Kenichi Tanaka

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Kenichi Tanaka
BornJapan
NationalityJapanese
Weight139 lb (63 kg; 9.9 st)
DivisionBantamweight
Featherweight
TeamShooting Gym Tsudanuma
Years active1989 - 1999
Mixed martial arts record
Total10
Wins6
By submission6
Losses4
By submission1
By decision3
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Kenichi Tanaka is a Japanese[1] mixed martial artist and referee.[2] He competed in the Bantamweight[3] and Featherweight divisions. Tanaka is one of the earliest Satoru Sayama trainees under Super Tiger Gym, and was the inaugural Shooto Lightweight 65 kg (143.3 lb) Champion. He later lost the title to Kazuhiro Sakamoto.

Tanaka refereed events.

Tanaka is a former trainer at Shooting Gym Tsudanuma and founded and currently owns Super Tiger Gym Tanaka Juku.

Championships and Accomplishments[]

  • Shooto
    • Shooto Lightweight 65 kg (143.3 lb) Championship (One time)

Mixed martial arts record[]

Professional record breakdown
13 matches 6 wins 4 losses
By submission 6 1
By decision 0 3
Draws 3
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Draw 6-4-3 Hideki Ogawa Draw Daidojuku - WARS 5 April 8, 1999 3 3:00 Japan
Loss 6-4-2 Kyuhei Ueno Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 3 January 21, 1995 5 3:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 6-3-2 Mamoru Okochi Submission (arm-triangle choke) Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 1 September 26, 1994 1 2:51 Tokyo, Japan
Draw 5-3-2 Noboru Asahi Draw Shooto - Shooto July 23, 1992 5 3:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 5-3-1 Hiroyuki Kanno Submission (kimura) Shooto - Shooto May 29, 1992 3 0:00 Tokyo, Japan
Draw 4-3-1 Noboru Asahi Draw Shooto - Shooto December 23, 1991 5 3:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 4-3 Kazuhiro Sakamoto Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Shooto May 31, 1991 5 3:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 4-2 Hiroyuki Kanno Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Shooto March 29, 1991 5 3:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 4-1 Kazuhiro Sakamoto Submission (kimura) Shooto - Shooto September 8, 1990 2 2:37 Tokyo, Japan
Win 3-1 Kazuhiro Sakamoto Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto July 7, 1990 1 0:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 2-1 Tetsuo Yokoyama Submission (achilles lock) Shooto - Shooto March 17, 1990 1 0:21 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 1-1 Kazuhiro Sakamoto Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto October 19, 1989 1 1:30 Tokyo, Japan
Win 1-0 Makoto Ozaki Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto May 18, 1989 3 0:00 Tokyo, Japan

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kenichi Tanaka". Sherdog. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014.
  2. ^ "Kenichi Tanaka". mixedmartialarts.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "Kenichi Tanaka". fightmatrix.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014.

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