List of Japanese boxing world champions
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This is a list of Japanese boxing world champions who have won major world titles from the "Big four" governing bodies in professional boxing namely the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO).[1] It was in 1952 that Yoshio Shirai won the world flyweight crown, becoming the first Japanese world champion. Since then, Japan has produced 84 world champions to date. Japan ranks third worldwide between countries with most boxing world champions.[2]
The most thriving period of Japan's boxing ran from the 1960s to the early 1970s. In the "golden 60s," Fighting Harada won championships in two divisions—flyweight and bantamweight.[3] In the 1970s, Japan had 5 world champions for a short period at the same time. Notable achievements in that period were Kuniaki Shibata's attainment of 3 world championships in two divisions,[4] Guts Ishimatsu captured the WBC lightweight championship becoming the first Japanese champion in the lightweight division.[5] Koichi Wajima, one of the most popular boxers in Japan for his peculiar "Frog Jump" uppercut punch, also left a big footstep in Japan's boxing history by winning junior middleweight championship 3 times including 6 consecutive title defenses.[6]
List of men's professional boxing world champions[]
The following is a list of Japanese boxing champions who have held titles from one or more of the "Big Four" organizations (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) and The Ring.
WBA has four recognized world champions, Super, Undisputed, Unified and Regular. The highest tier title is considered the primary champion of the division. Only boxers who are in the primary champion lineage are listed.
The ranking of WBA's primary champions are as follows:
- Super
- Undisputed
- Unified
- Regular
Other former international/national-world boxing commissions and organizations from the beginning of boxing are also included here:
- New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC)
- National Boxing Association (NBA) - changed its name to World Boxing Association (WBA) in 1962
Current world champion | |
Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame | |
World titles from world and The Ring | |
WBA Regular champion | |
‡ | denotes that the WBA Super is vacant/vacated during his title reign. |
No. | Name | Titles | Date | Opponent | Result | Defenses |
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1 | Yoshio Shirai[7] | NBA Flyweight (112) | May 19, 1952 | ![]() |
UD 15/15 | 4 |
The Ring Flyweight (112) | 4 | |||||
2 | Fighting Harada[8] | WBA Flyweight (112) | Oct 10, 1962 | ![]() |
KO 11/15 | 0 |
The Ring Flyweight (112) | 0 | |||||
WBA Bantamweight (118) | May 18, 1965 | ![]() |
SD 15/15 | 4 | ||
WBC Bantamweight (118) | 4 | |||||
The Ring Bantamweight (118) | 4 | |||||
3 | Hiroyuki Ebihara[9] | WBA Flyweight (112) | Sep 18, 1963 | ![]() |
KO 1/15 | 0 |
WBC Flyweight (112) | 0 | |||||
The Ring Flyweight (112) | 0 | |||||
WBA Flyweight (112) – (2) | Mar 30, 1969 | ![]() |
UD 15/15 | 0 | ||
4 | Takeshi Fuji[10] | WBA Light welterweight (140) | Apr 30, 1967 | ![]() |
KO 2/15 | 0 |
WBC Light welterweight (140) | 0 | |||||
The Ring Light welterweight (140) | 0 | |||||
5 | Yoshiaki Numata[11] | WBA Super featherweight (130) | Jun 15, 1967 | ![]() |
MD 15/15 | 0 |
WBC Super featherweight (130) | 0 | |||||
The Ring Super featherweight (130) | 0 | |||||
WBC Super featherweight (130) – (2) | Apr 5, 1970 | ![]() |
SD 15/15 | 3 | ||
6 | Hiroshi Kobayashi[12] | WBA Super featherweight (130) | Dec 14, 1967 | ![]() |
MD 15/15 | 6 |
WBC Super featherweight (130) | 2 | |||||
The Ring Super featherweight (130) | 6 | |||||
7 | Shozo Saijo[13] | WBA Featherweight (126) | Sep 27, 1968 | ![]() |
UD 15/15 | 5 |
8 | Masao Ohba[14] | WBA Flyweight (112) | Oct 22, 1970 | ![]() |
TKO 13/15 | 5 |
9 | Kuniaki Shibata[15] | WBC Featherweight (126) | Dec 11, 1970 | ![]() |
RTD 12/15 | 2 |
The Ring Featherweight (126) | 2 | |||||
WBA Super featherweight (130) | Mar 12, 1973 | ![]() |
UD 15/15 | 1 | ||
The Ring Super featherweight (130) | 1 | |||||
WBC Super featherweight (130) | Feb 28, 1974 | ![]() |
UD 15/15 | 3 | ||
10 | Koichi Wajima[16] | WBA Light middleweight (154) | Oct 31, 1971 | ![]() |
SD 15/15 | 6 |
WBC Light middleweight (154) | 6 | |||||
The Ring Light middleweight (154) | 6 | |||||
WBA Light middleweight (154) – (2) | Jan 21, 1975 | ![]() |
UD 15/15 | 0 | ||
WBC Light middleweight (154) – (2) | 0 | |||||
The Ring Light middleweight (154) – (2) | 0 | |||||
WBA Light middleweight (154) – (3) | Jan 17, 1976 | ![]() |
KO 15/15 | 0 | ||
11 | Guts Ishimatsu[17] | WBC Lightweight (140) | Apr 11, 1974 | ![]() |
TKO 8/15 | 4 |
12 | Shoji Oguma[18] | WBC Flyweight (112) | Oct 1, 1974 | ![]() |
SD 15/15 | 0 |
WBC Flyweight (112) – (2) | May 18, 1980 | ![]() |
KO 9/15 | 3 | ||
The Ring Flyweight (112) | 3 | |||||
13 | Susumu Hanagata[19] | WBA Flyweight (112) | Oct 18, 1974 | ![]() |
TKO 6/15 | 0 |
14 | Royal Kobayashi[20] | WBC Super bantamweight (122) | Oct 9, 1976 | ![]() |
TKO 8/15 | 0 |
15 | Yoko Gushiken[21] | WBA Light flyweight (108) | Oct 10, 1976 | ![]() |
KO 7/15 | 13 |
16 | Masashi Kudo[22] | WBA Light middleweight (154) | Aug 9, 1978 | ![]() |
SD 15/15 | 3 |
The Ring Light middleweight (154) | 3 | |||||
17 | Shigeo Nakajima[23] | WBC Light flyweight (108) | Jan 3, 1980 | ![]() |
UD 15/15 | 0 |
18 | Yasutsune Uehara[24] | WBA Super featherweight (130) | Aug 2, 1980 | ![]() |
KO 6/15 | 1 |
The Ring Super featherweight (130) | 1 | |||||
19 | Tadashi Mihara[25] | WBA Light middleweight (154) | Nov 7, 1981 | ![]() |
MD 15/15 | 0 |
20 | Katsuo Tokashiki[26] | WBA Light flyweight (108) | Dec 16, 1981 | ![]() |
UD 15/15 | 5 |
21 | Jiro Watanabe[27] | WBA Super flyweight (115) | Apr 8, 1982 | ![]() |
UD 15/15 | 6 |
WBC Super flyweight (115) | Dec 16, 1981 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 4 | ||
22 | Tadashi Tomori[28] | WBC Light flyweight (108) | Apr 13, 1982 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 |
23 | Kōji Kobayashi[29] | WBC Flyweight (112) | Jan 18, 1984 | ![]() |
TKO 2/12 | 0 |
The Ring Flyweight (112) | 0 | |||||
24 | Satoshi Shingaki[30] | IBF Bantamweight (118) | Apr 15, 1984 | ![]() |
TKO 8/12 | 1 |
25 | Tsuyoshi Hamada[31] | WBC Light welterweight (140) | Jul 24, 1986 | ![]() |
KO 1/12 | 1 |
26 | Takuya Muguruma[32] | WBA Bantamweight (118) | Mar 29, 1987 | ![]() |
KO 5/12 | 0 |
27 | Hiroki Ioka[33] | WBC Mini flyweight (105) | Oct 18, 1987 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 2 |
WBA Light flyweight (108) | Dec 17, 1991 | ![]() |
SD 12/12 | 2 | ||
28 | Hideyuki Ohashi[34] | WBC Mini flyweight (105) | Feb 7, 1990 | ![]() |
TKO 5/12 | 1 |
WBA Mini flyweight (105) | Oct 14, 1992 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
29 | Leopard Tamakuma[35] | WBA Flyweight (112) | Jul 29, 1990 | ![]() |
TKO 10/12 | 1 |
30 | Kiyoshi Hatanaka[36] | WBC Super bantamweight (122) | Feb 3, 1991 | ![]() |
TKO 8/12 | 0 |
31 | Joichiro Tatsuyoshi[37] | WBC Bantamweight (118) | Sep 19, 1991 | ![]() |
RTD 10/12 | 0 |
WBC Bantamweight (118) – (2) | Nov 22, 1997 | ![]() |
TKO 7/12 | 2 | ||
32 | Katsuya Onizuka[38] | WBA Super flyweight (115) | Apr 10, 1992 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 5 |
33 | Akinobu Hiranaka[39] | WBA Light welterweight (140) | Apr 10, 1992 | ![]() |
TKO 1/12 | 0 |
34 | Yasuei Yakushiji[40] | WBC Bantamweight (118) | Dec 23, 1993 | ![]() |
SD 12/12 | 4 |
35 | Hiroshi Kawashima[41] | WBC Super flyweight (115) | May 4, 1994 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 4 |
36 | Shinji Takehara[42] | WBA Middleweight (160) | Dec 19, 1995 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 |
37 | Keiji Yamaguchi[43] | WBA Light flyweight (108) | May 21, 1996 | ![]() |
SD 12/12 | 1 |
38 | Satoshi Iida[44] | WBA Super flyweight (115) | Dec 23, 1997 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 2 |
39 | Takanori Hatakeyama[45] | WBA Super featherweight (130) | Sep 5, 1998 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 1 |
WBA Lightweight (135) | Jun 11, 2000 | ![]() |
TKO 8/12 | 2 | ||
40 | Hideki Todaka[46] | WBA Super flyweight (115) | Mar 18, 1999 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 2 |
41 | Keitaro Hoshino[47] | WBA Mini flyweight (105) | Dec 6, 2000 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 |
WBA Mini flyweight (105) – (2) | Jan 29, 2002 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
42 | Celes Kobayashi[48] | WBA Super flyweight (115) | Mar 11, 2001 | ![]() |
TKO 10/12 | 1 |
43 | Yutaka Niida[49] | WBA Mini flyweight (105) | Aug 25, 2001 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 |
WBA Mini flyweight (105) – (2) | Jul 3, 2004 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 7 | ||
44 | Osamu Sato[50] | WBA Super bantamweight (122) | May 18, 2002 | ![]() |
KO 8/12 | 0 |
45 | Katsushige Kawashima[51] | WBC Super flyweight (115) | Jun 28, 2004 | ![]() |
KO 1/12 | 2 |
45 | Katsunari Takayama[52] | WBC Mini flyweight (105) | Apr 4, 2005 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 |
IBF Mini flyweight (105) | Mar 30, 2013 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 2 | ||
IBF Mini flyweight (105) – (2) | Dec 31, 2014 | ![]() |
TKO 7/12 | 2 | ||
WBO Mini flyweight (105) | 0 | |||||
WBO Mini flyweight (105) – (2) | Aug 20, 2016 | ![]() |
TD 6/12 | 0 | ||
46 | Hozumi Hasegawa[53] | WBC Bantamweight (118) | Apr 16, 2005 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 10 |
WBC Featherweight (126) | Nov 26, 2010 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
WBC Super bantamweight (122) | Sep 16, 2016 | ![]() |
RTD 9/12 | 0 | ||
47 | Takashi Koshimoto[54] | WBC Featherweight (126) | Jan 29, 2006 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 4 |
48 | Nobuo Nashiro[55] | WBA Super flyweight (115) | Jul 22, 2006 | ![]() |
TKO 10/12 | 1 |
49 | Koki Kameda[56] | WBA Light flyweight (108) | Aug 2, 2006 | ![]() |
SD 12/12 | 1 |
WBC Flyweight (112) | Nov 29, 2009 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
50 | Takefumi Sakata[57] | WBA Flyweight (112) | Mar 19, 2007 | ![]() |
TKO 3/12 | 4 |
51 | Daisuke Naito[58] | WBC Flyweight (112) | Jul 18, 2007 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 5 |
52 | Toshiaki Nishioka[59] | WBC Super bantamweight (122) | Jan 3, 2009 | ![]() |
TKO 12/12 | 5 |
53 | Takahiro Ao[60] | WBC Featherweight (126) | Mar 12, 2009 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 |
WBC Super featherweight (130) | Nov 26, 2010 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 3 | ||
54 | Takashi Uchiyama[61] | WBA (Regular‡) Super featherweight (130) later promoted to Super. | Regular‡ Jan 11, 2010 |
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TKO 12/12 | Regular‡ 9 |
Super Feb 15, 2015 |
Promoted | Super 2 | ||||
55 | Daiki Kameda[62] | WBA Flyweight (112) | Feb 7, 2010 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 3 |
IBF Super flyweight (115) | Sep 3, 2013 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
56 | Akifumi Shimoda[63] | WBA (Regular‡) Super bantamweight (122) | Jan 31, 2011 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 |
57 | Kazuto Ioka[64] | WBC Mini flyweight (105) | Feb 11, 2011 | ![]() |
TKO 5/12 | 3 |
WBA Mini flyweight (105) | Jun 20, 2012 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
WBA (Regular‡) Light flyweight (108) | Regular Dec 31, 2012 |
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TKO 6/12 | Regular 3 | ||
Regular‡ Jan 14, 2014 |
Primary champion vacant | Regular‡ 0 | ||||
WBA (Regular‡) Flyweight (112) | Regular Apr 22, 2015 |
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MD 12/12 | Regular 3 | ||
Regular‡ Sep 14, 2016 |
Primary champion vacant | Regular‡ 2 | ||||
WBO Super flyweight (115) | Jun 19, 2019 | ![]() |
TKO 10/12 | 3 | ||
58 | Tomonobu Shimizu[65] | WBA (Regular‡) Super flyweight (115) | Aug 31, 2011 | ![]() |
SD 12/12 | 0 |
59 | Akira Yaegashi[66] | WBA Mini flyweight (105) | Oct 24, 2011 | ![]() |
TKO 10/12 | 1 |
WBC Flyweight (112) | Apr 8, 2013 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 3 | ||
The Ring Flyweight (112) | 3 | |||||
IBF Light flyweight (108) | Dec 29, 2015 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 2 | ||
60 | Shinsuke Yamanaka[67] | WBC Bantamweight (118) | Nov 6, 2011 | ![]() |
TKO 11/12 | 12 |
61 | Yota Sato[68] | WBC Super flyweight (115) | Mar 27, 2012 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 2 |
62 | Toshiyuki Igarashi[69] | WBC Super flyweight (115) | Jul 16, 2012 | ![]() |
SD 12/12 | 1 |
The Ring Super flyweight | 1 | |||||
63 | Kohei Kono[70] | WBA (Regular‡) Super flyweight (115) | Dec 31, 2012 | ![]() |
TKO 4/12 | 0 |
WBA (Regular‡) Super flyweight (115) – (2) | Mar 26, 2014 | ![]() |
KO 8/12 | 3 | ||
64 | Ryo Miyazaki[71] | WBA Mini flyweight (105) | Dec 31, 2012 | ![]() |
SD 12/12 | 2 |
65 | Takashi Miura[72] | WBC Super featherweight (130) | Apr 8, 2013 | ![]() |
TKO 9/12 | 4 |
66 | Tomoki Kameda[73] | WBO Bantamweight (118) | Aug 1, 2013 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 3 |
67 | Naoya Inoue[74] | WBC Light flyweight (108) | Apr 6, 2014 | ![]() |
TKO 6/12 | 1 |
WBO Super flyweight (115) | Dec 12, 2014 | ![]() |
KO 2/12 | 7 | ||
IBF Bantamweight (118) | May 18, 2019 | ![]() |
TKO 2/12 | 4 | ||
The Ring Bantamweight (118) | 4 | |||||
WBA (Super) Bantamweight (118) | Nov 7, 2019 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 3 | ||
68 | Ryoichi Taguchi[75] | WBA (Regular‡) Light flyweight (108) later declared to Unified champion after winning against IBF champion Milan Melindo. |
Regular‡ Dec 31, 2014 |
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UD 12/12 | Regular‡ 7 |
Unified Dec 31, 2017 |
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UD 12/12 | Unified 0 | |||
IBF Light flyweight (108) | Dec 21, 2017 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
The Ring Light flyweight (108) | 0 | |||||
69 | Kosei Tanaka[76] | WBO Mini flyweight (105) | May 30, 2015 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 1 |
WBO Light flyweight (108) | Dec 31, 2016 | ![]() |
TKO 5/12 | 2 | ||
WBO Flyweight (112) | Sep 24, 2018 | ![]() |
MD 12/12 | 3 | ||
70 | Yu Kimura[78] | WBC Light flyweight (115) | Nov 28, 2015 | ![]() |
SD 12/12 | 0 |
71 | Yukinori Oguni[79] | IBF Super bantamweight (122) | Dec 31, 2016 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 |
72 | Tatsuya Fukuhara[80] | WBO Mini flyweight (105) | Feb 26, 2017 | ![]() |
SD 12/12 | 0 |
73 | Shun Kubo[81] | WBA (Regular‡) Super bantamweight (122) | Apr 9, 2017 | ![]() |
RTD 12/12 | 0 |
74 | Daigo Higa[82] | WBC Flyweight (112) | May 20, 2017 | ![]() |
TKO 6/12 | 2 |
75 | Ken Shiro[83] | WBC Light flyweight (108) | May 20, 2017 | ![]() |
MD 12/12 | 8 |
76 | Hiroto Kyoguchi[84] | IBF Mini flyweight (105) | Jul 23, 2017 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 2 |
WBA (Super) Light flyweight (108) | Dec 21, 2018 | ![]() |
TKO 10/12 | 2 | ||
The Ring Light flyweight (108) | 2 | |||||
77 | Sho Kimura[85] | WBO Flyweight (112) | Jul 28, 2017 | ![]() |
TKO 11/12 | 2 |
78 | Ryuya Yamanaka[86] | WBO Mini flyweight (105) | Aug 27, 2017 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 1 |
79 | Ryosuke Iwasa[87] | IBF Super bantamweight (122) | Sep 13, 2017 | ![]() |
TKO 6/12 | 1 |
80 | Masayuki Ito[88] | WBO Super featherweight (130) | Jul 28, 2018 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 1 |
81 | Junto Nakatani[89] | WBO Flyweight (112) | Nov 6, 2020 | ![]() |
TKO 8/12 | 1 |
82 | Ryōta Murata[90] | WBA (Regular‡) Middleweight (160) later promoted to Super. | Regular‡ Jan 1, 2021 |
Primary champion vacant | Regular‡ 0 | |
Super Jan 6, 2021 |
Promoted | Super 0 | ||||
83 | Masamichi Yabuki[91] | WBC Light flyweight (108) | Sep 22, 2021 | ![]() |
TKO 10/12 | 0 |
84 | Kenichi Ogawa[92] | IBF Super featherweight (130) | Nov 27, 2021 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 0 |
85 | Masataka Taniguchi[93] | WBO Mini flyweight (105) | Dec 14, 2021 | ![]() |
TKO 11/12 | 0 |
Note[]
- Interim titles are not included unless they get promoted to the official champion.
- For WBA champions, only champions in the WBA primary lineage are listed.
List of WBA secondary champions[]
No. | Name | Titles | Reign period | Opponent | Result | Defenses | Primary champion/s during reign |
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1 | Yusuke Kobori[94] | WBA (Regular) Lightweight (135) | May 19, 2008 – Jan 3, 2009 | ![]() |
TKO 3/12 | 0 | ![]() Mar 8, 2008 – Jan 10, 2009 |
2 | Nobuo Nashiro[55] | WBA (Regular) Super flyweight (115) | Sep 15, 2008 – May 8, 2010 | ![]() |
TKO 10/12 | 1 | ![]() May 17, 2008 – Nov 1, 2008 |
![]() Nov 1, 2008 – Oct 15, 2010 | |||||||
3 | Koki Kameda[56] | WBA (Regular) Bantamweight (118) | Dec 26, 2010 – Dec 6, 2013 | ![]() |
UD 12/12 | 8 | ![]() Nov 19, 2010 – Sep 26, 2014 |
4 | Kazuto Ioka[64] | WBA (Regular) Light flyweight (108) | Dec 31, 2012 – Jan 14, 2014 Becomes primary champion due to vacancy of the title. |
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TKO 6/12 | 0 | |
![]() Nov 30, 2012 – Jan 14, 2014 | |||||||
5 | Kazuto Ioka (2) | WBA (Regular) Flyweight (112) | Apr 22, 2015 – Sep 14, 2016 Becomes primary champion due to vacancy of the title. |
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MD 12/12 | 3 | |
![]() Apr 6, 2013 – Sep 14, 2016 | |||||||
6 | Ryōta Murata[90] | WBA (Regular) Middleweight (160) | Oct 22, 2017 – Oct 20, 2018 | ![]() |
RTD 7/12 | 1 | ![]() Jun 3, 2014 – Sep 15, 2018 |
![]() Sep 15, 2018 – Jan 1, 2021 | |||||||
7 | Naoya Inoue[74] | WBA (Regular) Bantamweight (118) | May 25, 2018 – May 18, 2019 Status changed to Unified champion after winning against IBF champion Emmanuel Rodríguez. |
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TKO 1/12 | 1 | ![]() Oct 21, 2017 – Nov 3, 2018 |
WBA (Unified) Bantamweight (118) | May 18, 2019 – Nov 7, 2019 Became Super after winning against Super champion Nonito Donaire. |
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TKO 2/12 | 0 | ![]() Nov 3, 2018 – Nov 7, 2019 | ||
8 | Ryōta Murata (2) | WBA (Regular) Middleweight (160) | Jul 12, 2019 – Jan 1, 2021 Becomes primary champion due to vacancy of the title. |
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TKO 2/12 | 1 | ![]() Sep 15, 2018 – Jan 1, 2021 |
List of women's professional boxing world champions[]
The following is a list of female Japanese boxing champions who have held titles from one or more of the "Big Four" organizations (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) and The Ring.
Current world champion |
No. | Name | Titles | Date | Opponent | Result | Defenses |
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1 | Nanako Kikuchi | WBC Mini flyweight (105) | Nov 7, 2005 | ![]() |
TKO 7/10 | 1 |
2 | Naomi Togashi | WBC Light flyweight (108) | Jul 13, 2008 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 7 |
3 | Momo Koseki | WBC Atomweight (102) | Aug 11, 2008 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 16 |
WBA Atomweight (102) | Oct 22, 2015 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 0 | ||
WBC Mini flyweight (105) | Dec 17, 2017 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 0 | ||
4 | Tenkai Tsunami | WBA Super flyweight (115) | Feb 26, 2009 | ![]() |
SD 10/10 | 4 |
WBO Light flyweight (108) | Mar 8, 2018 | ![]() |
RTD 8/10 | 4 | ||
5 | Etsuko Tada | WBA Mini flyweight (105) | Apr 11, 2009 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 9 |
IBF Mini flyweight (105) | Dec 11, 2015 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 0 | ||
WBO Mini flyweight (105) | Dec 1, 2018 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 0 | ||
WBO Mini flyweight (105) — (2) | Dec 3, 2020 | ![]() |
TKO 3/10 | 0 | ||
6 | Naoko Fujioka | WBC Mini flyweight (105) | May 8, 2011 | ![]() |
RTD 8/10 | 2 |
WBA Super flyweight (115) | Nov 13, 2013 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 1 | ||
WBO Bantamweight (118) | Oct 19, 2015 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 1 | ||
WBA Flyweight (112) | Mar 13, 2017 | ![]() |
TKO 10/10 | 3 | ||
WBO Light flyweight (108) | Dec 1, 2017 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 0 | ||
7 | Mari Ando | WBA Atomweight (102) | Sep 22, 2011 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 1 |
WBC Mini flyweight (105) | Dec 14, 2013 | ![]() |
SD 10/10 | 0 | ||
8 | Naoko Yamaguchi | WBA Super flyweight (115) | Jul 9, 2012 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 2 |
9 | Ayaka Miyao | WBA Atomweight (102) | Sep 16, 2012 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 5 |
10 | Shindo Go | WBC Flyweight (112) | May 19, 2013 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 2 |
11 | Naoko Shibata | IBF Light flyweight (108) | Nov 14, 2013 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 5 |
12 | Mako Yamada | WBO Mini flyweight (105) | Feb 9, 2014 | ![]() |
SD 10/10 | 0 |
13 | Nao Ikeyama | WBO Atomweight (102) | May 17, 2014 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 6 |
14 | Yuko Kuroki | WBC Mini flyweight (105) | May 17, 2014 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 5 |
15 | Kumiko Seeser Ikehara | WBO Mini flyweight (105) | Sep 20, 2014 | ![]() |
SD 10/10 | 4 |
16 | Yunoka Furukawa | WBA Atomweight (102) | Aug 13, 2016 | ![]() |
TKO 3/10 | 1 |
17 | Nana Yoshikawa | WBO Flyweight (112) | Oct 9, 2016 | ![]() |
MD 10/10 | 0 |
18 | Kayoko Ebata | WBO Mini flyweight (105) | May 19, 2017 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 1 |
19 | Mika Iwakawa | WBO Atomweight (102) | Jul 29, 2018 | ![]() |
SD 10/10 | 0 |
21 | Saemi Hanagata | IBF Atomweight (102) | Sep 29, 2018 | ![]() |
SD 10/10 | 1 |
22 | Kasumi Saeki | WBO Mini flyweight (105) | Apr 27, 2019 | ![]() |
TKO 6/10 | 0 |
23 | Miyo Yoshida | WBO Super flyweight (115) | Jun 19, 2019 | ![]() |
UD 10/10 | 1 |
Current titleholders in world boxing sanctioning bodies[]
Major (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO)[]
Men's World Champions[]
Name | Organization | Division | Date won |
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Naoya Inoue | WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring | Bantamweight | June 25, 2018 |
Hiroto Kyoguchi | WBA (Super) and The Ring | Light flyweight | December 31, 2018 |
Kazuto Ioka | WBO | Super flyweight | June 19, 2019 |
Junto Nakatani | WBO | Flyweight | November 6, 2020 |
Ryota Murata | WBA (Super) | Middleweight | January 1, 2021 |
Masamichi Yabuki | WBC | Light flyweight | September 22, 2021 |
Kenichi Ogawa | IBF | Super featherweight | November 27, 2021 |
Masataka Taniguchi | WBO | Mini flyweight | December 14, 2021 |
Women's World Champions[]
Name | Organization | Division | Date won |
---|---|---|---|
Naoko Fujioka | WBA | Flyweight | March 13, 2017 |
Mika Iwakawa | WBO | Atomweight | July 29, 2018 |
Saemi Hanagata | IBF | Atomweight | September 29, 2018 |
Miyo Yoshida | WBO | Super flyweight | June 19, 2019 |
Etsuko Tada | WBO | Mini flyweight | December 3, 2020 |
See also[]
- List of WBA world champions
- List of WBC world champions
- List of IBF world champions
- List of WBO world champions
- List of IBO world champions
- List of The Ring world champions
- List of undisputed boxing champions
- Boxing in Japan
References[]
- ^ "World champion archives" (in Japanese). Japan Pro Boxing Association. 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
- ^ "World Champions By Nationality: Japanese World Champions". BoxRec.
- ^ "The Great Masahiko "Fighting" Harada". Bad Left Hook.
- ^ "Kuniaki Shibata: He Stopped Saldivar!". Boxingnews24.
- ^ "Boxing's Rising In The Land Of The Rising Sun: Japanese Prizefighters". Bleacherreport.
- ^ "World Champion Koichi Wajima". Cyber Boxing Zone.
- ^ Boxing record for Yoshio Shirai from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Fighting Harada from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Hiroyuki Ebihara from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Takeshi Fuji from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Yoshiaki Numata from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Hiroshi Kobayashi from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Shozo Saijo from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Masao Ohba from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Kuniaki Shibata from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Koichi Wajima from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Guts Ishimatsu from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Shoji Oguma from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Susumu Hanagata from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Royal Kobayashi from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Yoko Gushiken from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Masashi Kudo from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Shigeo Nakajima from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Yasutsune Uehara from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Tadashi Mihara from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Katsuo Tokashiki from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Jiro Watanabe from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Tadashi Tomori from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Koji Kobayashi from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Satoshi Shingaki from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Suyoshi Hamada from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Takuya Muguruma from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Hiroki Ioka from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Hideyuki Ohashi from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Leopard Tamakuma from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Kiyoshi Hatanaka from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Joichiro Tatsuyoshi from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Katsuya Onizuka from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Akinobu Hiranaka from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Yasuei Yakushiji from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Hiroshi Kawashima from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Shinji Takehara from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Keiji Yamaguchi from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Satoshi Iida from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Takanori Hatakeyama from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Hideki Todaka from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Keitaro Hoshino from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Celes Kobayashi from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Yutaka Niida from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Osamu Sato from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Katsushige Kawashima from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Katsunari Takayama from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Hozumi Hasegawa from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Takashi Koshimoto from BoxRec
- ^ a b Boxing record for Nobuo Nashiro from BoxRec
- ^ a b Boxing record for Koki Kameda from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Takefumi Sakata from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Daisuke Naito from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Toshiaki Nishioka from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Takahiro Ao from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Takashi Uchiyama from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Daiki Kameda from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Akifumi Shimoda from BoxRec
- ^ a b Boxing record for Kazuto Ioka from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Tomonobu Shimizu from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Akira Yaegashi from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Shinsuke Yamanaka from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Yota Sato from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Toshiyuki Igarashi from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Kohei Kono from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Ryo Miyazaki from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Takashi Miura from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Tomoki Kameda from BoxRec
- ^ a b Boxing record for Naoya Inoue from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Ryoichi Taguchi from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Kosei Tanaka from BoxRec
- ^ JAKE DONOVAN (30 May 2015). "Tanaka Decisions Yedras, Claims Belt in 5th Pro Fight". Boxingscene. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ Boxing record for Yu Kimura from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Yukinori Oguni from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Tatsuya Fukuhara from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Shun Kubo from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Daigo Higa from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Ken Shiro from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Hiroto Kyoguchi from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Sho Kimura from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Ryuya Yamanaka from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Ryosuke Iwasa from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Masayuki Ito from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Junto Nakatani from BoxRec
- ^ a b Boxing record for Ryōta Murata from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Masamichi Yabuki from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Kenichi Ogawa from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Masataka Taniguchi from BoxRec
- ^ Boxing record for Yusuke Kobori from BoxRec
External links[]
- Lists of Japanese sportspeople
- Lists of boxers by nationality
- Japanese boxers
- Lists of world boxing champions
- Boxing in Japan