Nobuaki Kakuda
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Nobuaki Kakuda 角田信朗 |
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| Born |
April 11, 1961 Sakai, Osaka, Japan |
| Native name | 角田信朗 |
| Nationality |
 Japanese
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| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 208 lb (94 kg; 14.9 st) |
| Division | Heavyweight |
| Style | Seidokaikan Karate |
| Rank | black belt in Seidokaikan |
| Years active | 1994–2005 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 16 |
| Wins | 10 |
| By knockout | 5 |
| Losses | 5 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Occupation | Karateka, singer, voice actor, referee |
| Website | http://www.fighting-spirit.jp/index.html |
Nobuaki Kakuda (角田信朗 Kakuda Nobuaki?, born April 11, 1961 in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese Seidokaikan Karateka.
Kakuda is famous for his first punch knockout win over American mixed martial artist Mavrick at 0:56 seconds in the K-1 Fields Europe GP 2005 as well as being the only K-1 fighter to lose to Akebono, a former Sumo wrestler. He is also one of the K-1 organization's regents. At the time of his retirement, he was the oldest and shortest (174 cm) participant in the K-1 tournaments.
After working as a referee-in-charge and ringside judge in K-1 events, Kakuda had also served as an executive producer for K-1 under Fighting and Entertainment Group.
Kakuda was born in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He named his son Kenshiro (賢士朗) and daughter Yuria (友里亜) after characters from Fist of the North Star.
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