GLORY 106 heads to Tokyo on March 28 in a co-promoted event with RISE, with Shiro Matsumoto and Koki Osaki meeting in the main event. Here’s the full lineup for one of the most intriguing kickboxing cards of the month.
Tokyo gets a major kickboxing showcase on March 28 when GLORY 106 lands in Japan as a co-promotion with RISE, headlined by Shiro Matsumoto vs. Koki Osaki in the main event. The card also features Ryujin Nasukawa vs. Kaito Hasegawa in the co-main event and the opening rounds of the GLORY x RISE Last Featherweight Standing tournament.
For American fight fans, this is the kind of event that usually flies under the radar but shouldn’t. A GLORY-RISE collaboration brings together two of the strongest brands in international kickboxing, and the tournament format adds immediate stakes in a weight class that could produce one of the year’s breakout names.
Matsumoto enters the headline bout with a 55-17-4 record and 19 knockouts, while Osaki brings a 38-6-1 mark with 21 stoppages. Beyond the numbers, this is a meaningful matchup for Japan’s lighter-weight scene: if Matsumoto wins, he reinforces his standing as a proven veteran in a marquee spot; if Osaki gets it done, he takes a major step toward broader recognition outside Asia.
The co-main event carries its own intrigue, with Ryujin Nasukawa, 17-2 with nine knockouts, facing Kaito Hasegawa, 15-2 with 12 knockouts, for the vacant RISE super flyweight title. That fight gives the card another high-leverage matchup, especially with a belt on the line and two fighters still trying to define their ceiling.
The deepest storyline may be the Last Featherweight Standing bracket. Miguel Trindade meets Berjan Peposhi, Petch faces Abraham Vidales, Sung-hyun Lee takes on Yura Kono, and Kento Haraguchi draws Hiroki Kasahara in the quarterfinals. Tournament fights tend to resonate with U.S. audiences because the stakes are simple and immediate: advance or go home.
Elsewhere, Haruto Yasumoto faces Takumi Terada at 59 kg, Kan Nakamura meets Phet A Cheer at 61.5 kg, and Taiju Shiratori takes on Capitan at 66 kg. With title implications, crossover intrigue, and a bracket that could reshape the featherweight picture, GLORY 106 has the ingredients to be one of the most important non-U.S. combat sports events of the weekend.
