“That’s soccer. Those with high motor skills play baseball. “
“It was great for me to be able to beat him in one round, which I thought was his main battlefield. I thought that the longer the match, the more flow would come, but I couldn’t beat it with that knee kick … Punching, kicking, and how to take the distance are as I did in practice. Before that, I think the right hook that took down was quite effective. “
Former J.League player Takamasa Abiko (Executive Fight Bushido), who made his professional debut as a fighter at “RISE FIGHT CLUB (Open Finger Gloves Match, 3 minutes 3R)” on February 16, took 1 minute 51 seconds per round. Looking back on the first team with Makoto Aiuchi (K26) who won KO.
If Yasuhiko’s career, which made his debut in the J-League at J3’s YSCC Yokohama at the age of 41 in March 2019, is unique, Aiuchi is also a former professional baseball player and has been a pitcher for Saitama Seibu Lions (2nd in the 2012 draft) for 7 years. There was also a voice that instigated “soccer vs. baseball fighting” before the match between the two.
In addition to the age difference (44 years vs. 27 years old) and height difference (175 cm vs. 185 cm), the career as a professional martial artist is also exceeded, so many people thought that the prewar forecast was “Aiuchi superiority”. However, when I opened the lid, Yasuhiko, who was 17 years old and was disadvantaged in reach, was overwhelmed.
“Although there was a difference in height, I was used to playing soccer to face big opponents. Before the game, I was called an old man, and I was quite provoked, but Aiuchi-kun was playing the game. I think, however, I was relieved to win when I was told, “That’s soccer. The one with high motor skills plays baseball.”
“There was a limit in soccer.”
In the first place, Yasuhiko worked as a manager of Japanese national team players and a lecturer at a correspondence high school, and earned an annual income of about 10 million yen. But in the summer of 2017, when he was 39, he fulfilled his dream of quitting all his jobs and becoming a seemingly reckless J.League. After spending three years as a J.League, he once again surprised his surroundings by proclaiming his conversion to a fighter at his retirement ceremony after the final round of the season in December 2008.
His way of life is truly “Geki Rare,” including appearing twice in the popular variety show “Geki Rare-san.” (TV Asahi). What exactly drives Yasuhiko?
