List of Shooto champions
The following is a list of Shooto World champions at each weight class.
Title Histories
Strawweight Championship
- 52.2 kilograms (115 lb) and below
- (Shooto refers to this division as Flyweight)
Name: | Date: | Defenses: |
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Rambaa Somdet (def. Noboru Tahara) |
November 23, 2009 |
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Somdet vacated the title on April 16, 2011 due to a partially torn left biceps.[1] | ||
Junji Ikoma (def. Junji Ito) |
April 29, 2011 | |
Mikihito Yamagami | November 5, 2011 |
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Yamagami vacated the title in December 2013 when he moved up in weight. | ||
Shinya Murofushi (def. Junji Ito) |
January 13, 2014 | |
Yoshitaka Naito | September 27, 2014 |
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Naito vacated the title on April 7, 2016 when he signed with ONE Championship. | ||
Ryohei Kurosawa (def. Ryuto Sawada) |
July 17, 2016 |
Flyweight Championship
- 52.2 to 56.7 kilograms (115 to 125 lb)
- (Shooto refers to this division as Bantamweight)
Name: | Date: | Defenses: |
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Mamoru Yamaguchi (def. Yasuhiro Urushitani) |
December 14, 2003 |
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Shinichi Kojima | October 14, 2006 |
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Kojima vacated the title on March 1, 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. | ||
Yasuhiro Urushitani (def. Ryuichi Miki) |
May 30, 2010 |
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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. | ||
Ryuichi Miki (def. Yosuke Saruta) |
November 9, 2013 | |
Masaaki Sugawara | May 3, 2015 | |
Hiromasa Ogikubo | April 23, 2016 |
Bantamweight Championship
- 56.7 to 61.2 kilograms (125 to 135 lb)
- (Shooto refers to this division as Featherweight)
Name: | Date: | Defenses: |
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Mamoru Yamaguchi (def. Jin Akimoto) |
December 17, 2000 | |
Masahiro Oishi | November 25, 2001 |
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Ryota Matsune | August 10, 2003 |
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Matsune vacated the title in February 2006 after suffering a knee injury which prevented him from defending his title in the mandatory time period per Shooto regulations. | ||
Akitoshi Hokazono (def. Kenji Osawa) |
July 21, 2006 | |
Hokazono announced his retirement on January 26, 2008 and thus relinquished the title. | ||
Masakatsu Ueda (def. Koetsu Okazaki) |
March 28, 2008 |
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Shuichiro Katsumura | March 22, 2010 | |
Koetsu Okazaki | April 29, 2011 | |
Hiromasa Ogikubo | May 18, 2012 | |
Kyoji Horiguchi | March 16, 2013 |
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Horiguchi vacated the title in December 2015 to compete in the UFC. |
Featherweight Championship
- 61.2 to 65.8 kilograms (135 to 145 lb)
- (Shooto refers to this division as Lightweight)
Name: | Date: | Defenses: |
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Kenichi Tanaka (def. Kazuhiro Sakamoto) |
September 8, 1990 | |
Kazuhiro Sakamoto | May 31, 1991 |
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Noboru Asahi | March 27, 1992 |
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Alexandre Franca Nogueira | September 5, 1999 |
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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. | ||
Takeshi Inoue (def. Antonio Carvalho) |
May 12, 2006 | |
Akitoshi Tamura | May 18, 2007 | |
Hideki Kadowaki | March 28, 2008 | |
Takeshi Inoue (2) | November 29, 2008 |
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Hatsu Hioki | May 30, 2010 | |
Hioki vacated the title on May 31, 2011 to compete in the UFC. | ||
Yutaka Saito (def. Yoshifumi Nakamura) |
January 11, 2016 | |
Lightweight Championship
- 65.8 to 70.3 kilograms (145 to 155 lb)
- (Shooto refers to this division as Welterweight)
Name: | Date: | Defenses: |
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Yuichi Watanabe (def. Kazuhiro Kusayanagi) |
March 29, 1991 | |
Watanabe vacated the title in 1991 for unknown reasons. | ||
Tomonori Ohara (def. Yoshimasa Ishikawa) |
October 17, 1991 |
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Ohara announced his retirement in November 1992 and thus relinquished the title. | ||
Yuki Nakai (def. Kazuhiro Kusayanagi) |
November 7, 1994 | |
Nakai suffered an eye injury which forced him into retirement in April 1995. | ||
Caol Uno (def. Rumina Sato) |
May 29, 1999 |
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Uno vacated the title on December 17, 2000 to compete in the UFC. | ||
Takanori Gomi (def. Rumina Sato) |
December 16, 2001 |
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Joachim Hansen | August 10, 2003 | |
Vitor Ribeiro | December 14, 2003 | |
Tatsuya Kawajiri | December 14, 2004 |
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Kawajiri relinquished 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. | ||
Takashi Nakakura (def. Ganjo Tentsuku) |
May 3, 2008 | |
Nakakura relinquished 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. | ||
Willamy Freire (def. Kenichiro Togashi) |
October 30, 2009 |
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Freire vacated the title on May 30, 2010 to compete in the UFC.[2] | ||
Kuniyoshi Hironaka (def. Kotetsu Boku) |
July 18, 2011 |
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Hironaka vacated the title in December 2015 for unknown reasons. | ||
Koshi Matsumoto (def. Yuki Kawana) |
April 23, 2016 |
Welterweight Championship
- 70.3 to 77.1 kilograms (155 to 170 lb)
- (Shooto refers to this division as Middleweight)
Name: | Date: | Defenses: |
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Yasuto Sekishima (def. Yoshimasa Ishikawa) |
May 12, 1990 |
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Yoshimasa Ishikawa | August 3, 1991 | |
Ishikawa vacated the title in 1991 to compete as a lightweight. | ||
Naoki Sakurada (def. Yasuto Sekishima) |
October 17, 1991 |
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Sakurada announced his retirement on January 18, 1997 thus relinquishing the title. | ||
Jake Shields (def. Ray Cooper) |
July 9, 2004 | |
Akira Kikuchi | December 14, 2004 | |
Shinya Aoki | February 17, 2006 |
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Aoki vacated the title on May 21, 2010 after years of not defending it, fighting for other promotions, and fighting primarily as a lightweight. | ||
Luis Ramos (def. Igor Fernandes) |
August 6, 2010 | |
Ramos vacated the title on August 9, 2011 after signing with the UFC. | ||
Hernani Perpetuo (def. Tommy Depret) |
August 25, 2013 | |
Middleweight Championship
- 77.1 to 83.9 kilograms (170 to 185 lb)
- (Shooto refers to this division as Light Heavyweight)
Name: | Date: | Defenses: | |
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Kenji Kawaguchi (def. Manabu Yamada) |
May 31, 1991 |
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Hayato Sakurai | May 13, 1998 |
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Anderson Silva | August 26, 2001 | ||
Silva vacated the title on January 9, 2002 after signing with PRIDE. | |||
Masanori Suda (def. Lance Gibson) |
January 12, 2002 |
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Suda announced his retirement on February 26, 2006 thus relinquishing the title. | |||
Shiko Yamashita (def. Dustin Denes) |
April 22, 2006 | ||
Siyar Bahadurzada | July 15, 2007 |
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Bahadurzada acvated the title on April 14, 2012 after signing with the UFC. | |||
By nationality
The following include championship title holders by nationality.
Country | Titles |
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Japan | 39 |
Brazil | 5 |
United States | 2 |
Afghanistan | 1 |
Thailand | 1 |
Norway | 1 |
See also
- List of Shooto Pacific Rim champions
- List of Strikeforce champions
- List of Pride champions
- List of UFC champions
- List of Dream champions
- List of Pancrase champions
- List of WEC champions
References
- ↑ Nelson, Chris (2011-04-16). "Hioki Joins April 29 Shooto Card; 'M-16' Vacates Title". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
- ↑ Butterfield, Jon (2011-01-14). "411 Fighter Profile 01.14.11: Willamy Freire". 411Mania.com. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- Chan, Sam. The Japanese Pro-Wrestling: Reality Based Martial Art Connection. bjj.org. URL last accessed January 7, 2006.
- Shootoamericas. SHOOTO: History and Overview. www.shootoamericas.com. URL last accessed January 7, 2006.
External links
- Australia Shooto Commission official website
- shootoresult.versus.jp
- Shooto Japan official website(Japanese)
- First Documented Introduction and Presence of Shooto in the Philippines
- Bulgarian Shooto federation Official Site
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