2004 in Shooto

The year 2004 is the 16th year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2004 Shooto held 17 events beginning with, Shooto 2004: 1/24 in Korakuen Hall.

2004 in Shooto
Information
First date	January 24, 2004
Last date	December 14, 2004
Events
Total events	17
Fights
Total fights	129
Title fights	4
Chronology
2003 in Shooto 2004 in Shooto 2005 in Shooto

Title fights

Title fights in 2004
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Flyweight	Mamoru Yamaguchi (c)	vs.	Robson Moura	Draw	3	5:00	Shooto: 9/26 in Kourakuen Hall	[a]
Bantamweight	Ryota Matsune (c)	def.	Kentaro Imaizumi	Decision (Split)	3	5:00	Shooto: Wanna Shooto 2004	[b]
Lightweight	Tatsuya Kawajiri	def.	Vítor Ribeiro (c)	TKO (Punches)	2	3:11	Shooto: 3/22 in Korakuen Hall	[c]
Welterweight	Akira Kikuchi	def.	Jake Shields (c)	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Shooto: Year End Show 2004	[d]

1. For the Flyweight Championship.
2. For the Bantamweight Championship.
3. For the Lightweight Championship.
4. For the Welterweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of Shooto Events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
158	Shooto: Year End Show 2004	December 14, 2004	Yoyogi National Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan
157	G-Shooto: G-Shooto 01	November 26, 2004	Zepp Tokyo	Tokyo, Japan
156	Shooto: Rookie Tournament 2004 Final	November 25, 2004	Kitazawa Town Hall	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
155	Shooto: Wanna Shooto 2004	November 12, 2004	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
154	Shooto 2004: 10/17 in Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	October 17, 2004	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Kansai, Japan
153	Shooto: 9/26 in Kourakuen Hall	September 26, 2004	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
152	Shooto: Gig Central 6	September 12, 2004	Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
151	Shooto: 7/16 in Korakuen Hall	July 16, 2004	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
150	Shooto 2004: 7/4 in Kitazawa Town Hall	July 4, 2004	Kitazawa Town Hall	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
149	Shooto: Shooto Junkie Is Back!	June 27, 2004	Chiba Blue Field	Chiba, Japan
148	Shooto 2004: 5/3 in Korakuen Hall	May 3, 2004	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
147	Shooto 2004: 4/16 in Kitazawa Town Hall	April 16, 2004	Kitazawa Town Hall	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
146	Shooto 2004: 4/11 in Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	April 11, 2004	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Kansai, Japan
145	Shooto: Gig Central 5	March 28, 2004	Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
144	Shooto: 3/22 in Korakuen Hall	March 22, 2004	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
143	Shooto: 3/4 in Kitazawa Town Hall	March 4, 2004	Kitazawa Town Hall	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
142	Shooto 2004: 1/24 in Korakuen Hall	January 24, 2004	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan

Shooto 2004: 1/24 in Korakuen Hall

Shooto 2004: 1/24 in Korakuen Hall^[1] was an event held on January 24, 2004 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Hiroyuki Takaya	vs.	Joao Roque	Draw	3	5:00
	Marcos Galvao	def.	Shuichiro Katsumura	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Makoto Ishikawa	def.	Tetsuo Katsuta	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Kotetsu Boku	def.	Kohei Yasumi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Mitsuhiro Ishida	def.	Takayuki Okochi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kenji Osawa	def.	Hiroyuki Tanaka	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Tetsu Suzuki	def.	Yasushi Watanabe	Technical Submission (Armbar)	1	0:52
	Junichi Sase	def.	Yuki Shojo	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Shooto: 3/4 in Kitazawa Town Hall

Shooto: 3/4 in Kitazawa Town Hall^[2] was an event held on March 4, 2004 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Akira Kikuchi	def.	Sam Morgan	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:51
	Mitsuhiro Ishida	def.	Yoichi Fukumoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Daiji Takahashi	def.	Tomohiro Hashi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Toshiteru Ishii	vs.	Takehiro Ishii	Draw	2	5:00
	Keisuke Yamada	def.	Tsuyoshi Irokawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yusuke Endo	def.	Heima Hashimoto	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takahiro Hosoi	def.	Yasuji Numa	TKO (Punches)	1	3:01

Shooto: 3/22 in Korakuen Hall

Shooto: 3/22 in Korakuen Hall^[3] was an event held on March 22, 2004 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Tatsuya Kawajiri	vs.	Caol Uno	Draw	3	5:00
	Jens Pulver	def.	Naoya Uematsu	KO (Punch)	1	2:09
	Akitoshi Tamura	vs.	Eiji Murayama	Draw	2	5:00
	Shigetoshi Iwase	def.	Yoshifumi Dogaki	KO (Punch)	2	3:39
	Shinichi Kojima	def.	Takeshi Sato	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takeshi Inoue	def.	Yohei Suzuki	TKO (Punches)	1	2:40

Shooto: Gig Central 5

Shooto: Gig Central 5^[4] was an event held on March 28, 2004 at Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ryan Bow	def.	Daisuke Sugie	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Ganjo Tentsuku	def.	Naoki Matsushita	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Hatsu Hioki	def.	Yohei Nanbu	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takahiro Kajita	def.	Toshikazu Iseno	KO (Head Kick)	1	4:50
	Kenichi Hattori	vs.	Masaaki Yamamori	Draw	2	5:00
	Atsushi Takeuchi	def.	Takashi Yamamoto	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Hayate Usui	def.	Takeshi Matsushita	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00

Shooto 2004: 4/11 in Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium

Shooto 2004: 4/11 in Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium^[5] was an event held on April 11, 2004 at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Kansai, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Takumi Nakayama	def.	Takashi Nakakura	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Junji Ikoma	def.	Ichaku Murata	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	1:16
	Kenichiro Togashi	def.	Romualdas Klimavicius	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:36
	Tsutomu Shiiki	def.	Seigi Fujioka	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takamitsu Oba	vs.	Keisuke Sakai	Draw	2	5:00
	Koetsu Okazaki	def.	Takao Tamura	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Masanori Sugatani	def.	Manabu Kano	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:58

Shooto 2004: 4/16 in Kitazawa Town Hall

Shooto 2004: 4/16 in Kitazawa Town Hall^[6] was an event held on April 16, 2004 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Katsuya Toida	def.	Jin Kazeta	Submission (Armbar)	2	4:19
	Akitoshi Hokazono	def.	Kenji Osawa	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:05
	So Tazawa	def.	Takamaro Watari	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Toshimichi Akagi	def.	Yutaka Tetsuka	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:19
	Koji Takeuchi	def.	Wataru Miki	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:11
	Ryuhei Sato	def.	Akihiro Murayama	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Shooto 2004: 5/3 in Korakuen Hall

Shooto 2004: 5/3 in Korakuen Hall^[7] was an event held on May 3, 2004 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Akira Kikuchi	def.	Jutaro Nakao	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Hiroyuki Takaya	def.	Stephen Palling	KO (Head Kick)	1	2:11
	Mamoru Yamaguchi	def.	Hiroaki Yoshioka	KO (Knee to the Body)	3	4:41
	Kentaro Imaizumi	def.	Jin Akimoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Takaharu Murahama	def.	Kenichiro Togashi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Rumina Sato	def.	Erikas Petraitis	Technical Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	2:20
	Takeshi Yamazaki	def.	Antanas Jazbutis	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:10
	Tomonari Kanomata	def.	Takayuki Okochi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hiroyasu Kodera	def.	Shinichi Hanawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yu Shiori	def.	Hisaki Hiraishi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Shooto: Shooto Junkie Is Back!

Shooto: Shooto Junkie Is Back!^[8] was an event held on June 27, 2004 at Chiba Blue Field in Chiba, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ryota Matsune	def.	Daniel Lima	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Naoya Uematsu	def.	Hideki Kadowaki	Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	0:45
	Masaya Takita	def.	Masato Fujiwara	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Tetsu Suzuki	vs.	Shin Kato	Draw	2	5:00
	Nobuyuki Minami	def.	Yasushi Watanabe	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hayato Sato	def.	Kenichi Takeda	Decision (Split)	2	5:00

Shooto 2004: 7/4 in Kitazawa Town Hall

Shooto 2004: 7/4 in Kitazawa Town Hall^[9] was an event held on July 4, 2004 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yoichi Fukumoto	def.	Kohei Yasumi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Ganjo Tentsuku	vs.	Tomonari Kanomata	Draw	2	5:00
	So Tazawa	def.	Kenji Osawa	TKO (Cut)	1	2:33
	Seiki Uchimura	def.	Takahiro Kajita	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takehiro Ishii	vs.	Atsushi Takeuchi	Draw	2	5:00
	Tenkei Oda	def.	Tsuyoshi Irokawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kabuto Kokage	def.	Wataru Miki	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kyotaro Nakao	def.	Takeshi Matsushita	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Shooto: 7/16 in Korakuen Hall

Shooto: 7/16 in Korakuen Hall^[10] was an event held on July 16, 2004 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yasuhiro Urushitani	def.	Junji Ikoma	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Joachim Hansen	def.	Gesias Cavalcante	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Ryan Bow	def.	Takumi Nakayama	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Ryuta Sakurai	def.	David Bielkheden	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Yusuke Endo	def.	Kenichi Hattori	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takeshi Inoue	def.	Keisuke Yamada	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Shinichi Kojima	def.	Kenichi Sawada	Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	3:34
	Keita Nakamura	def.	Keisuke Sakai	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	2:20

Shooto: Gig Central 6

Shooto: Gig Central 6^[11] was an event held on September 12, 2004 at Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Daisuke Sugie	def.	Saburo Kawakatsu	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Hatsu Hioki	def.	Tsutomu Shiiki	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kenji Osawa	def.	Hiroshi Umemura	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Akira Kibe	def.	Yasuji Numa	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:48
	Jon Valuri	def.	Yosuke Mikami	TKO	1	1:41
	Takeshi Matsushita	def.	Masanori Sugatani	TKO (Cut)	2	1:03
	Koetsu Okazaki	def.	Takahiro Hosoi	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Kenichi Hattori	def.	Toshikazu Iseno	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Shooto: 9/26 in Kourakuen Hall

Shooto: 9/26 in Kourakuen Hall^[12] was an event held on September 26, 2004 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Flyweight	Mamoru Yamaguchi (c)	vs.	Robson Moura	Draw	3	5:00	[a]
	Kotetsu Boku	def.	Takaharu Murahama	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Marcos Galvao	def.	Jin Akimoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Akira Kikuchi	def.	Ramunas Komas	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:21
	Tatsuya Kawajiri	def.	Mindaugas Laurinaitis	TKO (Punches)	2	2:00
	Taiyo Nakahara	def.	Jin Kazeta	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Komei Okada	def.	Koji Takeuchi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	So Tazawa	def.	Tetsu Suzuki	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Issei Tsurumi	def.	Hayato Sato	Submission (Kimura)	1	1:21

1. For the Flyweight Championship.

Shooto 2004: 10/17 in Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium

Shooto 2004: 10/17 in Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium^[13] was an event held on October 17, 2004 at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Kansai, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Takashi Nakakura	def.	Kenichiro Togashi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Akitoshi Hokazono	vs.	Daniel Lima	Draw	3	5:00
	Hirofumi Hara	vs.	Jun Kitagawa	Draw	2	5:00
	Hayate Usui	def.	Seigi Fujioka	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Toshimichi Akagi	def.	Tsuyoshi Okada	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Jyoji Yamaguchi	def.	Takehiro Harusaki	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Wataru Miki	def.	Ken Omatsu	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Masashi Yozen	def.	Nobuyuki Shimakawa	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00

Shooto: Wanna Shooto 2004

Shooto: Wanna Shooto 2004^[14] was an event held on November 12, 2004 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Ryota Matsune (c)	def.	Kentaro Imaizumi	Decision (Split)	3	5:00	[a]
	Mitsuhiro Ishida	def.	Daisuke Sugie	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Justin Bruckmann	def.	Yoichi Fukumoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Jani Lax	def.	Kohei Yasumi	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	3:25
	Danilo Cherman	def.	Takeshi Yamazaki	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Daiji Takahashi	def.	Hiroyasu Kodera	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kenji Osawa	def.	Seiji Ozuka	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takeshi Inoue	def.	Hayate Usui	KO (Punch)	2	4:58
	Yusuke Endo	def.	Seiki Uchimura	TKO (Punches)	1	1:42
	Toshimichi Akagi	vs.	Shinichi Kojima	Draw	2	5:00

1. For the Bantamweight Championship.

Shooto: Rookie Tournament 2004 Final

Shooto: Rookie Tournament 2004 Final^[15] was an event held on November 25, 2004 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Junji Ikoma	def.	Homare Kuboyama	TKO (Cut)	1	3:57
	Tomonari Kanomata	vs.	Kabuto Kokage	Draw	2	5:00
	Koetsu Okazaki	vs.	So Tazawa	Draw	2	5:00
	Atsushi Takeuchi	def.	Issei Tsurumi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Sakae Kasuya	vs.	Tenkei Oda	Draw	2	5:00
	Takeshi Sato	def.	Yusei Shimokawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

G-Shooto: G-Shooto 01

G-Shooto: G-Shooto 01^[16] was an event held on November 26, 2004 at Zepp Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Tevi Say	def.	Izumi Noguchi	Submission (Armbar)	2	0:33
	Miku Matsumoto	def.	Chihiro Takahashi	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:48
	Megumi Yabushita	def.	Hitomi Akano	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yuka Kimura	def.	Kyoko Murakami	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Kayo Nagayasu	def.	Akinori Akinori	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Yuki Furudate	def.	Ikumi Shibata	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:03
	Akiko Inoue	def.	Ayumi Ayumi	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	2:51
	Yukiko Seki	def.	Kazumi Sakaguchi	KO	1	2:05

Shooto: Year End Show 2004

Shooto: Year End Show 2004^[17] was an event held on December 14, 2004 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Tatsuya Kawajiri	def.	Vítor Ribeiro (c)	TKO (Punches)	2	3:11	[a]
Welterweight	Akira Kikuchi	def.	Jake Shields (c)	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	[b]
	Alexandre Franca Nogueira	def.	Hideki Kadowaki	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	3:34
	Gilbert Melendez	def.	Hiroyuki Takaya	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Rumina Sato	def.	Katsuya Toida	KO (Punch)	2	1:21
	Makoto Ishikawa	def.	Hiroyuki Abe	TKO (Cut)	3	0:40
	Megumi Fujii	def.	Nadia van der Wel	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:43

1. For the Lightweight Championship.
2. For the Welterweight Championship.

See also

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