List of Shooto Champions
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The following is a list of Shooto World champions at each weight class. PLEASE NOTE: Title defenses are incomplete and these do NOT include the regional or rookie champions that the Shooto organization recognizes.
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[edit] Title Histories
[edit] Bantamweight Championship
- 123lbs and below
| Name: | Date: | Defenses: |
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| Mamoru Yamaguchi (def. Yasuhiro Urushitani) |
December 14, 2003 | |
| Shinichi Kojima (def. Mamoru Yamaguchi) |
October 14, 2006 |
[edit] Featherweight Championship
- 124 to 132 lbs
| Name: | Date: | Defenses: | |
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| Mamoru Yamaguchi (def. Jin Akimoto) |
December 17, 2000 | ||
| Masahiro Oishi (def. Mamoru Yamaguchi) |
November 25, 2001 |
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| Ryota Matsune (def. Masahiro Oishi) |
August 10, 2003 |
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| Title vacated | February 2006 | Matsune suffered 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 | ||
| Title vacated | January 2008 | Hokazono announced his retirment January 26, 2008 and thus relinquished the title. | |
| Masaktsu Ueda (def. Koetsu Okazaki) |
March 28, 2008 | ||
[edit] Lightweight Championship
- 133 to 143 lbs
| Name: | Date: | Defenses: | |
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| Kenichi Tanaka (def. Kazuhiro Sakamoto) |
July 7, 1990 |
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| Kazuhiro Sakamoto (def. Kenichi Tanaka) |
May 31, 1991 |
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| Noboru Asahi (def. Kazuhiro Sakamoto) |
March 27, 1992 | ||
| Alexandre Franca Nogueira (def. Noboru Asahi) |
September 5, 1999 |
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| Title vacated | May 07, 2006 | Nogueira suffered 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 (def. Takeshi Inoue) |
May 18, 2007 | ||
| Hideki Kadowaki | March 28, 2008 | ||
[edit] Welterweight Championship
- 144 to 154 lbs
| Name: | Date: | Defenses: | |
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| Yuichi Watanabe (def. Kazuhiro Kusayanagi) |
March 29, 1991 | ||
| Title vacated | unknown | Watanabe vacated the title for unknown reasons. | |
| Tomonori Ohara (def. Yomohiro Tanaka) |
September 1992 | ||
| Title vacated | unknown | Ohara vacated the title for unknown reasons. | |
| Yuki Nakai (def. Kazuhiro Kusayanagi) |
November 7, 1994 | ||
| Title vacated | unknown | Nakai suffered an eye injury which forced him into retirement. | |
| Caol Uno (def. Rumina Sato) |
May 29, 1999 |
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| Title vacated | December 17, 2000 | Caol Uno vacated the belt to compete in the UFC. | |
| Takanori Gomi (def. Rumina Sato) |
December 16, 2001 |
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| Joachim Hansen (def. Takanori Gomi) |
August 10, 2003 | ||
| Vitor Ribeiro (def. Joachim Hansen) |
December 14, 2003 | ||
| Tatsuya Kawajiri (def. Vitor Ribeiro) |
December 14, 2004 |
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| Title vacated | January 23, 2007 | Kawajiri suffered a hand injury which prevented him from defending his title in the mandatory time period per Shooto regulations. | |
| Takashi Nakakura (def. Ganjo Tentsuku) |
May 2, 2008 | ||
[edit] Middleweight Championship
- 155 to 167lbs
| Name: | Date: | Defenses: | |
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| Yasuto Sekishima (def. Yoshimasa Ishikawa) |
May 12, 1990 | ||
| Yoshimasa Ishikawa (def. Yasuto Sekishima) |
August 03, 1991 | ||
| Title vacated | unknown | Ishikawa vacated the title for unknown reasons. | |
| Naoki Sakurada (def. Kazuhiro Kusayanagi) |
September 25, 1992 | ||
| Title vacated | January 18, 1997 | Sakurada retired thus vacating the title. | |
| Hayato Sakurai (def. Jutaro Nakao) |
May 13, 1998 |
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| Anderson Silva (def. Hayato Sakurai) |
August 26, 2001 | ||
| Title vacated | 2001 | Silva decided to leave Shooto thus vacating the title. | |
| Jake Shields (def. Ray Cooper) |
July 09, 2004 | ||
| Akira Kikuchi (def. Jake Shields) |
December 14, 2004 | ||
| Shinya Aoki (def. Akira Kikuchi) |
February 17, 2006 |
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[edit] Light Heavyweight Championship
- 168 to 183lbs
| Name: | Date: | Defenses: | |
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| Kenji Kawaguchi (def. Manabu Yamada) |
May 31, 1991 | ||
| Erik Paulson (def. Kenji Kawaguchi) |
May 07, 1996 | ||
| Title vacated | December 2000 | Paulson vacated the title and retired. | |
| Masanori Suda (def. Lance Gibson) |
January 12, 2002 | ||
| Title vacated | February 26, 2006 | Suda vacated the title and retired. | |
| Shikou Yamashita (def. Dustin Denes) |
April 22, 2006 |
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| Siyar Bahaduzada (def. Shikou Yamashita) |
July 14, 2007 | ||
[edit] Heavyweight Championship
- 184 and uplbs
[edit] References
- 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.
[edit] 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
| Name: | Date: | Defenses: | |
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| Enson Inoue (def. Joe Estes) |
October 12, 1997 | ||
| Title vacated | 2000 | Inoue vacated the title and left shooto. Since then Shooto has disregarded the Heavyweight division. | |
