Nobuaki Kakuda

Nobuaki Kakuda (角田信朗, Kakuda Nobuaki, born April 11, 1961 in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese Seido Kaikan - Karate fighter, who is famous for his first punch knockout win over German 4-time cage combat World Champion Mavrick at 0:56 seconds in the K-1 Fields Europe GP 2005 as well as currently being the only K-1 fighter to lose to Akebono, a former Sumo Champion whose long losing streak has made him a laughingstock of MMA. He is also one of the K-1 organization's regents. He is currently the oldest and shortest (174 cm) partcipant in the K-1 tournaments. He also works as a referee-in-charge and as a ringside judge in these events.

Titles

• 1988 Satojyuku POINT & KO Japan Open Tournament runner-up
• 1999 Satojyuku POINT & KO Japan Open Tournament runner-up
• The 7th Kyokushin Weight Category Karate Tournament Heavyweight 4th Place

Movies and TV

• Narrated and sung the ending theme (Muscle Beat) to Kinnikuman Nisei Movie 1
• Commanding Sector officer in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
• Hōsaku Ōkawa in Souten no Ken
• Akashachi in Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Raoh-den Gekitō no Shō

Trivia

He named his son Kenshiro (賢士朗) and daughter Yuria (友里亜) after characters from Hokuto no Ken.

External links

• Official page (Japanese)
• Nobuaki Kakuda at the Internet Movie Database
• wikipedia:ja:角田信朗