Kenji Yonekura

Name: Kenji Yonekura
Birth Name: 米倉健司
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Birthplace: Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Died: 2023-04-20 (Age:88)
Stance: Orthodox
Promoter: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Former challenger for the World Flyweight and Bantamweight titles, losing decisions to Pascual Perez and Jose Becerra, respectively, Kenji Yonekura is now a manager and promoter based in Tokyo.

As an amateur Yonekura competed as a Flyweight for Japan at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. His results were:

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Phachon Muangson (Thailand) points
• Lost to Rene Libeer (France) points