, is a Japanese shoot wrestler and

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 ...

who most recently competed for

RIZIN Rizin Fighting Federation (Rizin FF or Rizin) is a Japanese mixed martial arts organization created in 2015 by the former Pride Fighting Championships and Dream Stage Entertainment president Nobuyuki Sakakibara. Rizin was founded to be the spir ...

. A professional competitor since 2000, he has also competed for

DREAM A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around 5 to 20 minutes, althou ...

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 ...

DEEP Deep or The Deep may refer to: Places United States * Deep Creek (Appomattox River tributary), Virginia * Deep Creek (Great Salt Lake), Idaho and Utah * Deep Creek (Mahantango Creek tributary), Pennsylvania * Deep Creek (Mojave River tributary), C ...

, and

World Victory Road World Victory Road (WVR) is a defunct Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) organization which promoted the Sengoku Raiden Championship (SRC) in Japan. The organization was formed in 2007 following the purchase of PRIDE FC by Zuffa. It operated in c ...

. Kitaoka is renowned for his

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abilities which he learned studying under two of Japan's most respected catch wrestlers

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), ...

and

Minoru Suzuki (born June 17, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as a freelancer. In NJPW, Suzuki has held the IWGP Intercontinental Championship as well as twice hol ...

. He is also a

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 ...

blackbelt under

Yuki Nakai is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist. He currently teaches Shooto and Jiu-Jitsu, and is the president of the Japanese Confederation of Jiu-Jitsu. He competed in Shooto, an early MMA promotion where he won the Shooto World Welterweight Champ ...

. A master of the guillotine choke and leg lock submissions, Kitaoka holds notable wins over

Takanori Gomi is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist who gained international fame in Pride Fighting Championships. Later in his career, Gomi also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Gomi is the only Pride FC Lightweight Champion in the ...

Paul Daley Paul Anthony Daley (born 21 February 1983) is a British former mixed martial artist and kickboxer. A professional competitor from 2003 to 2022, Daley competed for the UFC, Bellator MMA, Cage Rage, Final Fight Championship, Strikeforce, Elit ...

, and

Carlos Condit Carlos Joseph Condit (born April 26, 1984) is an American former professional mixed martial artist. He formerly competed in the Welterweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was the former Interim UFC Welterweight C ...

Background

Kitaoka became interested in mixed martial arts after seeing Bas Rutten and Masakatsu Funaki fight in Pancrase in 1996. In addition to mixed martial arts success, Kitaoka has also won several submission grappling tournaments, including being the reigning

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 ...

and No-Gi Open Champion in both the and Absolute divisions.

Personal life

Kitaoka spends his time taking care of his body, getting massages three times a week, utilizing saunas, and carbonated and ice baths. He also enjoys spending time on social media. Kitaoka also teaches at his gym and coaches his teammates.

Mixed martial arts career

Pancrase

Renowned originally for his catch wrestling abilities, Kitaoka made his professional debut for

on October 31, 2000, losing via majority decision. After submitting then 3-0

Kurt Pellegrino Kurt Joseph Pellegrino (born May 7, 1979) is an American retired mixed martial artist. He competed in the lightweight division for Bellator Fighting Championships and Ultimate Fighting Championship. Early life Pellegrino wrestled for Point Pleas ...

, Kitaoka drew with

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before losing to Katsuya Inoue. After picking up two wins to start 2005, Kitaoka improved to 12-6-8 before he faced future

UFC The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

interim welterweight champion

on October 2, 2005. Kitaoka defeated Condit in an upset, submitting him with a heel hook at 3:57 of the first round. A leg lock specialist, Kitaoka would improve to 19-7-9 before facing Katsuya Inoue on January 30, 2008 for the third time after being defeating in their first meeting and a draw in the previous bout. Kitaoka lost via split decision.

Sengoku

After signing with

, Kitaoka's first fight for Sengoku was a submission win over Ian James Schaffa at ''Sengoku 2'' on 18 May 2008 before entering Sengoku's eight-man lightweight tournament. In the first round of the tournament at ''Sengoku 4'' on 24 August 2008 he was put up against American

Clay French Clayton "Clay" French (born October 7, 1980) is an American mixed martial artist who fought on Pride Fighting Championships, Sengoku, KOTC and other several fighting organizations. He holds a notable victory over TUF winner Mac Danzig by split de ...

. Kitaoka made short work of French, winning by submission due to an

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at 1:21 of the first round. The win put him up against fellow Japanese fighter

Eiji Mitsuoka is a retired Japanese professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor from 2001 until 2012, Mitsuoka fought for the UFC, DREAM, World Victory Road, PRIDE, Shooto, Cage Force, DEEP and King of the Cage promotions. Mitsuoka's nickna ...

in the tournament's semifinal taking place at '' World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 6''. Kitaoka again made short work of his opponent winning by a

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submission at 1:16 of the first round. The win earned him a place in the tournament's final taking place that same night against

Kazunori Yokota is a Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka. Yokota became famous fighting in the Japanese MMA promotion DEEP, and eventually debuted WVR Sengoku, his only fight in a cage was his MMA debut, which was on 19 September 2004 against Keita Nakamu ...

. The fight proved longer than Kitaoka's three previous fights as it went the distance completing all three five-minute rounds with Kitaoka being awarded the unanimous decision, thus winning the 2008 Sengoku Lightweight Grand Prix. The Lightweight tournament win set up Kitaoka to fight the last reigning PRIDE Lightweight Champion,

, for Sengoku's newly created Sengoku Lightweight Championship. The two fought at '' Sengoku no Ran 2009'' on 4 January 2009 and ended with Kitaoka defeating Gomi with an

at 1:41 of the first round.Sengoku 7 play-by-play from Sherdog.com
/ref> In his first title defence, on August 2, 2009, at '' World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 9'', Kitaoka lost his lightweight championship to

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Return to Pancrase

Following his title loss in Sengoku, Kitaoka returned to his home promotion

picking up wins over Jorge Rogrigues and

Kuniyoshi Hironaka is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division. He has formerly competed for the UFC, Shooto, DREAM, and Pancrase. Mixed martial arts career Early career Hironaka made his professional mixed martial arts debut in ...

DREAM

Kitaoka faced former

fighter

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at DREAM 17. Kitaoka entered the bout on a three fight win streak picking up victories in both

and

. He won the fight via split decision. Kitaoka faced teammate and fellow

black belt

Shinya Aoki is a Japanese mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and grappler currently competing in ONE Championship's and Rizin Fighting Federation's Welterweight division. He also competes in DDT Pro-Wrestling where he is a former three-time DDT Ex ...

's year end event for the DREAM Lightweight Championship. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

RIZIN FF

Kitaoka made his debut for

Rizin Fighting Federation Rizin Fighting Federation (Rizin FF or Rizin) is a Japanese mixed martial arts organization created in 2015 by the former Pride Fighting Championships and Dream Stage Entertainment president Nobuyuki Sakakibara. Rizin was founded to be the spir ...

in 2016. He faced

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on December 29, 2016, at RIZIN World Grand-Prix 2016: 2nd Round and won the fight via technical submission in the first round. Kitaoka next faced Yusuke Yachi on July 30, 2017, at Rizin FF 6: RIZIN World Grand Prix 2017 Opening Round Part 1. He lost the fight via TKO in the second round. Kitaoka returned at RIZIN World Grand Prix 2017: Second Round, facing

Kiichi Kunimoto is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, he has also competed for the RIZIN, UFC, Bellator, and Pancrase. Background Born and raised in the Nishina ...

in a catchweight bout of 165 lbs. Kitaoka lost via unanimous decision. After picking a first-round heel hook win in Pancrase, Kitaoka returned to the RIZIN ring at RIZIN 11 against

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. While attempting a leg lock submission on the ground, Kitaoka left himself vulnerable to a flurry of right hands from Brandao on the top, being knocked out just 1:38 into the fight. After losing to Brandao, Kitaoka lost in his fifth defense of his DEEP Lightweight Championship to Koji Takeda via unanimous decision. Kitaoka returned to face

Tatsuya Kawajiri is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division. He is a former Shooto Lightweight Champion, and has also competed in the UFC, PRIDE, DREAM, Strikeforce, ONE FC, and Rizin Fighting Federation. Kawajiri also partici ...

at RIZIN: Heisei's Last Yarennoka! for New Year's Eve in 2018. After a fairly impressive performance which included a surprising Kitoka knockdown from a left cross, Kitaoka won via split decision. He then faced

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at Rizin 15 on April 21, 2019. He lost the fight via second-round knockout. Kitaoka faced

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at Rizin 17 on July 28, 2019. He lost the fight via corner stoppage after the first round. Kitaoka then went on to create his own MMA promotion and fought Sho Kogane at its inaugural event Ismos 1 on July 31, 2020. The bout was declared a draw. Before his fight at RIZIN 24, Kitaoka said restrictions from the

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didn't really change anything in his training camp and he simply followed the new rules about masks with ease. He lost the fight against

Takasuke Kume is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. Mixed martial arts career Shooto Kume started his professional career in 2007. He fought mainly for Shooto, but also fought for Pancrase and ''Heat'' early in his care ...

via split decision.

Return to DEEP

After a stint in Rizin, Kitaoka returned to DEEP and faced Juri Ohara at Deep 100 on February 21, 2021. He lost the fight via first-round knockout. Kitaoka is scheduled to face Takumi Suzuki at Deep 104 on October 23, 2021. Going into the fight, Kitaoka worked on conditioning extensively to make sure he was prepared for the fight. He lost the bout after getting knocked out by a knee in the third round. Kitaoka faced Hiroto Uesako at Deep 108 Impact on July 10, 2022. He lost the bout by split decision. Kitaoka faced Kimihiro Eto at Deep 110 Impact on November 12, 2022. He lost the bout by unanimous decision.

Championships and accomplishments

Sengoku Raiden Championship World Victory Road (WVR) is a defunct Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) organization which promoted the Sengoku Raiden Championship (SRC) in Japan. The organization was formed in 2007 following the purchase of PRIDE FC by Zuffa. It operated in c ...

**2008 Sengoku Lightweight Grand Prix Champion **Sengoku Raiden Championship Lightweight Champion (One time; first) *

**DEEP Lightweight Champion (One time; former) ***Four successful title defenses

Mixed martial arts record

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, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 7–4–4 , Hiroki Nagaoka , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: Hybrid 1 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 6–4–4 , Taro Minato , Decision (majority) , Pancrase: Spirit 7 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 5–4–4 ,

Hidetaka Monma Hidetaka Monma () (October 23, 1973), is a Japanese mixed martial artist who last competed in 2014. A professional since 2001, he competed for Pancrase, DREAM, DEEP, RINGS, and K-1 HERO'S. Background Monma began training in jujutsu at age of 13 ...

, KO (knee) , Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:05 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 5–3–4 , Kenji Arai , Submission (toe hold) , Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 2:08 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 4–3–4 , Hiroyuki Nozawa , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 3–3–4 , Kenji Arai , Decision (majority) , Pancrase: Spirit 4 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 2–3–4 , Koji Oishi , Decision (majority) , Pancrase: Spirit 3 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Draw , align=center, 2–2–4 , Hiroki Nagaoka , Draw , Pancrase: Proof 7 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 2–2–3 , Yohei Ota , Decision (39-38) , GCM: The Contenders 6 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Draw , align=center, 1–2–3 , Junya Miyakawa , Draw , Pancrase: Proof 5 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Draw , align=center, 1–2–2 , Kenichi Serizawa , Draw , GCM: Club Contenders 1 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 3:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 1–2–1 , Yuji Hoshino , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: Proof 4 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Draw , align=center, 1–1–1 , Kousei Kubota , Draw , Pancrase: Proof 2 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 1–1 , Kazuhito Kikuchi , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: Trans 8 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 10:00 ,

Aomori, 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 ...

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 0–1 , Yoshinori Kawasaki , Decision (majority) , Pancrase: Trans 6 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 10:00 ,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitaoka, Satoru 1980 births Living people Japanese male mixed martial artists Lightweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing shoot wrestling Mixed martial artists utilizing judo Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Japanese practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Japanese male judoka World Victory Road champions People from Nara, Nara Deep (mixed martial arts) champions