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Keita Kurihara vs Tetsuya Watanabe — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Keita Kurihara

Tetsuya Watanabe

Keita Kurihara (21-9-1) and Tetsuya Watanabe (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Kurihara

21

Wins18 KO · 86%

9

Losses

1

Draw31 tracked bouts

Watanabe

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Kurihara leads 1–0

Keita Kurihara and Tetsuya Watanabe have met 1 time; Kurihara leads 1–0.

Keita Kurihara and Tetsuya Watanabe have met 1 time; Kurihara leads 1–0.
Met2018May 11Series
Keita KuriharaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tetsuya WatanabeFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Kurihara 3 · Watanabe 1 of 4 measurable rows
KuriharaWatanabe
Record†
21-9-1 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
69.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 18
18 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
85.71%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
86%—
Times stopped‡max 6
6
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 31
31
1

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Keita Kurihara: 5′8″
Tetsuya Watanabe: No height on file
Agenot held
Keita Kurihara: 33
Tetsuya Watanabe: No date of birth
Stance
Keita Kurihara: Orthodox
Tetsuya Watanabe: Not recorded

Keita Kurihara left, Tetsuya Watanabe right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Keita Kurihara21 wins · from 31 tracked bouts

Keita Kurihara: 21 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (86%) and 3 on the cards (14%). Counted from 31 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 86%3 on the cards 14%

Tetsuya Watanabe0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Tetsuya Watanabe: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Watanabe yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Keita Kurihara 31, Tetsuya Watanabe 1 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Keita Kurihara has won two straight since losing by stoppage to Kenneth Llover. Kurihara last boxed on Jun 6, 2026 — 144 days ago.WWLWW

Saludar Jan 2024Portes Jul 2024Llover Mar 2025Kaneshiro Sep 2025Umezu Jun 20262 tracked bouts per year

Tetsuya Watanabe last boxed on May 11, 2018 — 3,092 days ago. Watanabe had lost the most recent, to Keita Kurihara.L

Kurihara May 2018

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Keita Kurihara and Tetsuya Watanabe ever fought each other?
Yes. Keita Kurihara and Tetsuya Watanabe met once on May 11, 2018, and Keita Kurihara won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WMay 11, 2018 · Kurihara · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kurihara or Watanabe?
Keita Kurihara is 21-9-1 and Tetsuya Watanabe is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Keita Kurihara has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kurihara21–9–169.4%

Watanabe0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kurihara or Watanabe?
Keita Kurihara has 18 knockout wins and Tetsuya Watanabe has 0. Keita Kurihara has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kurihara1885.7%

Watanabe0

The Numbers ↓
Do Kurihara and Watanabe have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Keita Kurihara and Tetsuya Watanabe have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kurihara and Watanabe?
This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Keita Kurihara and 1 bout tracked for Tetsuya Watanabe. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kurihara31bouts

Watanabe1bout

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Keita Kurihara vs Tetsuya Watanabe — Records, Stats & Common Opponents