List of Shooto champions

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This is a list of Shooto world champions at each weight class. Shooto is a Japan-based mixed martial arts (MMA) promoting and sanctioning organization founded first in 1985 as a particular fighting system, and then in 1989 as an MMA promotion.

Shooto used to promote different weight classes than the Association of Boxing Commissions, which are used by most MMA promotions. On January 1, 2015, weight limits were changed to the divisions established by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.[1] Then, on January 1, 2017, the names of the weight classes were also changed to the names established by NSAC.[2]

Current champions

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Men
Division Champion Since Defenses
Middleweight Vacant April 14, 2012
Welterweight   Hernani Perpetuo August 25, 2013 0
Lightweight   Yamato Nishikawa September 20, 2021 0
Featherweight   Sasuke July 25, 2021 2
Bantamweight   Tatsuya Ando March 21, 2022 0
Flyweight   Jo Arai November 19, 2023 0
Strawweight September 19, 2022 1
Women
Division Champion Since Defenses
Strawweight   Emi Fujino May 18, 2024 0
Super Atomweight   Ayaka Watanabe May 21, 2023 0
Atomweight   Chihiro Sawada November 27, 2022 1

Men's championships

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Middleweight Championship

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Weight limit of 83.9 kg (185 lb)
The weight limit was 83 kg (183 lb) prior to January 1, 2015. The Middleweight Championship was known as the Light Heavyweight Championship prior to January 1, 2017.[3]

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Kenji Kawaguchi
def. Manabu Yamada
Shooto: Shooto
Tokyo, Japan
May 31, 1991 1,803 days

1. def. Satoshi Honma on October 17, 1991
2. def. Manabu Yamada on July 23, 1992
3. drew with Satoshi Honma on November 27, 1992

2   Erik Paulson Shooto: Vale Tudo Junction 3
Tokyo, Japan
May 7, 1996 1,605 days

1. def. Masanori Suda on August 29, 1998

Paulson vacated the title on September 28, 2000 when he retired from the sport.
3   Masanori Suda
def. Lance Gibson
Shooto: Treasure Hunt 1
Tokyo, Japan
January 12, 2002 1,497 days

1. def. Egan Inoue on May 9, 2003
2. drew with Dustin Denes on July 9, 2004

Suda vacated the title on February 17, 2006, at his retirement ceremony.
4   Shiko Yamashita
def. Dustin Denes
Absolute Fighting Championships 16
Boca Raton, FL, US
April 22, 2006 449 days
5   Siyar Bahadurzada Shooto: Back To Our Roots 4
Tokyo, Japan
July 15, 2007 1,735 days

1. def. Leandro Silva on August 27, 2009
2. def. Carlos Alexandre Pereira on August 6, 2010

Bahadurzada vacated the title on April 14, 2012 after signing with the UFC.[citation needed]

Welterweight Championship

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Weight limit of 77.1 kg (170 lb)
The weight limit was 77 kg (169.8 lb) prior to January 1, 2015. The Welterweight Championship was known as the Middleweight Championship prior to January 1, 2017.[4]

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Yasuto Sekishima
def. Yoshimasa Ishikawa
Shooto: Shooto
Tokyo, Japan
May 12, 1990 448 days

1. drew with Naoki Sakurada on November 28, 1990

2   Yoshimasa Ishikawa Shooto: Shooto
Tokyo, Japan
August 3, 1991 ? days
Ishikawa vacated the title in 1991 to compete as a lightweight.
3   Naoki Sakurada
def. Yasuto Sekishima
Shooto: Shooto
Osaka, Japan
October 17, 1991 1,920 days

1. def. Kazuhiro Kusayanagi on September 25, 1992

Sakurada vacated the title on January 18, 1997, when he retired.
4   Hayato "Mach" Sakurai Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 3
Tokyo, Japan
May 13, 1998 1,201 days

1. def. Tetsuji Kato on March 17, 2000

5   Anderson Silva Shooto: To The Top 7
Osaka, Japan
August 26, 2001 136 days
Silva vacated the title on January 9, 2002, after signing with Pride.
6   Jake Shields
def. Ray Cooper
Shooto Hawaii: Soljah Fight Night
Honolulu, HI, US
July 9, 2004 158 days
7   Akira Kikuchi Shooto: Year End Show 2004
Tokyo, Japan
December 14, 2004 430 days
8   Shinya Aoki Shooto: The Victory of the Truth
Tokyo, Japan
February 17, 2006 1,554 days

1. def. Akira Kikuchi on February 17, 2007

Aoki vacated the title on May 21, 2010 after years of not defending it, fighting for other promotions, and fighting primarily as a lightweight.
9   Luis Ramos
def. Igor Fernandes
Shooto Brazil 17
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
August 6, 2010 368 days
Ramos vacated the title on August 9, 2011, after signing with the UFC.[5]
10   Hernani Perpetuo
def. Tommy Depret
Shooto: Gig Tokyo 15
Tokyo, Japan
August 25, 2013 4,106 days
(incumbent)

Lightweight Championship

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Weight limit of 70.3 kg (155 lb)
The weight limit was 70 kg (154.3 lb) prior to January 1, 2015. The Lightweight Championship was known as the Welterweight Championship prior to January 1, 2017.[6]

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Yuichi Watanabe
def. Kazuhiro Kusayanagi
Shooto: Shooto
Tokyo, Japan
March 29, 1991 149 days
Watanabe vacated the title on August 25, 1991 for unknown reasons.
2   Tomonori Ohara
def. Yoshimasa Ishikawa
Shooto: Shooto
Osaka, Japan
October 17, 1991 ? days

1. def. Yomohiro Tanaka on September 25, 1992

Ohara announced his retirement in November 1992 and thus vacated the title.
3   Yuki Nakai
def. Kazuhiro Kusayanagi
Shooto: Vale Tudo Access 2
Tokyo, Japan
November 7, 1994 ? days
Nakai suffered an eye injury at Vale Tudo Japan 1995 which forced him into retirement in April 1995.
4   Caol Uno
def. Rumina Sato
Shooto: 10th Anniversary Event
Yokohama, Japan
May 29, 1999 568 days

1. def. Rumina Sato on December 17, 2000

Uno vacated the title on December 17, 2000 to compete in the UFC.
5   Takanori Gomi
def. Rumina Sato
Shooto: To The Top Final Act
Urayasu, Japan
December 16, 2001 602 days

1. def. Dokonjonosuke Mishima on December 14, 2002

6   Joachim Hansen Shooto: 8/10 in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
Yokohama, Japan
August 10, 2003 126 days
7   Vítor Ribeiro Shooto: Year End Show 2003
Urayasu, Japan
December 14, 2003 366 days
8   Tatsuya Kawajiri Shooto: Year End Show 2004
Tokyo, Japan
December 14, 2004 770 days

1. def. Joachim Hansen on February 17, 2006

Kawajiri vacated the title on January 23, 2007, after suffering a knee injury which prevented him from defending his title in the mandatory time period per Shooto regulations.
9   Takashi Nakakura
def. Ganjo Tentsuku
Shooto: Shooto Tradition 1
Tokyo, Japan
May 3, 2008 506 days
Nakakura vacated the title on September 21, 2009, declaring that he wasn't ready to properly defend it after losing a non-title fight to Takanori Gomi.[7]
10   Willamy Freire
def. Kenichiro Togashi
Vale Tudo Japan 2009
Tokyo, Japan
October 30, 2009 212 days

1. def. Yusuke Endo on May 30, 2010

Freire vacated the title on May 30, 2010 to compete in the UFC.[8]
11   Kuniyoshi Hironaka
def. Kotetsu Boku
Shooto: Shootor's Legacy 3
Tokyo, Japan
July 18, 2011 1,595 days

1. def. Giovani Diniz on May 18, 2012
2. def. Yoshihiro Koyama on September 29, 2013

Hironaka vacated the title on November 29, 2015 for unknown reasons.[9]
12   Koshi Matsumoto
def. Yuki Kawana
Mobstyles Present Fight & Mosh
Tokyo, Japan
April 23, 2016 1,394 days

1. def. Yuki Okano on March 25, 2018
2. def. Naoyuki Kotani on May 6, 2019

Matsumoto vacated the title in February 16, 2020, when he signed with ONE Championship.[10]
13   Yuki Kawana
def. Captain Africa
Professional Shooto 2020 Vol.4 in Osaka
Osaka, Japan
July 12, 2020 435 days
14   Yamato Nishikawa
def. Yuki Kawana
Professional Shooto 2021 Vol.6
Tokyo, Japan
September 20, 2021 1,158 days
(incumbent)

Featherweight Championship

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Weight limit of 65.8 kg (145 lb)
The weight limit was 65 kg (143.3 lb) prior to January 1, 2015. The Featherweight Championship was known as the Lightweight Championship prior to January 1, 2017.[11]

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Kenichi Tanaka
def. Kazuhiro Sakamoto
Shooto: Shooto
Tokyo, Japan
September 8, 1990 265 days
2   Kazuhiro Sakamoto Shooto: Shooto
Tokyo, Japan
May 31, 1991 301 days 1. def. Hiroyuki Kanno on October 17, 1991
3   Noboru Asahi Shooto: Shooto
Tokyo, Japan
March 27, 1992 2,718 days

1. drew with Kenichi Tanaka on July 23, 1992
2. drew with Uchu Tatsumi on March 28, 1999

4   Alexandre Franca Nogueira Shooto: Renaxis 4
Tokyo, Japan
September 5, 1999 2,436 days

1. def. Uchu Tatsumi on August 27, 2000
2. def. Tetsuo Katsuta on September 2, 2001
3. def. Katsuya Toida on December 16, 2001
4. def. Hiroyuki Abe on December 14, 2002
5. drew with Stephen Palling on August 10, 2003
6. def. João Roque on March 11, 2005

Nogueira vacated the title on May 7, 2006, after suffering a knee injury which prevented him from defending his title in the mandatory time period per Shooto regulations.
5   Lion Takeshi
def. Antonio Carvalho
Shooto: The Devilock
Tokyo, Japan
May 12, 2006 371 days
6   Akitoshi Tamura Shooto: Back To Our Roots 3
Tokyo, Japan
May 18, 2007 315 days
7   Hideki Kadowaki Shooto: Back To Our Roots 8
Tokyo, Japan
March 28, 2008 246 days
8   Lion Takeshi (2) Shooto: Shooto Tradition 4
Tokyo, Japan
November 29, 2008 547 days
(918 days)
1. def. Rumina Sato on May 10, 2009
9   Hatsu Hioki Shooto: The Way of Shooto 3: Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon
Tokyo, Japan
May 30, 2010 366 days
Hioki vacated the title on May 31, 2011 to compete in the UFC.[12]
10   Yutaka Saito
def. Yoshifumi Nakamura
Professional Shooto
Tokyo, Japan
January 11, 2016 1,906 days 1. def. Caol Uno on April 23, 2017
Saito vacated the title on March 31, 2021 to compete in Rizin.[13]
11   Sasuke
def. Ryoji Kudo
Professional Shooto 2021 Vol.5
Tokyo, Japan
July 25, 2021 1,215 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Tateo Iida on March 19, 2023
2. def. Hanzo Tanaka on December 2, 2023

Bantamweight Championship

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Weight limit of 61.2 kg (135 lb)
The weight limit was 60 kg (132.3 lb) prior to January 1, 2015. The Bantamweight Championship was known as the Featherweight Championship prior to January 1, 2017.[14]

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Mamoru
def. Jin Akimoto
Shooto: R.E.A.D. Final
Urayasu, Japan
December 17, 2000 343 days
2   Masahiro Oishi Shooto: To The Top 10
Tokyo, Japan
November 25, 2001 623 days 1. drew with Hisao Ikeda on September 16, 2002
3   Ryota Matsune Shooto: 8/10 in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
Yokohama, Japan
August 10, 2003 858 days 1. def. Kentaro Imaizumi on November 12, 2004
Matsune vacated the title on December 15, 2005, after suffering a knee injury which prevented him from defending his title in the mandatory time period per Shooto regulations.[15][16]
4   Akitoshi Hokazono
def. Kenji Osawa
Shooto 2006: 7/21 in Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
July 21, 2006 554 days
Hokazono vacated the title on January 26, 2008, when he retired.[17]
5   Masakatsu Ueda
def. Koetsu Okazaki
Shooto: Back To Our Roots 8
Tokyo, Japan
March 28, 2008 724 days

1. drew with Marcos Galvao on September 28, 2008
2. def. So Tazawa on March 20, 2009
3. def. Eduardo Dantas on July 19, 2009

6   Shuichiro Katsumura Shooto: The Way of Shooto 2: Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon
Tokyo, Japan
March 22, 2010 403 days
7   Koetsu Okazaki Shooto: Shooto Tradition 2011
Tokyo, Japan
April 29, 2011 385 days
8   Hiromasa Ougikubo Great East Japan Earthquake Reconstruction Support Charity
Tokyo, Japan
May 18, 2012 302 days
9   Kyoji Horiguchi Shooto: 2013 2nd Round
Tokyo, Japan
March 16, 2013 948 days 1. def. Shintaro Ishiwatari on June 22, 2013
Horiguchi vacated the title on October 20, 2015 to compete in the UFC.[18]
10   Shoko Sato
def. Keita Ishibashi
Professional Shooto
Urayasu, Japan
October 15, 2017 1,142 days

1. def. Tristan Grimsley on July 15, 2018
2. def. Yo Saito on November 17, 2018

  Ryo Okada
def. Kazuma Kuramoto for interim title[19]
Professional Shooto 2020 Vol.3
Tokyo, Japan
May 31, 2020
Sato vacated the title on November 30, 2020, in order to compete with ONE Championship.[20]
11   Ryo Okada
promoted to undisputed champion
November 30, 2020 476 days 1. def. Takafumi Otsuka on March 20, 2021
12   Tatsuya Ando Professional Shooto 2022 Vol.2
Tokyo, Japan
March 21, 2022 976 days
(incumbent)

Flyweight Championship

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Weight limit of 56.7 kg (125 lb)
The weight limit was 56 kg (123.5 lb) prior to January 1, 2015. The Flyweight Championship was known as the Bantamweight Championship prior to January 1, 2017.[21]

No. Name Date Defenses
1   Mamoru
def. Yasuhiro Urushitani
December 14, 2003

1. drew with Robson Moura on September 26, 2004
2. drew with BJ on March 24, 2006

2   BJ October 14, 2006

1. drew with Yasuhiro Urushitani on March 16, 2007
2. def. Mamoru on July 18, 2008
3. def. Yuki Shoujou on March 20, 2009

Kojima vacated the title on February 27, 2010 after suffering an ACL injury in his right knee which prevented him from defending his title in the mandatory time period per Shooto regulations.[22]
3   Yasuhiro Urushitani
def. Ryuichi Miki
May 30, 2010 1. def. Yuki Shoujou on July 18, 2011
Urushitani vacated the title on December 10, 2011 to compete in the UFC.
Ryuichi Miki drew with Yosuke Saruta for the vacant title on July 27, 2013.
4   Ryuichi Miki
def. Yosuke Saruta
November 9, 2013
5   Masaaki Sugawara May 3, 2015
6   Hiromasa Ougikubo April 23, 2016

1. def. Tadaaki Yamamoto on October 15, 2017
2. def. Kiyotaka Shimizu on May 6, 2019

  Ryuya Fukuda
def. Yoshiro Maeda for the interim title.
July 12, 2020
Ougikubo vacated the title on January 31, 2021.[23] Fukuda was promoted to undisputed status.[24]
7   Ryuya Fukuda
promoted to undisputed champion
January 31, 2021
8   Tatsuro Taira July 3, 2021
Taira vacated the title on May 21, 2023 to compete for the UFC.[25]
9   Jo Arai
def. Wataru Yamauchi
November 19, 2023

Strawweight Championship

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Weight limit of 52.2 kg (115 lb)
The weight limit was 52 kg (114.6 lb) prior to January 1, 2015. The Strawweight Championship was known as the Flyweight Championship prior to January 1, 2017.[26]

No. Name Date Defenses
1   Rambaa SomdetM16
def. Noboru Tahara
November 23, 2009 1. def. Hiroyuki Abe on July 19, 2010
Somdet vacated the title on April 16, 2011 due to a partially torn left bicep.[27]
2   Junji Ikoma
def. Junji Sarumaru
April 29, 2011
3   Mikihito Yamagami November 5, 2011 1. def. Junji Sarumaru on September 30, 2012
Yamagami vacated the title in December 2013 when he moved up in weight.[28]
4   Shinya Murofushi
def. Junji Sarumaru
January 13, 2014
5   Yoshitaka Naito September 27, 2014

1. def. Ryuta Sawada on July 26, 2015
2. def. Junji Sarumaru on November 29, 2015

Naito vacated the title on April 7, 2016 when he signed with ONE Championship.[29]
6   Ryohei Kurosawa
def. Ryuto Sawada
July 17, 2016
Kurosawa vacated the title in 2017.
7   Yosuke Saruta
def. Ryuto Sawada
October 15, 2017 1. def. Itchaku Murata on May 13, 2018
Saruta vacated the title on November 30, 2019, after signing with ONE Championship.[30]
8   Hiroshi Minowa
def. Yohei Komaki
January 26, 2020
  Junji Sarumaru
def. Ryohei Kurosawa for the interim title[31]
November 7, 2021
Sarumaru was promoted to undisputed champion status on August 1, 2022, after Minowa vacated the title.[32]
9   Junji Sarumaru
promoted to undisputed champion
August 1, 2022
10   Jo Arai
def. Junji Sarumaru
September 19, 2022 1. def. Shuto Aki on July 23, 2023

Women's championship history

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Women's Strawweight Championship

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Weight limit of 52.2 kg (115 lb)

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Emi Fujino
def. Megumi Sugimoto
Professional Shooto 2024 Vol.4
Tokyo, Japan
May 18, 2024 187 days
(incumbent)

Women's Super Atomweight Championship

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Weight limit of 50 kg (110 lb)[33]

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Mina Kurobe
def. Megumi Sugimoto
Professional Shooto 2020 Vol.5
Tokyo, Japan
August 1, 2020 462 days
2   Sarami Professional Shooto 2021 Vol.7
Tokyo, Japan
November 6, 2021 561 days
3   Ayaka Watanabe Professional Shooto 2023 Vol.3
Tokyo, Japan
May 21, 2023 550 days
(incumbent)

Women's Atomweight Championship

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Weight limit of 47.6 kg (105 lb)

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Chihiro Sawada
def. Yuki Ono
Professional Shooto 2022 Vol.7
Tokyo, Japan
November 27, 2022 725 days
(incumbent)
1. def. Miku Nakamura on December 2, 2023

Defunct title

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Heavyweight Championship

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Weight limit of 120.2 kg (265 lb)
The weight limit was 100 kg (220.5 lb) prior to January 1, 2015.[34]

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Enson Inoue
def. Joe Estes
Shooto: Reconquista 4
Tokyo, Japan
October 12, 1997 693 days
Inoue vacated the title on September 5, 1999.

Records

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Most wins in title bouts

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The following includes all fighters with four or more championship and/or interim championship title wins.

Title wins Champion Division W L D NC
6   Alexandre Franca Nogueira Lightweight 6 1
4   Kenji Kawaguchi Light Heavyweight 4 1 1
  Hiromasa Ougikubo Featherweight
Bantamweight
1
3
0
0

1

Most consecutive title defenses

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The following includes all Shooto champions who were able to consecutively defend their title three times or more. Fighters with the same number of title defenses are listed chronologically.

Defenses Champion Division Period
6   Alexandre Franca Nogueira[a] Lightweight September 5, 1999 – May 7, 2006
3   Kenji Kawaguchi[b] Light Heavyweight May 31, 1991 – May 7, 1996
  BJ[c] Bantamweight October 16, 2006 – March 1, 2010
  Masakatsu Ueda[d] Featherweight March 28, 2008 – March 22, 2010
  1. ^ Nogueira successfully defended the Shooto Lightweight Championship five times and retained the title once following a draw against Stephen Palling at Shooto: 8/10 in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium.
  2. ^ Kawaguchi successfully defended the Shooto Light Heavyweight Championship twice and retained the title once following a draw against Satoshi Honma on November 27, 1992.
  3. ^ BJ successfully defended the Shooto Bantamweight Championship twice and retained the title once following a draw against Yasuhiro Urushitani at Shooto: Back To Our Roots 2.
  4. ^ Ueda successfully defended the Shooto Featherweight Championship twice and retained the title once following a draw against Marcos Galvão at

Multi-division champions

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Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes.[35] Tournament champions are not included.

Interim title
* Simultaneous two
division champion
No. Champion Division Period Defense
1   Mamoru Featherweight December 17, 2000 – November 25, 2001 0
Bantamweight December 14, 2003 – October 14, 2006 2
2   Hiromasa Ougikubo Featherweight May 18, 2012 – March 16, 2013 0
Bantamweight April 23, 2016 – January 31, 2021 2

By nationality

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The following include championship title holders by nationality.

Country Titles
  Japan 62
  Brazil 6
  United States 3
  Afghanistan 1
  Thailand 1
  Norway 1

See also

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References

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