# RISE (kickboxing)

Extreme Fight Game RISE, known simply as RISE, is a Japanese kickboxing promotion company based in Tokyo. Their name is an abbreviation of "Real Impact Sports Entertainment".
Its main roster showcases ten male and three female weight classes. They also hold the KAMINARIMON events, which are exclusively open to amateur fighters.

## History

RISE held their inaugural event on February 23, 2003, at the Gold Jim South Tokyo Annex in Ōmori, Japan. They held their first "Dead or Alive" tournament on December 23, 2003, which would later become an annual event held at the end of each year. Before the bankruptcy of Fighting and Entertainment Group, winners of the "Dead or Alive" tournaments earned a berth in the K-1 MAX Japan tournaments. After successfully holding "Dead or Alive" tournaments at 70 kg for two consecutive years, by the end of 2005 they furthermore held tournaments at 60 kg, 80 kg and heavyweight as well.
It 2008, RISE opted to stop deciding on champions through one-day tournaments, as they believed the result of the matches may be affected by a combination of favorable match-ups and luck. They instead began deciding on champions through single five-round bouts. The first three championships were at 60 kg, 70 kg and at heavyweight. Rankings weren't established at the time.
Beginning with R.I.S.E. 46 ~ THE KING OF GLADIATORS '08 ~, RISE began to use Arabic numerals in event names. Up to that point, event names used Roman numerals.
The first women's championship was established on November 23, 2011, when Rena Kubota was crowned the RISE Queen after defeating Erika Kamimura.
On January 5, 2022, RISE announced a partnership with Glory, which would allow cross-promotion and mutual exchange of fighters under contract. On February 10, 2023, the reached the same agreement with K-1. On January 11, 2024, it was announced that Glory and RISE would hold joint tournaments, combine their rankings and unify their rankings.

## Rules

The original RISE rules allowed strikes with fists and elbows, but prohibited knee strikes. Passivity from fighters was penalized by half point deductions. From May 16, 2010, RISE adopted K-1 rules which allowed for a single knee strike, but prohibited elbow strikes. The bouts are contested across three rounds lasting three minutes. Two additional extra rounds can be fought. The fighters wear shorts or tight kick pants, while women must additionally wear a top. All fighters must have a mouth guard. Elbow strikes, excessive petroleum jelly usage, eye pokes, throws, and unsporting behavior may all result in a point deduction.
If a fighter fails to make weight, they will be afforded a second opprotunity two hours after the initial weigh-in. Should they pass, they will be fined a percentage of their purse and will be given a point deduction. If they're above weight by 2 kilograms or more, they will be disqualified and the bout will be declared a no-contest. If they fail the second weigh-in but aren't above 2 kilograms, they will be given a two point deduction, will be fined a portion of their purse, and may be forced to fight in 10 oz gloves, if their opponent so chooses. The fighter must still be within 5% of the contracted weight, three hours before the event is supposed to take place.
The fights in amateur events called RISE NOVA (formerly KAMINARIMON) are contested across three rounds of two minutes. Alongside all the prohibitions present in RISE fights, knee strikes to the head are likewise prohibited. Single matches don't have an extension rounds in case of a draw, while tournament draws result in a single one minute extra round.

## Broadcast

RISE events are broadcast by AbemaTV domestically in Japan, with full matches from these events later posted on their YouTube channel. RISE World Series events were previously streamed outside of Japan on FITE TV (now TrillerTV).

## Champions
### World Champions

| Division | Champion | Date Won | Title Defenses |
| Super Lightweight (65 kg) | Chadd Collins | December 16, 2023 | 0 |
| Featherweight (57.5 kg) | Vacant | | |
| Bantamweight (55 kg) | Shiro | March 26, 2023 | 1 |

### Japan Champions

| Division | Champion | Date Won | Title Defenses |
| Heavyweight (120 kg) | Vacant | | |
| Light Heavyweight (90 kg) | Kenta Nanbara | August 18, 2023 | 0 |
| Middleweight (70 kg) | Kaito Ono | July 5, 2019 | 0 |
| Welterweight (67.5 kg) | Meison Hide Usami | December 21, 2024 | 0 |
| Super Lightweight (65 kg) | Vacant | | |
| Lightweight (63 kg) | Kan Nakamura | April 21, 2023 | 0 |
| Super Featherweight (60 kg) | Vacant | | 0 |
| Featherweight (57.5 kg) | Keisuke Monguchi | August 28, 2022 | 1 |
| Bantamweight (55 kg) | Koki Osaki | December 10, 2023 | 1 |
| Super Flyweight (53 kg) | Ryu Hanaoka | December 15, 2024 | |
| Flyweight (51.5 kg) | Ryujin Nasukawa | November 23, 2024 | 0 |
| W. Bantamweight (55 kg) | Seina | July 30, 2023 | 0 |
| W. Flyweight (52 kg) | Tessa de Kom | May 28, 2023 | 1 |
| W. Mini Flyweight (49 kg) | Arina Kobayashi | November 18, 2023 | 0 |
| W. Atomweight (46 kg) | Koyuki Miyazaki | March 28, 2021 | 1 |

## Championship history
### Heavyweight championship

Weight limit: 120 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Fabiano Aoki def. Magnum Sakai | RISE 48 Tokyo, Japan | July 4, 2008 | |
| 2 | Makoto Uehara def. Raoumaru | RISE 80 Tokyo, Japan | July 23, 2011 | |
| Uehara vacated the title on September 12, 2012, in order to participate in the 2013 K-1 WGP |||||
| 3 | Kengo Shimizu def. Raoumaru | RISE 90 Tokyo, Japan | October 25, 2012 | 1. def. Hiromi Amada RISE 99 on April 29, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Badr Ferdaous RISE 127 on September 16, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Shimizu retired from the sport on November 17, 2018 |||||

### Light Heavyweight championship

Weight limit: 90 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date |
| 1 | Makoto Uehara def. Kengo Shimizu | RISE 92 Tokyo, Japan | March 17, 2013 |
| Uehara vacated the title in 2016 in order to re-sign with K-1. |||||
| 2 | Kenta Nabara def. Kongtualai JMBoxingGym | RISE 171 Tokyo, Japan | August 18, 2023 |

### Middleweight championship

Weight limit: 70 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date |
| 1 | Hinata def. Ryuji | RISE 48 Tokyo, Japan | July 4, 2008 |
| Hinata vacated the title in July 2009 |||||
| 2 | Ryuji def. Yasuhito Shirasu | RISE 60 Tokyo, Japan | November 22, 2009 |
| 3 | Takafumi Morita def. Yukihiro Komiya | RISE 80 Tokyo, Japan | July 23, 2011 |
| 4 | Lee Sung-hyun def. Shintaro Matsukura | RISE 133 Tokyo, Japan | July 5, 2019 |
| 5 | Kaito Ono def. Lee Sung-hyun | RISE ELDORADO 2023 Tokyo, Japan | March 26, 2023 |

### Welterweight championship

Weight limit: 67.5 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Danilo Zanolini def. Taiki Watanabe | RISE 96 Tokyo, Japan | November 4, 2013 | 1. def. Yuichiro Nagashima RISE 100～BLADE 0～ on July 12, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Kenta Yamada at RISE 106 on July 24, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Zanolini retired from the sport on July 15, 2017 |||||
| 2 | Bey Noah def. Daiki Watabe | RISE 129 Tokyo, Japan | November 17, 2018 | 1. def. Hideki RISE 137 on February 23, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan |
| BeyNoah vacated the title in February 2022, in order to move up in weight |||||
| 3 | Ryota Nakano def. Ryoya Inai | RISE 158 Tokyo, Japan | May 29, 2022 | |
| Nakano vacated the title in November 2024 |||||
| 4 | Meison Hide Usami def. Takumi Sanekata | GLORY RISE Featherweight Grand Prix Chiba, Japan | December 21, 2024 | |

### Super Lightweight World championship

Weight limit: 65 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9 def. Kento Haraguchi | RISE WORLD SERIES OSAKA 2022 Osaka, Japan | August 21, 2022 | |
| 2 | Chadd Collins def. Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9 | RISE WORLD SERIES 2023 Final Round Tokyo, Japan | December 16, 2023 | |

### Super Lightweight championship

Weight limit: 65 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Koji Yoshimoto def. Yūsuke Sugawara | RISE 60 Tokyo, Japan | November 22, 2009 | 1. draw. Yūsuke Sugawara at Rise 74 on February 27, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Yasuomi Soda at Rise 86 on January 28, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan |
| 2 | Yasuomi Soda def. Koji Yoshimoto | RISE 60 Tokyo, Japan | March 17, 2013 | |
| Soda vacated the title on August 27, 2014, to sign with K-1 |||||
| 3 | Yuki def. Naoki | RISE 101 Tokyo, Japan | September 28, 2014 | |
| Yuki vacated the title on May 3, 2017 in order to return to super featherweight |||||
| 4 | Kosei Yamada def. Yuma Yamaguchi | RISE 134 Tokyo, Japan | September 29, 2019 | 1. def. Takumi Sanekata at RISE 145 on January 31, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Katsuki Kitano at RISE 150 on June 18, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Title was left vacant on December 25, 2022, as Yamada retired from the sport |||||

### Lightweight championship

Weight limit: 63 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Yuki def. Koji Yoshimoto | RISE 73 Tokyo, Japan | December 19, 2010 |
| 2 | Lee Sung-hyun def. Yuki | RISE 91 Tokyo, Japan | January 6, 2013 |
| 3 | Hiroshi Mizumachi def. Shohei Asahara | RISE 106 Tokyo, Japan | November 8, 2015 | 1. def. Keisuke Niwa at Rise 108 on November 8, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan |
| 4 | Fukashi Mizutani def. Hiroshi Mizumachi | RISE 112 Tokyo, Japan | July 30, 2016 | 1. def. Shohei Asahara at Rise 119 on September 15, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Fukashi vacated the title on December 11, 2018 in order to move up to super lightweight |||||
| 5 | Taiju Shiratori def. Hideki | RISE 112 Tokyo, Japan | February 3, 2019 | |
| Shiratori vacated the title on August 1, 2020. |||||
| 6 | Kento Haraguchi def. Hideki | RISE 136 Tokyo, Japan | January 13, 2020 | |
| Haraguchi vacated the title on December 15, 2020 |||||
| 7 | Naoki Tanaka def. Hideki | RISE 145 Tokyo, Japan | January 30, 2021 | |
| 8 | Kan Nakamura def. Naoki Tanaka | RISE 167 Tokyo, Japan | April 21, 2023 | |

### Super Featherweight championship

Weight limit: 60 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Yuki def. Yuji Takeuchi | RISE 48 Tokyo, Japan | July 4, 2008 | |
| 2 | Kan Itabashi def. Yuki | RISE 52 Tokyo, Japan | January 31, 2009 | 1. def. TURBΦ at RISE 57 on July 26, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Keiji Ozaki at RISE 60 on June 5, 2015 in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 3 | Kosuke Komiyama def. Kan Itabashi | RISE 74 Tokyo, Japan | February 27, 2011 | 1. def. Motochika Hanada at RISE 88 on June 2, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Masanobu Goshu at RISE 97 on January 25, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Komiyama vacated the title in 2015 |||||
| 4 | Kodai Nobe def. Motochika Hanada | RISE 109 Tokyo, Japan | January 31, 2016 | |
| 5 | Chan Hyung Lee def. Koudai Nobe | RISE 121 Tokyo, Japan | November 23, 2017 | 1. def. Kazuma at RISE 160 on July 29, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Hyuma Hitachi at RISE 164 on January 28, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan |
| – | Kazuma def. Yusaku Ishizaki for interim title | RISE 152 Tokyo, Japan | October 22, 2021 | |
| 6 | Taiga def. Chan Hyung Lee | RISE 175 Tokyo, Japan | January 14, 2024 | |
| Taiga vacated the title on January 21, 2025, in order to transition to MMA |||||

### Featherweight World championship

Weight limit: 57.5 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Tenshin Nasukawa def. Rodtang Jitmuangnon | RISE 125 Chiba, Japan | June 17, 2018 | |

### Featherweight championship

Weight limit: 57.5 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Itto def. Ryo Pegasus | RISE 90 Tokyo, Japan | October 24, 2012 | |
| 2 | Motochika Hanada def. Itto | RISE 101 Tokyo, Japan | September 28, 2014 | 1. def. Yoshihisa Morimoto at RISE 114 on November 25, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Motochika vacated the title on February 13, 2018 |||||
| 3 | Masahide Kudo def. Yoshihisa "Kyoken" Morimoto | RISE 125 Chiba, Japan | June 17, 2018 | 1. def. Masaki Takeuchi at RISE 151 on July 28, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan |
| On December 11, 2021 Kudo announced his retirement after suffering a nose injury deemed inoperable. |||||
| 4 | Taisei Umei def. Ryoga Hirano | RISE 156 Tokyo, Japan | March 27, 2022 | |
| 5 | Keisuke Monguchi def. Taisei Umei | RISE 161 Tokyo, Japan | August 28, 2022 | 1. def. Kaito Sakaguchi at RISE 172 on October 29, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan |
| 6 | Haruto Yasumoto def. Keisuke Monguchi | RISE 182 Tokyo, Japan | October 20, 2024 |

### Bantamweight World championship

Weight limit: 55 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Shiro def. Diesellek Wor.Wanchai | RISE ELDORADO 2023 Tokyo, Japan | March 26, 2023 | 1. no contest with Toki Tamaru at RISE ELDORADO 2024 on March 17, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Toki Tamaru at RISE WORLD SERIES 2024 YOKOHAMA on September 8, 2024 in Yokohama, Japan |

### Bantamweight championship

Weight limit: 55 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Akira Morita def. KO-ICHI | | May 31, 2009 | |
| Morita retired from the sport in September 2011 |||||
| 2 | Nobuchika Terado def. TOMONORI | RISE 60 Tokyo, Japan | November 22, 2009 | 1. def. Makoto Kushima at RISE 68 on July 31, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Terado vacated the title in 2010 |||||
| 3 | Kenji Kubo def. Dyki | RISE 85 Tokyo, Japan | November 23, 2011 | |
| Kubo vacated the title on September 18, 2012, after transitioning to boxing |||||
| 4 | Dyki def. Seiya Rokugawa | RISE 92 Tokyo, Japan | March 17, 2013 | |
| Dyki retired from the sport on August 16, 2013 |||||
| 5 | Yuta Murakoshi def. Hiroki Maeda | RISE 100 Tokyo, Japan | July 12, 2014 | |
| 6 | Tenshin Nasukawa def. Yuta Murakoshi | RISE 105 Tokyo, Japan | May 31, 2015 | 1. def. Yuta Murakoshi at Rise 113 on September 25, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Nasukawa vacated the title on June 6, 2018, after moving up to featherweight |||||
| 7 | Masahiko Suzuki def. Yuki Masato | RISE 129 Tokyo, Japan | November 17, 2018 | 1. def. Rasta at RISE 136 on January 13, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Kengo at RISE 154 on January 23, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan |
| 8 | Koki Osaki def. Masahiko Suzuki | RISE 174 Tokyo, Japan | December 10, 2023 | 1. def. Ryunosuke Omori at RISE 181 on August 31, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan |

### Super Flyweight championship

Weight limit: 53 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Toki Tamaru def. Azusa Kaneko | RISE 128 Tokyo, Japan | November 2, 2018 | 1. def. Jin Mandokoro at RISE 132 on May 19, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan |
| 2 | Kazuki Osaki def. Toki Tamaru | RISE 142 Tokyo, Japan | September 4, 2020 | 1. def. Kazane Nagai at RISE World Series 2022 on October 15, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Jin Mandokoro at RISE World Series 2024 Osaka on June 15, 2024 in Osaka, Japan |
| Osaki vacated the belt on October 21, 2024 in order to aim for the world version of the title. |||||
| 3 | Ryu Hanaoka def. Jin Mandokoro | RISE 184 Tokyo, Japan | December 15, 2024 |

### Flyweight championship

Weight limit: 51.5 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date |
| 1 | Toki Tamaru def. Riku Kazushima | RISE 162 Tokyo, Japan | October 30, 2022 |
| Tamaru vacated the title on September 14, 2023 in order to move up in weight. |||||
| 2 | Riku Kazushima def. Tenshi Matsumoto | RISE 172 Tokyo, Japan | October 29, 2023 |
| 3 | Ryujin Nasukawa def. Riku Kazushima | RISE 183 Tokyo, Japan | November 23, 2024 |

### Queen championship

Weight limit: 48 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date |
| 1 | Rena def. Erika Kamimura | RISE 85 Tokyo, Japan | November 23, 2011 |
| 2 | Erika Kamimura def. Momi | RISE 95 Tokyo, Japan | September 13, 2013 |
| Kamimura retired from the sport in August 2014 |||||

### Women's Bantamweight championship

Weight limit: 55 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Seina def. Yuka Murakami | RISE 170 Tokyo, Japan | July 30, 2023 | |

### Women's Flyweight championship

Weight limit: 52 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Manazo Kobayashi Promoted to champion status | RISE 148 Tokyo, Japan | April 17, 2021 | 1. def. Suzuka Tabuchi at RISE 148 on April 17, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan |
| 2 | Tessa de Kom def. Manazo Kobayashi | RISE 168 Tokyo, Japan | May 28, 2023 | 1. def. Arina Kobayashi at RISE 184 on December 15, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan |

### Women's Mini Flyweight championship

Weight limit: 49 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Hinata Terayama def. Reina Sato | RISE 134 Tokyo, Japan | September 29, 2019 | 1. def. AKARI at RISE on Abema 2 on May 16, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Terayama retired from the sport on March 15, 2022 |||||
| 2 | Erika❤️ def. AKARI | RISE 159 Tokyo, Japan | June 24, 2022 | |
| 3 | Arina Kobayashi def. Erika❤️ | RISE 173 Tokyo, Japan | November 18, 2023 | |

### Women's Atomweight championship

Weight limit: 46 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | Momi Furuta def. Riri Nasukawa | RISE 133 Tokyo, Japan | July 5, 2019 | 1. def. Koto Hiraoka at RISE GIRLS POWER 2 on February 11, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan |
| 2 | Koyuki Miyazaki def. Momi | RISE 146 Tokyo, Japan | March 28, 2021 | 1. def. Arina Kobayashi at RISE 158 on May 29, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan |

### OFG Super Lightweight champion

Weight limit: 65 kg
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Defenses |
| 1 | YA-MAN def. Hiroto Yamaguchi | RISE World Series 2023 - 2nd Round Tokyo, Japan | August 26, 2023 | |