is a Japanese

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fighter, singer, actor and politician who has been serving as a

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in the

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since 2019. Between 1998 and 2006, Sudo was a

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and then was in the

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from 2006 to 2019. He has since returned to his previous position in World Order as of September 2021 where he is currently active. He is a retired

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorp ...

and a

kickboxer Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general ...

who, until 31 December 2006 competed in the Japanese fighting organization

HERO'S Hero's was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion operated by Fighting and Entertainment Group, the parent entity behind kickboxing organization K-1. Grown from and branched off of K-1's earlier experiments in MMA, including the ''K-1 Romanex'' ...

and before that, the

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and

Pancrase Pancrase Inc. is a mixed martial arts promotion company founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. The name was based on pankration, a fighting sport in the Ancient Olympic Games. Suzuki and Funaki pr ...

. He is known for his elaborate ring entrances and unorthodox fighting style. Over his career, he holds notable wins over

Nate Marquardt Nathan Joel Marquardt (born April 20, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist who competed in the middleweight and welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 1999, he is a former Strikeforce W ...

Royler Gracie Royler Gracie (born December 6, 1965) is a Brazilian-American retired mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. Gracie ran the Gracie Humaitá school in Rio de Janeiro for many years under his father Helio's dir ...

Eric "Butterbean" Esch Eric Scott Esch (born August 3, 1966), better known by his nickname "Butterbean", is an American retired professional boxer, kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and professional wrestler who competed in the heavyweight division. He is also a televis ...

, Mike Brown,

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Hiroyuki Takaya Hiroyuki Takaya (Japanese: 高谷裕之, ''Takaya Hiroyuki'', born June 10, 1977) is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in the Featherweight division. A professional competitor since 2003, Takaya has fought in the WEC, Strikeforc ...

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and

Ramon Dekkers Ramon Dekkers (4 September 1969 – 27 February 2013) was a Dutch kickboxer and an eight-time Muay Thai world champion. Dekkers was a favourite with fight fans due to his fast-paced, aggressive fighting style. Dekkers was also renowned for his wi ...

. Sudo, following his retirement, transitioned into a career in entertainment as a Japanese singer, composer, choreographer, actor, professional calligrapher and

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. He is the producer, director, and lead vocalist of the music group

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, which is known for their

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music style and highly synchronised robotic choreography. His philosophy is "We are all one".

Early life

Born to a chef and

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fan, Genki was named after Yu Koyama's sports

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Ganbare Genki is a Japanese sports manga by Yū Koyama about Genki Horiguchi, a boy who is raised by a single father, and who wants to be a boxer like him. It was adapted as an anime television series by Toei Animation. The manga received the Shogakukan Ma ...

. He started practicing

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during high school, focusing on

Greco-Roman Wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

, and later won JOC Cup All Japan Junior Wrestling Championship during his stay at the Takushoku Junior College. In 1998, after graduating, Genki moved to the United States and enrolled in

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, but dropped out soon after. Around this time, he joined the Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu Club and practiced

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...

. A year after, he returned to Japan to compete in Pancrase by

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's mediation.

MMA career

Pancrase

Genki started his professional career in

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promotion

, defeating Kosei Kubota by unanimous decision in his first fight. He joined

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's Grabaka team to further develop his grappling skills. Sudo became well known for his particularly flashy choreographed ring entrances that often included costumed dancers. One entrance featured Sudo doing the robot and operating levers that released a column of smoke from the top of his head while wearing a

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bucket as a hat and a white plastic mask, in an homage to the musician

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. On 21 December 2001, Sudo fought against Kenichi Yamamoto at

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, and won by

Rear Naked Choke The rear naked choke (RNC) is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back. The word "naked" in this context suggests that, unlike other strangulation techniques found in jujutsu/judo, this hold does not require the use of a keikogi ...

. Prior to the match, Sudo and Yamamoto promised to bet Yamamoto's

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championship belt A championship belt is a large, extravagantly designed belt used primarily in combat sports such as boxing, mixed martial arts, and professional wrestling to signify the champions of the promotion or company, much like a cup or trophy in other s ...

on the outcome. Following his win, Sudo was given the belt by Yamamoto, and Sudo was introduced as "UFC Japan Champion" by media after this bout. As the bet was personal, he is not sanctioned as champion by

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UFC

Sudo had his debut in

at UFC 38, facing Leigh Remedios. Making his entrance in a kimono and a

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mask, Sudo showed his personal style by dancing and throwing spin kicks to open the match, eventually launching a flying triangle choke attempt which lasted for most of the round. At the second round, Genki threw Remedios with a hip throw and locked a

rear naked choke The rear naked choke (RNC) is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back. The word "naked" in this context suggests that, unlike other strangulation techniques found in jujutsu/judo, this hold does not require the use of a keikogi ...

, making him tap out. The Japanese wrestler then posed with a flag of all the nations and proclaimed his catchphrase of "We Are All One" for a crowd pop. He returned at

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against

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. Again Sudo showed his theatrical side, walking backwards towards Ludwig and doing the robot dance before taking him down. However, despite his initial domination, the Japanese started receiving damage while standing, failing in a rolling kneebar and several takedown attempts. Sudo came back at the last round, taking down Ludwig and pounding and bloodying him with punches and elbows. Whilst Ludwig was taking a beating, referee John McCarthy interrupted and stood the two fighters up to check on Ludwig's nose. When the doctor allowed the fight to resume they did not restart from the same previous dominant position held by Sudo. Ludwig took advantage of the indirect rest given to him and avoided, with the aid of the referee's decision, the unfavorable position that he was in. He dominated the end of the fight landing hurtful shots on Sudo to win a split decision. Ludwig mocked Sudo after the final bell with a

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pose. Sudo's last fight in UFC would be against the debuting Mike Brown in

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. Brown tried to capitalize in Sudo's confusing moves by rushing him against the fence, managing to slam him on the mat, but Sudo then locked a triangle choke and transitioned into an armbar for the tap out.

Hero's

Genki Sudo was defeated by K-1 HERO's lightweight champion Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto. The fight was won by a controversial referee stoppage after Sudo was knocked down by a right hand which was followed by some punches. At K-1 Dynamite! on 31 December 2006 he defeated Damacio Page by

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. After his win, and to the shock of the crowd, Sudo announced his retirement.

After retirement

Prior to his retirement on New Year's Eve Sudo fought for K-1 HERO's, the

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

branch of the most popular Japanese

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circuit. In 2008, he accepted the position of Manager for

Takushoku University Takushoku University (拓殖大学; ''Takushoku Daigaku'', abbreviated as 拓大 ''Takudai'') is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Duke Taro Katsura (1848–1913).

’s

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team. In the 2009 Eastern Japan University League Games, the 2009 All Japan University

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Championship Tournament, and the 2010 All Japan University

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Conference, he was awarded the prize for Best Manager. In addition, he led the team to victory in the 2010 All Japan Student Wrestling Championship, and in his second year as manager

was victorious at all four of the biggest student

tournaments. In 2010, he was made the Japanese representative manager for the World University Championship. Sudo was cast in Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate (仮面ライダーＷ（ダブル） FOREVER AtoZ／運命のガイアメモリ) in 2010 as Kyosui Izumi, member of NEVER and user of the T2 Luna Memory. He reprised his role in ''Kamen Rider Eternal'', in ''

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'' which was released on 21 July 2011. He has also finished filming his part of the movie The R246 Story. On 8 April 2010 he received his

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under Naoyoshi Watanabe at Triforce Academy.

Kickboxing career

Sudo participated in a

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tournament in 2002. He lost in the semi-finals. He has had important matches against

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and

Albert Kraus Albert “The Hurricane” Kraus (born August 3, 1980) is a Dutch welterweight kickboxer. He was the first K-1 World MAX Tournament Champion in 2002 and also the first SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Champion. Kraus has also held four separate world ti ...

, both going to decisions.

Fighting style

A fighter with unorthodox striking and grappling ability, he has won fights by flashy

knockout A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, a ...

in both

and

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. Among the unusual techniques that he favors and can use effectively are the spinning backfist, flying triangle choke and

flying armbar An armlock in grappling is a single or double joint lock that hyperextends, hyperflexes or hyperrotates the elbow joint or shoulder joint. An armlock that hyper-extends the arm is known as an armbar, and it includes the traditional armbar, pr ...

, as well as dancing and turning his back to opponents to taunt or distract them.

Personal life

Sudo is a practicing

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. He married on 22 November 2007, but got divorced in 2014. Sudo has written 15 books and has started an amateur

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team for people 30 and over. On 1 August 2009, Sudo and his office made an official statement to say information on Wikipedia was wrong. According to their statement, the bout between Sudo and

Tiki Ghosn In Māori mythology, Tiki is the first man created by either Tūmatauenga or Tāne. He found the first woman, Marikoriko, in a pond; she seduced him and he became the father of Hine-kau-ataata. By extension, a tiki is a large or small woode ...

was originally declared a draw which was overturned after Sudo's corner man,

, objected, at which point Sudo was declared the winner and given a medal. On 25 January 2010, Sudo took the entrance examination of

Graduate School and he was admitted to the school on 29 January. He entered the Local Government Course (Master's Program) of the Graduate School of Local Government.

Instructor lineage

Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Jigoro Kano → Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda →

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, Sr. →

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→

Rolls Gracie Rolls Gracie (; 1951–1982) was a Brazilian martial artist. He was a prominent member of the Gracie family known for their founding of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and considered by some the family's best ever fighter. He was teacher of Rickson Gracie, Ca ...

→ Romero "Jacaré" Cavalcanti → Alexandre Paiva → Naoyoshi Watanabe → Genki Sudo

Shoot wrestling

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→

Karl Gotch Charles Istaz (August 3, 1924 – July 28, 2007) was a Belgian-born German-American professional wrestler and trainer, best known by his ring name Karl Gotch. In Japan, Gotch was known as the "God of Wrestling" due to his influence in shaping the ...

→

Yoshiaki Fujiwara is a Japanese Professional Wrestler and trainer. He is famous for his long career in wrestling, having worked in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE (ZERO-ONE), and the two incarnations of shoot style promotion Universal Wrest ...

→

Masakatsu Funaki is a Japanese actor, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler known professionally as , who has previously wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG), Newborn UWF (UWF), ...

→ Genki Sudo

Mixed martial arts record

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Ole Laursen Ole 'Iron Fist' Laursen (born August 21, 1977) is a Filipino-born Danish Welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist, he competed in K-1 and in ONE Championship. Early life Laursen was born in Manila, Philippines to Danish father ...

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, TKO (punches) ,

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, KO (punches) ,

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, , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:31 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 9–3–1 , Butterbean , Submission (heel hook) ,

K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!! ''K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!!'' was an annual kickboxing and mixed martial arts event held by K-1 on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at the Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Japan. It featured 6 K-1 MMA rules fights, and 4 K-1 rules fights. Th ...

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, Decision (split) ,

, , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Miami, Florida, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 8–2–1 , Leigh Remedios , Submission (rear-naked choke) ,

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, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 6–2–1 ,

Brian Lo-A-Njoe Brian Lo-A-Njoe is a Dutch mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. Who competes in the Lightweight division. He competed for notable organizations like It's Showtime, Shootboxing S-1 Cup, Pride FC, RINGS, Slamm and M-1 Global Mixed martia ...

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Kiuma Kunioku is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently fighting at Welterweight. A longtime veteran of the Pancrase organization, Kunioku captured the King of Pancrase Middleweight Championship and King of Pancrase Welterweight Championship before leavin ...

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Submission grappling record

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Kickboxing record

''Legend'':

Bibliography

The following books are all essays.

Discography

Film actor roles

*2002: Madness in Bloom ( 凶気の桜) *2005: Fly, Daddy, Fly ( フライ,ダディ,フライ) *2005: Swirling Fire ( 鳶がクルリと) *2008: R246 STORY「ありふれた帰省」 *2010: Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate *2012:

Rurouni Kenshin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins during the 11th year of the Meiji period in Japan (1878) and follows a former assassin from the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his work ...

(るろうに剣心)

Original video

*2011: Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal

Television drama roles

*Friday Night Drama (TV Asahi) ** Sky High 2 (2004) **

Maid Deka is a Japanese light novel series written by Yūji Hayami and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura. The first novel was released on April 15, 2006, and as of July 15, 2009, nine volumes have been published by SoftBank Creative under their GA Bu ...

(2009)

Titles

*JOC Cup All Japan Junior Wrestling Championship Winner(1996) *Hero's Middleweight Tournament Runner-up

Awards

*Martial arts **

Tap Out Award **UFC 38 Best Fighter Award **

Tap Out Award **UFC 47 Best Fighter Award *Movie **Spotlight Award (Short Short Film Festival & Asia 2008) *

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**Newcomer Encouragement Award (15th Taisho exhibition)WE ARE ALL ONE : Profile
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References

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