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Ikuhisa Minowa was born on 12 January, 1976 in Hashima, Gifu, Japan, is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter. Discover Ikuhisa Minowa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?

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Age 48 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 12 January 1976
Birthday 12 January
Birthplace Hashima, Gifu, Japan
Nationality Japan

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Ikuhisa Minowa Height, Weight & Measurements

At 48 years old, Ikuhisa Minowa height is 5ft 9in and Weight 88 kg.

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Height 5ft 9in
Weight 88 kg
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Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Ikuhisa Minowa Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ikuhisa Minowa worth at the age of 48 years old? Ikuhisa Minowa’s income source is mostly from being a successful Wrestler. He is from Japan. We have estimated Ikuhisa Minowa's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
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Source of Income Wrestler

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Ikuhisa Minowa (美濃輪 育久) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler currently competing in IGF as Minowaman (ミノワマン).

1980

At DREAM 8 he lost via decision to professional wrestler Katsuyori Shibata, after being suplexed by the young Japanese fighter, but rebounded at Dream 9 defeating Bob Sapp in what was his 80th fight.

1996

A professional MMA competitor since 1996, he was a longtime veteran of PRIDE and Pancrase and has also competed in other mixed martial arts promotions such as K-1 Hero's, Cage Rage, the SFL, Vale Tudo Japan, UFC, DREAM, and DEEP.

He is the former DREAM Openweight Grand Prix Champion (Super Hulk).

Often undersized and a huge fan favorite in Japan, Minowa earned his nickname "The Giant Killer" by participating in many openweight contests, often submitting much larger opponents.

Also renowned for his durability, he is a veteran of 115 fights, and is known for his trademark red speedo and mullet.

Minowa made his professional debut in the Lumax Cup in 1996, but would spend most of his early career in the Pancrase promotion.

Minowa had a poor start to his MMA career, going 1–8–1 in his first ten fights, taking on MMA pioneers such as Yuki Kondo and Jason DeLucia, and with the win being in his Pancrase debut.

The young Minowa would turn his career around, however, improving to 12–11–6 with a win over Daiju Takase before fighting in his first and only fight in the UFC at UFC 25 in Tokyo, Japan.

The bout was against Joe Slick and Minowa won via TKO from a cut that Slick received.

2003

Minowa continued to fight in Pancrase as well as another Japanese organization, DEEP, before leaving the Pancraseism team in April 2003.

Minowa made his PRIDE Fighting Championships debut against future UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.

Around this time, he would briefly join the Brazilian Top Team, becoming its first Japanese member and the only who didn't come from a Brazilian jiu-jitsu background.

Minowa was known in PRIDE for his entertaining entrances and sporting of the Japanese flag as a cape as well as his aggressive, high-risk style of fighting which has seen him employ flying dropkicks amongst other pro-wrestling derived maneuvers.

It was also during his career with PRIDE that he continued to cement his legacy in taking on fighters that were much bigger than himself, winning most of the resultant freak show fights and earning the nickname "The Giant Killer".

He participated in PRIDE's first 185 lb tournament where he won over Phil Baroni, but went on to lose in the second round to former UFC Middleweight Champion Murilo Bustamante.

2005

On December 31, 2005, Minowa fought the legendary Kazushi Sakuraba, in which he almost landed a kneebar and then a heel hook, but was caught with a Kimura lock and defeated at nine minutes into the first round.

Minowa next fought at PRIDE Bushido 10, where he faced the 7-foot-2 Giant Silva.

Minowa dominated the fight, using a forward roll to get past Silva's enormous reach and then landing a single leg takedown that put Silva on his back.

Minowa promptly landed multiple knees to the head of Silva, causing the referee to stop the fight at 2:23 of the first round.

Following that, he fell to Mirko Cro Cop due to strikes in the first round.

However, he then rebounded with wins over Park Hyun Kab, Eric "Butterbean" Esch, and American professional wrestler Mike Plotcheck.

2006

Minowa was knocked out in his last fight for PRIDE by Kiyoshi Tamura at PRIDE Shockwave 2006, but celebrated 10 years as a fighter at the CMA Festival 2 event by defeating Min-Seok Heo in the main event after his opponent's corner threw in the towel after the first round.

His next opponent was South Korean wrestler Choi Seung Hyun at Heat4: Mega Battle Heat from Nagoya.

Minowa won the bout via shoulder lock.

Minowa later competed for K-1's HERO'S promotion.

His biggest match there was another of his classical openweight affairs against Zuluzinho, who outweighed Minowa by 102 kg/225Ibs.

The Japanese performed well, circling the less mobile Brazilian and at one point throwing him with seoi nage, but Zulu eventually caught and smothered him, finishing him with ground and pound.

2008

He fought MMA legend and former mentor Masakatsu Funaki at the DREAM 6 event on September 22, 2008.

He was submitted in the first round via heel hook.

2009

He faced the 7'2" 319 lb Choi Hong-man at DREAM 11 on October 6, 2009. Throughout the fight he attempted to take his opponent down, being successful on two occasions in the first round, before submitting his opponent in the second.

At Dynamite!! 2009 Minowa squared off with Cameroonian fighter Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou in the finals of the DREAM Super Hulk tournament.

In the first round Sokoudjou landed many strikes on the smaller fighter while Minowa attempted leglocks.

At the end of the second round Minowa had Sokoudjou in a kneebar but was cut off by the bell before he could adjust his grip.

In the third round Minowa and Sokodjou both received two yellow cards (10% purse deduction for one) for inactivity 3 minutes into the round, but with 90 seconds left Minowa sprang forward and connected against Sokoudjou's jaw with a left hook, dropping him to the ground for the TKO victory and winning the Super Hulk Tournament.

Minowa went on to fight American Super Heavyweights Jimmy Ambriz and Imani Lee at DREAM 13 and DREAM 14 respectively, winning both fights by submission.

Then for DREAM 16, Minowa was scheduled to fight James Thompson but three days before the event, had his opponent switched to Satoshi Ishii and he lost by unanimous decision.

2010

Minowa next faced Chang Hee Kim of South Korea at DEEP: 50th Impact on October 24, 2010.

Minowa gave up a significant weight advantage to Kim, who weighs over 300 pounds.

He won the fight via submission in the first round.