List of Shooto rookie champions

Beginning in 2002 the Shooto organization decided to have mini tournaments to determine the best of their rookie fighters in each weight class. Many of the champions have gone on to become serious contenders and some even have become world or pacific rim champions. This is the list of every Shooto Rookie Champion.

2002
* 123lb- Yasuhiro Urushitani
* 132lb- Akira Komatsu
* 143lb- Hideki Kadowaki
* 154lb- Tatsuya Kawajiri
* 167lb- Kuniyoshi Hironaka

2003
*114lb- Takehiro Harusaki
*123lb- Yasuhiro Akagi
*132lb- Akitoshi Hokazono
*143lb- Hiroyuki Takaya
*154lb- Nobuhiro Obiya
*167lb- Yoichi Fukumoto
*183lb- Akihiko Adachi

2004
*114lb- Atsushi Takeuchi
*123lb- Shinichi Kojima
*132lb- Koetsu Okazaki
*143lb- Takeshi Inoue
*154lb- Yusuke Endo
*167lb- Yu Shiori

2005
*183lb- Masashi Yozen
*167lb- Keita Nakamura
*154lb- Mizuto Hirota
*143lb- Tenkei Fujimiya
*132lb- Takeya Mizugaki
*123lb- Yusei Shimokawa
*114lb- Kenichi Takeda

2006
*183lb- Mitushiro Takeda
*167lb- Yuki Konishi
*154lb- Yoshihiro Koyama
*143lb- Akiyo Nishiura
*132lb- Masakazu Ueda
*123lb- Ryuichi Miki
*114lb- Shinya Murofushi

2007
*183lb- Hiroki Sato
*167lb- Akihiro Yamazaki
*154lb- Hiroshi Shiba
*143lb- Kazuhiro Ito
*132lb- Hiromasa Ougikubo
*123lb- Kenji Hosoya
*114lb- Hiroyuki Ikeda