Ryosei Kurihara

Ryosei Kurihara is the head instructor of Tauranga Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy. He started jiu-jitsu in 2008 in Hamilton, New Zealand, earning his blue belt under Pina Simpson of Southern Tribes, and then set out to train at academies around the world. He lived in Tokyo for five years, where he received his purple and brown belts from Mitsuyoshi Hayakawa of Tri-Force Jiu Jitsu Academy, spent five months training full-time in Rio de Janeiro, mostly at Alliance Rio under Alexandre Paiva, and later trained in England at Mathouse in Reading and the Roger Gracie Academy in London. Eleven years after starting, he received his black belt from Roger Gracie. His biggest results at brown belt were second at the 2019 IBJJF European Championship and first at the 2019 IBJJF British Nationals, both at Master 1 featherweight.

Associations

Tauranga BJJ