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Kenichi Ogawa (尾川 堅一, Ogawa Ken'ichi, born February 1, 1988) is a Japanese professional boxer who has held the IBF super-featherweight title since November 2021.Ogawa made his professional debut against Chikashi Hayashizaki on April 30, 2010. He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout. Ogawa won two more fights before taking part in the East Japan rookie tournament: a fourth-round technical knockout of Galanter Saito on July 3, 2010, and a second-round technical knockout of Kan Irie on October 2, 2010. After amassing a 3-0 record, Ogawa was scheduled to take part in the 2011 East Japan "Rookie of the Year" tournament. Ogawa faced Junya Nakada on August 2, 2011, in the tournament quarterfinals. He won the fight by a first-round knockout. Advancing to the tournament semifinals, Ogawa was scheduled to fight Jun Hamana on September 27, 2011. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 40-36, 40-37 and 40-37. Ogawa faced Kenta Ihara in the finals of the 2011 East Japan "Rookie of the Year" tournament, which was held on November 3, 2011. He won the fight by a second-round knockout. This victory earned Ogawa the right to face the winner of the West Japan rookie tournament, Ippo Nishiwaki, in the All Japan "Rookie of the Year" decider on December 18, 2011. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the fight 50-45 in his favor.Ogawa was next scheduled to face the journeyman Masashi Murase on April 16, 2012. He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout. Ogawa faced Yuki Miyoshi on August 4, 2012. Miyoshi handed Ogawa his first professional loss, winning the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout. Ogawa successfully bounced back from his first professional loss with a second-round technical knockout of Shunsuke Sato on June 1, 2013. Ogawa's second fight of 2013 was a quick first-round technical knockout of Yuki Miyoshi on November 2, 2013.Ogawa fought three times in 2014. He first notched a second-round knockout of Yon Armed on March 1, 2014. He next fought Gabriel Royo on June 7, 2014, whom he beat by a fourth-round technical knockout. Ogawa finished the year with a seventh-round technical knockout of Ribo Takahata on October 22, 2014. Ogawa had three more fights in 2015 as well, before being booked to challenge for his first regional title. Ogawa first scored a third-round technical knockout of Kazuya Nakano on February 7, 2015. He next beat Raymond Sermona by a sixth-round knockout on June 6, 2015. Ogawa then beat Deivi Julio Bassa by tenth-round technical knockout on September 22, 2015.Ogawa challenged the reigning, undefeated Japanese super featherweight champion Rikki Naito on December 14, 2015, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The bout was scheduled as the co-main event of "Diamond Globe & DANGAN 148". Ogawa won the fight by technical decision, with scores of 49-46, 49-46 and 49-47. The fight was stopped in the fifth round, as Naito was unable to continue fighting due to a cut above his right eye, due to an accidental clash of heads.