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Ex-world boxing champ Tokuyama

KOBE, Japan - Former world boxing champion Masamori Tokuyama meets the press in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 24, 2013, after being released from a police cell. Tokuyama was arrested the previous day on suspicion of attacking and injuring two men on a street.

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Tokuyama hangs up gloves with no regrets

OSAKA, Japan - Former WBC superflyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama smiles during a press conference in Osaka on March 15. Tokuyama said he had submitted retirement papers to the Kansai bureau of the Japan Boxing Commission.

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Tokuyama returns WBC champion's belt, hints at retirement

OSAKA, Japan - WBC super flyweight title holder Masamori Tokuyama (in file photo) on Dec. 6 returned his champion's belt and indicated he will retire unless he gets a crack at WBC bantamweight champion Hozumi Hasegawa.

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Tokuyama wants to fight in big matches

OSAKA, Japan - WBC super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama, who has indicated readiness to retire, said in Osaka on May 25 he will continue with his career on condition that he fight popular boxers such as Koki Kameda and Hozumi Hasegawa.

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Tokuyama retains WBS super flyweight title

OSAKA, Japan - WBC super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama of Japan celebrates his victory over Jose Navarro of the United States in their title match in Osaka on Feb. 27.

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Tokuyama retains WBS super flyweight title

OSAKA, Japan - WBC super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama of Japan (L) connects on Jose Navarro of the United States in the first round of their title match in Osaka on Feb. 27. Tokuyama retained his title by unanimous decision.

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Tokuyama-Navarro WBC title fight set for Feb. 27

OSAKA, Japan - WBC super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama speaks about his fight against Jose Navarro of the United States at a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 7. The fight will take place in Osaka on Feb. 27 as Tokuyama's first defense of the WBC title he reclaimed in July.

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Tokuyama reclaims WBC title from Kawashima

OSAKA, Japan - Masamori Tokuyama holds up his champion belt after beating World Boxing Council super flyweight champion Katsushige Kawashima to recapture the crown at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on July 18.

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(1)Kawashima, Tokuyama to fight for WBC superflyweight title

OSAKA, Japan - Former champion and challenger Masamori Tokuyama talks with WBC superflyweight champion Katsushige Kawashima (seen on TV screen) at his gym in Osaka on May 9 after arrangements were made for their title bout in Osaka on July 18. ''I've done enough damage to my body in training and I'm prepared mentally. I can picture myself winning,'' said fifth-ranked Tokuyama.

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(2) Kawashima, Tokuyama to fight for WBC superflyweight title

YOKOHAMA, Japan - WBC superflyweight champion Katsushige Kawashima speaks with former champion and challenger Masamori Tokuyama (seen on TV screen) at his gym in Yokohama on May 9 after arrangements were made for their title bout in Osaka on July 18. ''I'm ready to end this battle for good with a knockout,'' Kawashima said to reporters later.

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Tokuyama decides to make comeback after title loss

OSAKA, Japan - Former WBC super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 1. He said he will make a comeback to the ring as he is unable to take his title defeat in June lying down.

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Kawashima beats champion Tokuyama on 1st-round TKO

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Challenger Katsushige Kawashima (L) stopped champion Masamori Tokuyama on a technical first-round knockout to claim the WBC superflyweight title at Yokohama Arena on June 28.

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WBC boxing double title matches to be held in June

TOKYO, Japan - World superflyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama (2nd from R) will be making his ninth title defense against challenger Katsushige Kawashima (R) and Thai champion Eagle Kyowa (2nd from L), formerly called Eagle Akakura, will fight Satoshi Kogumazaka (R) in his first title defense in the minimumweight division when the two WBC title matches take place on June 28 in Yokohama, event organizers said April 2.

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Tokuyama makes 8th defense in WBC superflyeight bout

OSAKA, Japan - Masamori Tokuyama acknowledges the cheers of boxing fans at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Jan. 3 after defeating top-ranked challenger Dimitri Kirilov of Russia to defend his World Boxing Council (WBC) superflyweight title for the eighth time.

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(3)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi speaks at a funeral for two Japanese diplomats -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue -- who were killed in Iraq last weekend at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6. (Pool photo)

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(7)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Mourners see off two hearses carrying with coffins of the two slain Japanese diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, leaving Aoyama Funeral Hall on Dec. 6. The two were killed in northern Iraq last week.

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(4)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi replies to questions from reporters at his official residence in Tokyo after attending a funeral at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6. for the two Japanese diplomats -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue -- who were killed in Iraq last weekend. (Pool photo)

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(1)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi attends a funeral at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6 for the two Japanese diplomats -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue -- who were killed in Iraq last weekend. The funeral was organized by the Foreign Ministry and family members of the diplomats. (Pool photo)

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(5)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Mourners pray at a funeral for Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq last weekend, at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6. (Pool photo)

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(2)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi offers his condolences in front of photos of the two slain Japanese diplomats -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue -- at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6. They were killed in Iraq last weekend. (Pool photo)

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(6)Funeral held for 2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - People line up to sign a book of condolences for Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, the two Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq last weekend, at Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6.

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(2)Foreign Ministry staff bid farewell to slain diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (2nd from R) and her staff bow to offer their silent prayers as a hearse carrying one of the bodies of two slain diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, is driven past the Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on Dec. 5.

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(3)Foreign Ministry staff bid farewell to slain diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - Led by a police car, a hearse carrying one of the bodies of two slain Japanese diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, is driven past the Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on Dec. 5 to allow them to bid farewell to the place where they once worked.

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Foreign Ministry staff bid farewell to slain diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R fore) and her staff bow to offer their silent prayers as hearses carrying the bodies of the two slain diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, are driven past the Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on Dec. 5.

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(1)Foreign Ministry staff bid farewell to slain diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Ministry staff bid farewell to the two slain diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, as hearses carrying their bodies are driven past the Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on Dec. 5.

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(5)Bodies of diplomats return to Japan with relatives

NARITA, Japan - Yukino Inoue (R), wife of Japanese diplomat Masamori Inoue, who was killed in Iraq on Nov. 29, tries to overcome her sorrow as she watches the coffin containing her husband's body moved from a plane on arrival at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 4.

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(3)Bodies of diplomats return to Japan with relatives

NARITA, Japan - Honor guards spread national flags over the coffins containing the bodies of two slain Japanese diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku (L) and Masamori Inoue, at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 4.

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(2)Bodies of diplomats return to Japan with relatives

NARITA, Japan - The coffin containing the body of Masamori Inoue, a Japanese diplomat killed in Iraq on Nov. 29, is carried by honor guards as his family members and relatives watch on arrival at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 4. Inoue, a third secretary when he was killed, was promoted posthumously to first secretary.

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(2)Families of 2 slain diplomats view bodies in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Family members of the two Japanese diplomats killed in northern Iraq over the weekend head to a site to view their bodies on Dec. 2 in Kuwait. The families of Katsuhiko Oku, 45, and Masamori Inoue, 30, arrived in Kuwait earlier in the day.

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(1)Families of 2 slain diplomats view bodies in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Family members of the two Japanese diplomats killed in northern Iraq over the weekend head to a site to view their bodies on Dec. 2 in Kuwait. The families of Katsuhiko Oku, 45, and Masamori Inoue, 30, arrived in Kuwait earlier in the day.

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(1)Deaths of diplomats mourned

TOKYO, Japan - People register their condolences over the deaths of two Japanese diplomats, Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue, in Iraq in a book opened at the Foreign Ministry on Dec. 2.

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Book of condolences opened for slain diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Foreign Ministry opened a book of condolences in its lobby on Dec. 1 for people wishing to express their sadness over the deaths of Japanese diplomats killed Nov. 29 in northern Iraq -- Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue.

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Family members of killed diplomats leave for Kuwait

NARITA, Japan - Yukino Inoue, wife of Masamori Inoue, one of the two Japanese diplomats killed in northern Iraq on Nov. 29, holds her son Kotaro's hand at Narita airport on Dec. 1 before heading for Kuwait, where her husband's body was sent.

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Site of killing of 2 Japanese diplomats

TIKRIT, northern Iraq - Local police investigators stand near the site in Tikrit, northern Iraq, on Nov. 30 where two Japanese diplomats -- 30-year-old Masamori Inoue and 45-year-old Katsuhiko Oku -- were ambushed and shot to death on Nov. 29.

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(4)2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Masamori Inoue (R), a third secretary from the Japanese Embassy in Baghdad, is seen unfolding a Japanese national flag at the embassy on May 8, 2003 when the embassy resumed business after a two-month hiatus. Inoue and Katsuhiko Oku, a counselor from the Japanese Embassy in London, were killed in an ambush in northern Iraq on Nov. 29.

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Tokuyama to take on top-ranked Russian in WBC title defense

OSAKA, Japan - World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama (in file photo) will put his title on the line for the eighth time against top-ranked Russian Dimitri Kirilov early January in Osaka, his manager said Sept. 1. The 28-year-old (North) Korean resident of Japan, whose real name is Hong Chang Su, beat Katsushige Kawashima last June in Yokohama for his seventh defense of the title he wrested from South Korea's Cho In Ju in August 2000.

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Tokuyama gets WBC title decision over Kawashima

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Champion Masamori Tokuyama holds up his trophy on shoulders of his father Shiro after defeating Katsushige Kawashima in the World Boxing Council super flyweight class at Yokohama Arena on June 23.

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Tokuyama defends title for 6th time

OSAKA, Japan - World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama celebrates after winning a split decision Dec. 20 over top-ranked challenger Gerry Penalosa to retain his crown for the sixth straight time in a 12-round title match.

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World title doubleheader set for Tokuyama, Hoshino

OSAKA, Japan - WBC super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama talks with WBA minimum weight challenger Keitaro Hoshino (on screen) Sept. 30 over a TV telephone in Osaka before their world title doubleheader at Osakajo Hall on Dec. 20. Tokuyama will fight a bout against challenger Gerry Penalosa of the Philippines, while Hoshino will take on champion Noel Arambulet of Venezuela.

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Tokuyama to receive Osaka honorary award

OSAKA, Japan - Reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama (L) shakes hands with Osaka Mayor Takafumi Isomura on Sept. 13 after receive a special award for his contribution to sport. Tokuyama, a pro-Pyongyang Korean resident of the western Japan city, defeated 12th-ranked challenger Eric Lopez of Mexico by technical knockout to successfully defend his WBC crown for the fifth time in Saitama in August.

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Tokuyama defends WBC crown for 5th time with TKO win

SAITAMA, Japan - World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama and his father Shiro celebrate after Tokuyama beat 12th-ranked challenger challenger Eric Lopez of Mexico by a technical knockout at Saitama Super Arena on Aug. 26.

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Tokuyama stops Ryuko to keep WBC super flyweight crown

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Champion Masamori Tokuyama raises his hands after stopping southpaw challenger Kazuhiro Ryuko in the ninth round of their World Boxing Council super flyweight title fight March 23 at Yokohama Arena to successfully defend his title for the fourth time.

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Tokuyama stops Ryuko to keep WBC super flyweight crown

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Champion Masamori Tokuyama raises his hands after stopping southpaw challenger Kazuhiro Ryuko in the ninth round of their World Boxing Council super flyweight title fight March 23 at Yokohama Arena to successfully defend his title for the fourth time.

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Tokuyama defends WBC title

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Sept. 24 Kyodo - World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama jabs with his left at challenger Gerry Penalosa during their 12-round fight at the Yokohama Arena on Sept. 24. Tokuyama earned a unanimous decision to beat Penalosa of the Philippines in his third defense of the championship.

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Tokuyama retains WBC super flyweight title

SEOUL, South Korea - World Boxing Council super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama (R) lands a lightning right straight on the jaw of former champion Cho In Ju (L) of South Korea for a knockout in the fifth round in Seoul on May 20. Tokuyama, a third-generation pro-Pyongyang Korean living in Japan, defended his title for the second time.

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Tokuyama in Seoul to defend WBC title

SEOUL, South Korea - Masamori Tokuyama, the World Boxing Council super flyweight champion, poses for photographers on arrival at Kimpo airport on May 17 for a title fight scheduled for May 20 in Seoul. The 27-year-old Tokuyama, a third-generation pro-Pyongyang Korean living in Japan, will fight South Korea's former champion Cho In Ju.

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Tokuyama to fight Cho in Seoul for WBC super fly title

OSAKA, Japan - World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama (R), flanked by Hideo Kanazawa (L), head of the gym where he trains, announces at a news conference March 23 plans to defend his title against Cho In Joo of South Korea in Seoul on May 20.

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Tokuyama defends WBC super flyweight title

OSAKA, Japan - Champion Masamori Tokuyama, a pro-Pyongyang Korean resident of Japan whose real name is Hong Chang Soo, throws up arms after defending his World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight title against fifth-ranked challenger Akihiko Nago by unanimous decision.

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Tokuyama retains WBC super flyweight crown

OSAKA, Japan - Champion Masamori Tokuyama (L), a pro-Pyongyang Korean resident of Japan whose real name is Hong Chang Soo, outclasses fifth-ranked challenger Akihiko Nago (R) over 12 rounds in Osaka on Dec. 12 to retain the World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight title he won in August with a unanimous decision.

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Tokuyama out-points Cho to win WBC super-flyweight belt

OSAKA, Japan - Challenger Masamori Tokuyama reacts after winning a points decision over South Korea's Cho In Joo to capture the World Boxing Council (WBC) super-flyweight title on Aug. 27. Tokuyama, a pro-Pyongyang Korean resident of Japan whose real name is Hong Chang Soo, took the WBC belt on a unanimous decision at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in the first-ever world title fight between a North and South Korean.