List of Shooto Champions

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The following is a list of Shooto World champions at each weight class. PLEASE NOTE: Title defenses are incomplete and these do NOT include the regional or rookie champions that the Shooto organization recognizes.

Contents 1 Title Histories 1.1 Bantamweight Championship 1.2 Featherweight Championship 1.3 Lightweight Championship 1.4 Welterweight Championship 1.5 Middleweight Championship 1.6 Light Heavyweight Championship 1.7 Heavyweight Championship

[edit] Title Histories

[edit] Bantamweight Championship

123lbs and below

Name:	Date:	Defenses:
Mamoru Yamaguchi (def. Yasuhiro Urushitani)	December 14, 2003	def. Robson Moura on September 26, 2004 draw. Shinichi Kojima on March 24, 2006
Shinichi Kojima (def. Mamoru Yamaguchi)	October 14, 2006	draw. Yasuhiro Urushitani on March 15, 2007

[edit] Featherweight Championship

124 to 132 lbs

Name:	Date:	Defenses:
Mamoru Yamaguchi (def. Jin Akimoto)	December 17, 2000
Masahiro Oishi (def. Mamoru Yamaguchi)	November 25, 2001	def. Hisao Ikeda on September 16, 2002
Ryota Matsune (def. Masahiro Oishi)	August 10, 2003	def. Kentaro Imaizumi on November 12, 2004
Title vacated	February 2006	Matsune suffered a knee injury which prevented him from defending his title in the mandatory time period per Shooto regulations.
Akitoshi Hokazono (def. Kenji Osawa)	July 21, 2006

[edit] Lightweight Championship

133 to 143 lbs

Name:	Date:	Defenses:
Kenichi Tanaka (def. Unknown)	unknown
Kazuhiro Sakamoto (def. Kenichi Tanaka)	May 31, 1991
Noboru Asahi (def. Kazuhiro Sakamoto)	March 27, 1992
Alexandre Franca Nogueira (def. Noboru Asahi)	September 5, 1999	def. Uchu Tatsumi on August 27, 2000 def. Tetsuo Katsuta on September 2, 2001 def. Hiroyuki Abe on December 14, 2002 def. Stephen Palling on August 10, 2003 def. Joao Roque on March 25, 2005
Title vacated	May 07, 2006	Nogueira suffered a knee injury which prevented him from defending his title in the mandatory time period per Shooto regulations.
Takeshi Inoue (def. Antonio Carvalho)	May 12, 2006

[edit] Welterweight Championship

144 to 154 lbs

Name:	Date:	Defenses:
Yuichi Watanabe (def. Unknown)	unknown
Title vacated	unknown	Watanabe vacated the title for unknown reasons.
Tomonori Ohara (def. Yomohiro Tanaka)	September 1992
Title vacated	unknown	Ohara vacated the title for unknown reasons.
Yuki Nakai (def. Unknown)	unknown
Title vacated	unknown	Nakai suffered an eye injury which forced him into retirement.
Caol Uno (def. Rumina Sato)	May 29, 1999	def. Rumina Sato on December 17, 2000
Title vacated	unknown	Caol Uno vacated the belt to compete in the UFC.
Takanori Gomi (def. Rumina Sato)	December 16, 2001	def. Dokonjonosuke Mishima on December 14, 2002
Joachim Hansen (def. Takanori Gomi)	August 10, 2003
Vitor Ribeiro (def. Joachim Hansen)	December 14, 2003
Tatsuya Kawajiri (def. Vitor Ribeiro)	December 14, 2004	def. Joachim Hansen on February 2006
Title vacated	January 23, 2007	Kawajiri suffered a hand injury which prevented him from defending his title in the mandatory time period per Shooto regulations.

[edit] Middleweight Championship

155 to 167lbs

Name:	Date:	Defenses:
Yasuto Sekishima (def. unknown)	unknown
Yoshimasa Ishikawa (def. Yasuto Sekishima)	August 03, 1991
Title vacated	unknown	Ishikawa vacated the title for unknown reasons.
Naoki Sakurada (def. unknown)	unknown
Title vacated	unknown	Sakurada retired thus vacating the title.
Hayato Sakurai (def. Jutaro Nakao)	May 13, 1998	def. Tetsuji Kato on March 17, 2000
Anderson Silva (def. Hayato Sakurai)	August 26, 2001
Title vacated	2001	Silva decided to leave Shooto thus vacating the title.
Jake Shields (def. Ray Cooper)	July 09, 2004
Akira Kikuchi (def. Jake Shields)	December 14, 2004
Shinya Aoki (def. Akira Kikuchi)	February 17, 2006	def. Akira Kikuchi on February 17, 2007

[edit] Light Heavyweight Championship

168 to 183lbs

Name:	Date:	Defenses:
Kenji Kawaguchi (def. unknown)	unknown
Erik Paulson (def. Kenji Kawaguchi)	May 07, 1996
Title vacated	December 2000	Paulson vacated the title and retired.
Masanori Suda (def. Lance Gibson)	January 12, 2002	def. Dustin Denes on June 09, 2004
Title vacated	February 26, 2006	Suda vacated the title and retired.
Shikou Yamashita (def. Dustin Denes)	April 22, 2006	def. Grazhuydas Smailis on September 08, 2006

[edit] Heavyweight Championship

184 and uplbs

Name:	Date:	Defenses:
Enson Inoue (def. Joe Estes)	October 12, 1997
Title vacated	2000	Inoue vacated the title and left shooto. Since then Shooto has disregarded the Heavyweight division.