Remy Bonjasky

Remy Bonjasky is genuinely one of those fighters who made you stop scrolling and actually watch. A three-time K-1 World Grand Prix heavyweight champion — 2003, 2004, and then again in 2008, which showed this wasn't a fluke — he came out of Suriname via the Netherlands and brought a style that felt completely unlike anyone else in the heavyweight bracket. The nickname "The Flying Gentleman" sounds almost too on the nose, but it was earned: those flying knees and spinning kicks from a 192-cm frame were legitimately beautiful to watch, and he somehow pulled them off with this composed, almost polite energy. He wasn't just a highlight reel either — his defense was smart, his ring IQ was real, and he could fight through adversity. For a long stretch in the 2000s, he was the most technically exciting heavyweight kickboxer on the planet, and that's not a small thing to say.

Name (English)

Remy Bonjasky

Name (Japanese)

レミー・ボンヤスキー

Reading

れみー・ぼんやすきー

Born

January 10, 1976 (age 50)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

Origin

Paramaribo, Suriname

Height

192 cm

Occupation

kickboxer / Thai boxer

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.remybonjasky.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/remybonjasky/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%B3%E3%83%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC

Tags

• kickboxer
• Thai boxer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.