is a Japanese

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and mixed martial artist, better known by the

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. Sato started his MMA career in February 2000, fighting for Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling. During the next eight years, Sato fought, on average, five times a year, compiling a record of 18 wins, 19 losses and four draws, which included fights against the likes of

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and Yushin Okami. In May 2008, Sato transitioned into the world of

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, when he was signed by the Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) promotion. He has since had ten MMA fights. In November 2010, Sato first became a triple crown trios champion with Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga and then also won DDT's top singles title, the

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. Sato remained affiliated with DDT until January 2014. He is currently working for the

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promotion, where he is a former two-time World Junior Heavyweight Champion and four-time

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, while also being a five-time winner of the

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tournament.

Mixed martial arts career

Sato, with a

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background in

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, started training

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with Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling in June 1999. He made his fighting debut as a

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on February 27, 2000, losing to Daisuke Watanabe with a

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. He picked up his first win in his second fight on April 30, 2000, by defeating

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Michael Sa Jin Kwok with an

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in the first round. Early on, Sato became known for his eccentric personality, which included him wearing cat ears and dressing up as a

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while walking to the ring for his fights. In 2001, Sato fought three high-profile fights, losing to American King of Pancrase Middleweight Champion

via submission on March 31, defeating

via unanimous decision in Chonan's professional debut on May 5 and losing to King of Pancrase Light Heavyweight Champion

via unanimous decision on August 30. On January 18, 2004, Sato defeated Daisuke Nakamura to win Greatest Common Multiple's (GMC) 2004 Demolition Middleweight 4Men Tournament. After his win, Sato proceeded to challenge King of Pancrase Openweight Champion Josh Barnett to a match. During his early years in Pancrase, Sato lost more fights than he won. On February 28, 2007, Sato defeated Rikuhei Fujii and, as a result, for the first time in his career, Sato's number of wins exceeded his number of losses, with a record of 17 wins, 16 losses and 3 draws. On December 22, 2007, Sato finally got into a ring with Josh Barnett, however, the match was contested under

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rules. Barnett won the match, submitting Sato at the end of the first round. The following year, Sato transitioned into the world of

, which led to a drop in his number of fights per year. His most recent fight took place on February 5, 2017, when he defeated Johnathan Ivey via

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, giving him a record of 24 wins, 23 losses and 4 draws.

Professional wrestling career

In March 2008, Sato began training for a career in professional wrestling under Pancrase founder Minoru Suzuki. He made his debut for the Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) promotion on May 24, 2008, defeating Shuji Ishikawa in the main event of a "Hard Hit" event, DDT's project, which combines elements of mixed martial arts and professional wrestling to create a more realistic looking, but still worked, style of professional wrestling. As a professional wrestler, Sato continued wearing his maid dresses and occasionally even wrestled in them. During the next months, Sato made appearances for Osaka Pro Wrestling and Minoru Suzuki-promoted independent events, before he began working regularly for DDT the following August, defeating Michael Nakazawa in his return match, contested under "Hard Hit" rules. Afterwards, Sato and Nakazawa formed a regular partnership with each other. On February 22, 2009, Sato defeated Tanomusaku Toba and Yasu Urano in a three-way match to earn his first shot at DDT's top title, the

. Sato received his title opportunity on March 15, but was unable to dethrone the defending champion, Sanshiro Takagi. After also failing to capture the

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on September 27, Sato formed the Belt Hunter×Hunter

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with Danshoku Dino, Keisuke Ishii, Masa Takanashi and Tigers Mask, which led to him winning his first professional wrestling title, when he, Dino and Takanashi defeated the Italian Four Horsemen (Antonio Honda, Francesco Togo and

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) for the UWA World Trios Championship on November 29. At the following event on December 6, Sato and Takanashi unsuccessfully challenged Kudo and Yasu Urano for the KO-D Tag Team Championship. On January 24, 2010, Sato, Dino and Takanashi lost the UWA World Trios Championship to Tokyo Gurentai (

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and Nosawa Rongai). Sato would regain the title from Tokyo Gurentai on June 13, this time teaming with Keisuke Ishii and Yoshihiko, a blow up doll. However, his second reign with the title ended just a month later, when the team was defeated by The Great Kojika, Mr. #6 and Riho in a three-way match, which also included the team of Antonio Honda, Kudo and Yasu Urano and was also contested for the DDT Jiyūgaoka Six-Person Tag Team and DDT Nihonkai Six-Man Tag Team Championships. During the late summer of 2010, Sato took part in

's (AJPW) Junior League and Pro Wrestling Zero1's Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament, failing to reach the finals in both of them. On November 3, 2010, Sato reunited with Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga as the Shit Heart♥Foundation to defeat The Great Kojika, Mr. #6 and Riho for the DDT Jiyūgaoka Six-Person Tag Team, DDT Nihonkai Six-Man Tag Team and UWA World Trios Championships. Just nine days later, Sato defeated Harashima to also win the KO-D Openweight Championship. However, Sato's reign at the top of DDT lasted only fourteen days, before he was defeated by Dick Togo. Before the end of the year, on December 26, Sato, Nakazawa and Matsunaga lost the UWA World Trios Championship to Disaster-Box (Harashima, Toru Owashi and Yukihiro Abe). Following the loss, Soma Takao took over the leadership of Shit Heart♥Foundation, kicking Sato out of the group in the process. This built to a Hair vs. Hair match on February 27, 2011, where Takao defeated Sato, who was, as a result, shaved bald. Two months later, Sato returned to AJPW to take part in the 2011 Junior Tag League, where he teamed with

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, with the two winning two out of their six matches in the tournament. The following September, Sato took part in his

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AJPW Junior League, again failing to advance from his block. On September 30, Sato won the second annual DDT48 general election and was thus named the number one contender to the KO-D Openweight Championship; he would, however, go on to fail in his title challenge against Kudo on October 23. The following month, Sato was placed in charge of the newly relaunched Hard Hit project, which led to him introducing new rules to the project on March 12, 2012, making it a more distinct sub-brand of DDT. The following month, Sato entered AJPW's 2012 Junior Tag League teaming with Hiroshi Yamato. After two wins, a draw and a loss, Sato and Yamato failed to advance to the finals, after being defeated by Bushi and Sushi on the final day of the tournament. On May 5, Sato made his debut for women's wrestling promotion Ice Ribbon, where he formed a comedic tag team with Riho, built around his infatuation over his fourteen-year-old tag team partner. At ''Golden Ribbon'', Sato and Riho entered the annual Go! Go! Golden Mixed Tag Tournament, where they defeated

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and Mr. #6 in their first round match, before losing to

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and

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in the semifinals of the tournament. On July 16, Sato once again returned to AJPW to take part in the 2012 Junior Hyper League. After two wins, one draw and two losses, Sato failed to advance from his round-robin block. On August 26, Sato challenged Hiroshi Yamato to a match for his World Junior Heavyweight Championship, after he had successfully defended the title against Minoru Tanaka. Yamato accepted the challenge and the title match was made official the following day. Sato received his title shot on September 23, but was defeated by Yamato. In late 2012, Sato once again began teaming with Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga in DDT, forming a stable that would in January 2013 be named "3CC Co., Ltd." On January 3, 2013, Sato made another appearance for AJPW, when he and Yamato came together to challenge the Junior Stars of

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and Minoru Tanaka to a match for the All Asia Tag Team Championship. On January 26, the team, billed as "Jounetsu Hentai Baka", defeated the Junior Stars to win the All Asia Tag Team Championship, Sato's first title in All Japan. After only a fifteen-day reign, Sato and Yamato lost the title back to Kanemoto and Tanaka on February 10. On February 24, Sato produced the first Hard Hit event in eight months, working in the main event, where he faced

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, who had defeated him in a Pancrase fight in January 2006. The Hard Hit match ended with Sato being declared the winner after just 38 seconds, when he was unable to continue after having his nose accidentally broken by Sakuragi. From March 30 to April 7, Sato and Hiroshi Yamato took part in AJPW's 2013 Junior Hyper Tag League, where they made it all the way to the finals, before losing to

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( Atsushi Aoki and Kotaro Suzuki), whom they had defeated in their opening match of the tournament. Back in DDT, Sato and fellow mixed martial artist

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defeated Harashima and Yasu Urano on May 3 to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship for the first time. Sato followed that up nine days later by defeating Harashima to become the number one contender to the KO-D Openweight Championship. Sato then went on to fail in his title challenge against Shigehiro Irie on May 26. On June 2, Sato and Sakaguchi made their first successful defense of the KO-D Tag Team Championship against Monster Army representatives

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and

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. Sato's and Sakaguchi's second successful title defense took place on June 14, when they defeated former champions Kudo and Yasu Urano. Post-match Sato, who had earlier mentioned that he wanted to defend the title against younger wrestlers, nominated Akito and Konosuke Takeshita as their next challengers. On June 23, Sato and Sakaguchi defeated Akito and Takeshita for their third successful title defense. On June 30, Sato returned to AJPW to take part in the farewell match of Hiroshi Yamato, who had announced his resignation from the promotion following Nobuo Shiraishi becoming its new president. After defeating Yamato and

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in a three-way match, Sato announced that unlike his former Jounetsu Hentai Baka partner, he would continue to make appearances for the Shiraishi-run All Japan. When All Japan relaunched the following month, Sato worked the entire first Summer Action Series tour with the promotion. On July 28, the final day of the tour, Sato submitted World Junior Heavyweight Champion

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in a tag team match, where he and

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faced Kanemaru and Kotaro Suzuki, and afterwards challenged him to a title match. Back in DDT, Sato and Sakaguchi lost the KO-D Tag Team Championship to Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto on August 18, during ''Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013'', DDT's biggest event of the year. On August 25, Sato failed in his title challenge against World Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru. On January 17, 2014, DDT announced that the promotion and Sato had decided not to renew their contract with each other. Sato wrestled his final match under his old DDT contract on January 26, when he and Sanshiro Takagi defeated Akito and Yukio Sakaguchi in a tag team match. Afterwards, Sato began working for DDT's sub-promotion Union Pro Wrestling, while also producing occasional Hard Hit events for the promotion. Sato also continued working for AJPW, where, on February 16,

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accepted Sato's direct appeal and allowed him to join himself and Joe Doering, turning their tag team named

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into a stable. After starting a storyline, where he began disrespecting Union Pro, Sato won the promotion's top title, the Union Max Championship, by defeating Isami Kodaka on May 18. He made his first successful title defense on June 19 against Hiroshi Fukuda. On July 7, Sato and Masaaki Mochizuki defeated Hub and Mazada, and

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and Nosawa Rongai in a three-way elimination match to win Tokyo Gurentai's

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. On July 27, Sato received another shot at AJPW's World Junior Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Atsushi Aoki, who afterwards agreed to join Sato in Evolution. On August 31, Sato made his second successful defense of the Union Max Championship by wrestling Shuji Ishikawa to a thirty-minute time limit draw. His third successful defense took place on September 15, when he defeated Daichi Kazato. On October 22, Sato and Atsushi Aoki won the 2014 Jr. Tag Battle of Glory, defeating

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and Yoshinobu Kanemaru in the finals. Directly following their win, Sato and Aoki agreed to a World Junior Heavyweight Championship match to determine the top junior heavyweight in the company. The match took place on October 29 and saw Aoki defeat Sato to retain his title. As a result of winning the Jr. Tag Battle of Glory, Sato and Aoki earned a spot in the year-end World's Strongest Tag Determination League, where, as the only junior heavyweight team, they finished with a record of two wins, one draw and four losses. On December 17, Sato lost the Union Max Championship to Fuma in his third title defense. On March 14, 2015, Sato received his first non-junior title shot in AJPW, when he unsuccessfully challenged Kenso for the Gaora TV Championship. On June 4, 2015, it was announced that Sato had obtained all rights to the Hard Hit project, which was now becoming independent of DDT. On June 21, Sato received another shot at the World Junior Heavyweight Championship, but was again defeated by the defending champion, Kotaro Suzuki. On July 15, Sato and Mochizuki lost the Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Team Championship to Chikara and Mitsuo Momota. On October 23, Sato and Atsushi Aoki, now billed collectively as "Hentai Jieitai" ("Pervert Self-Defense Forces"), won their second

in a row by winning the round-robin tournament with a record of three wins and one loss. In February 2016, Sato made it to the finals of the 2016 Jr. Battle of Glory, where he was defeated by Evolution stablemate Atsushi Aoki. On April 4, Sato regained the Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Team Championship, when he and fellow Pancrase representative Ryo Kawamura defeated Kiku-san Hansen and Stan Ichikawa. On June 19, Sato defeated Atsushi Aoki to win the World Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time. Sato made his first successful title defense on July 14 against Tatsuhito Takaiwa. On July 24, Sato became a double champion, when he and Atsushi Aoki defeated Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto at a Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) event to win the All Asia Tag Team Championship. On August 28, Sato returned to DDT to take part in ''Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016'', where he lost the World Junior Heavyweight Championship to Soma Takao in his second defense. On November 17, Sato and Aoki won their third

in a row by defeating Soma Takao and

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in a playoff match. On November 27, Sato and Aoki lost the All Asia Tag Team Championship to veteran wrestlers Atsushi Onita and Masanobu Fuchi, who became the 100th champions in the title's history. On April 28, 2017, Sato defeated Keisuke Ishii to win the World Junior Heavyweight Championship for the second time. On June 20, Sato became a double champion, when he and Aoki defeated Onita and Fuchi to regain the All Asia Tag Team Championship. On July 30, Sato lost the World Junior Heavyweight Championship to Tajiri in his fifth defense. Earlier in July, Sato began campaigning for a grappling match with Evolution leader Suwama. The match took place on August 3 and was won by Suwama. Afterwards, Sato announced he was quitting Evolution. On August 27, Sato and Aoki lost the All Asia Tag Team Championship to

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and Taka Michinoku.

Championships and accomplishments

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** Greatest Common Multiple ***Demolition Middleweight 4Men Tournament (2004) *

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*** All Asia Tag Team Championship ( 5 times) – with Hiroshi Yamato (1), Atsushi Aoki (2), and Dan Tamura (2, current) *** World Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 3 times) ***

(

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) – with Atsushi Aoki ***

(

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) – with Yusuke Okada ***

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) – with Dan Tamura ** DDT Pro-Wrestling *** Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (

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) ***

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( 1 time) – with Michael Nakazawa and

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***

( 1 time) *** KO-D Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with

*** Sea Of Japan 6-Person Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga *** UWA World Trios Championship ( 3 times) – with Danshoku Dino and Masa Takanashi (1), Keisuke Ishii and Yoshihiko (1), and Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga (1) ***World Sato Championship (1 time)¹ ***DDT48 (2011) **Other ***

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( 1 time, current) **

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*** Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Tyson Maeguchi **'' Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' ***PWI ranked him #184 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016 ** Tenryu Project *** Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) ***

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( 1 time) – with Keita Yano *** Tenryu Project United National Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Hideki Suzuki ** Tokyo Gurentai ***

(2 times) – with Masaaki Mochizuki (1) and Ryo Kawamura (1) ** Union Pro Wrestling *** Union Max Championship (1 time) ¹Championship not officially recognized by DDT Pro-Wrestling.

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bout. , - , Loss , align=center, 24–24–4 , Ryuta Sakurai , TKO (punches) , Pancrase: 289 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:23 ,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, , - , Win , align=center, 24–23–4 , , TKO (punch) , Pancrase: 284 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:18 ,

, Open Weight bout. , - , Loss , align=center, 23–23–4 , , Submission (armbar) , Pancrase: 275 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:03 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 23–22–4 , , Submission (armbar) , Pancrase: 269 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:36 ,

bout. , - , Win , align=center, 22–22–4 , , Submission (scarf hold armlock) , Deep: Dream Impact 2014: Omisoka Special , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:10 , Saitama,

, Open Weight bout. , - , Loss , align=center, 21–22–4 , , KO (slam) , U-Spirits: Again , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:26 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 21–21–4 , , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: Progress Tour 1 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 21–20–4 , , Submission (scarf hold armlock) , ZST: Battle Hazard 4 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:22 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 20–20–4 , , Submission (heel hook) , Pancrase: Changing Tour 1 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:46 ,

bout. , - , Loss , align=center, 19–20–4 , , TKO (corner stoppage) , Deep: Gladiator , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:08 ,

Okayama is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1889. , the city has an estimated population of 720,841 and a population density of 910 persons per km2. The total area is . The city is ...

, , - , Win , align=center, 19–19–4 , , Submission (heel hook) , Pancrase: Real 2008 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:37 , Chatan,

bout. , - , Loss , align=center, 18–19–4 , , KO (punch) , Pancrase: Shining 2 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:20 ,

, , - , Draw , align=center, 18–18–4 , , Draw , Kingdom of Grapple: Live 2007 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 18–18–3 , , Submission (rear naked choke) , Pancrase: Rising 8 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:27 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 17–18–3 , , KO (punches) , Pancrase: 2007 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:09 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 17–17–3 , , TKO (punches) , Pancrase: Rising 4 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:16 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 17–16–3 , , Decision (majority) , Pancrase: Rising 2 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 16–16–3 , , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: Blow 11 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 15–16–3 , , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: Blow 9 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 14–16–3 , , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: Blow 6 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...

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Middleweight Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ...

. , - , Win , align=center, 14–15–3 , , Submission (toe hold) , Pancrase: Blow 2 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:01 ,

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Lightweight Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight boxe ...

debut. , - , Loss , align=center, 13–15–3 , , TKO (soccer kicks) , Pancrase: Blow 1 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:55 ,

, , - , Draw , align=center, 13–14–3 , , Draw , Pancrase: Spiral 10 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 10:00 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 13–14–2 , , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: Spiral 8 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 13–13–2 , , Submission (rear naked choke) , Pancrase: Z , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:43 , Kumamoto,

, , - , Win , align=center, 12–13–2 , , Submission (rear naked choke) , Pancrase: Spiral 5 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:16 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 11–13–2 , , TKO (corner stoppage) , Pancrase: Spiral 1 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:57 ,

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Heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ...

. , - , Loss , align=center, 10–13–2 , , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: Brave 11 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Draw , align=center, 10–12–2 , , Draw , Pancrase: Brave 9 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 10–12–1 , , TKO (punches) , Pancrase: Brave 6 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:53 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 10–11–1 , , Decision (majority) , Pancrase: Brave 3 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 9–11–1 , , Decision (unanimous) , GCM: Demolition 040118 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 8–11–1 , , TKO (punches) , GCM: Demolition 030923 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:29 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 7–11–1 , , Decision (split) , Pancrase: Hybrid 7 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 7–10–1 , , Submission (heel hook) , Deep: 9th Impact , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:57 ,

bout. , - , Win , align=center, 6–10–1 , , Submission (toe hold) , GCM: Demolition 030323 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:36 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 5–10–1 , , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: Hybrid 1 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Draw , align=center, 5–9–1 , , Draw (unanimous) , Pancrase: Spirit 7 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 5–9 , , Decision (unanimous) , KF 2: Kushima's Fight 2 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...

, , - , Win , align=center, 5–8 , , Decision (majority) , Pancrase: Spirit 4 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 4–8 , , Decision (majority) , Pancrase: Spirit 2 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 3–8 , , KO (punch) , Pancrase: Proof 6 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 4:20 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 3–7 , , Decision (unanimous) , Zero1: Shingeki Chapter 2 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 3–6 , , Submission (rear naked choke) , Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:08 ,

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. , - , Win , align=center, 3–5 , , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

debut. , - , Loss , align=center, 2–5 , , Submission (rear naked choke) , Pancrase: Proof 2 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:53 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 2–4 , , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: Trans 8 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 10:00 ,

Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...

bout. , - , Loss , align=center, 1–4 , , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: Trans 6 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 10:00 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 1–3 , , Submission (rear naked choke) , Pancrase: 2000 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:43 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 1–2 , , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: 2000 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 3:00 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 1–1 , , Submission (armbar) , Pancrase: Trans 3 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:23 ,

debut. , - , Loss , align=center, 0–1 , , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: Trans 2 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 10:00 ,

References

External links

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DDT Pro-Wrestling profile

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