is a Japanese mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

  fighter. He was born in Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Japan. He is 3rd dan black belt in Judo

Judo

is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

.

Biography

He was in 2nd place of the Japanese Amateur shooto

Shooto

Shooto is a mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, as an organization and as a particular fighting system derived from shoot wrestling. Practitioners are referred to as shooters,...

 Championship welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 in 1999 and in 2nd place of the Japanese Combat wrestling 69 kg weight class in 1999.

He beat Charlie Kohler (USA) in KOTC 43 on November 14, 2004, and received the KOTC world lightweight

Lightweight

Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....

 title. He then lost his title to Mac Danzig

Mac Danzig

Mac Danzig is an American mixed martial artist, who competes as a lightweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Background:...

 on Oct 29th, 2005 in Reno, Nevada when his corner threw in the towel after he received over 20 unanswered strikes.

Mixed martial arts record

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|Loss
|align=center|13-12-4
|Dominique Robinson

Dominique Robinson

Dominique Robinson is an American mixed martial artist. He holds notable victories over UFC veterans John Gunderson and Dave Kaplan.-Mixed martial arts career:...

|Decision (unanimous)
|PFC 11 - All In
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|align=center|3
|align=center|3:00
|
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|Loss
|align=center|13-11-4
|  Eiji Mitsuoka

Eiji Mitsuoka

Eiji Mitsuoka is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and Cage Force veteran who has fought for DREAM, World Victory Road, PRIDE, Shooto, DEEP, and King of the Cage promotions. Eiji holds notable wins over Rodrigo Damm, Joachim Hansen, and Brian Cobb...

|TKO (punches)
|GCM - Cage Force 3
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|align=center|1
|align=center|3:30
| Tokyo, Japan
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| NC
|align=center|13-10-4
|  Anthony McDavitt
|No Contest
|No Limits: Proving Ground
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|align=center|1
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|No Limits Event Center, Irvine, Ca.
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|Win
|align=center|13-10-4
|  Yoichi Fukumoto
|Decision (unanimous)
|GCM - Cage Force EX Western Bound
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
| Tottori, Japan
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|-
| Draw
|align=center|12-10-4
|  Wataru Takahashi
|Draw
|GCM - Cage Force 1
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|12-10-3
|  Kenji Arai

Kenji Arai

is a Japanese footballer.-Career:Arai entered professional football with Albirex Niigata after graduating from Rissho University in 2001 but was unable to hold on to the first team place although he played 20 league games for Albirex Niigata in his first season...

|KO (punch)
|MARS
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|align=center|2
|align=center|0:04
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|12-9-3
|  Mac Danzig

Mac Danzig

Mac Danzig is an American mixed martial artist, who competes as a lightweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Background:...

|TKO (cut)
|KOTC: Execution Day
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|2:45
|Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

, United States
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|Loss
|align=center|12-8-3
|  Hiroki Nagaoka
|Decision (majority)
|DEEP - 19th Impact
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|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|12-7-3
|  Ganjo Tentsuku
|Decision (unanimous)
|Shooto 2005 - 1/29 in Korakuen Hall
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Tokyo Korakuen Hall
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|-
|Win
|align=center|12-6-3
|  Charlie Kohler
|TKO (punches)
|KOTC: Revenge
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|align=center|2
|align=center|2:35
|California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, United States
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|Win
|align=center|11-6-3
|  Charles Bennett
|Submission (rear naked choke)
|KOTC 37: Hitmaster
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|align=center|1
|align=center|2:46
|California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, United States
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|Loss
|align=center|10-6-3
|  Ryan Bow
|Decision (majority)
|Shooto 2004 - 7/16 in Korakuen Hall
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Tokyo Korakuen Hall
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|-
|Win
|align=center|10-5-3
|  Takashi Nakakura

Takashi Nakakura

Takashi Nakakura is a Japanese mixed martial artist, and the former Shooto welterweight champion. Nakakura is also a seido kaikan karate and Judo black belt...

|Decision (unanimous)
|Shooto 2004 - 4/11 in Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|9-5-3
|  Marcus Aurelio

Marcus Aurelio

Marcus Aurélio Martins is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He formerly fought for the PRIDE Fighting Championship and for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

|Submission (armbar)
|ZST

ZST

ZST is a Japan-based promoting and sanctioning organization of mixed martial arts, and it also holds amateur MMA events. ZST adopts unique rules in the MMA industry. Much like RINGS, strikes to head on the ground are prohibited...

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|align=center|1
|align=center|3:05
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|9-4-3
|  Tatsuya Kawajiri

Tatsuya Kawajiri

Tatsuya Kawajiri is a Japanese mixed martial artist and a former Shooto welterweight champion, currently competing in Dream's lightweight division...

|TKO (punches)
|Shooto - Shooter's Dream 2
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|align=center|1
|align=center|3:44
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|9-3-3
|  Joachim Hansen
|Decision (majority)
|Shooto - 2002 Year End Show
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
| Tokyo, Japan
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| Draw
|align=center|9-2-3
|  Rumina Sato

Rumina Sato

is a Japanese mixed martial artist, currently competing in the Shooto organization. Being the first mixed martial artist to beat a black belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighter by a submission, Sato is considered by many to be an exciting shoot wrestling-based fighter in MMA and has been nicknamed...

|Draw
|Shooto

Shooto

Shooto is a mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, as an organization and as a particular fighting system derived from shoot wrestling. Practitioners are referred to as shooters,...

|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
|Win
|align=center|9-2-2
|  Takeshi Yamazaki
|Decision (unanimous)
|Shooto - GIG East 10
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|8-2-2
|  Vitor Ribeiro
|Submission (arm-triangle choke)
|HOOKnSHOOT: Relentless
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:51
|Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

, United States
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|Loss
|align=center|8-1-2
|  Marcio Barbosa
|TKO (guillotine choke)
|Shooto - To The Top Final Act
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|align=center|1
|align=center|0:32
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
|Win
|align=center|8-0-2
|  Henry Matamoros
|Submission (exhaustion)
|HOOKnSHOOT - Kings 1
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|3:30
|Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

, United States
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|Win
|align=center|7-0-2
|  Bruno Queroy
|Decision (unanimous)
|Shooto - To The Top 8
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|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
|Win
|align=center|6-0-2
|  Takaharu Murahama
|Technical Decision (unanimous)
|Shooto - GIG East 4
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|2:45
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
|Win
|align=center|5-0-2
|  Charlie Pearson

Charlie Pearson

Charlie Pearson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon during the 1880s. He is credited as being one of the first people to attempt high flying marks where a player jumps on the back of another in order to take a mark....

|Decision (majority)
|Shooto - To The Top 5
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|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
|Win
|align=center|4-0-2
|  Ian James Schaffa

Ian James Schaffa

Ian "The Goshu Hurricane" Schaffa is an Australian mixed martial artist, kickboxer and boxer. He has fought for K-1, World Victory Road, and Shooto promotions. Austral-Asian vale tudo champion. Bronze medalist in 1999 at the Australian National Greco roman championships. New South Wales kickboxing...

|Decision (unanimous)
|Shooto - To The Top 3
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|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
|Win
|align=center|3-0-2
|  Chikara Miyake
|Decision (unanimous)
|Shooto - GIG West 1
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|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
|Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Japan
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|-
| Draw
|align=center|2-0-2
|  Yohei Nanbu
|Draw
|Shooto - R.E.A.D. 12
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|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
|Win
|align=center|2-0-1
|  Takuhito Hida
|Decision (majority)
|Shooto - R.E.A.D. 10
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|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
| Draw
|align=center|1-0-1
|  Koji Takeuchi
|Draw
|Shooto - R.E.A.D. 6
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|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
| Tokyo, Japan
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|-
|Win
|align=center|1-0
|  Tatsuya Kawajiri

Tatsuya Kawajiri

Tatsuya Kawajiri is a Japanese mixed martial artist and a former Shooto welterweight champion, currently competing in Dream's lightweight division...

|Submission (rear naked choke)
|Shooto - R.E.A.D. 4
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:44
| Tokyo, Japan
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External links

• Paraestra Osaka(in Japanese)