Nasukawa vs Inoue

Who won Nasukawa vs Inoue?

Takuma Inoue beat Tenshin Nasukawa by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Monday, November 24th, 2025, at Toyota Arena Tokyo, Koto-Ku.

The scorecards were announced as 116-112, 116-112, 117-111 in favor of winner Takuma Inoue.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 kg).

This contest was for the vacant WBC bantamweight championship of the world.

Inoue was defending his his WBC World Bantamweight Championship for the first time. He won this belt against Tenshin Nasukawa in November 2025. He had held this belt for 2 days.

Also on the undercard Mikito Nakano was defeated by Raeese Aleem, Tomoya Tsuboi beat Carlos Cuadras, and Riku Masuda defeated Jose Calderon Cervantes.

Nasukawa vs Inoue stats

Tenshin Nasukawa stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Takuma Inoue made his way to the ring with a record of 20 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws.

Tenshin Nasukawa was the younger man by 2 years, at 27 years old.

Nasukawa had a 5-inch reach advantage.

Tenshin Nasukawa fought out of the southpaw stance, while Takuma Inoue was an orthodox fighter.

Nasukawa was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2023, 9 years and 4 months later than Inoue, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 153 fewer professional rounds, totaling 62 compared to Inoue's 215.

Tenshin Nasukawa went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBC at bantamweight.

Takuma Inoue was ranked number 3 by the WBA, and 2 by the WBC in the 118lb division.

Nasukawa vs Inoue form

Nasukawa had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Victor Santillan on June 8, 2025, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to that, he had won against Jason Moloney on February 24, 2025, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Gerwin Asilo on October 14, 2024, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku.

Before that, he had defeated Jonathan Rodriguez on July 20, 2024, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Kokugikan, Tokyo.

He had won against Luis Robles Pacheco on January 23, 2024, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka.

Inoue had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Seiya Tsutsumi on October 13, 2024, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Bantamweight championship fight at Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to that, he had defeated Sho Ishida on May 6, 2024, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Bantamweight championship fight at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jerwin Ancajas on February 24, 2024, by knockout in the 9th round in their WBA World Bantamweight championship fight at Kokugikan, Tokyo.

Before that, he had won against Liborio Solis on April 8, 2023, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Bantamweight championship fight at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku.

He had beaten Gakuya Furuhashi on June 7, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Super Arena, Saitama.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Tenshin Nasukawa had been fighting more than Takuma Inoue.

Going into this contest, Tenshin Nasukawa had last fought 5 months and 16 days ago, while Takuma Inoue's last outing had been 1 year, 1 month and 11 days ago.

Nasukawa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 1 day, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 36 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.2 rounds on average.

Inoue's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 57 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.4 rounds on average.

What time did Nasukawa vs Inoue start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 PM UTC at Toyota Arena Tokyo, Koto-Ku, Japan, which was 7:00 AM EST or 4:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:00 PM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Nasukawa vs Inoue?

The fight was broadcast in the United States by Top Rank Classics.

What were the odds on Nasukawa vs Inoue?

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