Ryo Aitaka
Ryo Aitaka (born 31 December 1989) is a Japanese heavyweight kickboxer. He is the current Bigbang heavyweight champion and has unsuccessfully challenged for the K-1 Cruiserweight title. Kickboxing career. During Bigbang 25 Ryo Aitaka challenged for the heavyweight title against Gakumu. Aitaka dominated the fight, ending it in the second round by a knockout. He then made his first appearance with K-1, facing Masahiro Iwashita. Aitaka would lose a unanimous decision. Moving back to Bigbang kickboxing, he made his first title defense against Kousuke Matakata. Aitaka won the fight by a second round knockout. Fighting once again with  K-1 he fought Taichi Furuta, scoring a win through a first round TKO, his first win with the organization. Aitaka would make defend his Bigbang heavyweight title four additional times, with unanimous decision wins over K-JEE and Daiki Takase, and knockout wins over OD-KEN and Yuki Kudo. During the K-1 Japan vs The World event, Aitaka fought Sina Karimian, beating him in the third round, with a right hook KO. Following this win, Aitaka fought the South Korean native Jae Geun Yang at . Aitaka won, ending the fight after only 57 seconds, as Yang suffer a shoulder injury . At Aitaka fought a rematch with Sina Karimian. Karimian won a unanimous decision to defend his cruiserweight title. Aitaka fought at K-1 World GP 2021: K’Festa 4 Day.2, losing the fight by unanimous decision. Aitaka was scheduled to face K-Jee at K-1 World GP 2021 in Fukuoka on July 17, 2021. Despite staggering K-Jee early on in the second round, he would go on to lose the fight by a low kick knockout. Aitaka was scheduled to face the MMA veteran & Olympic Judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii at on September 20, 2021. He lost the fight by unanimous  decision, after an extra round was fought. Aitaka faced Hisaki Kato at on April 3, 2022, in the reserve bout of the 2022 K-1 openweight tournament. He lost the fight by a third-round knockout. Personal life. Aitaka is married to the freelance creator and former idol Sumire Satō. He has 1 child, a daughter named Hinano. Kickboxing record. ! | ! | ! | ! | ! | ! | ! |