2023 in K-1
The year 2023 is the 30th year in the history of the K-1, a Japanese kickboxing promotion. The year will start with K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6. List of events

K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6

K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6 was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on March 12, 2023, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Background
Four K-1 title fights were announced for the event on January 13, 2023: A K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship bout between champion Akihiro Kaneko and challenger Kompetch Sitsarawatsuer; a K-1 Women's Atomweight Championship bout between champion Phayahong Ayothayafightgym and challenger Miyuu Sugawara; a K-1 Lightweight Championship bout between champion Taio Asahisa and challenger Yuki Yoza; as well as a K-1 Super Welterweight Championship bout between champion Hiromi Wajima and challenger Jomthong Chuwattana. Three additional title fights were added on January 27: Tetsuya Yamato was booked to make his second K-1 World GP Super Lightweight Championship defense against the former K-1 Lightweight champion Kenta Hayashi, the K-1 Featherweight champion Taito Gunji was scheduled to make his first title defense against View Petchkoson, while the K-1 Women's Flyweight champion Kana Morimoto made her second title defense against the one-time FEA and WAKO world champion Funda Alkayış. Fight Card

K-1 World GP 2023: inaugural Middleweight Championship Tournament

K-1 World GP 2023: inaugural Middleweight Championship Tournament will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on June 3, 2023, at the Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Japan. Background
A middleweight (-75 kg) World Grand Prix was held during the event, with the winner being crowned the inaugural K-1 middleweight champion. K-1 champions Akihiro Kaneko, Yuki Yoza and Toma Kuroda all made appearances in non-title fights. K-1 World Middleweight Tournament bracket

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K-1 World GP 2023 at Ryogoku

K-1 World GP 2023 at Ryogoku will be a kickboxing event held by K-1 on July 17, 2023, at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. Background
A K-1 Super Welterweight Championship bout between champion Hiromi Wajima and former Krush Super Welterweight Champion Jordann Pikeur is expected to headline the event. A catchweight bout between K-1's former super lightweight and welterweight champion Masaaki Noiri and current SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Champion Amansio Paraschiv is expected to co-headline the event. Paraschiv took the fight on short notice. A cruiserweight bout between former Krush and K-1 cruiserweight champion K-Jee and former DFS Heavyweight Championship challenger Ștefan Lătescu is expected to take place at the event. Fight Card

ReBOOT～K-1 ReBIRTH～

ReBOOT～K-1 ReBIRTH～ was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on September 10, 2023, at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. Part of the collaborative ReBOOT event with Quintet, K-1 ReBIRTH intended to be the first event in a revamp of K-1; in-which the promotion re-branded their weight classes (under the "K-1 WORLD GP" and "K-1 WORLD MAX" banners, for heavyweights and fighters weighting -75 kg and under, respectively) and held a heavyweight World Grand Prix similar to past K-1 tournaments from the FEG years. The event was distributed by DAZN outside of Japan. Background
A K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Akihiro Kaneko and challenger Masashi Kumura co-headlined the event. K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament

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K-1 ReBIRTH 2

K-1 ReBIRTH 2 was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on December 9, 2023, at the Edion Arena in Osaka, Japan. Background
A trio of title fights was announced for the event on October 10: a K-1 Bantamweight Championship bout between Issei Ishii and Toma Kuroda, a K-1 Middleweight Championship bout between Hasan Toy and Shintaro Matsukura, a K-1 Super Welterweight Championship bout between Hiromi Wajima and Ouyang Feng. Fight Card

See also
 2023 in Glory  
 2023 in ONE Championship
 2023 in Romanian kickboxing
 2023 in Wu Lin Feng

References

External links
Official website

2023 sport-related lists
K-1 events
2023 in kickboxing
2023 in Japanese sport