Quick Facts
Biography
Naoko Kumagai (born August 8, 1971 in Yamanashi) is a Japanese female kickboxer and 3-time World Champion in 3 different weight classes. She also had two amateur boxing matches with Russian Elena Karpachova, and one pro boxing match.
Kumagai is known for her knockout punch and high KO percentage. Her kickboxing record is 36 fights, with 31 wins 27 via KO, 4 losses and 2 draw.
Notable fights
Pro debut loss to WKA world Champion Ella Yee of the United Kingdom; Kumagai defeated German Kickboxing Champion, Regina Halmich, by first-round KO; A five-round decision victory over ISKA World Kickboxing Champion, Kim "Fireball" Messer of the USA;
A First round KO victory over Japan's Natsumi Nakazawa; two fights with Australian star, Amanda Buchanan: The first fight with Buchanan was a five-round decision loss to Buchanan for the WKA World Title and the rematch with Buchanan was a 4th-round KO victory for Kumagai over Buchanan as Kumagai regained her WKA world title from Buchanan.
Kumagai VS WKA World Champion, Lisa Howarth, 2 fights: The First fight with Lisa Howarth in Manchester, England was ruled a no contest, by the WKA.
The 2nd fight with Lisa Howarth in Tokyo was a first-round KO Kumagai victory for the WKA World flyweight Title;
Kumagai vs Kyoko Miyazake, "aka Kamikaze" was a fourth rd TKO victory world title defense.
Kickboxing Decision win over MMA star, Yoko Takahashi.
Draw vs Australian Star, Holly Ferneley, in a five-round Muay Thai fight.
Draw vs shootboxing champion, Terumi Fujiyama, in a shoot boxing fight. One exhibition fight against World Champion, Sachiyo Shibata(no decision was rendered in this "exhibition fight")
For more information on her fight career, see her interview at
Titles
- Double-K World Women's Lightweight Champion
- WKA World Flyweight and Bantamweight Title
- UKF World Super Bantamweight Title
Media career
She appeared in Jackass The Movie segment "ass kicked by a girl" beating up Ryan Dunn in a kickboxing session. Where her name was mistakenly spelled "Kumagai Naoka"