Tatsuya Tsubakihara
| Tatsuya Tsubakihara | |
|---|---|
| Born | 椿原 龍矢 May 7, 1999 Kadoma, Osaka, Japan |
| Other names | The Naniwa Samurai |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 57.5 kg (127 lb; 9.05 st) |
| Style | Kickboxing |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Hirano, Osaka, Japan |
| Team | Gesshinkai Team Samurai |
| Trainer | Yasuyuki Nakane |
| Rank | 3rd Dan Black Belt in Ryukyu Shōrin-ryū Karate |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 24 |
| Wins | 16 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| Losses | 7 |
| By knockout | 0 |
| Draws | 1 |
Tatsuya Tsubakihara (Japanese: 椿原龍矢, Tsubakihara Tatsuya; born May 7, 1997) is a Japanese kickboxer, currently fighting in the featherweight division of K-1. He is the former K-1 featherweight champion, having held the title in 2021.
Tsubakihara achieved standout success as an amateur, as he won the 2017 K-1 Koshien Tournament, Japan's most prestigious amateur kickboxing competition, after finishing as the runner-up in the two previous years. He was named the K-1 Rookie of the Year following early professional success and captured the K-1 Featherweight championship three years later. He was subsequently ranked as the second-best -58 kg kickboxer in the world, only behind Tenshin Nasukawa, by Combat Press.
As of April 2023, he is ranked as the fifth best super flyweight (-58 kg) by Combat Press and the fifth best bantamweight (-58 kg) by Beyond Kickboxing. He's been ranked in the Combat Press divisional rankings since October 2020 and the Beyond Kickboxing divisional rankings since their inauguration.