Koya Urabe (original) (raw)

Koya Urabe (卜部功也, Urabe Kōya) is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. He is the inaugural and former two time K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament Champion. As of December 2020, he is the #10 ranked Super Bantamweight according to Combat Press, first entering the rankings in September 2020. He was ranked in the bantamweight top ten by Combat Press between April 2018 and August 2020. His older brother Hirotaka Urabe is also a professional kickboxer, they fought against each other twice.