Shinji Takehara

Name: Shinji Takehara
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Birthplace: Aki, Hiroshima, Japan
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 186cm
Reach: 194cm
Pro Boxer: Record


Japan's only boxer to capture a World Middleweight Title, which is also the highest classification, in which a Japanese boxer has captured a world title. He now owns a boxing gym in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan but does not personally train the fighters.

Preceded by: Jorge Fernando Castro

WBA Middleweight Champion 1995 Dec 19 – 1996 Jun 24

Succeeded by: William Joppy