Noboru Asahi

Noboru Asahi 朝日 昇
Born	Shin'ichi Asahi January 5, 1968 (1968-01-05) (age 43) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Other names	Kijin (奇人, The Strange Man)
Nationality	Japanese
Height	1.62 metres (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	66 kilograms (150 lb; 10.4 st)
Division	Featherweight Lightweight
Style	Shooto
Fighting out of	Kita, Tokyo, Japan
Team	Purebred Ōmiya(1990 - 2001) Tokyo Yellowmans(2001 - Current)
Years active	13 (1990-2003)
Mixed martial arts record
Total	30
Wins	19
By submission	14
By decision	5
Losses	6
By knockout	1
By submission	3
By decision	2
Draws	5
Other information
Website	http://www.tacox.jp/index.html
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: January 2, 2010

Noboru Asahi (朝日 昇, Asahi Noboru^?, born January 5, 1968) is a Japanese retired mixed martial artist, a designer, and an owner of MMA gym.^[1][2]

He was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan on January 5, 1968 as Shin'ichi Asahi (朝日 愼一, Asahi Shin'ichi^?).

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
30 matches	19 wins	6 losses
By knockout	0	1
By submission	14	3
By decision	5	2
By disqualification	0	0
Unknown	0	0
Draws	5
No contests	0

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	19-6-5	Tomomi Iwama	TKO (Punches)	Deep 10th IMPACT in Korakuen Hall	2003-06-25	3	0:42	Japan
Loss	19-5-5	Naoya Uematsu	Decision (2-0)	Shooto R.E.A.D.	2000-09-15	3	5:00	Japan
Loss	19-4-5	Alexandre Franca Nogueira	Submission (Choke)	IV 修斗 the Renaxis 1999	1999-09-05	2	3:29	Japan	Losses title of Shooto World Lightweight Championship.
vDraw	19-4-4	Uchū Tatsumi	Decision (1-1)	II 修斗 the Renaxis 1999	1999-03-28	3	5:00	Japan	Retains title of Shooto World Lightweight Championship.(2)
vDraw	19-4-3	Joao Roque	Time over	Shooto	1998-10-25	3	8:00	Japan
Win	18-4-3	Trent Bekis	Submission (Armlock)	Shooto	1998-08-29	1	3:01	Japan
Loss	18-3-3	Alexandre Franca Nogueira	Submission (Choke)	Shooto	1998-04-26	1	1:06	Japan
Win	18-2-2	Denis Hall	Submission (Armlock)	Shooto	1998-01-17	2	4:18	Japan
Loss	17-2-2	Royler Gracie	Submission (Choke)	Vale Tudo Japan 1996	1996-07-07	1	5:07	Japan
Win	17-1-2	Leandro Lima De Azevedo	Submission (Leglock)	Shooto	1996-03-05	1	1:04	Japan
Win	16-1-2	Ruud Alwart	Submission (Punches)	Shooto	1996-01-20	1	1:21	Japan
Win	15-1-2	Anthony Lange	Submission (Armlock)	Shooto	1995-09-26	1	3:41	Japan
Win	14-1-2	Leonid Zaslavsky	Submission (Leglock)	Shooto	1995-07-29	3	0:48	Japan
Win	13-1-2	Kyūhei Mikage	Decision (Unanimous)	Shooto	1994-11-07	5	3:00	Japan
Win	12-1-2	Nozomu Matsumoto	Submission (Armlock)	Shooto	1994-09-26	1	0:13	Japan
Win	11-1-2	Shinji Abe	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Shooto	1994-05-06	1	0:41	Japan
Win	10-1-2	Yuki Nakai	Decision (2-0)	Shooto	1993-11-25	5	3:00	Japan
Win	9-1-2	Masato Suzuki	Submission (Armlock)	Shooto	1993-06-24	5	1:39	Japan
Win	8-1-2	Takashi Ishizaki	Submission (Armlock)	Shooto	1992-11-27	5	0:43	Japan
Win	7-1-2	Hiroyuki Sugano	Submission (Armlock)	Shooto	1992-09-25	2	1:05	Japan
vDraw	6-1-3	Kenichi Tanaka	Decision (0-0)	Shooto	1992-07-23	5	3:00	Japan	Retains title of Shooto World Lightweight Championship.(1)
Win	6-1-2	Kazuhiro Sakamoto	Decision (2-0)	Shooto	1992-03-27	5	3:00	Japan	Wins Sakamoto's title of Shooto World Lightweight Championship.
vDraw	5-1-2	Kenichi Tanaka	Decision (0-0)	Shooto	1991-12-23	5	3:00	Japan
Win	5-1-1	Masato Suzuki	Submission (Armlock)	Shooto	1991-10-17	1	?	Japan
vDraw	4-1-1	Tomohiro Tanaka	Decision (1-0)	Shooto	1991-08-03	4	3:00	Japan
Loss	4-1	Kazuhiro Sakamoto	Decision (Unanimous)	Shooto	1991-03-29	5	3:00	Japan
Win	4-0	Takashi Ishizaki	Decision (Unanimous)	Shooto	1990-11-28	4	3:00	Japan
Win	3-0	Hiroyuk Sugano	Submission (Armlock)	Shooto	1990-09-08	1	0:38	Japan
Win	2-0	Kazumi Chigira	Decision (Unanimous)	Shooto	1990-07-07	3	3:00	Japan
Win	1-0	Tomoyuki Saito	Submission (Armlock)	Shooto	1990-03-17	1	2:54	Japan

See also

• Shooto
• List of Shooto champions
• List of male mixed martial artists

References

1. ^ http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Noboru-Asahi-439
2. ^ http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/f/ABD5FBC9DACB5288/Noboru-Asahi/

External links

• Asahi Noboru Official Blog
• Professional MMA record for Noboru Asahi from Sherdog

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kazuhiro Sakamoto	3rd Shooto World Lightweight Champion March 27, 1992 – September 5, 1999	Succeeded by Alexandre Franca Nogueira

Persondata
Name	Asahi, Noboru
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	January 5, 1968
Place of birth	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Date of death
Place of death

| Tomoyuki Saito | Shooto | Japan | Submission (Armlock) | 1 | 2:54 | 1-0 |}

See also

• Shooto
• List of Shooto champions
• List of male mixed martial artists

References

1. ^ http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Noboru-Asahi-439
2. ^ http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/f/ABD5FBC9DACB5288/Noboru-Asahi/

External links

• Asahi Noboru Official Blog
• Professional MMA record for Noboru Asahi from Sherdog

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kazuhiro Sakamoto	3rd Shooto World Lightweight Champion March 27, 1992 – September 5, 1999	Succeeded by Alexandre Franca Nogueira

Persondata
Name	Asahi, Noboru
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	January 5, 1968
Place of birth	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Date of death
Place of death