Katsunari Takayama
Japanese boxer
高山勝成 · 다카야마 가쓰나리
- Born
- 12 May 1983, Osaka
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- minimumweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Katsunari Takayama (高山 勝成, Takayama Katsunari; born May 12, 1983) is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a five-time mini-flyweight world champion, having held the WBC title in 2005, the IBF title twice between 2013 and 2015, and the WBO title twice between 2014 and 2017. He retired as a professional in 2017, as WBO world champion, to focus on participation in the 2020 Olympics, but returned in 2020 after failing to qualify.
Awards and honours
- IBF World Mini Flyweight Champion
- WBC World Strawweight Champion
- WBO World Mini Flyweight Champion
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1979565 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.