RISE QUEEN MINI FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION HIOI TERAYAMA RETIRES DUE TO HIP INJURY "TENSHIN WAS A SENIOR UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE"
RISE QUEEN mini flyweight champion Hioi Terayama announced his retirement at a press conference in Tokyo on March 15. Terayama was born on January 19, 2001, at the age of 21. After experiencing the AMA tournament, he made his professional debut in May 2016 when he became a freshman in high school. In November 2018, he won the J-GIRLS mini flyweight title by winning the decision against MISAKI. In July 2019, she won the RISE QUEEN mini flyweight title by defeating Reina Sato. In 2020, she also won the RISE GIRLS POWER QUEEN of QUEENS by beating erika♡, sasori and red silk. In May last year, he defended the RISE QUEEN mini flyweight title with a victory over AKARI. In September of last year, she also won the RISE QUEEN flyweight champion Aizo Kobayashi, and continued to play an active part as an ace for RISE women. His professional record so far has been 20 wins in 23 fights (1KO) 2 losses and 1 draw.
However, Terayama hurt his hip joint, and began to interfere with practice and games last year, and it was found that the cartilage of the joint lip in the joint, called right hip lip injury, came off from the arterial socket. It worsened in the Kobayashi war, and the pain began to occur only by walking, and it operated in January this year. A documentary closely related to the hospitalization was released on ABCEMA's official YouTube on the 14th of the day before the press conference.
at the press conference on the 15th, terayama said, "the operation was successful, but it took one year to return, and even if i returned, my left foot may have the same symptoms, so if i operate again, i will not be able to play for about two years. the other is that after winning the match against aizo, i was asked about my future goals, and i didn't usually get any words out there, so i thought it would be different to continue playing with this feeling. i thought i should retire and give up that position rather than keep holding the belt with a feeling of moyamoya." according to terayama, hip lip injuries are often in their 40s and 50s, and the overuse of his feet to kick is the cause.
EVEN AFTER THE SURGERY, "I HAVEN'T PRACTICED ANYTHING FOR TWO MONTHS SINCE THE SURGERY BECAUSE I'M REHABILITATING, AND I HAVEN'T PUNCHED IT," HE SAID, AND HE WILL NOT PLAY RETIREMENT MATCHES OR RETIREMENT EXHIBITION MATCHES, AND WILL ONLY HOLD RETIREMENT CEREMONIES AT FUTURE RISE TOURNAMENTS. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK IN MARTIAL ARTS, BUT HE SAID, "I'VE ONLY DONE MARTIAL ARTS, AND I'VE NEVER WORKED PART-TIME, SO I WANT TO WORK NORMALLY TO GAIN SOCIAL EXPERIENCE ONCE." RISE REPRESENTATIVE TAKASHI ITO (BOTTOM LEFT) ADDED, "I THINK SHE IS STUDYING AS A NUTRITIONIST NOW, AND I THINK SHE WILL SUPPORT FEMALE PLAYERS THAT MALE PLAYERS CAN'T DO," AND ADDED, "I WAS ABLE TO DO RISE GIRLS POWER BECAUSE SHE WAS THERE. I HAD A DREAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH," HE SAID.
When asked about impressive matches and scenes in his career as a player, he said, "It's difficult to get the best bout, but the practice period from the semifinals of QUEEN of QUEENS to the final is dense and impressive", "I worked hard with Reina Sato since I was an amateur, and I got along with him because I fought professionally, and I came to go to dinner together. I think we'll always be good friends even if we don't play martial arts." When asked what he had left to do in his life as a player, he said with a smile as she responded to a large Johnny's fan, "I have no regrets about my player life, but I have not finished giving back to the people who supported me, so I would like to give it back in a different way."
when asked about his thoughts on his teammates and chairman nasugawa, who had practiced with me so far, he said, "the president was indebted like a second father. i was nervous when i told him i was quitting. the president accepted us and supported us in the future. i haven't told my teammates yet, but i said to tenshin by phone. tenshin said, "you're not a person who makes the times by yourself, but i think you can shine as much as you can in the place where you're placed, but i think the experience of martial arts will be useful for your future life, but please consult me whenever you're in trouble," he said with a smile, revealing the secret story, "tenshin was a senior until the very end, but i thought you were too angry because you were too human."
When asked for a message to Kobayashi ahead of her attempt for the GLORY Women's Super Bantamweight Title in Belgium on The 19th (local time) this weekend, she said, "I think Aizo is the strongest player in japan, and I was happy to be able to play at the end, please win in Belgium as a Representative of Japan." Kobayashi, who has already entered Belgium, responded to the message on Twitter, "I want to win more, I promise," and Terayama, who saw the tweet after the press conference, shed tears.