Yasuomi Soda


Yasuomi Soda is a Japanese kickboxer fighting out of the Silver Wolf Gym, the same gym of the legendary kickboxer Masato. He was the RISE kickboxing Super Lightweight champion, winning his title against Japanese kickboxer Koji Yoshimoto.
He was K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament finalist and holds victories over notable featherweight kickboxers such as Minoru Kimura and Yuta Kubo.

Kickboxing career

RISE Super Lightweight title run

Soda made his debut in 2009, when he participated in the RISE 59 RISING ROOKIES CUP. He won the tournament with victories over Ryuji Yamaguchi, Ishitsukasa Koichi and Atsushi Hori.
Soda then went on to win his next eight fights, winning three of them by stoppage. His eleven fight winning streak earned him the chance to challenge Koji Yoshimoto for the RISE Super Lightweight title. He suffered the first professional loss of his career, as Yoshimoto won the fight by unanimous decision.
Soda bounced back with a TKO of Kim Dong-soo and a decision win over Komiya Yukihiro, which gave the chance the fight a rematch with Koji Yoshimoto. Soda won the fight, and title, by majority decision.

K-1 Super Lightweight tournament

In his next fight, Soda fought Lee Sung-hyun and won by majority decision.
After winning his next two fights, Soda participated in the 2014 K-1 Super Lightweight Grand Prix. In the quarterfinals, he scored a second round TKO over Minoru Kimura. In the semifinals, he won a decision against Hiroya. In the finals, he fought Kaew Fairtex, and lost a majority decision.

Krush title fights

Following this loss, Soda went on a 3-3 run, which included a win over Yuta Kubo and a second loss to Kaew Fairtex. In August 2017, during Krush 78, Soda fought Jun Nakazawa for the Krush Super Lightweight title. The fight went into an extra round, after which Nakazawa won a split decision.
Soda participated in the 2018 K-1 Super Lightweight Grand Prix. He defeated Mo Abdurahman by a fourth round KO, but lost to Kaew Fairtex by an extra round decision in the semifinals.
During Krush 104, Soda once again fought for the Krush Super Lightweight title, this time against Hayato Suzuki. The fight went into an extra round, after which Suzuki won a unanimous decision.

Titles and accomplishments

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
11Loss8-2-1Nath Nwachukwu1231 Jul 2025Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanFor the vacant OPBF Super-welterweight title
10Win8-1-1Hisashi Kato7 27 Apr 2025Kumagaya Dome, Kumagaya, Japan
9Loss7-1-1Ryota Toyoshima821 Nov 2024Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
8Win7-0-1Ma Roo Jung627 Jun 2024Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
7Win6–0–1Yong In Jo8, 2:1612 Mar 2024Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
6Win5–0–1Taiga Ito3, 2:0824 Aug 2023Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5Win4–0–1Chan Sala631 May 2023Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
4Win3–0–1Mitsuyoshi OshimaTKO6, 0:4429 Mar 2023Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
3Draw2–0–1Tatsuki Tokiyoshi43 Nov 2022Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2Win2–0Eigoro Akai427 Sep 2022Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1Win1–0Anju The Bull2, 1:5610 Jun 2022Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Kickboxing record

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