1. Shinya Aoki (1983)

Japanese Martial Artist

2013 DREAM Lightweight Champion became known for his grappling and impressive submission ability.

2. Sonny Chiba (1939)

Japanese Martial Artist

Acclaimed movie actor and martial artist who appeared in Kill Bill. His other credits include the 1994 film, Immortal Combat, and the 1982 film, Fall Guy.

3. Megumi Fujii (1974)

Japanese Martial Artist

Japanese MMA fighter who went 26-3 during her illustrious career. She became just the second mixed martial artist ever to start their fighting career with 22 straight victories.

4. Michihiro Omigawa (1975)

Japanese Martial Artist

Japanese mixed martial artist who made his UFC debut September 22, 2007 at UFC 76 against Matt Wiman and didn't earn his first UFC victory until 2011.

5. Hatsu Hioki (1983)

Japanese Martial Artist

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Featherweight division mixed martial artist who signed with Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2011. He has won the Sengoku Raiden Championship, Shooto Featherweight Championship, and TKO Featherweight Championship.

6. Norifumi Yamamoto (1977)

Japanese Martial Artist

Kickboxer was named the Featherweight Fighter of the Year by MMAFighting in 2005.

7. Masaaki Satake (1965)

Japanese Martial Artist

Pioneer in kickboxing for heavyweight fighters in K-1, a division in which he won Japan Grand Prix Championships in 1997 and 1998. As a MMA fighter, he never achieved much...

8. Kozo Urita (1974)

Japanese Martial Artist

Kozo Urita is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler currently associated with Real Japan Pro Wrestling's team Seikendo. Urita wrestles under the name of Tiger Shark a character...

9. Caol Uno (1975)

Japanese Martial Artist

Caol Uno is a Japanese mixed martial artist and former Shooto Welterweight Champion born in Kanagawa Japan. As one of the early Ultimate Fighting Championship's elite Lightweight competitors Uno...

10. Shungo Oyama (1974)

Japanese Martial Artist

Shungo Oyama is a Japanese mixed martial artist with an extensive and successful background in Judo and Sambo. Oyama holds notable victories over Renzo Gracie Denis Kang Rodrigo Gracie and...

11. Izuru Takeuchi (1974)

Japanese Martial Artist

Izuru Takeuchi is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist who competed in the middleweight division. He is a veteran of both the Pancrase and Shooto organizations and is the former...

12. Akira Shoji (1974)

Japanese Martial Artist

Akira Shoji　 is a retired Japanese professional mixed martial artist. Shoji is most known as being a regular in almost all the beginning Pride FC Mixed Martial Art events. Shoji...

13. Akihiro Gono (1974)

Japanese Martial Artist

Akihiro Gono is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He is best known for his clever and deceptive fighting style and for his flashy ring entrances. His fighting style is...

14. Takenori Sato (1985)

Japanese Martial Artist

Takenori Sato is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and current Welterweight King Of Pancrase.

15. Shintaro Ishiwatari (1985)

Japanese Martial Artist

Shintaro Ishiwatari is a Japanese mixed martial artist and current Pancrase Bantamweight Champion. Isiwatari was active in the SRC and fought Shooto he is currently fighting in Pancrase.

16. Seichi Ikemoto (1975)

Japanese Martial Artist

Seichi Ikemoto is a Japanese mixed martial artist with a professional MMA record of 21-19-5. He is a veteran of Shooto PRIDE and DEEP. His speciality is a double punch...

17. Yuki Kondo (1975)

Japanese Martial Artist

Yuki Kondo is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division. He has competed in 70 fights for the Pancrase organization. but has also competed for the...

18. Yoshiro Maeda (1981)

Japanese Martial Artist

Yoshiro Maeda is a Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in DEEP's flyweight division and formerly fought in DEEP's bantamweight division the latter of which he is a former...

19. Mikihito Yamagami (1987)

Japanese Martial Artist

Mikihito Yamagami is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the Strawweight division. He is the current Shooto Flyweight Champion. Yamagami is fighting in kickboxing in addition to the...

20. Kazuki Tokudome (1987)

Japanese Martial Artist

Kazuki Tokudome is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has also competed in Pancrase and the Sengoku Raiden...

21. Hidy Ochiai (1939)

Japanese Martial Artist

Hidehiko Hidy Ochiai is a Japanese-born martial arts instructor author and actor residing in Broome County NY. Hidy Ochiai is credited with establishing the Washin-Ryu style of karate in the...

22. Tetsuya Yamato (1987)

Japanese Martial Artist

Tetsuya Yamato is a Japanese lightweight kickboxer and house painter and decorator. He won the Japanese national K-1 tournament as a Lightweight in 2010.

23. Daiki Hata (1982)

Japanese Martial Artist

Daiki Hata is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and the current DEEP Bantamweight Champion Hata is also an occasional kickboxer. Daiki is a Pancrase veteran and has fought for...

24. Kazuyuki Miyata (1976)

Japanese Martial Artist

Kazuyuki Miyata is a Japanese freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist.

25. Eiji Mitsuoka (1976)

Japanese Martial Artist

Eiji Mitsuoka is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist. Mitsuoka is a Dream veteran and has fought for the UFC World Victory Road Pride Shooto Deep and King of the...

26. Masakazu Imanari (1976)

Japanese Martial Artist

Masakazu Imanari is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He is a veteran of DEEP ZST Pride Fighting Championships and Cage Rage and also has had a successful career in Combat...

27. Hideki Kadowaki (1976)

Japanese Martial Artist

Hideki Kadowaki is a Japanese mixed martial artist.

28. Kiuma Kunioku (1976)

Japanese Martial Artist

Kiuma Kunioku is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently fighting at welterweight. His hometown is Osaka but he is currently living and training in Tokyo as freelance. A veteran of...

29. Kenji Osawa (1976)

Japanese Martial Artist

Kenji Osawa is a Japanese mixed martial artist from Tokyo currently fighting in the WEC. He started MMA approximately six years ago and trains and fights out of Wajitsu Keishukai...

30. Ryuichi Murata (1976)

Japanese Martial Artist

Ryuichi Murata is a Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist. He was a world-class judo competitor with 5 top-3 Judo World Cup tournament finishes and has won multiple silver and...

31. Kenichi Yamamoto (mixed martial artist) (1976)

Japanese Martial Artist

Kenichi Yamamoto is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. Known for his career in UWF International Yamamoto competed against some of the best fighters in his era with...

32. Kuniyoshi Hironaka (1976)

Japanese Martial Artist

Kuniyoshi Hironaka is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division.

33. Kazuo Misaki (1976)

Japanese Martial Artist

Kazuo Misaki is a retired Japanese professional mixed martial artist and former judoka. He was the 2006 Pride Welterweight Grand Prix winner and competed in Sengoku Pancrase and Strikeforce.

34. Yasuhiro Urushitani (1976)

Japanese Martial Artist

Yasuhiro Urushitani is a Japanese mixed martial artist competing in the flyweight division. Urushitani held the Shooto bantamweight championship from 2010 to 2012 before vacating it to sign with the...

35. Ryuki Ueyama (1976)

Japanese Martial Artist

Ryuki Ueyama is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. He has fought for organizations such as Fighting Network RINGS DEEP Pancrase Hero's and Pride FC.

36. Tatsuya Naka (1964)

Japanese Martial Artist

Tatsuya Naka is a Japanese martial artist. He is a full-time instructor of the Japan Karate Association. He holds a 7th dan from JKA. He has also acted in...

37. Noboru Asahi (1968)

Japanese Martial Artist

Noboru Asahi is a Japanese retired mixed martial artist a designer and an owner of MMA gym. He was born in Yokohama Kanagawa Japan on January 5 1968 as Shin'ichi...

38. Takeya Mizugaki (1983)

Japanese Martial Artist

Takeya Mizugaki is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of March 10 2014 he is #6 in official...

39. Genki Sudo (1978)

Japanese Martial Artist

Genki Sudo is Japanese singer composer choreographer actor and author. He is the lead vocal producer and director of the music group World Order which is known for their techno...

40. Hidehiko Yoshida (1969)

Japanese Martial Artist

Hidehiko Yoshida is a Japanese gold-medalist judoka and retired mixed martial artist. He is a longtime veteran of Japan's Pride Fighting Championships competing in the middleweight and heavyweight divisions. He...

41. Manabu Yamada (1969)

Japanese Martial Artist

Manabu Yamada Is a retired Japanese mixed martial arts fighter. He is best known for his participation in the Pancrase fighting organization. On December 17 1994 Yamada advanced to the...

42. Kazuhisa Watanabe (1983)

Japanese Martial Artist

Kazuhisa Watanabe is a Japanese boxer kickboxer and mixed martial artist currently competing in K-1 and Dream in the featherweight division. He is known to be overly flamboyant in fights...

43. Satoru Kitaoka (1980)

Japanese Martial Artist

Satoru Kitaoka is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He has fought the majority of his career as a Welterweight for Pancrase but moved down to Lightweight in 2008 when he...

44. Ryosuke Shimizu (1980)

Japanese Martial Artist

Ryosuke Shimizu is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate. He has won the JKA All-Japan championships for kumite on 2 occasions. He is currently an instructor of the Japan Karate...

45. Yusuke Kawaguchi (1980)

Japanese Martial Artist

Yusuke Kawaguchi is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler who fights in the heavyweight division. He is the former DEEP Megaton Champion and has also fought in...

46. Akitoshi Tamura (1980)

Japanese Martial Artist

Akitoshi Tamura is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed almost exclusively in the Shooto organization before making his debut at the WEC 37. In 2007 he was the lightweight...

47. Yuya Shirai (1980)

Japanese Martial Artist

Yuya Shirai is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist. He has fought for Deep BAMMA M-1 Global Pancrase DREAM and is a former DEEP Welterweight Champion.

48. Takeshi Inoue (1980)

Japanese Martial Artist

Lion Takeshi Inoue is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently fighting as a lightweight in the Shooto organization. In other organizations such as the WEC he would be considered a...

49. Masakatsu Ueda (1977)

Japanese Martial Artist

Masakatsu Ueda is a professional Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in the bantamweight division for Shooto where he is the former Featherweight champion. Ueda won the vacant title...

50. Keiji Ozaki (1980)

Japanese Martial Artist

Keiji Ozaki is a Japanese taekwondo practitioner and a kickboxer born on April 24 1980. He won the tournament of R. I. S. E. at welterweight in 2006. As a...