Sadaharu Tanikawa (谷川貞治, Tanikawa Sadaharu) (27 September 1961 in Nagoya) is a Japanese combat sports promoter and the president of Fighting and Entertainment Group.
Tanikawa graduated from Nihon University College of Law[1] and worked as a journalist and executive at various sports media, most notably puroresu.[2] 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 told that current conditions indicate 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]
^People Bank - 谷川貞治 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
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