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Japan's Gushiken elected to Boxing Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Yoko Gushiken, a former junior flyweight world champion, poses for photos in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Dec. 5, 2014, after he was elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame.

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Japan's Gushiken elected to Boxing Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Yoko Gushiken, a former junior flyweight world champion, poses for photos in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Dec. 5, 2014, after he was elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame.

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Japan's Gushiken elected to Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japan's Yoko Gushiken, a former junior flyweight world champion, who defended his title 13 times and has been elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame. He will be inducted on June 14 alongside heavyweight Riddick Bowe, featherweight "Prince" Naseem Hamed and lightweight Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini.

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Int'l Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Gushiken strikes pose in U.S.

Former WBA junior flyweight champion Yoko Gushiken (far L) strikes a pose in Canastota in the U.S. state of New York on June 14, 2015, after he was induced into the Boxing Hall of Fame at a ceremony. "This is a wonderful day that I will never forget," he said in English at the ceremony and continued in Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing's hall of famer Gushiken in parade in U.S.

Former WBA junior flyweight champion Yoko Gushiken acknowledges cheering by the crowd from a convertible during a parade in Canastota in the U.S. state of New York on June 14, 2015, after being inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in recognition of his 13 successful world title defenses, the most by a Japanese fighter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-WBA champ Gushiken leaves for U.S. for Hall of Fame ceremony

Former WBA light flyweight champion Yoko Gushiken leaves Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, for the United States on June 10, 2015, to attend the induction ceremony for the 2015 Inductees of the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Yoko Gushiken

Yoko Gushiken, a former WBA light flyweight champion, shows the commemorative ring he received after being inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, the United States, on June 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Yoko Gushiken

Yoko Gushiken (L), a former WBA light flyweight champion, waves at the crowd from a convertible during a parade after being inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, the United States, on June 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Yoko Gushiken

Yoko Gushiken (L front), a former WBA light flyweight champion, waves at the crowd from a convertible during a parade after being inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, the United States, on June 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Yoko Gushiken

Yoko Gushiken, a former WBA light flyweight champion, speaks at an induction ceremony at the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, the United States, on June 14, 2015. Gushiken, who captured the title in 1976 and made 13 successful defenses in the following four and a half years, was among the inductees for 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa families seeking justice for wrongful deaths in Taiwan's 1947 massacre

(From R) Keisho Aoyama, Yoko Tamoto, Hatsuko Tokuda and Michie Gushiken pose for Kyodo News at the Ama Museum in Taipei on Feb. 27, 2017. Aoyama is leading a group of victims' families of the so-called "228 Incident" to visit Taiwan where they will attend a ceremony on Feb. 28 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the 1947 massacre. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World mourns boxing legend Muhammad Ali

Former WBA light flyweight champion Yoko Gushiken, who successfully defended the title 13 times, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 4, 2016, following the death of Muhammad Ali at age 74. Gushiken said no one can fight like Ali in today's heavyweight division. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay event

Los Angeles gymnastics gold medalist Koji Gushiken waves during a Tokyo Olympic torch relay event in the Kanagawa Prefecture city of Fujisawa, eastern Japan, on June 28, 2021, as the torch relay itself was canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Japan's Gushiken elected to Boxing Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Yoko Gushiken, a former junior flyweight world champion, poses for photos in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Dec. 5, 2014, after he was elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Gushiken elected to Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japan's Yoko Gushiken, a former junior flyweight world champion, who defended his title 13 times and has been elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame. He will be inducted on June 14 alongside heavyweight Riddick Bowe, featherweight "Prince" Naseem Hamed and lightweight Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini. (Kyodo)

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Boxing: Gushiken talks about Yamanaka's loss

Japanese boxing great Yoko Gushiken speaks to reporters after Shinsuke Yamanaka failed to tie Gushiken's Japanese record of successfully defending a world title 13 times in a row, at Shimadzu Arena Kyoto on Aug. 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Gushiken talks about Yamanaka's loss

Japanese boxing great Yoko Gushiken speaks to reporters after Shinsuke Yamanaka failed to tie Gushiken's Japanese record of successfully defending a world title 13 times in a row, at Shimadzu Arena Kyoto on Aug. 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former boxing champion Yoko Gushiken (R) runs during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 1, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former boxing champion Yoko Gushiken runs during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 1, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Former boxing champion Yoko Gushiken runs during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 1, 2021.

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Boxing: Higa fails to make weight, stripped of WBC flyweight belt

Former WBA light flyweight champ Yoko Gushiken apologizes in Tokyo on April 14, 2018, after his fighter Daigo Higa was stripped of his WBC flyweight belt earlier in the day after failing to make weight on the eve of his title defense against Cristofer Rosales of Nicaragua. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: WBC flyweight champion Daigo Higa

WBC flyweight champion Daigo Higa (L) of Japan poses with the head of his boxing gym, Yoko Gushiken, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 5, 2018, a day after successfully defending his world title for a second time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Higa to make 1st title defense in Oct.

WBC flyweight champion Daigo Higa (L) of Japan poses with the head of his boxing gym Yoko Gushiken in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2017. Higa said he will make his first title defense on Oct. 22 against Thomas Masson of France at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Nery knocks out Yamanaka for WBC title

Mexican boxer Luis Nery (L) throws a punch at Shinsuke Yamanaka of Japan in the fourth round of their WBC bantamweight title match at Shimadzu Arena Kyoto on Aug. 15, 2017. Nery scored a fourth-round technical knockout victory over Yamanaka, whose bid to tie Yoko Gushiken's Japanese record of successfully defending a world title 13 times in a row came up short. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Nery knocks out Yamanaka for WBC title

Japanese boxer Shinsuke Yamanaka (C) is worked against the ropes by Luis Nery (L) of Mexico in the fourth round of their WBC bantamweight title match at Shimadzu Arena Kyoto on Aug. 15, 2017. Nery scored a technical knockout victory in the round over Yamanaka, whose bid to tie Yoko Gushiken's Japanese record of successfully defending a world title 13 times in a row came up short. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Nery knocks out Yamanaka for WBC title

Japanese boxer Shinsuke Yamanaka (R) is worked against the ropes by Luis Nery of Mexico in the fourth round of their WBC bantamweight title match at Shimadzu Arena Kyoto on Aug. 15, 2017. Nery scored a technical knockout victory in the round over Yamanaka, whose bid to tie Yoko Gushiken's Japanese record of successfully defending a world title 13 times in a row came up short. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Nery knocks out Yamanaka for WBC title

Mexican boxer Luis Nery (L) throws a punch at Shinsuke Yamanaka of Japan in the fourth round of their WBC bantamweight title match at Shimadzu Arena Kyoto on Aug. 15, 2017. Nery scored a fourth-round technical knockout victory over Yamanaka, whose bid to tie Yoko Gushiken's Japanese record of successfully defending a world title 13 times in a row came up short. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Nery knocks out Yamanaka for WBC title

Mexican boxer Luis Nery (L) throws a punch at Shinsuke Yamanaka of Japan in the second round of their WBC bantamweight title match at Shimadzu Arena Kyoto on Aug. 15, 2017. Nery scored a fourth-round technical knockout victory over Yamanaka, whose bid to tie Yoko Gushiken's Japanese record of successfully defending a world title 13 times in a row came up short. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Ioka matches Gushiken's record with 14th career title fight win

Japan's Kazuto Ioka (R) takes on Noknoi Sitthiprasert of Thailand en route to defending his WBA bantamweight crown for the fifth time at Edion Arena Osaka on April 23, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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L.A. Olympic champ Gushiken to head Nippon Sport Science Univ.

Photo taken in September 2008 shows Koji Gushiken, gold medalist in the men's all-around gymnastics competition at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. It was reported on March 22, 2017, that Gushiken will become president of Nippon Sport Science University in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo