Yasuei Yakushiji Found Guilty of Forging Adoption Papers — 5ch: ‘He Beat Tatsuyoshi in the Ring, but Lost the Bigger Fight in Life’

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The story

Former professional boxing world champion Yasuei Yakushiji (58) has been found guilty of forging adoption registration papers with his 29-year-old girlfriend. Following the ruling at Nagoya District Court, the 5ch Entertainment & Sports Express+ thread lit up with reactions from the generation that remembers his fierce battles with Joichiro Tatsuyoshi. Many posters speculated about why he chose adoption as his method, tying it to his assets and an ongoing divorce, while others reminisced about his glory days in the ring or questioned whether the sentence was too lenient — reactions across the thread were far from uniform.

Published 9/16 (Wed) 10:56

Jiji Press

Former professional boxing world champion Yasuei Yakushiji (58) and his girlfriend (29), charged with forgery and use of a forged private document over a fabricated adoption registration, received their ruling on the 16th at Nagoya District Court.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

What people said

2AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:11
Man, this makes me want to rewatch Rokudenashi BLUES again (a classic delinquent manga with a boxing story arc).
4AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:11
Makes you wonder whose advice he got for this one.
25AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:17
Re: #4
That whole scene is probably packed with the absolute worst of the worst, so there are likely plenty of shady characters around with some weirdly specific know-how for this.
6AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:12
Waiting for you at Yakushiji Boxing Gym and Fitness.
9AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:13
The guy doesn't exactly strike me as sharp enough to come up with a scheme like this on his own.
60AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:26
Re: #9
Guess he's got some bad friends too, then.
10AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:13
If an old guy's got enough assets for a young woman to fleece him, even he can be popular.
14AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:15
As always, the justice system is insanely soft on criminals.
18AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:16
Does his share of the assets shrink once the divorce actually goes through?
19AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:16
The wife he's currently in divorce talks with is 18 years younger than him, and the girlfriend he forged the adoption papers with is 29 years younger.
20AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:16
Wasn't there another woman besides the one at the center of this — some assistant he was clearly involved with too, classic Yakushiji style?
23AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:17
He already seemed off when he was on Tokashiki's channel.
26AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:17
Was Yakushiji actually strong back in his prime?
34AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:19
Re: #26
When he was getting taunted by Tatsuyoshi and training like his life depended on it, yeah, he was strong.

He actually beat Tatsuyoshi, after all.
36AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:20
Re: #26
No doubt about it, he was strong. I'd rank him a notch above not just Tatsuyoshi, but Onizuka and Kawashima too.
78AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:31
Re: #26
Gushiken was strong. He became world champion and was called the best in Japan.
27AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:18
Earth, Wind & Fire are taking some serious collateral reputational damage here.
29AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:18
This is Yakushiji's second divorce, and since the second marriage was pretty short, he probably won't lose that much in assets.
31AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:19
Re: #1
A guilty verdict is probably nothing to a guy like Yakushiji at this point.
33AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:19
Re: #1
Wasn't he the boxer who had some kind of run-in with one of the Kameda brothers?
48AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:23
Re: #33
There are two Kameda brothers — which one?
42AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:21
Did Yakushiji really come up with this scheme all on his own, I wonder?
54AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:24
Re: #42
Inheritance only kicks in when someone actually dies, so logically there's no rush at all.

Which means the real culprit is the inheritance law reform that basically forces people into gifting assets while they're still alive.
47AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:23
He beat Tatsuyoshi in the ring, but he's losing to him when it comes to how he's living out his later years.
53AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:24
Re: #47
That's thanks to Rumi, isn't it.
56AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:24
Wasn't this about 25 years ago?
There was that late-night show where either Yakushiji or Tatsuyoshi put on a mask
and went out on the street offering '10,000 yen if you can land a hit.'
Probably had some staged moments, but it had a fun little Rocky-style energy to it.
62AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:27
Re: #56
I saw something just like that on Hanadaka Chidori this year, lol.
63AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:27
If only Tatsuyoshi had won that fight…
67AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:29
Re: #63
Losing to a guy like this is probably why he can't rest easy.
64AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:27
Wait, this is actually illegal?!
66AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:29
Re: #64
Forgery's forgery, of course it's not allowed, lol.
83AnonymousSep 16, 2026 13:35
Re: #64
He might be the adoptive father himself, but he can't just stamp the adoptive mother's — his wife's — seal without her okay.

Background and Key Points of Discussion

Yasuei Yakushiji is a former world champion remembered for his brutal 1990s battles with Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, and this case centers on the forgery of an adoption registration involving his girlfriend — a matter tangled up with assets and inheritance. Thread opinion split mainly over whether he dreamed up the scheme himself or had help from people around him, alongside frustration that the sentence seemed too lenient. At the same time, plenty of posts nostalgically recalled his prime fighting days, and many echoed the comparison to Tatsuyoshi that “he won the match but lost at life.” Note that the source article only confirms that a guilty verdict was handed down — it does not specify whether the sentence includes actual prison time or is suspended, nor the specific circumstances behind the forgery. The thread’s speculation about motives or any mastermind is just that: speculation, and shouldn’t be mistaken for confirmed details of the ruling.

*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Entertainment & Sports Express+) thread “[Boxing] Former World Champion Yasuei Yakushiji Found Guilty — Forged Adoption Registration — Nagoya District Court.”

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