Sadaharu Tanikawa
Sadaharu Tanikawa (谷川貞治, Tanikawa Sadaharu) (27 September 1961 in Nagoya) is a Japanese combat sports promoter and was previously the president of Fighting and Entertainment Group.
Early life
Tanikawa graduated from Nihon University College of Law[1] and worked as a journalist and executive at various sports media, most notably puroresu.[2]
Career as a promoter
After K-1 founder Kazuyoshi Ishii's resignation, Tanikawa became the president of the newly founded Fighting and Entertainment Group that was established in September 2003 to encompass K-1 as well as subsidiary mixed martial arts and puroresu promotions.[3]
In January 2011, Tanikawa announced that current conditions indicated that the Fighting and Entertainment Group was likely to end.[4] On April 5, 2012, Tanikawa announced that he resigned from his position in K-1,[5] which was mostly sold to the real estate firm Barbizon Co. Ltd. on July 28, 2011.[6] On May 16, 2012, Tanikawa officially declared the bankruptcy of FEG.[7]
See also
References
- ^ People Bank - 谷川貞治 Deprecated link archived 2012-03-24 at archive.today
- ^ Sadaharu Tanigawa: The Current Course Is That FEG Will Die
- ^ 谷川氏、新イベント会社設立 「総合、プロレスも手がける」. Sports Navi Yahoo Japan. Archived 2012-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ So, Apparently "FEG Will Die" According to Tanikawa
- ^ FEG谷川代表がK-1との決別を宣言 新たな格闘技イベント立ち上げへ Archived 2012-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "K-1 Sold to Japanese Real Estate Firm Barbizon", July 28, 2011, MMAFighting
- ^ FEG's bankruptcy Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, May 17, 2012, Muay Thai TV