I*a Hoshino (星野 育蒔, hoshino i*a, born on (1981-11-06)November 6, 1981) is a retired *anese female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and judoka. Her real name is Mariko Yamanishi (山西 真理子, yamanishi mariko). Her nicknames are natural grappling girl (天然格闘少女, tennen kakutō shōjo) and Mar★tin (マァ★ティン, maa ★ tein, occasionally transliterated as Marting Star).

She participated in MMA promotions ReMix, Smackgirl, Shooto and Ax.

Contents

• 1 Background
• 2 Mixed martial arts career
• 3 Mixed martial arts record
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Background

Hoshino was born on (1981-11-06)November 6, 1981 in Wakayama Prefecture, *an. She began training in judo while in senior high school and got in the best four in the Kinki senior high school tournament.

Mixed martial arts career

At 19 years old, Hoshino debuted at ReMix Golden Gate 2001 on May:3,:2001:(2001-05-03), defeating four-time national judo champion, 1993 and 1998 silver medallist and three-time World Cup winner, Russian Tatyana Kuvshinova via KO.

Hoshino got another KO victory against Akemi Torisu, whom she defeated on May:24,:2001:(2001-05-24) at Smackgirl: Starting Over.

At Smackgirl: Fighting Chance on June:28,:2001:(2001-06-28), Hoshino defeated Mika Harigai with a guillotine choke submission.

Hoshino got her second victory via guillotine choke against Mari Kaneko on July:26,:2001:(2001-07-26) at Smackgirl: Indeed.

Continuing her undefeated streak, Hoshino defeated Mako Ito by submission (straight armbar) on August:23,:2001:(2001-08-23) at Smackgirl 4: Burning Night.

Hoshino's first and only unanimous decision win came on October:31,:2001:(2001-10-31) at Ax Vol. 1: we do the justice, where she defeated women's MMA pioneer Yuuki Kondo.

On December:26,:2001:(2001-12-26), Hoshino was defeated for the first and only time by then debutant Yuka Tsuji via armbar submission at Ax Vol. 2: we want to shine, a shocking upset at the time, when Hoshino was the most accomplished female *anese MMA fighter.

Hoshino rebounded with a TKO victory over Yoshiko Onoue on February:28,:2002:(2002-02-28) at Shooto Gig East Vol. 8.

Hoshino submitted Hiromi Oka with a scarf hold armlock on May:4,:2002:(2002-05-04) at Ax Vol. 3.

At Ax Vol. 5, Hoshino won against Tomomi Sunaba when Sunaba illegally kicked Hoshino in the face while she was on the ground, getting disqualified for that action on July:26,:2002:(2002-07-26).

On February:23,:2003:(2003-02-23), Sunaba drew with Dutch fighter Audrey Kruyning at Shooto - 2/23 in Korakuen Hall. After the bout she declared that she wanted to return with her family in Wakayama and to take a rest from professional activities for a while. She has not fought since then.

Mixed martial arts record

See also

• List of female mixed martial artists

References

External links

• I*a Hoshino Awakening Profile
• Professional MMA record for I*a Hoshino from Sherdog
• Profile at Fightergirls.com
• Official website (Internet Archive) (in *anese)