My Take
Hideki Kadowaki is one of those fighters who exists mostly in the margins of the public record, and honestly there's something kind of fitting about that for a mixed martial artist — the whole sport is built on the unglamorous stuff that happens behind closed doors, the thousand rounds of sparring nobody films, the weight cuts nobody posts about. Born in 1976 in Ichihara, Chiba — an industrial city that doesn't exactly scream celebrity hometown — he's a Gemini, which in my completely unscientific estimation tracks well for a fighter: adaptable, quick-reading, hard to pin down. I don't know much about his specific career record or where he competed, and I'd rather say that plainly than dress up guesses as facts. What I do know is that anyone who commits to MMA as a career in Japan during that era had to be genuinely obsessed with the craft, and that kind of obsession deserves at least a nod.
Overview
Hideki Kadowaki is a Japanese mixed martial artist born on May 28, 1976, in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture. He is a Gemini born in the Year of the Dragon. Detailed career and personal information has not been made public.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hideki Kadowaki
- Name (Japanese)
- 門脇英基
- Reading
- かどわき ひでき
- Born
- May 28, 1976 (age 50)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dragon (辰)
- Origin
- Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Active years
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Mixed Martial Artist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
- Debut
- Unknown
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%96%80%E8%84%87%E8%8B%B1%E5%9F%BA
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.