1990 in Shooto

The year 1990 is the 2nd year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the Japan. In 1990 Shooto held 6 events beginning with, Shooto: Shooto.

1990 in Shooto
Information
First date	January 13, 1990
Last date	November 28, 1990
Events
Total events	6
Fights
Total fights	37
Title fights	3
Chronology
1989 in Shooto 1990 in Shooto 1991 in Shooto

Title fights

Title fights in 1990
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Welterweight	Yasuto Sekishima	def.	Yoshimasa Ishikawa	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:49	Shooto: Shooto	[a]
Featherweight	Kenichi Tanaka	def.	Kazuhiro Sakamoto	Submission (Kimura)	2	2:37	Shooto: Shooto	[b]
Welterweight	Yasuto Sekishima (c)	vs.	Naoki Sakurada	Draw	5	3:00	Shooto: Shooto	[c]

1. Sekishima defeated Ishikawa to become the inaugural Shooto Welterweight Champion.
2. Tanaka defeated Sakamoto to become the inaugural Shooto Featherweight Champion.
3. Sekishima fought Sakurada to a draw to remain the Shooto Welterweight Champion.

Events list

Main article: List of Shooto Events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
9	Shooto: Shooto	November 28, 1990	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
8	Shooto: Shooto	September 8, 1990	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
7	Shooto: Shooto	July 7, 1990	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
6	Shooto: Shooto	May 12, 1990	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
5	Shooto: Shooto	March 17, 1990	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
4	Shooto: Shooto	January 13, 1990	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan

Shooto: Shooto

Shooto: Shooto^[1] was an event held on January 13, 1990, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yuichi Watanabe	def.	Kazuhiro Sakamoto	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:54
	Yasuto Sekishima	def.	Yoshimasa Ishikawa	Submission (Kimura)	1	2:18
	Kenji Kawaguchi	def.	Naoki Sakurada	TKO (Punches)	4	1:29
	Junichi Kubota	vs.	Suguru Shigeno	Draw	3	3:00
	Tomoyuki Saito	def.	Toshio Ando	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:48
	Tomonori Ohara	def.	Kengo Tsuchida	TKO (Punches)	3	0:16

Shooto: Shooto

Shooto: Shooto^[2] was an event held on March 17, 1990, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kenji Kawaguchi	vs.	Yasuto Sekishima	Draw	5	3:00
	Kazuhiro Kusayanagi	def.	Kaoru Todori	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:16
	Kenichi Tanaka	def.	Tetsuo Yokoyama	Submission (Achilles Lock)	1	0:21
	Noboru Asahi	def.	Tomoyuki Saito	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:54
	Manabu Yamada	vs.	Takashi Tojo	Draw	3	3:00

Shooto: Shooto

Shooto: Shooto^[3] was an event held on May 12, 1990, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Yasuto Sekishima	def.	Yoshimasa Ishikawa	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:49	[a]
	Yuji Ito	def.	Yuichi Watanabe	TKO (Punches)	3	1:49
	Manabu Yamada	vs.	Takashi Ishizaki	Draw	3	3:00
	Tomonori Ohara	def.	Suguru Shigeno	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
	Tetsuo Yokoyama	def.	Kengo Tsuchida	Submission (Kimura)	3	2:42
	Hiroyuki Kanno	def.	Tomoyuki Saito	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
	Satoshi Honma	def.	Yutaka Fuji	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:36

1. Sekishima defeated Ishikawa to become the inaugural Shooto Welterweight Champion.

Shooto: Shooto

Shooto: Shooto^[4] was an event held on July 7, 1990, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kenichi Tanaka	def.	Kazuhiro Sakamoto	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:00
	Yasuto Sekishima	def.	Naoki Sakurada	Decision	5	3:00
	Yuji Ito	def.	Takashi Tojo	Submission (Kimura)	3	0:00
	Manabu Yamada	def.	Tomonori Ohara	KO (Punch)	1	0:00
	Tomoyuki Saito	vs.	Suguru Shigeno	Draw	3	3:00
	Noboru Asahi	def.	Kazumi Chikiyoshi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00

Shooto: Shooto

Shooto: Shooto^[5] was an event held on September 8, 1990, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Kenichi Tanaka	def.	Kazuhiro Sakamoto	Submission (Kimura)	2	2:37	[a]
	Naoki Sakurada	vs.	Yuji Ito	Draw	5	3:00
	Manabu Yamada	def.	Yoshimasa Ishikawa	TKO (Punches)	1	2:07
	Kazuhiro Kusayanagi	def.	Satoshi Honma	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	1:17
	Noboru Asahi	def.	Hiroyuki Kanno	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:38
	Suguru Shigeno	vs.	Hiroaki Matsutani	Draw	3	3:00

1. Tanaka defeated Sakamoto to become the inaugural Shooto Featherweight Champion.

Shooto: Shooto

Shooto: Shooto^[6] was an event held on November 28, 1990, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Yasuto Sekishima (c)	vs.	Naoki Sakurada	Draw	5	3:00	[a]
	Tomonori Ohara	def.	Kazuhiro Kusayanagi	KO (Punch)	4	0:58
	Kenji Kawaguchi	def.	Yuji Ito	KO (Punches)	3	0:37
	Noboru Asahi	def.	Takashi Ishizaki	Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
	Takashi Tojo	def.	Satoshi Honma	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:00
	Hiroyuki Kanno	def.	Masaru Yano	Submission (Kimura)	1	0:00
	Tomoyuki Saito	vs.	Hiroaki Matsutani	Draw	3	3:00

1. Sekishima fought Sakurada to a draw to remain the Shooto Welterweight Champion.

See also

• Shooto
• List of Shooto champions
• List of Shooto Events