Sakura Nomura (能村 さくら, nomura sakura, born on (1976-11-22)November 22, 1976) is a *anese female mixed martial artist and kickboxer.

Contents

• 1 Background
• 2 Martial arts training
• 3 Mixed martial arts career
• 4 Kickboxing career
• 5 Mixed martial arts record
• 6 Kickboxing record
• 7 See also
• 8 References
• 9 External links

Background

Nomura was born on (1976-11-22)November 22, 1976 in Ishikawa Prefecture, *an.

Martial arts training

While attending the Takaoka University of Law, Nomura achieved third place in 1996 and second place in 1998 at the All *an Student Judo Championships in the -56:kg and -57:kg categories, respectively.

At a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Asia Open held on September 11 and 12, 2010 at the Tokyo Budokan, Nomura won first place in the blue belt category.

Mixed martial arts career

Nomura made her professional MMA debut with the Jewels promotion on March:19,:2010:(2010-03-19) at Jewels 7th Ring. She defeated Yuko Kagoshima by technical submission after the referee stopped the fight when Nomura caught Kagoshima with an armbar in the second round.

In her second fight, Nomura participated in Deep's event Club Deep Toyama: Barbarian Festival 8 on May:16,:2010:(2010-05-16), defeating Abe Ani Combat Club member Rina Tomita by unanimous decision.

In an upset, Nomura defeated Jewels hotshot Saori Ishioka by unanimous decision during the first round of the Jewels Lightweight Queen tournament on July:31,:2010:(2010-07-31) at Jewels 9th Ring.

At Jewels 11th Ring on December:17,:2010:(2010-12-17) during the semi-finals of the Lightweight Queen tournament, Nomura suffered her first professional defeat via unanimous decision at the hands of eventual tournament champion Ayaka Hamasaki.

Nomura was scheduled to face Ji Yun Kim at Jewels 12th Ring on March:11,:2011:(2011-03-11) in Tokyo, *an, but the event was cancelled after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami earlier in the day.

Kickboxing career

Nomura had a shoot boxing match at Jewels 10th Ring on October:10,:2010:(2010-10-10), where she defeated Yoshimi Ohama by unanimous decision.

Mixed martial arts record

Kickboxing record

Legend: ::Win ::Loss ::Draw/No contest

See also

• List of female mixed martial artists
• List of female kickboxers

References

External links

• Sakura Nomura Awakening Profile
• Professional MMA record for Sakura Nomura from Sherdog
• Profile at Fightergirls.com
• Official blog (in *anese)