{"id":104218,"date":"2026-06-04T06:53:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/yusaku-kinoshita\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:38:49","slug":"yusaku-kinoshita","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/yusaku-kinoshita\/","title":{"rendered":"Yusaku Kinoshita"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yusaku \u00ab\u00a0Wonderboy\u00a0\u00bb Kinoshita \u2014 le finisseur d’Osaka qui a ouvert la porte<\/h2>\n

Osaka, les tatamis et le karat\u00e9 comme point de d\u00e9part<\/h3>\n

Yusaku Kinoshita a commenc\u00e9 le karat\u00e9 \u00e0 six ans, en 2006, dans sa ville d’Osaka. C’est cette base technique de percussions qui forge son identit\u00e9 de combattant : un striker qui cherche la finition, pas le chrono. Son fr\u00e8re a\u00een\u00e9 Kohei est catcheur professionnel \u2014 les arts martiaux, c’est une histoire de famille. Kinoshita passe sa p\u00e9riode amateur \u00e0 accumuler les victoires par KO ou soumission, et il retourne au vestiaire avec un bilan vierge le jour o\u00f9 il d\u00e9cide de passer pro.<\/p>\n

Son premier combat professionnel a lieu le 29 novembre 2020 lors d’un \u00e9v\u00e9nement commun Deep\/Pancrase \u00e0 Osaka, o\u00f9 il soumet Yuta Amifuji par rear-naked choke d\u00e8s le premier round. Le ton est donn\u00e9.<\/p>\n

La sc\u00e8ne japonaise : Pancrase, RIZIN et un coup de genou volant<\/h3>\n

Entre 2020 et 2022, Kinoshita encha\u00eene les combats dans les circuits japonais \u2014 Deep, Pancrase, RIZIN. Il conc\u00e8de une d\u00e9faite bizarre au RIZIN Trigger 1st le 28 novembre 2021 \u00e0 Kobe : une d\u00e9faite par disqualification contre Ryuichiro Sumimura pour avoir saisi la cl\u00f4ture. Pas la sortie la plus glorieuse, mais pas non plus un KO qui entame la confiance d’un finisseur.<\/p>\n

La r\u00e9ponse arrive cinq mois plus tard au Pancrase 327, le 29 avril 2022 \u00e0 Tokyo : il exp\u00e9die Akihiro Murayama avec un genou volant. Le genre de finition qui attire les regards au-del\u00e0 des fronti\u00e8res.<\/p>\n

Le Contender Series et un contrat UFC historique<\/h3>\n

Le 30 ao\u00fbt 2022, Kinoshita monte dans l’octogone de l’UFC Apex \u00e0 Las Vegas pour la saison 2022 du Dana White’s Contender Series. Face au Br\u00e9silien Jos\u00e9 Henrique Souza, il s’impose par TKO (coups de poing) au troisi\u00e8me round. Dana White signe le contrat dans la foul\u00e9e : Yusaku Kinoshita devient le premier combattant japonais \u00e0 d\u00e9crocher un contrat UFC via le Contender Series. \u00c0 21-22 ans, il d\u00e9barque \u00e0 l’UFC avec six victoires au compteur et z\u00e9ro d\u00e9faite par arr\u00eat.<\/p>\n

D\u00e9buts UFC sous le signe du TKO \u2014 dans les deux sens<\/h3>\n

Les d\u00e9buts officiels \u00e0 l’UFC, le 4 f\u00e9vrier 2023 au UFC Vegas 68, tournent court : Adam Fugitt le stoppe par TKO d\u00e8s le premier round (4:36). Six mois plus tard, le 26 ao\u00fbt 2023 lors du UFC Fight Night Holloway vs. Korean Zombie \u00e0 Singapour, m\u00eame scenario face \u00e0 Billy Ray Goff \u2014 arr\u00eat au premier round (3:49, TKO). Deux combats, deux d\u00e9faites par stoppage rapide : l’octogone UFC r\u00e9v\u00e8le une fragilit\u00e9 que le circuit japonais n’avait pas mise en lumi\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

Un troisi\u00e8me combat, pr\u00e9vu le 10 ao\u00fbt 2024 contre Jonny Parsons au UFC Vegas 95, est annul\u00e9 en derni\u00e8re minute. Le 16 d\u00e9cembre 2025, l’UFC le retire de son roster.<\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s l’UFC : retour au Japon<\/h3>\n

Kinoshita rebondit sur la sc\u00e8ne japonaise. Le 30 mars 2026, il affronte Victor Valenzuela au Lemino Shooto.4 au Korakuen Hall de Tokyo. Nouvelle d\u00e9faite par KO\/TKO au deuxi\u00e8me round (4:13). Son record professionnel s’\u00e9tablit \u00e0 6 victoires (4 par KO, 2 par soumission) et 4 d\u00e9faites.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Wonderboy\u00a0\u00bb reste un nom que la sc\u00e8ne welterweight japonaise conna\u00eet bien : finisseur dans les petites salles, sauf quand les marges d’erreur se r\u00e9tr\u00e9cissent au plus haut niveau.<\/p>\n

Sources :<\/strong> UFC.com<\/a>, Sherdog<\/a>, CONAN Daily<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yusaku \u00ab\u00a0Wonderboy\u00a0\u00bb Kinoshita, welterweight japonais d’Osaka, premier \u00e0 signer \u00e0 l’UFC via le Contender Series 2022 \u2014 finisseur redoutable avant d’atteindre l’octogone mondial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":101606,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69976],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104218","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-welterweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nYusaku Kinoshita - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Yusaku Kinoshita\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/yusaku-kinoshita\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yusaku Kinoshita - 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