Megumi Yabushita
- January 10, 2024
- Judoka
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Megumi Yabushita Biography
| Name | Megumi Yabushita |
| Birthday | Mar 2 |
| Birth Year | 1972 |
| Place Of Birth | Asahikawa |
| Home Town | Hokkaido |
| Birth Country | Japan |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Megumi Yabushita is one of the most popular and richest Judoka who was born on March 2, 1972 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan. Yabushita was born in Asahikawa (Hokkaido), Japan on March 2, 1972. Before she entered elementary school, her father introduced her to judo and trained her. Yabushita was a champion in judo and was a regular competitor in national championships.
Yabushita was a member of Jd’ Wrestling Promotion. She made her debut in 1996 against Sumie Sakai at Korakuen Hall. Yabushita won Jd’ Junior title at Tokyo on September 7, 1997 (97-09-07). She defeated Sakai in her final match. However, she lost the title to The Bloody in her first defense on October 22, 1997 (97-10-22). On January 24, 1999, she would win the title by beating Sakai again. She then successfully defended it three more times before it was vacated.
On October 9, 1999 (1999-10-09 ) , Yabushita and Sakai became the Trans-world Wrestling Federation World Women’s Tag Team champions. and defended it one time before losing it on March 7, 2000 (2000-03-07 ) against Crusher Maedomari and Drake Morimatsu. Megumi Yabushita and Sumie Sakai would regain the title one more time, by pinning Kazuki on February 10, 2002 (2002-02-10 ) and Sachie Abe on February 7, 2002 (2002-02-07 ) in a couple of special stipulation matches. Yabushita left Jd’ gym in 2002. She would win the Tag team title one more time with Maru as her partner on June 22, 2003 (2003-06-22 ) by winning the final of an 8-team tournament against The Bloody and Yumi Ohka, who would in turn gain the title in Yabushita’s and Maru’s first defense on August 10, 2003 (2003-08-10 ) .
Her next bouts and her rose to prominence would take place during Smackgirl’s ReMix World Cup 2000 celebrated on December 5, 2000 (2000-12-05 ) at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. The tournament held a ¥10,000,000 for the winner, ¥1,000,000 for the runner-up and ¥500,000 for both third places. Yabushita’s first match in the tournament was against American kickboxer Bambi Bertoncello, whom Yabushita defeated with an armbar submission. Her spotlight in the tournament was in her match against Russian judoka Svetlana Goundarenko, who had submitted American Erin Toughill, outweighed Yabushita for over 200 lb (91 kg) and had a height advantage of 33 cm (1.08 ft). Despite these disadvantages, Yabushita was able to control the fight with her quickness and takedown skills, earning a unanimous decision victory and a spot in the final. In the final, Dutch fighter Marloes Coenen defeated Yabushita by unanimous decision. With her performance in the tournament, Yabushita and women’s MMA became one of the hottest topics in Japanese fight sports.
She met Yoko Takahashi in 1996 when she was a member of Jd’, Japan’s first woman MMA fighter. Takahashi was injured in pro-wrestling. Yabushita began MMA training after she was forced to retire. Yabushita defeated South Korea Ji Hee Yu with an armbar submission in round 2 of Central Martial Arts Association’s Octagon Challenge. The event was held at Nagoya Congress Center Century Hall, Nagoya, Aichi.
Megumi Yabushita Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Judoka |
| House | Living in own house. |
Megumi Yabushita is one of the richest Judoka from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Megumi Yabushita 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Megumi Yabushita, (Sou Xia Megumi, yabushita mégumi) was born March 2, 1972. She is a Japanese female mixed-martial artist, kickboxer and professional wrestler. She has been a part of several mixed martial arts and professional wrestling promotions in Japan. She is a Japanese national champion in judo and was a former Smackgirl openweight champion and tournament winner.
Yabushita graduated Asahikawa University High School in 1989. She won the judo club competitions for the 48-kg division in 1988, 1989. She was scouted by Miki House, Japan’s corporate Judo team. In 1993, she won the all Japan individual championships. In 1994, she placed third at the Fukuoka international women’s judo championships in 52 kg class. In 1995, she placed fifth at the World Masters Munich in 52 kg class. She also took part in the 52kg class at the 1995 World Judo Championships held in Chiba (Japan).
Yabushita also won the American Wrestling Federation World Women’s Title on August 22, 1999 (1999-08-22 ) and on November 28, 2000 (2000-11-28 ) . On November 26, 2000 (2000-11-26 ) , Yabushita defeated The Bloody to win the BS Japan Queen of the Ring Title, and with his victory of the AWF title, she unifies both titles that then became the Jd’ Double Title.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 2 in |
| Weight | 61 kg |
Megumi Yabushita height 5 ft 2 in Megumi weight 61 kg & body measurements will update soon.
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On December 19, 2004 (2004-12-19 ) , Yabushita participated in Smackgirl’s World ReMix 2004 held on Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, in the open weight queen decision tournament, which would crown the first Smackgirl open weight champion. Josh Barnett’s student, American fighter Shannon Hooper, was Yabushita’s first opponent whom Yabushita defeated at 0:29 of round one with a wristlock. Yabushita next faced American grappler Roxanne Modafferi in the semi-finals, defeating Modafferi by unanimous decision. In a rematch of their 2001 bout, Yamaguchi and Erin Toughill fought in the tournament final. Toughill, who had just defeated Marloes Coenen by TKO, outweighed Yabushita for around 20 kg (44 lb) and was controlling the fight until Yabushita grabbed Toughill’s left wrist in an effort to stop her attacks, to which Toughill responded with two elbows to the spinal cord, an illegal action. The referee immediately stopped the fight and gave Toughill a yellow card while Yabushita was writhing in pain. The ring doctor didn’t allow the bout to continue after checking Yabushita, which resulted in an immediate disqualification for Toughill and this gave the open weight title to Yabushita. As a precautionary measure, Yabushita was carried to the waiting room in a stretcher and was taken to a hospital in which she was diagnosed with lumbar transverse processes fracture, according to the event organizers, and rendered Yabushita unable to fulfill her commitment to fight against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist Felicia Oh in a grappling match on January 8, 2005 (2005-01-08 ) .
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Megumi Ranked on the list of most popular Judoka. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Megumi Yabushita celebrates birthday on March 2 of every year.
Yabushita was supposed to debut at submission grappling against Felicia Oh on January 8, 2005 (2005-01-08 ) , but Erin Toughill injured Yabushita in their December 19, 2004 (2004-12-19 ) MMA bout and Yabushita was unable to grapple against Oh. Yabushita participated in Smackgirl Grappling Queen Tournament 2007 on September 24, 2007 (2007-09-24 ) , defeating against Hitomi Sakamoto by decision (25-0) and losing against Akiko Ninomiya with a choke sleeper submission in the middleweight tournament final.