Chihiro Nakajima (born 24 November 1994) is a Japanese karateka and kickboxer, and competes in the super featherweight division of Krush, where he is the former Super Featherweight champion.
As of February 2022, Combat Press ranks him as the sixth best bantamweight kickboxer in the world.
Nakajima made his professional debut against Manato Yasuda at K-1 Krush Fight 101 on May 18,2019. He won the fight by second-round technical knockout. Nakajima next faced Junpei Sano at K-1 Krush Fight 104 on August 31,2019. He won the fight by a third-round knockout, stopping Sano with a spinning back kick.
Nakajima faced Tomoya Yokoyama in his third professional appearance at Krush 111 on February 24,2020. He suffered the first loss of his professional career, as Yokoyama won the bout by unanimous decision.
Nakajima faced Naoki Yamamoto at Krush 117 on September 26, 2020. He lost the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the fight 28-26 for Yamamoto.
Nakajima faced Kento Ito at Krush 125 on May 30,2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 30âÂÂ28, 30-27 and 30âÂÂ26. Nakajima knocked Ito down with a left hook in the second round.
On September 3, 2021, K-1 announced that Leona Pettas had vacated the Krush Super Featherweight title. Accordingly, the promotion immediately organized a tournament in order to crown a new champion. Chihiro Nakajima was scheduled to face Satoru Nariai in the tournament quarterfinals, which were held at Krush 130 on October 31, 2021. Nakajima won the fight by a third-round knockout. He first knocked Nariai down with a right high kick, before finishing him with a left hook at the 1:05 minute mark of the last round.
Nakajima faced Yutaka in the penultimate bout of the tournament, at Krush 130 on January 28, 2022. He made quick work of his opponent, stopping him with a flurry of punches in the first round. Nakajima advanced to the tournament finals, which were held on the same day, where he faced Tomoya Yokoyama. The fight was a rematch of their February 24, 2020 meeting, which Yokoyama won by unanimous decision. Nakajima was more successful in their second encounter, as he won the fight by unanimous decision. He managed to knock Yokoyama down in the third round, which proved crucial, as the first two rounds were evenly scored.
Nakajima faced the Shootboxing Japan super featherweight champion Yuki Kasahara at THE MATCH 2022 on June 19, 2022. He lost the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 30âÂÂ28, 30âÂÂ28 and 30âÂÂ27. He failed to achieve much headway in the bout and was knocked down with a right hook in the third round.
Nakajima made his first Krush Super Featherweight title defense against Narufumi Nishimoto at Krush 144 on December 18, 2022. He retained the title by unanimous decision, with three scorecards of 30âÂÂ28 in his favor. Nakajima knocked his opponent down with a left hook in the last round, which earned him a 10âÂÂ8 round on all three of the judges' scorecards and proved to be the pivotal moment of the bout.
Nakajima was expected to face Han Kyungmin in a super featherweight bout at on June 3, 2023. The bout was later bumped up to a 60.6 kg catchweight, as Kyungmin failed to make weight at the official weigh-ins. Nakajima stopped his opponent with a liver shot at the 1:06 minute mark of the second round.
Nakajima made his second Krush Super Featherweight title defense against Naoki Takahashi at Krush 153 on September 29, 2023. He lost the fight by majority decision, with scores of 30âÂÂ30, 30âÂÂ29 and 30âÂÂ29.
Nakajima faced the one-time RISE bantamweight and K-1 featherweight champion Yuta Murakoshi in a 61.5 kg catchweight bout at K-1 World MAX 2024 on September 29, 2024. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 30âÂÂ28, 30âÂÂ28 and 30âÂÂ27, after once knocking Murakoshi down in the final round.
Nakajima faced the ISKA Intercontinental Super Featherweight (-59kg) champion Ali Laamari in the quarterfinals of the 6th K-1 Super Featherweight Grand Prix at K-1 Beyond on May 31, 2025. He was able to knock Laamari down with a right hook near the end of the final round, which proved to be pivotal on all three of the judges' scorecards, who scored the bout 30âÂÂ28 in his favor. Nakajima faced Rémi Parra in the Grand Prix semifinals. He lost the fight by technical knockout, after twice being knocked down in the second round.
Nakajima faced Yuta Matsuyama at K-1 World GP 2026 - 90kg World Tournament on February 8, 2026. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with three scorecards of 30âÂÂ29 in his favor.
|- align="center" bgcolor="#fbb" | 2026-02-08 || Loss||align=left| Yuta Matsuyama|| K-1 World GP 2026 - 90kg World Tournament|| Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 2025-05-31|| Loss||align=left| Rémi Parra|| K-1 Beyond - Super Featherweight Championship Tournament, Semifinals|| Yokohama, Japan || TKO (2 knockdowns) || 2 || 1:52 |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc" | 2025-05-31|| Win ||align=left| Ali Laamari|| K-1 Beyond - Super Featherweight Championship Tournament, Quarterfinals || Yokohama, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2024-12-14 || Win ||align=left| Daniil Yermolenka || K-1 World Grand Prix 2024 Final || Tokyo, Japan || Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) || 4 || 3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2024-09-29 || Win||align=left| Yuta Murakoshi ||K-1 World MAX 2024 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous)|| 3 ||3:00
|- style="background:#fbb;" | 2023-09-29 || Loss||align=left| Naoki Takahashi || Krush 153 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Majority) || 3 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" | 2023-06-03 || Win||align=left| Han Kyungmin || || Yokohama, Japan || KO (Left hook to the body)|| 2 || 1:06 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2022-12-18 || Win ||align=left| Narufumi Nishimoto || Krush 144 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) ||3 ||3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 2022-06-19 || Loss ||align=left| Yuki Kasahara || THE MATCH 2022 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous)|| 3||3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2022-01-28 || Win ||align=left| Tomoya Yokoyama || Krush 133, Tournament Finals || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2022-01-28 || Win ||align=left| Yutaka || Krush 133, Tournament Semifinals || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Punches + knees) || 1 || 2:56 |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2021-10-31 || Win ||align=left| Satoru Nariai || Krush 130, Tournament Quarterfinals || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Left hook) || 3 || 1:05 |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2021-05-30 || Win ||align=left| Kento Ito || Krush 125 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2020-09-26 || Loss ||align=left| Naoki Yamamoto || Krush 117 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2020-02-24 || Loss ||align=left| Tomoya Yokoyama || Krush 111 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2019-08-31 || Win ||align=left| Junpei Sano || Krush 104 || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Spinning back kick) || 3 || 0:32 |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2019-05-18 || Win ||align=left| Manato Yasuda ||Krush 101 || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Three knockdowns) || 2 || 2:44 |- | colspan=9 | Legend: