Akira Shoji

Quick Facts

Full Name	Akira Shoji
Occupation	Mixed Martial Artist
Date Of Birth	Jan 31, 1974(1974-01-31)
Age	50
Birthplace	Ōsaka
Country	Japan
Birth City	Ōsaka
Horoscope	Aquarius

Akira Shoji Biography

Akira Shoji is one of the most popular and richest Mixed Martial Artist who was born on January 31, 1974 in Ōsaka, Ōsaka, Japan. Akira Shoji (小路晃) (born January 31, 1974) is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. He is most known as being a regular in almost all the beginning Pride Fighting Championship Shoji was in Pride 1 to Pride 7, and was part of the first Pride open weight Grand Prix in 2000. Shoji was consistently a regular in Pride, and moved from Heavyweight to Light Heavyweight (Middleweight in Pride) due to his smaller stature.

In 2008, Shoji began working in professional wrestling company Hustle, hosted by Dream Stage Entertainment along with Pride, and became a regular roster of the promotion. He debuted as a participant the Hustle Grand Prix tournament, being invited by famous idol Yuko Ogura and granted the ring name of “Ko♥Ri♥Ta♥N”, but he was defeated by Osaka Pro Wrestling representative Zeus after getting hit with a frying pan.

Later HUSTLE was closed, Shoji joined Smash, a new promotion where Yoshihiro Tajiri works as wrestler and producer, and had the feuds with Kim Nam-Hoon, Yoshiaki Yago and Minoru Suzuki. On January 2011, Shoji announced that he had quit professional wrestling.

Shoji’s last match in Pride would be in its very last event in 2007, fighting Gilbert Yvel and losing by TKO after a brief grappling exchange.

Akira Shoji Net Worth

Akira Shoji is one of the richest Mixed Martial Artist from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Akira Shoji 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Shoji had his worldwide debut taking on Renzo Gracie from the Gracie family at the first event of Pride in 1997. Though clearly outclassed, Shoji held his own and escaped from numerous submission attempts through the match, including an armbar and an omoplata which were almost fully locked, while regularly landing low kicks and some knees to the head. After thirty minutes, the match was ruled a draw due to the absence of judges. Nonetheless, Shoji got acclaimed by the crowd for his performance, which included grabbing the mic after the match and yelling “What do you say now, Gracies? Who said the Japanese were the weakest?” (Nani ga Gracie jā! Nani ga Nippon sai jaku jā?)

At the Pride Grand Prix 2000 tournament, Shoji was first pitted against luta livre practitioner Ebenezer Fontes Braga, getting a unanimous decision victory. He advanced round, but he was then eliminated by the eventual winner Mark Coleman.

Shoji then joined Generalissimo Takada’s villainous faction Takada Monster Army, invited by Yuji Shimada, and he changed his name to “Private Shimada”. In 2009, after losing a match to Wataru Sakata and Kurodaman, he was put on a trial by Shimada and threatened with expulsion if he lost a next singles match against Sakata, which eventually became a 3-way match with fellow Monster Army member Commander An Jo. Shoji have his best, but Shimada and An Jo crashed the match and made him lose. Kicked out of Takada’s faction, Akira joined Sakata and got his revenge over Anjo, defeating him and Rey Ohara in a tag team match. remained as his ally until the end of the promotion.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Akira Shoji height 5 ft 8 in Akira weight 205 lbs & body measurements will update soon.

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Facts & Trivia

Akira Ranked on the list of most popular Mixed Martial Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Akira Shoji celebrates birthday on January 31 of every year.