RISE (kickboxing)
Extreme Fight Game RISE, known simply as RISE,[1] is a Japanese kickboxing promotion company based in Tokyo, Japan. The name RISE is an abbreviation of "Real Impact Sports Entertainment".[2] It produces events in Japan, which showcases nine male and three female weight classes.[3] They also hold the KAMINARIMON events, which are exclusively open to amateur fighters.[4]
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Martial arts promotion |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | Takashi Ito |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Takashi Ito, CEO |
| Website | https://rise-rc.com/en |
History
RISE held their inaugural event, "R.I.S.E. I" on February 23, 2003, at the Gold Jim South Tokyo Annex in Ōmori, Japan.[5] They held their first "Dead or Alive" tournament on December 23, 2003, which would later become an annual RISE event at the end of the year. Before the collapse of K-1 FEG, winners of the "Dead or Alive" tournaments earned a berth in the K-1 MAX Japan tournaments.[6] After successfully holding "Dead or Alive" tournaments at 70kg for two consecutive years, by the end of 2005 they furthermore held tournaments at 60kg, 80kg and heavyweight as well.[7]
It 2008, RISE opted to stop deciding on champions through one-day tournaments, as they believed the result of the matches may be affected by a combination of favorable match-ups and luck. They instead began deciding on champions through single five-round bouts. The first three championships were at 60kg, 70kg and at heavyweight. Rankings weren't established at the time.[8]
Beginning with R.I.S.E. 46 ~ THE KING OF GLADIATORS '08 ~, RISE began to use Arabic numerals in event names. Up to that point, event names used Roman numerals.[9]
The first women's championship was established on November 23, 2011, when Rena Kubota was crowned the RISE Queen after defeating Erika Kamimura.[10]
On January 5, 2022, RISE announced a partnership with Glory, which would allow cross-promotion and mutual exchange of fighters under contract.[11]
Rules
The original RISE rules allowed strikes with fists and elbows, but prohibited knee strikes. Passivity from fighters was penalized by half point deductions. From May 16, 2010, RISE adopted K-1 rules which allowed for a single knee strike, but prohibited elbow strikes. The bouts are contested across three rounds lasting three minutes. Two additional extra rounds can be fought. The fighters wear shorts or tight kick pants, while women must additionally wear a top. All fighters must have a mouth guard. Elbow strikes, excessive petroleum jelly usage, eye pokes, throws, and unsporting behavior may all results in a point deduction.[12]
The KANARIMON events are contested across three rounds of two minutes. Alongside all the prohibitions present in RISE fights, knee strikes to the head are likewise prohibited. Single matches don't have an extension rounds in case of a draw, while tournament draws result in a single one minute extra round.[13]
Broadcast
RISE events are broadcast by AbemaTV domestically in Japan.[14] RISE World Series events are broadcast by FITE TV.[15] Event replays are posted on YouTube.[16]
Champions
Current champions
| Division | Champion | Date Won |
|---|---|---|
| Heavyweight (120 kg) |  Vacant |
|
| Middleweight (70 kg) |  Lee Sung-hyun |
July 5, 2019 |
| Welterweight (67.5 kg) | Vacant |
|
| Super Lightweight (65 kg) |  Kosei Yamada |
September 29, 2019 |
| Lightweight (63 kg) | Naoki Tanaka |
January 30, 2021 |
| Super Featherweight (60 kg) | Chan Hyung Lee |
November 23, 2017 |
| Featherweight (57.5 kg) | Taisei Umei |
March 27, 2022 |
| Bantamweight (55 kg) | Masahiko Suzuki |
November 17, 2018 |
| Super Flyweight (53 kg) | Kazuki Osaki |
September 4, 2020 |
| W. Flyweight (52 kg) | Manazo Kobayashi |
April 17, 2021 |
| W. Mini Flyweight (49 kg) | Vacant |
|
| W. Atomweight (46 kg) | Koyuki Miyazaki |
March 28, 2021 |
Heavyweight championship
Weight limit: 120 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fabiano Aoki def. Magnum Sakai |
RISE 48 Tokyo, Japan |
July 4, 2008 | |
| 2 | Makoto Uehara def. Raoumaru |
RISE 80 Tokyo, Japan |
July 23, 2011 | |
| Uehara vacated the title on September 12, 2012, in order to participate in the 2016 K-1 WGP[17] | ||||
| 3 | Kengo Shimizu def. Raoumaru |
RISE 90 Tokyo, Japan |
October 25, 2012 |
1. def. Hiromi Amada RISE 99 on April 29, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Shimizu retired from the sport on November 17, 2018[18] | ||||
Middleweight championship
Weight limit: 70 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hinata def. Ryuji |
RISE 48 Tokyo, Japan |
July 4, 2008 | |
| Hinata vacated the title in July 2009 | ||||
| 2 | Ryuji def. Yasuhito Shirasu |
RISE 60 Tokyo, Japan |
November 22, 2009 | |
| 3 | Takafumi Morita def. Yukihiro Komiya |
RISE 80 Tokyo, Japan |
July 23, 2011 | |
| 4 | Lee Sung-hyun def. Shintaro Matsukura |
RISE 133 Tokyo, Japan |
July 5, 2019 | |
Welterweight championship
Weight limit: 67.5 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danilo Zanolini def. Taiki Watanabe |
RISE 96 Tokyo, Japan |
November 4, 2013 |
1. def. Yuichiro Nagashima RISE 100～BLADE 0～ on July 12, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Zanolini retired from the sport on July 15, 2017[19] | ||||
| 2 |  BeyNoah def. Daiki Watabe |
RISE 129 Tokyo, Japan |
November 17, 2018 |
1. def. Hideki RISE 137 on February 23, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan |
| BeyNoah vacated the title in February 2022, in order to move up in weight[20] | ||||
Super Lightweight championship
Weight limit: 65 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koji Yoshimoto def. Yūsuke Sugawara |
RISE 60 Tokyo, Japan |
November 22, 2009 |
1. draw. Yūsuke Sugawara at Rise 74 on February 27, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan |
| 2 | Yasuomi Soda def. Koji Yoshimoto |
RISE 60 Tokyo, Japan |
March 17, 2013 | |
| Soda vacated the title on August 27, 2014, to sign with K-1[21] | ||||
| 3 | Yuki def. Naoki |
RISE 101 Tokyo, Japan |
September 28, 2014 | |
| Yuki vacated the title on May 3, 2017 in order to return to super featherweight[22] | ||||
| 4 | Kosei Yamada def. Yuma Yamaguchi |
RISE 134 Tokyo, Japan |
September 29, 2019 |
1. def. Takumi Sanekata at RISE 145 on January 31, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan |
Lightweight championship
Weight limit: 63 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuki def. Koji Yoshimoto |
RISE 73 Tokyo, Japan |
December 19, 2010 |
1. def. Yuto Watanabe at RISE 87 on March 24, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan |
| 2 | Lee Sung-hyun def. Yuki |
RISE 91 Tokyo, Japan |
January 6, 2013 |
1. def. Shohei Asahara at RISE 99 on April 29, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Lee vacated the title in 2015 | ||||
| 3 | Hiroshi Mizumachi def. Shohei Asahara |
Rise 106 Tokyo, Japan |
January 6, 2013 |
1. def. Keisuke Niwa at Rise 108 on November 8, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan |
| 4 | Fukashi Mizutani def. Hiroshi Mizumachi |
Rise 112 Tokyo, Japan |
July 30, 2016 |
1. def. Shohei Asahara at Rise 119 on September 15, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Fukashi vacated the title on December 11, 2018 in order to move up to super lightweight[23] | ||||
| 5 | Taiju Shiratori def. Hideki |
Rise 112 Tokyo, Japan |
February 3, 2019 | |
| Shiratori vacated the title on August 1, 2020.[24] | ||||
| 6 | Kento Haraguchi def. Hideki |
RISE 136 Tokyo, Japan |
January 13, 2020 | |
| Haraguchi vacated the title on December 15, 2020[25] | ||||
| 7 | Naoki Tanaka def. Hideki |
RISE 145 Tokyo, Japan |
January 30, 2021 | |
Super Featherweight championship
Weight limit: 60 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuki def. Yuji Takeuchi |
RISE 48 Tokyo, Japan |
July 4, 2008 | |
| 2 | Kan Itabashi def. Yuki |
RISE 52 Tokyo, Japan |
January 31, 2009 |
1. def. TURBΦ at RISE 57 on July 26, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan |
| 3 | Kosuke Komiyama def. Kan Itabashi |
RISE 74 Tokyo, Japan |
February 27, 2011 |
1. def. Motochika Hanada at RISE 88 on June 2, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Komiyama vacated the title in 2015 | ||||
| 4 | Kodai Nobe def. Motochika Hanada |
Rise 109 Tokyo, Japan |
January 31, 2016 | |
| 5 | Chan Hyung Lee def. Koudai Nobe |
RISE 121 Tokyo, Japan |
November 23, 2017 | |
| 5 | Kazuma (interim) def. Yusaku Ishizaki |
RISE 152 Tokyo, Japan |
October 22, 2021 | |
Featherweight World championship
Weight limit: 57 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tenshin Nasukawa def. Rodtang Jitmuangnon |
RISE 125 Chiba, Japan |
June 17, 2018 | |
Featherweight championship
Weight limit: 57.5 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itto def. Ryo Pegasus |
RISE 90 Tokyo, Japan |
October 24, 2012 | |
| 2 | Motochika Hanada def. Itto |
RISE 101 Tokyo, Japan |
September 28, 2014 | |
| 3 | Kodai Nobe def. Motochika Hanada |
RISE 109 Tokyo, Japan |
January 31, 2016 | |
| 4 | Motochika Hanada def. Yoshihisa Morimoto |
RISE 114 Tokyo, Japan |
November 25, 2016 | |
| Motochika vacated the title on February 13, 2018[26] | ||||
| 5 | Masahide Kudo def. Yoshihisa "Kyoken" Morimoto |
RISE 125 Chiba, Japan |
June 17, 2018 |
1. def. Masaki Takeuchi at RISE 151 on July 28, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan |
| On December 11, 2021 Kudo announced his retirement after suffering a nose injury deemed inoperable.[27] | ||||
| 6 | Taisei Umei def. Ryoga Hirano |
RISE 156 Tokyo, Japan |
March 27, 2022 | |
Bantamweight championship
Weight limit: 55 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akira Morita def. KO-ICHI |
May 31, 2009 | ||
| Morita retired from the sport in September 2011 | ||||
| 2 | Nobuchika Terado def. TOMONORI |
RISE 60 Tokyo, Japan |
November 22, 2009 |
1. def. Makoto Kushima at RISE 68 on July 31, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Terado vacated the title in 2010 | ||||
| 3 | Kenji Kubo def. Dyki |
RISE 85 Tokyo, Japan |
November 23, 2011 | |
| Kubo vacated the title on September 18, 2012, after transitioning to boxing[28] | ||||
| 4 | Dyki def. Seiya Rokugawa |
RISE 92 Tokyo, Japan |
March 17, 2013 | |
| Dyki retired from the sport on August 16, 2013[29] | ||||
| 5 | Yuta Murakoshi def. Hiroki Maeda |
RISE 100 Tokyo, Japan |
July 12, 2014 | |
| 6 | Tenshin Nasukawa def. Yuta Murakoshi |
RISE 105 Tokyo, Japan |
May 31, 2015 |
1. def. Yuta Murakoshi at Rise 113 on September 25, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Nasukawa vacated the title on June 6, 2018, after moving up to featherweight[30] | ||||
| 7 | Masahiko Suzuki def. Yuki Masato |
RISE 129 Tokyo, Japan |
November 17, 2018 |
1. def. Rasta at RISE 136 on January 13, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan |
Super Flyweight championship
Weight limit: 53 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toki Tamaru def. Azusa Kaneko |
RISE 128 Tokyo, Japan |
November 2, 2018 |
1. def. Jin Mandokoro at RISE 132 on May 19, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan |
| 2 | Kazuki Osaki def. Toki Tamaru |
RISE 142 Tokyo, Japan |
September 4, 2020 |
Women's Flyweight championship
Weight limit: 52 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manazo Kobayashi |
RISE 148 Tokyo, Japan |
April 17, 2021 |
1. def. Suzuka Tabuchi at RISE 148 on April 17, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan |
Women's Mini Flyweight championship
Weight limit: 49 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hinata Terayama def. Reina Sato |
RISE 134 Tokyo, Japan |
September 29, 2019 |
1. def. AKARI at RISE on Abema 2 on May 16, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Terayama retired from the sport on March 15, 2022[31] | ||||
Women's Atomweight championship
Weight limit: 46 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Momi Furuta def. Riri Nasukawa |
RISE 133 Tokyo, Japan |
July 5, 2019 |
1. def. Koto Hiraoka at RISE GIRLS POWER 2 on February 11, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan |
| 2 | Koyuki Miyazaki def. Momi |
RISE 146 Tokyo, Japan |
March 28, 2021 |
World Series champions
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2019-09-16 | Tenshin Nasukawa | Japan | RISE WORLD SERIES 2019 Final Round | Chiba, Japan | Shiro | Japan |
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2019-09-16 | Taiju Shiratori | Japan | RISE WORLD SERIES 2019 Final Round | Chiba, Japan | Genji Umeno | Japan |
Dead or Alive Tournament champions
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2004-12-19 | Koichi Kikuchi | Japan | R.I.S.E. DEAD or ALIVE Tournament '04 | Tokyo, Japan | Yuki | Japan |
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2005-12-18 | TATSUJI | Japan | R.I.S.E. DEAD or ALIVE Tournament '05 | Tokyo, Japan | Hakuto | Japan |
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2006-12-17 | Keiji Ozaki | Japan | R.I.S.E. DEAD or ALIVE Tournament '06 | Tokyo, Japan | Naoki Samukawa | Japan |
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2007-12-16 | Ryuji | Japan | R.I.S.E. DEAD or ALIVE Tournament '07 | Tokyo, Japan | Yusuke Ikei | Japan |
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2017-11-23 | Taiki Naito | Japan | RISE 121 | Tokyo, Japan | MOMOTARO | Japan |
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2020-11-01 | Shiro | Japan | RISE DEAD OR ALIVE 2020 Osaka | Osaka, Japan | Masahiko Suzuki | Japan |
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2021-09-23 | Kazane | Japan | RISE WORLD SERIES 2021 Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | Shiro | Japan |
Queen of Queens Tournament champions
| Date | Champion | Nationality | Event | Location | Runner-up | Nationality |
| 2020-11-01 | Hinata Terayama | Japan | RISE Dead or Alive Osaka | Osaka, Japan | Momi | Japan |
See also
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