (Mexico) 1970 – 1971
6. Ruben Olivares (Mexico) * 1971 – 1972
7. Rafael Herrera (Mexico) 1972
8. Enrique Pinder (Panama) 1972
9. Rafael Herrera (Mexico) * 1973 – 1974
10. Rodolfo Martinez (Mexico) 1974 – 1976
11. Carlos Zarate (Mexico) 1976 – 1979
12. Lupe Pintor (Mexico) 1979 – 1982
13. Albert Davila (USA) 1983 – 1984
14. Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) 1985
15. Miguel Lora (Colombia) 1985 – 1988
16. Raul Perez (Mexico) 1988 – 1991
17. Greg Richardson (USA) 1991
18. Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (Japan) 1991 – 1993
19. Victor Rabanales (Mexico) Interim 1992 – 1993
20. Jungil Byun (Korea) 1993
21. Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (Japan) Interim * 1993 – 1994
22. Yasuei Yakushiji (Japan) 1993 – 1995
23. Wayne McCullough (Ireland) 1995 – 1996
24. Sirimongkol Singmanassuk (Thailand) 1996 – 1997
25. Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (Japan) * 1997 – 1998
26. Veeraphol Nakhonluang (Thailand) 1998 – 2005
27. Hozumi Hasegawa (Japan) 2005 – 2010
28. Fernando Montiel (Mexico) 2010 – 2011
29. Nonito Donaire (Philippines) 2011
30. Shinsuke Yamanaka (Japan) 2011 – 2017
31. Luis Nery (Mexico) 2017 – 2018
32. Takuma Inoue (Japan) Interim 2018
33. Nordine Oubaali (France) 2019 – 2021
34. Nonito Donaire (Philippines)* 2021 – 2022
35. Naoya Inoue (Japan) 2022
36. Alexandro Santiago (Mexico) 2023 – 2024
37. Junto Nakatani (Japan) 2024 – 2025
*Regained
GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION IN WBC HISTORY:
32 world champions have been recognized by the WBC, four of whom have regained the title: Ruben Olivares (Mexico), Rafael Herrera (Mexico), Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (Japan) two times, Nonito Donaire (Philippines).
144 bantamweight world title bouts have been held in WBC history.
WBC TOP 10 BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONS
1. Carlos Zarate (Mexico)
2. Eder Jofre (Brazil)
3. Ruben Olivares (Mexico)
4. Rafael Herrera (Mexico)
5. Veeraphol Nakhonluang (Thailand)
6. Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (Japan)
7. Jungil Byun (Korea)
8. Yasuei Yakushiji (Japan)
9. Hozumi Hasegawa (Japan)
10. Shinsuke Yamanaka (Japan)
MEMORABLE WBC BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS
June 6, 2025 Junto Nakatani TKO6 Ryosuke Nishida – Tokyo, Japan
Feb. 24, 2024 Junto Nakatani KO3 David Cuellar – Tokyo, Japan
Oct. 14, 2024 Junto Nakatani TKO6 Petch Sor Chitpattana – Tokyo, Japan
July 20, 2024 Junto Nakatani KO7 Vincent Astrolabio – Tokyo, Japan
Feb. 24, 2024 Junto Nakatani TKO6 Alexandro Santiago – Tokyo, Japan
July 29, 2023 Alexandro Santiago W12 Nonito Donaire – Las Vegas, Nevada
Dec.13, 2022 Naoya Inoue KO11 Paul Butler – Tokyo, Japan
June 7, 2022 Naoya Inoue TKO2 Nonito Donaire – Saitama, Japan
Dec. 11, 2021 Nonito Donaire KO4 Reymart Gaballo – Carson, California
May 29, 2021 Nonito Donaire KO4 Nordine Oubaali – Carson, California
Nov. 7, 2019 Nordine Oubaali W12 Takuma Inoue – Saitama, Japan
Jan. 19, 2019 Nordine Oubaali W12 Rau’Shee Warren – Las Vegas, Nevada
Aug. 15, 2017 Luis Nery KO4 Shinsuke Yamanaka – Kyoto, Japan
Sep. 22, 2015 Shinsuke Yamanaka W12 Anselmo Moreno – Tokyo, Japan
Nov. 6, 2011 Shinsuke Yamanaka TKO11 Christian Esquivel – Tokyo, Japan
Feb. 19, 2011 Nonito Donaire TKO2 Fernando Montiel – Las Vegas, Nevada
Apr. 30, 2010 Fernando Montiel TKO4 Hozumi Hasegawa – Tokyo, Japan
Apr. 16, 2005 Hozumi Hasegawa W12 Veeraphol Sahaprom – Tokyo, Japan
June 25, 2000 Veeraphol Sahaprom W12 Toshiaki Nishioka – Takasago, Japan
Aug. 10, 1996 Sirimongkol Singwancha TKO5 Jose Luis Bueno – Phitsanulok, Thailand
Jul. 30, 1995 Wayne McCullough W12 Yasuei Yakushiji – Nagoya, Japan
Sep. 17, 1992 Victor Rabanales TKO9 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi – Osaka, Japan
Sep. 19, 1991 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi TKO10 Greg Richardson – Moriguchi, Japan
Oct. 29, 1988 Raul Perez W12 Miguel Lora – Las Vegas, Nevada
Aug. 9, 1985 Miguel Lora W12 Daniel Zaragoza – Miami, Florida
June 3, 1979 Lupe Pintor W15 Carlos Zarate – Las Vegas, Nevada
May 8, 1976 Carlos Zarate KO9 Rodolfo Martinez – Inglewood, California
Dec. 7, 1974 Rodolfo Martinez TKO4 Rafael Herrera – Merida, Yucatan
Mar. 19, 1972 Rafael Herrera KO5 Ruben Olivares – Mexico City, Distrito Federal
Aug. 22, 1969 Ruben Olivares KO4 Lionel Rose – Inglewood, California
Mar. 8, 1969 Lionel Rose W15 Alan Rudkin – Melbourne, Australia
May 18, 1965 Fighting Harada W15 Eder Jofre – Nagoya, Japan
Apr. 4, 1963 Eder Jofre KO3 Katsutoshi Aoki – Tokyo, Japan
Monster Bro Vs The True Convert- Takuma Inoue fighting Tenshin Nasukawa
By James Blears
Time for ‘’T’’, one lump or two and cream, to stir, as we refer to Takuma Inoue, who takes on former kick boxing Star and boxing convert Tenshin Nasukawa on Monday November 24th at the Toyota Arena, for the vacant WBC Bantamweight Green and Gold Belt, but only punches allowed, as no one`s competing just for kicks.
Junto Nakatani has vacated his unified bantamweight belts, in search of and quest for Big Brother Naoya ‘’Monster’’ Inoue, who holds the undisputed Super-Bantamweight Belts and so, the also coveted bantam belt is vacant and up for grabs. Which of the two disputing it, rustles up the defining performance to become a champion in his own right, will determine and underline family pride or… break with the conventional tradition.
Mostly left unsaid, but it can`t be easy to be the younger brother of A Monster, an undefeated Legend and future Hall of Famer, who has blasted, lased and blazed a molten swathe through four weight divisions, to become Undisputed in two of them and is still undefeated, having built up a formidable KO record, by demolishing most of his opponents with bolts of lighting. Big Bro Monster-kins, emits, bellows and belches undistilled fire and brimstone.
Takuma aged twenty- nine is two years younger than Inoue, but has already blown out his own candles, by becoming a world champion, holding the WBA version of the bantamweight title for a while. If you`re looking for a nickname for him, the fairly bland N/A comes up. Some fans call him Baby Monster, in reference yet deference to Big Bro, so he really needs his own unique moniker, especially as Tenshin has three, namely…Prodigy, Ninja Boy and Lightning Left. For Takuma… why not ‘’None of the Above?’’ Even better than Max Headroom?
Takuma`s pro record stands at 20-2, 5KO`s during which he has fought two hundred and three rounds. He`s five feet four and a half inches tall and has a sixty- four inches reach. He made his pro debut in 2013 as a light flyweight. It all started so promisingly, as in his first fight, he defeated former WBO straw-weight champion Tatsuya Fukuhara by UD. He rapidly spread his wings and moved up to light-fly, defeating Mark Anthony Geraldo by UD, to win the OPBF Title.
The next move up was to bantamweight and he was to take on Marlon Tapales for the WBO title, but misfortune struck, as he fractured his right- hand during training. Healed and wading back into the fray, Takuma won a WBC Elimination bout defeating John Yap, even knocking him down with a peach of a left hook in round five, on the way to a UD victory. He fared even better by defeating Tasana Salapat, alias Petch CP Freshmart for the WBC Interim belt via UD. But alas, in his next bout he lost a UD against Nordine Oubaali for the WBC bantamweight title.
Bouncing back with four wins, he then took on he took on former WBA Champion Liborio Solis for the vacant title and he won by UD. Even better as he KO`d former IBF champion Jerwin Anajas in nine rounds in his first defence, and won a UD over Sho Ishida, but then, he lost his crown to Seiya Tsutsumi and hasn`t fought in thirteen months. Will he need to shed some ring rust, once he`s got off the scales?
Now we come to Tenshin Nashukawa, who took some time to kick start his pro boxing career, but not for lack of enticing opportunities. That astute and watchful spotter of talent, International Hall of Boxing Fame genius Mr Akihiko Honda, who runs brilliantly successful Teiken Promotions, saw Tenshin`s potential early on and offered to move him into boxing, when he was twelve years old. Tenshin who went on to become a kick boxing superstar, politely declined. Two years later, Mr Honda tried again, but the young southpaw`s love of his chosen profession was still too great.
Tenshin finally made the plunge into pro boxing just two years ago. His record reads 7-0, 2 KO`s. Is it too little, too late? Well, he won his debut, defeating Yuki Yonaha by UD, after knocking him down with a counter right in round two. Tenshin is an accomplished counter-punching, preferring to stay on the outside. His big break and breakout fight happened this February when he defeated former WBO Champion Jason Moloney by UD. Staying busy, in June he defeated Victor Santillan also by UD over ten rounds. As a pro boxer Tenshin has only fought fifty rounds. But his kick-boxing career spanned 2012-2022. He`s just half an inch taller than Takuma, but his reach spans sixty- nine inches, which is five inches more than Takuma.
In an exhibition bout, Floyd Mayweather decked Tenshin thrice in round one, before the corner threw in the towel. Floyd`s reps had warned that there would be a stiff and substantial financial penalty if Tenshin lashed out with a kick. It didn`t happen and this bout doesn`t really count.
As the lyrics of John Lennon song Cold Turkey suggest: ‘’Temperature`s rising, fever is high.’’ The expectation for this one is indeed sky high. Odds on that Naoya will be ringside monstrously cheering on Little Brother. The lyrics of the song Monster Mash scream: ‘’The Ghouls all come from their humble abodes, to get a jolt from my electrodes. The party`s just begun. The guests are Wolf Man, Dracula and his son.’’
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