In 2005 the Shooto Organization decided to create splinter Shooto organizations around the world, with their own rankings and champions. Along with a European and American Shooto organization, a Pacific Rim organization was created focusing on Asia (but mostly Japan). This is the title history for the Pacific Rim titles.
Title histories Middleweight Championship Weight limit:
No.NameDateDefenses1 Keita Nakamura July 21, 2006 Nakamura vacated the title on June 6, 2007, as he was unable to defend the title in the mandated time2 Xavier Lucas October 26, 2008 Lucas vacated the title on January 28, 2010, for undisclosed reasons3 Yoichiro Sato March 22, 2010 4 Akihiro Murayama June 11, 2011 Murayama vacated the title on March 1, 2019, for undisclosed reasons5 Soki June 16, 20196 Yukinari Tamura May 15, 2022
Welterweight Championship Weight limit:
No.NameDateDefenses1 Kotetsu Boku January 29, 2005 Boku vacated the title on December 17, 2005 as he suffered a knee injury which prevented him from defending his title in the mandatory time.2 Mitsuhiro Ishida February 17, 2006 Ishida vacated the title on January 12, 2007 as he was unable to defend the title in the mandated time3 Takashi Nakakura February 17, 2007 Nakakura vacated the title on May 3, 2008 after winning the world title.4 Yusuke Endo February 17, 2007 Endo vacated the title on September 26, 2010 to challenge Willamy Freire for the Shooto 154lb title.5 Yoshihiro Koyama January 10, 2011 Koyama vacated the title to challenge Kuniyoshi Hironaka for the Shooto 154lb title.6 Shinji Sasaki January 20, 20137 Nobumitsu Osawa March 16, 20148 Koshi Matsumoto April 18, 2015 Matsumoto vacated the title to challenge Yuki Kawana for the Shooto 154lb title9 Yuki Kawana July 23, 2017 Matsumoto vacated the title on July 12, 2020, after winning the world title10 Shutaro Debana December 20, 2020
Lightweight Championship Weight limit:
No.NameDateDefenses1 Rumina Sato March 11, 2005 Sato suffered an injury which prevented him from defending his title in the mandatory time period per Shooto regulations.2 Akitoshi Tamura February 17, 2007 Due to Tamura winning the Shooto World Lightweight belt he was asked to relinquish the Pacific Rim Title.3 Taiki Tsuchiya January 23, 2010 Tsuchiya vacates the title due to losing a non-title match to Takeshi Inoue on April 30, 2011.4 Yusuke Yachi November 11, 2012 Yachi vacated the title signing with Pacific Xtreme Combat5 Yoshifumi Nakamura January 25, 20156 Yutaka Saito May 3, 2015 Saito vacated the title to challenge Yoshifumi Nakamura for the Shooto 143lb title7 Ryogo Takahashi November 12, 2016 Takahashi vacated the title following an injury which rendered him incapable of defending the title.8 Mitsuhiro Toma June 17, 20189 Takashi Nakayama January 26, 202010 Keisuke Sasu September 19, 2020 Sasu vacated the title to challenge Ryoji Kudo for the Shooto 143lb title
Featherweight Championship Weight limit:
No.NameDateDefenses1 Koetsu Okazaki October 17, 2009 Okazaki vacated2 Yuta Sasaki January 20, 2013 Sasaki vacated3 Yuta Nezu March 16, 2014 Nezu vacated4 Daichi Takenaka March 21, 2016 Takenaka vacated the title on 2016 when he signed with ONE Championship.5 Keita Ishibashi November 12, 2016 Ishibashi vacated the title to challenge Shoko Sato for the Shooto 132lb title6 Kazuma Sone January 28, 20187 Ryo Okada January 27, 2019Okada vacated the title to challenge Kazuma Kuramoto for the interim Shooto 132lb title8 Tatsuya Ando August 1, 2020 Ando vacated the title to challenge Ryo Okada for the Shooto 132lb title9 Kota Onojima January 16, 202210 Hayato Ishii May 22, 202211 Nobuki Fuji November 27, 2022
See also Shooto List of Shooto champions
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