Noboru Asahi
Noboru Asahi (*anese: 朝日 昇, Asahi Noboru, born January 5, 1968) is a *anese retired mixed martial artist, a designer, and an owner of MMA gym.
He was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, *an on January 5, 1968, as Shin'ichi Asahi (*anese: 朝日 愼一, Asahi Shin'ichi).
Contents
- 1 Mixed martial arts career
- 2 Mixed martial arts record
- 2.1 Mixed martial arts exhibition record
- 3 Submission grappling record
- 4 See also
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Mixed martial arts career
A former amateur wrestler, Asahi was trained in Satoru Sayama's Super Tiger Gym, where he learned shoot wrestling, and later moved to Noriaki Kiguchi's dojo to polish his skills. He made his debut in Shooto in 1992 submitting Tomoyuki Saito. Showing his grappling excellence, Noboru captured the Shooto Featherweight Championship from Kazuhiro Sakamoto and enjoyed a thirteen-fights winning streak, with victories over Yuki Nakai and Masato Suzuki, as well as Brazilian jiu-jitsu grappler Leandro Lima de Azevedo.
His streak snapped, however, when he was sent to the 1996 Vale Tudo *an and fought another Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist Royler Gracie. Asahi was taken down and held in side control, ending up with Gracie taking his back; he eventually escaped, but the game repeated itself and he got caught in a rear naked choke, being submitted. At the next Shooto event, Asahi lost to Alexandre Franca Nogueira by technical submission due to Nogueira's famed guillotine choke. Noboru did better in the next VTJ, fighting to a draw with yet another BJJ expert in the form of João Roque, but he fell again to Nogueira in a much longer fight, losing his *le.
In 2001, Asahi retired from Shooto and founded the Tokyo Yellowmans gym.
Mixed martial arts record
Mixed martial arts exhibition record
Submission grappling record
See also
- Shooto
- List of Shooto champions
- List of male mixed martial artists
References
External links
- Asahi Noboru Official Blog
- Professional MMA record for Noboru Asahi from Sherdog