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Yasuei Yakushiji was born on 22 July, 1968 in Tsukumi, Ōita, Japan, is a Japanese boxer. Discover Yasuei Yakushiji'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 55 years old?
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22 July 1968 |
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22 July |
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Tsukumi, Ōita, Japan |
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Japan
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He is a member of famous Boxer with the age 55 years old group.
Yasuei Yakushiji Height, Weight & Measurements
At 55 years old, Yasuei Yakushiji height is 173 cm and Weight Bantamweight.
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173 cm |
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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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Yasuei Yakushiji Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Yasuei Yakushiji worth at the age of 55 years old? Yasuei Yakushiji’s income source is mostly from being a successful Boxer. He is from Japan. We have estimated Yasuei Yakushiji's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Yasuei Yakushiji (薬師寺保栄) is a former professional boxer who fought in the bantamweight division.
He successfully defended the WBC bantamweight title four times during his career.
Yakushiji began boxing under influence of his father, who was an amateur boxer.
Yakushiji was the more accomplished fighter, having defended the bantamweight title twice, and a better record, (22-2-1, as opposed to Tatsuyoshi, who was 10-1-1) but came into the fight as an underdog.
Yakushiji landed many short, accurate punches, using his superior speed to counter Tatsuyoshi's wild combinations.
Neither fighter went down in 12 rounds, and Yakushiji won by a close 2-0 decision.
It was later revealed that Tatsuyoshi had broken his left hand in the 1st round of this fight.
His final record was 24-3-1 (16KOs), and he ended his career at the age of 27, without suffering a single knockdown in his 28 professional fights.
Yakushiji currently works as an actor and boxing commentator.
He has starred in several movies and plays, along with various appearances on television and radio.
He is known to be an avid fan of pachinko, and frequently appears on pachinko related television shows.
He advanced to the semi-finals in the 1986 Inter-high school tournament, and joined the Matsuda boxing gym in 1987, after graduating from high school.
He made his professional debut in July of that year.
He made a poor showing early on, winning only 3 of the first 6 fights of his professional career.
Even his own trainer doubted that he would win the Japanese title, let alone a world title at this point.
In 1989, he was arrested for speeding on a motorcycle with some of his high school friends, and received a 6-month suspension from the Japanese Boxing Commission.
He had to travel to Singapore to continue his training during this period.
In June, 1990, he won a bout by 10-round KO, but his opponent died of injuries several days later.
Yakushiji seriously contemplated retirement, but decided to continue his career.
He traveled to Los Angeles, and met Japanese-American trainer Mack Kurihara, who greatly increased Yakushiji's skills in the ring.
Yakushiji won the Japanese bantamweight title in June, 1991, and defended it once in December before returning it.
On December 23, 1993, Yakushiji got his first shot at the world title, against Jung-Il Byun of South Korea.
Yakushiji was actually a substitute for Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, who had sustained a detached left retina, and had backed out of the title match.
Yakushiji won by 12 round split decision, winning the WBC bantamweight title.
He defended the title once by a 10-round KO win, and faced Byun again in July, 1994, winning again by 11-round TKO after putting Byun down to the canvas five times.
Joichiro Tatsuyoshi had recovered from his injury to win the WBC bantamweight interim title, and after much negotiating and squabbling between the two teams, it was decided that Yakushiji and Tatsuyoshi would face off in a unification match on December 4, 1994, in the Nagoya Rainbow Hall.
This was the first ever unification match between two Japanese fighters, and Tatsuyoshi's immense popularity gave the fight much media hype.
Yakushiji defended his bantamweight title for the fourth time in April, 1995, but lost to Wayne McCullough by split decision to lose his title.
He announced his retirement shortly afterwards.
In April, 2007, he opened the Yakushiji Boxing Gym in his hometown, Nagoya.