is a Japanese professional boxer. He is the older cousin of boxers Naoya Inoue and Takuma Inoue.
Inoue made his professional debut on 29 December 2015, scoring a first-round knockout (KO) victory over Jackson Koel Lapie at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.
After compiling a record of 12âÂÂ0 (10 KOs) he defeated Valentine Hosokawa on 6 April 2019 at the Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, capturing the Japanese light-welterweight title via ten-round unanimous decision (UD), with the scorecards reading 98âÂÂ92, 98âÂÂ93 and 97âÂÂ93.
After retaining his title with a fifth-round technical knockout (TKO) against Ryuji Ikeda in July, Inoue defeated Jheritz Chavez on 2 December 2019 at the Korakuen Hall, capturing the vacant WBO Asia Pacific light-welterweight title via seventh-round KO.