Yasuhiro Kido

Yasuhiro Kido is one of those fighters who makes you appreciate the grind — a Kanagawa kid born on Christmas Day 1982 who put in the quiet reps at Kokushikan University before turning pro and spending two decades earning every inch of his record. His breakout moment came in 2008 when he won the K-1 World MAX Japan tournament, and that kind of domestic legitimacy in K-1's golden era wasn't cheap — the competition was brutal and the spotlight unforgiving. He went on to hold the Krush Super Welterweight title and face world-class names like Buakaw and Albert Kraus, racking up nearly 90 professional fights total. Eighty-eight fights. That's not a career, that's a calling. I respect the longevity more than the highlight reel, honestly — staying relevant and competitive across K-1, Krush, and Rizin over twenty-plus years takes a toughness that doesn't photograph well but matters a lot.

Yasuhiro Kido is a Japanese kickboxer born on December 25, 1982, in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture. He attended Kokushikan University. Most personal and career details remain private or unknown.

Name (English)

Yasuhiro Kido

Name (Japanese)

城戸康裕

Reading

きど やすひろ

Born

December 25, 1982 (age 43)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog (戌)

Origin

Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Occupation

Kickboxer

University

Kokushikan University

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%8E%E6%88%B8%E5%BA%B7%E8%A3%95

Tags

• Kanagawa Prefecture
• Kickboxer

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.