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. She currently fights in the

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promotion, where she won the ''2009 Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix'' (48 kg & under).

Early life

Kodera was born on in

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, Japan.

Mixed martial arts career

Kodera debuted in mixed martial arts on , defeating Nana Ichikawa by armbar submission at ''

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- Japan Cup 2002 Episode 2''. In her next fight, almost two years later, she was defeated by rear naked choke by Mari Kaneko at ''Golden Muscle - Strongest Queen Tournament'' on .BS golden musclesAriake 5.7 - Bout Review"> Three years later, Kodera fought and defeated Mamiko Mizoguchi by armbar at ''Kingdom of Grapple - Live 2007'' on . Kodera would return to Smackgirl, losing against Masako Yoshida by unanimous decision. Her next fight was against

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, who defeated Kodera by split decision on . After the demise of Smackgirl and one year after her previous fight, Kodera debuted in the Jewels promotion with an armbar submission victory over Yukiko Seki on at ''

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''. Kodera would then participate in the 2009 Rough Stone Grand Prix 48 kg tournament, defeating Misaki Ozawa by submission (armbar) on and

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by decision (unanimous) on to win the tournament.

Mixed martial arts record

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Mari Kaneko is a Japanese female karateka and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. Kaneko has competed for MMA promotions Ax, Smackgirl, Deep and Jewels. Background Kaneko was born on in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Martial arts training In 1999, Kane ...

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Championships and accomplishments

* 2009 Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix 48 kg Champion

References

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