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Mitsuo Yoshida (吉田 満男, Yoshida Mitsuo) is a former featherweight boxer who participated in the East Japan Rookie King Tournament and fought Kenta Kobashi.

Background[]

Yoshida had an impressive record as an amateur, having participated in the Interhigh Championship and made it to the finals two years in a row. However, he was defeated by Ryūichi Hayami.

History[]

Part I[]

Rookie King Tournament: First Rounder Arc[]

YoshidaVsKobashi

Yoshida fighting Kobashi.

Partaking in the East Japan Rookie King Tournament, he was regarded as one of the four seeds of the tournament. He faced against Kobashi Kenta in the first round.

In the match, Yoshida had trouble overcoming Kobashi's strategy which included light jabS and clinching to throw him off his rhythm. The match continued this way until the end, with Kobashi having complete control of the match and Yoshida unable to do a thing, ultimately losing by decision. Yoshida later retired at an unknown date.

Match History[]

Match History
# Result Record Date Opponent Location Time Type Notes
? LOSS ?-1-? 1990-07 Japan Kenta Kobashi Kōrakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
4(4), 3:00 Decision East Japan Rookie King Tournament
First Round
Inter-High
? 'LOSS ?-?-? 1989 Japan Ryūichi Hayami Tokyo, Japan ?(4) KO/TKO Inter-High Tournaments
Finals
? LOSS ?-?-? 1988 Japan Ryūichi Hayami Tokyo, Japan ?(4) KO/TKO Inter-High Tournaments
Finals

Amateur Matches[]

Appearance[]

Yoshida is a man with a well-built tanned body. He has black hair with several bangs over his forehead. Yoshida has forehead wrinkles and visible cheekbones.

His boxing attire in the ring consists of purple and light purple boxing shorts. His boxing shorts have "Yoshida" in English on the bottom front and, in the anime, "Mitsuo" in English as his name tag.

Personality[]

Yoshida has shown irritation when he was unable to hit Kobashi in the East Japan Rookie King Tournament and grief when he lost by decision.

Boxing Abilities[]

Making it to the Inter-High Tournaments Finals two times in a row and being one of the four seeds in the 1991 East Japan Rookie King Tournament, he can be regarded as a skilled boxer. However, he has trouble with boxers who try to win by decision with jabs and clinches such as Kobashi Kenta.

Etymology[]

  • The name Mitsuo means "full/fullness, enough, satisfy" (満) (mitsu) and "male, man" (男) (o).
  • Mitsuo's surname Yoshida means "lucky, good" (吉) (yoshi) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. Round 461, page 11. Kenta Kobashi mentions that all Rookie King Tournament boxers of 1990 retired except for Ippo Makunouchi, Ryō Mashiba, Ichirō Miyata, and Takeshi Sendō.
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