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46-877: Masato Gender Male Origin Word/name Japanese Masato (written: 正人 , 雅人 , 理人 , 眞人 , 聖人 , 聖仁 , 真人 , 典人 or 正外 ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Masato (kickboxer) (born 1979), Japanese former welterweight kickboxer, won K-1 WORLD MAX kickboxing tournament in 2003, 2008 Masato Amada (born 1974), Japanese voice actor Masato Furuoya ( 古尾谷 雅人 , 1957–2003) , Japanese actor Masato Hagiwara (born 1971), Japanese actor Masato Harada (born 1949), Japanese film director and actor Masato Hatanaka (born 1975), Japanese musician Masato Hayakawa (born 1986), Japanese singer and musician Masato Ichishiki (born 1971), author of

92-548: A character in the manga Phoenix ( Hi no Tori ) Masato Hijirikawa, a character from the Uta no Prince-sama series. Masato Kageura, a character in the manga World Trigger . See also [ edit ] Masato , Peruvian Amazonian regional variation of the fermented beverage chicha [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to

138-531: A press conference to announce his marriage with his wife Shin Yazawa, a Japanese actress. They said they registered their marriage at the public office on February 11, 2007. He disclosed that he is called " Mākun " by his wife as his nickname. His parents and Musashi also call Masato "Mākun". On October 3, 2007, he participated in his 6th consecutive K-1 World MAX Final held in Tokyo, Japan . In quarter finals he

184-459: A professional boxers' license, he left the gym. When he was 17 years old, he joined Fuji Gym and started learning kickboxing , because he thought kickboxing was useful for street fighting . After passing the exam for professional kickboxing, he became a professional kickboxer under All Japan Kickboxing Federation (AJKF). Before his first fight, Shigeo Kato, the owner of Fuji gym, tried to name him " Fuji Sankaizan " (藤 山海山) for his ring name , but

230-590: A song for her favorite idol, Haruka Nanami enters the Saotome Academy, a prestigious performing arts school made up of students who are either vying to become an idol or a music producer. Haruka becomes acquainted with six of her classmates, who are all competing to become idols. For her project, she must team up with another student as an idol-producer team, and if they are successful, they will join Shining Agency after graduation. In addition, romance

276-561: A swift left uppercut. On November 1, he was offered to join K-1 to challenge Morad Sari from France. He knocked out Sari in the 2R with a left hook, and took Sari's world International Sport Karate Association (ISKA) oriental rules title. Takashi Ito , the Japanese veteran kickboxer, decided to retire when he saw this fight. For this reason, he had a retirement bout (Exhibition) with Masato on March 30, 2001. On December 5, Masato took part in

322-515: Is a Japanese multimedia franchise by Broccoli . The original game of the same name was first released on the PlayStation Portable on June 24, 2010, and since its release, the game has spawned multiple sequels and rhythm game spin-offs. The series has also been adapted into several manga series. An anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures began airing in 2011, titled Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000% ( うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ マジLOVE1000％ ) , which

368-511: Is a comedy and romance visual novel in which the player assumes the character of Haruka Nanami. Uta no Prince-sama follows a branching plot line with multiple endings; depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, the plot will progress in a specific direction. There are seven main plot lines that the player will have the chance to experience, three of which are initially available (four in All Star ). Throughout gameplay,

414-474: Is strictly prohibited at their school. Uta no Prince-sama has seen the release of multiple CD releases, with Broccoli handling the music for the games and King Records handling the music for the anime. All songs in the franchise are produced by Elements Garden . " Fly to the Future " by Quartet Night and " Ultra Blast " by STARISH sold over 11,000 physical copies within its first week and were both some of

460-473: The Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Live 6th Stage event, the staff announced that an anime concert film titled Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Kingdom has been green-lit. Uta no Prince-Sama: Maji Love Kingdom is produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Tomoka Nagaoka, with Takeshi Furuta serving as chief director. The rest of the main staff and cast from the anime series are returning to reprise their roles. The film

506-480: The 2007 K-1 World MAX champion. On October 1, 2008, Masato won his second K-1 MAX title, defeating Yoshihiro Sato and Artur Kyshenko . Masato fought his retirement fight against Andy Souwer. Masato won the fight after five rounds where he dropped Souwer with a right hand in the fourth round. In May 2012, Masato was announced as the executive producer for K-1 Global. A K-1 Global press release on 31 December 2012 announced that Masato resigned from his position as

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552-540: The 2nd round. On the 5th of July 2003, Masato was invited again to join the K-1 World MAX 2003 World Tournament Final . He defeated the Greek kick-boxer Mike Zambidis in the quarter-finals by a split decision, after a close fight. He then moved on to the semi-finals to fight Thai kick-boxer Sakeddaw Kiatputon whom he defeated via a Right uppercut KO. Masato then moved on to fight in his first K-1 World MAX final for

598-719: The K-1 Rising event in Madrid in May 2012, it was announced that Masato will be working as an executive producer for K-1. Masato Kobayashi was born in Kashiwa City , Chiba Prefecture Japan on March 10, 1979. When he was young, he moved to Niiza, Saitama because of his parents' job. He started going to Asagiri Municipal Asagiri 4th Junior High School ( ja ). After graduating junior high school, he attended Saitama Sakae High School , but soon dropped out with his friends. He described

644-531: The King's Birthday event and fought against Suriya Sor. Ploenchit , a highly ranked southpaw , who would later go on to compete in the 2004 Summer Olympics and win a bronze medal in Welterweight boxing , for the vacant world title of International World Muaythai (IWM) title at Super welterweight . Masato was unprepared for Suriya 's southpaw style and was dominated for the entire 5 rounds. Originally Masato

690-486: The Otome Game Awards 2011, while Uta no Prince-sama: Sweet Serenade was ranked #7 in the same category. Syo Kurusu won Best Character, while Tokiya Ichinose ranked #3 and Masato Hijirikawa as #9 in the same category. Over 1 million users downloaded Uta no Prince-sama Shining Live upon the first week of its release. Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network praised Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000% ,

736-671: The SD Gundam comics Masato Ishioka ( 石岡 正人 , born 1960) , Japanese film director and screenwriter Masato Jinbo ( 神保 昌登 ) , Japanese anime director and screenwriter Masato Kato ( 加藤 正人 , born 1963) , Japanese game developer and scenario writer Masato Kawabata (born 1977), professional drifting driver Masato Kitera , Japanese diplomat Masato Kurogi (born 1989), Japanese football player for Cerezo Osaka Masato Mihara ( 三原 正人 , born 1959) , Japanese judoka Masato Morishige (born 1987), Japanese football player for F.C. Tokyo Masato Nakamura (born 1958), member of

782-816: The Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway Masato Yoshii (born 1965), Japanese professional baseball player Fictional characters [ edit ] Masato (Pokémon) , known in English as Max, a character in Pokémon and Ash & Pikachu Masato Inohara , a character in Little Busters! Masato Jin from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Masato Kusaka of Kamen Rider 555 Masato Mishima of Kamen Rider Kabuto Masato Sanjouin from Sailor Moon Masato Wakamatsu of Miyuki Masato Yamanobe ,

828-481: The Wolf Revolution, including a single round of MMA rules against Caol Uno who had fought on UFC before. After defeating three opponents, including Kraus, Masato lost to Buakaw by decision in the tournament finals. The three-round match was a draw and required an extra round to determine a winner. After the match, Masato was sent to the hospital for broken ribs and facial damage. On February 13, he had

874-432: The anime's first season, for its music and fluid animation, while citing its weaknesses in the "ridiculous" plot points, poor choice in color, Haruka's character design, and that the characters never "evolve beyond their types." Bamboo Dong from Anime News Network called the series "entertaining", but felt the character designs made the characters look more like adults instead of high school students and that adapting from

920-625: The band Dreams Come True Masato Nakamura (baseball) ( 中村 真人 , born 1982) , Japanese baseball player Masato Nagai a Japanese anime singer Masato Osugi ( 大杉 誠人 , born 1983) , Japanese footballer Masato Saito ( 斉藤 雅人 , born 1975) , Japanese footballer Masato Sakai (born 1973), Japanese actor Masato Sasaki ( 佐々木 雅人 , born 1992) , Japanese footballer Masato Tachibana ( 橘 典人 , born 1972) , Japanese weightlifter Masato Takaki ( 高木 正人 , born 1966) , Japanese sailor Masato Watanabe ( 渡辺 正人 , born 1979) , Japanese baseball player Masato Yokoyama (born 1964), perpetrator of

966-630: The director, Maki Fujioka designing the characters, and Elements Garden composing the music. Uta no Prince-sama was adapted into several manga series. The first two manga adaptations, Uta no Prince-sama and Uta no Prince-sama Debut , were illustrated by Utako Yukihiro and serialized in Sylph . The gag comic, Uta no Prince-sama PP was illustrated by Kotoko Ichi and serialized in Comic B's Log . Alongside of that, several manga anthologies were also released with contributing fan artists. Uta no Prince-sama

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1012-503: The ending message revealed that a fourth season had been confirmed. The fourth season, titled Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Legend Star , began airing on October 2, 2016. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the first and second seasons for a release in 2014, and has also licensed the third and fourth seasons. Muse Communication has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and streamed it on Muse Asia YouTube channel. During

1058-407: The executive producer. Wolf Revolution is an event promoted by Masato himself. It mixes live bands with MMA and kickboxing matches. Masato has appeared in films such as Izo , Buyuden , Dead or Alive 2: Birds , Shukyoku Ninja and Shamo . Uta no Prince-sama Uta no Prince-sama ( Japanese : うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ , Hepburn : Uta no☆Purinsu-sama♪ , lit. "Princes of Song")

1104-736: The fight because he did not give agree on the conditions of the bout. He sent his manager to AJKF for negotiation on January 14, but it broke down. For this reason, the bout was canceled. He handed in a notice of withdrawal to AJKF and Fuji gym on March 14 and returned his title on that same day. According to the announcement from AJKF, the contract between AJKF, Fuji gym, and Masato was until for 2002. Because of this withdrawal, he lost his training area, so he asked some martial arts gyms to rent some space for training. As Masato left AJKF, he started managing himself with his team "Silver Wolf". On April 16, 2000, Masato went to Thailand , and fought against Kongnapa Sor.Chalermsak. He knocked out Kongnapa cold with

1150-446: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Masato&oldid=1257106477 " Categories : Given names Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Masato (kickboxer) Prior to

1196-494: The original video game resulted in the "archetypal" characters having "jerky" character development. The voice actors for STARISH won the award for Best Musical Performance at the 6th Seiyu Awards , while Mamoru Miyano won the award for Best Actor in Supporting Roles. Regarding the series' fourth season, Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Legend Star , Silverman praised the music and character development, but felt that

1242-525: The pace with more leg kicks and combinations. At the two-minute mark, Masato threw an overhand right which stunned Kyshenko, and then followed up with a left hook which sent the Ukrainian to the canvas. Kyshenko did not make the count, sending Masato to the finals against the Dutch Shoot boxer Andy Souwer . Masato dominated the first round by throwing body-head combinations and backing Souwer onto

1288-412: The player is given multiple options to choose from, and text progression pauses at these points until a choice is made. To view all plot lines in their entirety, the player must replay the game multiple times and make different choices to change the plot progression. The player must also complete various minigames , which affect the different endings. With dreams of becoming a composer and someday writing

1334-557: The president of WKA, watched this bout, he evaluated Masato highly and considered rating him for world rating, but this was to be Masato's last bout in the AJKF. After this bout, he was rated as #13 welterweight by World Kickboxing Association (WKA), but he announced that he was going to part with AJKF in December. Masato was offered to fight against Mohamed Ouali from Morocco on January 21 by AJKF to improve his WKA rating, but he refused

1380-435: The reason for dropping out simply as "enthusiasm" when he appeared on popular Japanese television show "Junk Sports" ( ja ). After dropping out, he worked many jobs but did not hold a steady position. Although he got a job as an assistant at a yakitori bar, he quit the job on the first day, saying he was "going to leave for lunch". In 1994, when he was 15 years old, he joined Yonekura Boxing Gym . After failing his test for

1426-472: The ring to the audience ). On May 11, 2002, he participated in the K-1 World MAX 2002 World Tournament Final . He beat Duane Ludwig by unanimous decision in 3R. In the next fight, he was knocked down by Albert Kraus at 2R and lost by unanimous decision in the semi-final. Masato fought in his own event, "Wolf Revolution". He fought against Melvin Murray from Canada, and knocked Murray out with low kicks in

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1472-425: The ropes. However, at the end of the round Souwer's methodical leg kicks started to take its toll. In the second the leg kicks were visibly affecting Masato and at the very end, Souwer delivered two knee strikes to the left leg while clinching with Masato which made it obvious that Masato could not walk straight afterwards and he did not answer the bell for the third round, giving Souwer the victory by TKO and making him

1518-554: The scripts, and Mitsue Mori adapting the game's original character designs. The anime series began its broadcast run on Tokyo MX , Gunma TV , and Tochigi TV on July 2, 2011 (July 3, 2011, at 12:00 AM). The video streaming service Niconico simulcasted the series to audiences in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The second season premiered on April 4, 2013, under

1564-466: The stage plays Masquerade Mirage , Tenka Muteki no Shinobu Michi , and Joker Trap from 2013 to 2014. The second series, titled Theatre Shining ( シアターシャイニング ) , featured the stage plays Bloody Shadows , Pirates of the Frontier , and Everybuddy! The third series, titled Shining Masterpiece Show , was screened at Gallery AaMo in Tokyo from February 23 to April 15, 2018, with each of

1610-586: The third. Originally, this bout was promoted as an ordinary freshman bout of three rounds, but was later upgraded to the main event due to the cancellation of a previously scheduled main event. On March 17, 1999, he fought against Tomoharu Chiba for the vacant national AJKF title at welterweight , when he was only 20 years old. He knocked out Chiba in the third round and became the new champion. After this victory, he began receiving offers for international matches. On November 22, he fought against Eval Denton from United States, and won by decision at 5R. When Paul Ingram,

1656-429: The three stage plays rotating every month. The plays featured were Lost Alice , Trois: Ken to Kizuna no Monogatari , and Lycoris no Mori . The March 2011 issue of Newtype magazine announced that an anime television adaptation franchise would air during the summer. Titled Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000% , the series was produced by A-1 Pictures , with Yuu Kou directing the series, Tomoko Konparu supervising

1702-400: The title Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 2000% (うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪マジLOVE2000％) on TV Aichi . The first season was released on January 7, 2014, on DVD/Blu-ray subtitled-only format. A third season began airing on April 4, 2015, under the title Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Revolutions (うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪マジLOVEレボリューションズ). On June 27, 2015, following the broadcast of the last episode of the third season,

1748-496: The title against Albert Kraus , whom he lost to at the K-1 World MAX 2002 World Tournament Final via decision (Kraus went on to win the title), and also again fought Kraus later that year at K-1 World MAX 2002 Champions' Challenge which resulted in a decision draw. Masato finally managed to defeat Kraus via a left hook knockout in the 2nd round at 2:26 making him the new K-1 World MAX Champion. On December 15, 2003, Masato fought two more times in semi-contact exhibitions matches for

1794-553: The top-selling anime singles of 2018. "Fly to the Future", "Ultra Blast", and " God's S.T.A.R. " were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan . Uta no Prince-sama has also inspired a series of stage plays, with the characters playing roles in a stage production and select characters appearing in certain plays. Music of the stage productions were later released onto CD. The first series, titled Gekidan Shining ( 劇団シャイニング ) , featured

1840-517: Was matched up against the reigning champion Buakaw Por. Pramuk . Near the end of the first round, Masato connected with a left uppercut and right cross combo that knocked Buakaw down. Masato maintained the pace of the fight throughout, and won the fight by unanimous decision. In the semis, Masato was paired up against Artur Kyshenko . The first round unfolded with Kyshenko imposing his range and size on Masato, keeping him at bay throwing hard right hands and left hooks. The second round saw Masato pushing

1886-439: Was on television. Although it became commonly known, Masato hated his new nickname and said "Stop using it" during an interview, because he did not understand what Rebellious stood for. He beat Takayuki Kohiruimaki , the only person who had beaten Masato before among the Japanese fighters, by unanimous decision at the tournament final. After the tournament, Kohiruimaki said "I'll fight against him again and kill him without fail" in

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1932-474: Was rejected. Thereupon, Kato suggested another ring name Masato (魔裟斗), "the homonym term of Masato (雅人)". He accepted that name but he did not like it because it gave a bad impression as its script was similar to Japanese motorcycle gang names. Masato made his professional debut on March 23, 1997, against Hutoshi Takehara, winning by KO in the first round. In his second bout, he fought against Takayuki Kohiruimaki on May 30, losing by KO due to knee strikes in

1978-435: Was released in theaters on June 14, 2019. The film grossed ¥1.72 billion at box office upon its release. An English subtitled version was screened at Anime Expo 2019. It was announced on March 27, 2021, that the a new anime concert film, Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love ST☆RISH Tours , has been green-lit, and premiered on September 2, 2022. A-1 Pictures is returning to produce the concert film, with Chika Nagaoka serving as

2024-630: Was scheduled to fight Orono Por.Muang U-Bon but due to the speculation that Orono had Hepatitis B , Masato's team opted not to fight, only days before the event. Masato participated in the 2002 K-1 MAX Tournament on February 11, 2002. This tournament was televised all around Japan by the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), and the directors introduced Masato as "the Rebellious Charisma" (反逆のカリスマ) for their advertising slogan , and they continued to use it whenever Masato

2070-539: Was the 13th top selling franchise in Japan in 2017, with a total of ¥ 1,667,975,801 in estimated sales. Part of its wide appeal comes from Twitter accounts run by the characters, where fans are able to be updated on the characters' music and merchandise activities, and are in turn treated like real-life celebrities. Uta no Prince-sama Repeat was awarded the Best Consumer Game by Dengeki Girl's Style for

2116-488: Was then followed by three sequels, a 2019 animated film titled Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Kingdom , and a 2022 animated film titled Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love ST☆RISH Tours . The franchise has been well received in Japan, with thousands of music CDs sold and charting on mainstream music charts. The games have been awarded "Best Consumer Game" in Dengeki Girls' Style Otome Game Awards 2011. Uta no Prince-sama

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