Kiyoshi Hatanaka (畑中 清詞, Hatanaka Kiyoshi, born March 7, 1967) is a retired Japanese boxer who is the former WBC super bantamweight world champion. Hatanaka began karate at the first grade of elementary school, and won the Japanese championship in the juvenile division at its sixth grade and the first grade of junior high school. In addition, he began football at the fourth grade of elementary school, and was scouted by a prestigious high school. He also set an interval record in the local ekiden race at the age of a junior high school student. At that time, informed from an acquaintance that a professional boxer got paid 30,000 yen per match in the amount of time, he became interested in boxing and joined Matsuda Boxing Gym. He compiled an amateur record of 28-0(21 KOs) before turning pro