Takeru Segawa (Japanese: 世川 武尊, Hepburn: Segawa Takeru), known mononymously as Takeru, is a Japanese kickboxer currently competing in the flyweight division of ONE Championship. He is the former K-1 Super Featherweight champion, K-1 Featherweight champion and K-1 Super Bantamweight champion. He is the only three weight champion in K-1 history. Takeru is considered by many to be a generational talent and one of the greatest kickboxers in the modern history of the sport, alongside his compatriot Tenshin Nasukawa. He is currently ranked #2 in the ONE Flyweight Kickboxing rankings.
A professional competitor since 2008, Segawa became the K-1 Super Bantamweight champion when he defeated Taiga Kawabe in the finals of the 2015 K-1 Super Bantamweight Grand Prix, on April 19, 2015. He became the K-1 Featherweight champion when he defeated Kaito Ozawa in the finals of the 2016 K-1 Featherweight Grand Prix, on November 3, 2016, thus becoming the first two-weight champion in K-1 history. He further became the K-1 Super Featherweight champion after defeating Kosuke Komiyama in the finals of the 2018 K-1 Super Featherweight Grand Prix, on March 21, 2018, thus becoming the first and only three weight champion in K-1 history.
Segawa was ranked as a top ten pound for pound kickboxer by Combat Press from June 2015 until October 2022, when he took an extended break to heal a number of injuries, and was ranked as the best pound for pound kickboxer from June 2019 until July 2022. Combat Press ranked him as the best flyweight and later the best bantamweight in their divisional rankings as well.
Infobox
Born
世川 武尊 (1991-07-29) July 29, 1991 (age 34)Yonago, Japan
Other names
Natural Born Crusher Takeru Kaewsamrit
Nationality
Japanese
Height
1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight
60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Division
Bantamweight
Style
Karate, Kickboxing
Fighting out of
Sagamihara, Japan
Team
Team VASILEUS (2022-) K-1 Gym KREST (2017 - 2022) Team Dragon (2010-2016)
Trainer
Masakazu WatanabeKensaku Maeda (former)
Rank
mw- Black belt in Shin Karate
Years active
2008 - present
Total
50
Wins
45
By knockout
1
Losses
5
Draws
0
No contests
0
Spouse
Aoi Kawaguchi
Website
https://takeru-official.net/
Tables
Professional Kickboxing & Muay Thai Record· Fight record
