Sho Kimura

Sho Kimura is a pro boxer out of Kumagaya, Saitama — and if you know anything about Kumagaya, you know it holds the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in Japan. So yeah, this guy literally trained in an oven. Born in 1988, a Sagittarius in the year of the Dragon, which honestly sounds like a character sheet someone made up for a sports anime. Sagittarius types tend to shoot first and think later, and Dragons are all raw power and stubborn pride — not a bad combo for a guy whose entire job is walking into a ring and not blinking. What I find genuinely compelling about Kimura is how little noise he makes off the canvas; no big agency, no celebrity drama, almost nothing public about his personal life. In boxing, that kind of quiet usually means the work ethic is doing all the talking, and I respect that more than any highlight reel.

Sho Kimura is a Japanese professional boxer born on November 24, 1988, in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture. He is known under the English name Sho Kimura and maintains an active presence on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). Details such as his agency, active period, and personal background have not been made public.

Name (English)

Sho Kimura

Name (Japanese)

木村翔

Reading

きむら しょう

Born

November 24, 1988 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dragon

Origin

Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Boxer

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sho_1105/
• Xhttps://x.com/sho_kimura1105
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%A8%E6%9D%91%E7%BF%94

Tags

• From Saitama Prefecture
• 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.