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Kazuhiro Hamanaka

Kazuhiro Hamanaka is one of the new potential Japanese superstars in the world of mixed martial arts. Hamanaka comes from a distinguished amateur wrestling background and is now making the transition to MMA. Thus far his training is world-class. As a member of the Takada Dojo he trains with the likes of Kazushi Sakuraba, Daijiro Matsui and Yoshihisa Yamamoto. However, Hamanaka has also spent time training in the United States under Team Quest. There he has trained with Randy Couture, Matt Lindland and Dan Henderson and learned the intricacies of adapting his wrestling abilities to MMA. With guidance by some of MMAs finest and a hunger to rise through the PRIDE rankings, the sky is the limit for Hamanaka. BAD TO THE BONE is his PRIDE debut.

NAME	Kazuhiro Hamanaka
NICK NAME
ASSOCIATION	Takada Dojo
HEIGHT	5'8 / 170cm
WEIGHT	199 lbs / 90 kg
STYLE	Pro-Wrestling
BIRTH DATE	1978-10-24
CITY	Aomori
STATE
COUNTRY	Japan
PRIDE RECORD	1 / 1 / 0 (win/lose/draw)
MMA RECORD	1 / 1 / 0 (win/lose/draw)