Shinya Aoki

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shinya Aoki
Occupation	MMA Fighter
Date Of Birth	May 9, 1983(1983-05-09)
Age	41
Country	Japan
Birth City	Shizuoka
Horoscope	Taurus

Shinya Aoki Biography

Shinya Aoki is one of the most popular and richest MMA Fighter who was born on May 9, 1983 in Shizuoka, Japan. The 2013 DREAM Lightweight Champion gained fame for his impressive grappling skills and ability to submit.

He lost a rare match in a match against He suffered a rare loss against Eddie Alvarez on April 20, 2012. on April 20th in 2012.

Shinya Aoki (青木 真也 , Aoki Shin’ya, born May 9, 1983) is a Japanese mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and grappler currently competing in ONE Championship’s and Rizin Fighting Federation’s Welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2003, he is noted for being the DREAM Lightweight Champion, former two time ONE Lightweight Champion, former WAMMA Lightweight Champion and former Shooto Welterweight Champion. Aoki is an A-class Shoot wrestler and BJJ black belt, both under his long-term mentor Yuki Nakai, as well as a black belt judoka. As of 2008, Aoki, along with DEEP champion Masakazu Imanari, and Sengoku champion Satoru Kitaoka have founded the “Nippon Top Team” as a group of elite Japanese grapplers competing in MMA. As well as his MMA credentials, Aoki has garnered several submission grappling accolades including two All Japan Jiu-Jitsu Championships, a Japan Open Jiu- Jitsu Championship, a Budo Open Championship, and an ADCC Japan Championship.

Aoki has his MMA debut for DEEP in November 2003, winning a one night tournament by fast armbar submissions. He later would show further unorthodox grappling skills against veteran Seichi Ikemoto and Keith Wisniewski, who he defeated by breaking his arm with a standing wakigatame. He also would face legendary Hayato Sakurai in a Shooto event, losing a decision which was seen as controversial. Aoki went to compete in both companies until 2007, also defeating Akira Kikuchi to win the Shooto Welterweight Championship.

The city he was raised in was Shizuoka City, Japan.

Shinya Aoki Net Worth

Shinya Aoki is one of the richest MMA Fighter from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shinya Aoki 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He earned an unofficial black belt in JiuJitsu as well as Judo before he began his professional career in 2003.

He was honored with Submission of the Year honors by Inside MMA in 2008.

He then competed again at Deep: 50th Impact on October 24 against former PABA and WBA boxing champion Yokthai Sithoar. Aoki won by submission (americana) 1:00 into the first round against Sithoar.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Shinya Aoki height 5 ft 11 in Shinya weight 76 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Shinya Aoki Dating?

According to our records, Shinya Aoki is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Shinya Aoki’s is not dating anyone.

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After the purchase of Pride by Zuffa LLC, most Japanese fighters signed to newly created mixed martial arts promotions, with Aoki signing to Dream. Here Aoki finally faced Cavalcante on March 15, 2008 at the opening round of the Dream Lightweight Grand Prix tournament. Early in the first round, the referee stopped the action when Cavalcante apparently landed illegal elbow strikes to the back of Aoki’s neck. The ringside doctor announced that Aoki was unable to continue due to the injury and Cavalcante apologized for the incident. The fight resulted in a no contest. Elbow strikes to the neck and spine area are illegal under Dream rules. Aoki was later found to have sustained concussion of the cervical vertebra.

Facts & Trivia

Shinya Ranked on the list of most popular MMA Fighter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Shinya Aoki celebrates birthday on May 9 of every year.

On December 22, 2009, it was announced that Aoki would not be taking on fellow DREAM fighter Tatsuya Kawajiri, but would be fighting Sengoku Lightweight Champion, Mizuto Hirota. In his pre-fight interview Aoki stated that he felt insulted with the short notice changes as he was looking forward to battling it out with one of the world’s other top lightweight competitors in Kawajiri. Aoki’s opponent Hirota just came off a spectacular win over longtime friend of Aoki’s, Satoru Kitaoka to become the new Sengoku Lightweight champion. The fight between Aoki and Hirota was considered to be one of the main events of the night along with Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida and the K-1 bout Masato vs Andy Souwer. Aoki defeated Hirota with a brutal submission (hammerlock) that broke Hirota’s arm in the first round at 1:17. He then proceeded to get in the face of his downed opponent and give him the finger then, get up and run around the ring doing the same to the crowd before leaving the ring.

Is Shinya Aoki good?

Shinya Aoki is one of the best submission fighters in MMA today. He is a great ground fighter, which is only matched by his brash and cocky attitude. In essence, he is the Nick Diaz of Japan: a fighter who is infuriating on a personal level, but delivers a skillful masterpiece almost every time he steps out.

What weight class is Aoki?

Shinya Aoki
Height| 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight| 77 kg (170 lb; 12 st)
Division| Middleweight Welterweight Lightweight Featherweight
Reach| 72 in (183 cm)

Where does Shinya Aoki train?

Shinya is an Instructor at Evolve Mixed Martial Arts in Singapore on a seasonal basis. A Black Belt in both Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Judo, he is a 4x ONE Championship Lightweight World Champion.

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