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
- K-1
- * 2016 K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament runner-up
- RISE
- * 2013 RISE 65 kg Champion
- * 2009 RISE ROOKIES CUP 65 kg champion
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 11 | Loss | 8-2-1 | Nath Nwachukwu | 12 | 31 Jul 2025 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | For the vacant OPBF Super-welterweight title | |
| 10 | Win | 8-1-1 | Hisashi Kato | 7 | 27 Apr 2025 | Kumagaya Dome, Kumagaya, Japan | ||
| 9 | Loss | 7-1-1 | Ryota Toyoshima | 8 | 21 Nov 2024 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 8 | Win | 7-0-1 | Ma Roo Jung | 6 | 27 Jun 2024 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Yong In Jo | 8, 2:16 | 12 Mar 2024 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 6 | Win | 5–0–1 | Taiga Ito | 3, 2:08 | 24 Aug 2023 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 5 | Win | 4–0–1 | Chan Sala | 6 | 31 May 2023 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 4 | Win | 3–0–1 | Mitsuyoshi Oshima | TKO | 6, 0:44 | 29 Mar 2023 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 3 | Draw | 2–0–1 | Tatsuki Tokiyoshi | 4 | 3 Nov 2022 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Eigoro Akai | 4 | 27 Sep 2022 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Anju The Bull | 2, 1:56 | 10 Jun 2022 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan |
Kickboxing record
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