Kyosuke Takami (born April 5, 2002) is a Japanese professional boxer who held the World Boxing Association (WBA) light-flyweight title in 2025.
Professional career Early career Takami made his professional debut on 2 July 2022, in a bout against Wutthichai Montri. In the opening moments of the contest, Takami scored a knockdown after connecting with right hand to the head of his opponent. Takami was declared the winner after Montri was unable to beat the count. Following his debut win, Takami scored three consecutive victories before facing Lito Dante on 2 December 2022. Takami was taken the distance for the first time in his career as he outboxed his opponent en route to a unanimous decision win.
On 2 March 2024, Takami faced Kenichi Horikawa. In the sixth round, Takami knocked his opponent down after connecting with a combination of punches. Takami was declared the winner after the referee opted to call an end to the bout following the knockdown. Takami's next bout was against Wulan Tuolehazi on 6 July 2024. Takami was dominant throughout the bout, and sealed the win via unanimous decision. On 2 November 2024, Takami faced Jomar Caindog. In the opening moments of the first round, Takami connected with a left hand to the body which sent knocked his opponent down onto the canvas. Takami secured the win after Caindog was unable to beat the count.
Takami faced Japanese light flyweight champion Toshiki Kawamitsu on 8 April 2025. Takami started the bout aggressively, and was able to consistent tag his opponent in the opening rounds. In the fifth round, Takami connected with an uppercut which visibly hurt Kawamitsu, which was quickly followed by a second punch. Following this, the referee waved an end to the bout. Winning the bout gained Takami the Japanese national light flyweight title.
World title Rosa vs. Takami On 11 June 2025, it was announced that Takami would face WBA light flyweight world champion Erick Rosa on 30 July 2025 in Yokohama. Takami went into the fight with a record of 9–0 before defeating Erick Rosa to win the WBA light-flyweight title. Takumi claimed the victory with a technical knock out 2 minutes and 48 seconds into the tenth of twelve rounds.
In the aftermath of his title win, Takami announced his intention of winning championships in various weight classes in the future.
Santiago vs. Takami Takami’s first defense was in an unification bout with the World Boxing Organization’s (WBO) champion, René Santiago of Puerto Rico. Despite entering the fight as a 9-1 favorite, Takami lost to Santiago by split decision. The cards were 116-112, 113-115 and 111-117.
Family Takami had a younger brother, Yume, who died at the age of 20 in June 2024. He dedicated his victory in the Rosa fight to him.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes11Loss10–1René SantiagoSD1217 Dec 202510Win10–0Erick RosaTKO10 (12), 30 Jul 20259Win9–0Toshiki KawamitsuTKO6 (10), 8 Apr 20258Win8–0Jomar CaindogKO1 (8), 2 Nov 20247Win7–0Wulan TuolehaziUD86 Jul 20246Win6–0Kenichi HorikawaTKO6 (10), 2 Mar 20245Win5–0Lito Dante82 Dec 20234Win4–0Ruben DadivasKO1 (8), 5 Aug 20233Win3–0Reymark AlicabaTKO5 (8), 4 Feb 20232Win2–0In Cheol Hwang2 (6), 1 Oct 20221Win1–0Wutthichai Montri1 (6), 2 Jul 2022
See also List of male boxers Boxing in Japan List of Japanese boxing world champions List of world light-flyweight boxing champions
References
External links
Kyosuke Takami - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live