Mikuru Asakura (34) is a Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) superstar with 676.2 million subscribers to six official SNS and YouTube channels. Since March 2021, he has also been the representative of Breaking Down.

Breakingdown created great synergy as one minute of content per round matched the trend of preferring short-breathing videos. According to MK Sports coverage, Mikuru Asakura posts a video related to “Black Kombat” on his 3.53 million subscribers YouTube channel in late May 2026.

Black Kombat is a mixed martial arts organization with 96 players ranked in the “Fight Matrix” world, sixth in Asia and 14th in the global rankings. Breakingdown was filmed in Korea until April 15 and auditioned in Japan after April 17.

Japanese MMA superstar Mikuru Asakura YouTube channel banner, Korean MMA organization Black Kombat YouTube channel banner. 사진@mikuruasakura1/@blackcombat 사진 확대 Japanese MMA superstar Mikuru Asakura YouTube channel banner, Korean MMA organization Black Kombat YouTube channel banner. 사진@mikuruasakura1/@blackcombat Global rankings of MMA players 사진 확대 Global rankings of MMA players

Auditions have established themselves as one of the representative content of Breakingdown since March 2022. The video featuring Black Kombat fighters is in charge of promoting Breaking Down 20.

Breakingdown 20 will be held on June 14, 2026 at Marine Metse A in Fukuoka, Japan, which can accommodate up to 1.5 million people. Whether all the Black Kombat players who participated in the audition got a chance to participate in the competition will be found out on the Asakura Mikuru YouTube channel at the end of May.

Breakingdown 20 will be held on June 14, 2026 at Marine Metse A in Fukuoka, Japan, which can accommodate up to 1.5 million people. Japanese mixed martial arts superstar Asakura Meeruku has been the representative since March 2021. 사진=BreakingDown 사진 확대 Breakingdown 20 will be held on June 14, 2026 at Marine Metse A in Fukuoka, Japan, which can accommodate up to 1.5 million people. Japanese mixed martial arts superstar Asakura Meeruku has been the representative since March 2021. 사진=BreakingDown

The audition was held with a maximum of 1 minute × 3 rounds of mixed martial arts competitions, including overtime. MK Sports confirmed the appearance of five Korean fighters, including ▲ 3 in 4 games of Black Kombat ▲ 1 in 2 games of Black Kombat ▲ 1 in 0 games of Black Kombat.

In this breaking down audition, heavy Korean players such as △ Black Kombat Current Champion △ Black Kombat title match △ Korean other team champion △ Japanese MMA team champion △ Japanese kickboxing team champion added to the buzz.

[Kang Daeho, MK Sports Reporter]

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