Kenji Kato

Issue Date: 6/21/2026 (Official Release: #1029)

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Birth Date: 1990-10-20

Association: NeighborHood

Pro Debut Date: 2009-09-27

Pro Record: 17-15-0

Win Finish %: 70.5%

Quality Perf. %: 43.8%

Last Ranked: 10/01/2025

#1343 Bantamweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 10/01/2018

#270 Bantamweight

Last Loss Date: 5/11/2025
Last Loss: [#285 BW] Shohei Nose
Opponent's Last 5: W L W L W

Complete Professional MMA Fight History

Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

	Opponent	Outcome
L	Shohei Nose #230 Bantamweight	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Round 1
	Shooto - Torao 35 Sunday, May 11th 2025
L	Reo Hitomi #757 Bantamweight	KO (Punch) Round 1
	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2024 Vol. 5 Sunday, July 21st 2024
L	Teppei Suwabe #1189 Bantamweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Deep - Cage Impact 2024 in Hamamatsu Sunday, May 12th 2024
L	Su Sung Cho Gotoh #451 Bantamweight	KO (Punch) Round 3
	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2023 Vol. 5 Sunday, July 23rd 2023
L	Loibe Neto #834 Featherweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Shooto 2023: Opening Round Sunday, January 15th 2023
L	Joji Goto #265 Bantamweight	TKO (Punch) Round 2
	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2022 Vol. 6 Monday, September 19th 2022
W	Daiki Tsubota #600 Bantamweight	KO (Punch) Round 1
	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2022 Vol. 4 Sunday, July 3rd 2022
L	Kazuma Kuramoto #296 Bantamweight	TKO (Knees) Round 1
	Rizin FF - Trigger 2nd Wednesday, February 23rd 2022
W	Katsuya Fujiwara	TKO (Punch) Round 2
	Rizin FF - Trigger 1st Sunday, November 28th 2021
W	Kaito Sakamaki	TKO (Punches) Round 3
	Shooto 2021 Vol.3 Sunday, May 16th 2021
L	Nobuki Fujii #282 Featherweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Sunday, January 31st 2021
W	Erson Yamamoto	KO (Punch) Round 1
	Rizin FF - Rizin 22 Sunday, August 9th 2020
L	Yuto Hokamura #127 Bantamweight	Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	Rizin FF - Rizin 21 Friday, February 21st 2020
W	Yo Saito #358 Bantamweight	KO (Punch) Round 3
	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 29 Sunday, December 22nd 2019
W	Takato Takahashi	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 28 Sunday, October 20th 2019
L	Kota Onojima #533 Bantamweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Shooto - 30th Anniversary Tour 6th Round Monday, July 15th 2019
L	Mamoru Uoi #151 Bantamweight	TKO Round 2
	Shooto 30th Anniversary Tour at Korakuen Hall Monday, May 6th 2019
W	Kunihisa Sasa #399 Bantamweight	Decision (Majority) Round 3
	Shooto - Professional Shooto 7/15 Sunday, July 15th 2018
W	Hideto Okada #751 Bantamweight	Decision (Split) Round 2
	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 25 Sunday, April 22nd 2018
W	Yusuke Matsushita #881 Bantamweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 24 Saturday, February 24th 2018
W	Yoshizumi Kobayashi	KO (Punch) Round 2
	Shooto Infinity League Finals 2017 Sunday, December 17th 2017
W	Yusaku Hayashi	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Deep - Hamamatsu Impact 2017 Sunday, October 1st 2017
W	Ryota Kobayashi	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Grachan / One More Chance - Grachan 29 / 1... Sunday, May 14th 2017
W	Yusei Saiton	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Deep - Hamamatsu Impact 2016 Sunday, September 18th 2016
L	Yusuke Kamata	Decision (Majority) Round 2
	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 20 Saturday, February 27th 2016
W	Shunsuke Kurai	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Grachan - Grachan 20 Sunday, November 29th 2015
L	Daisuke Endo #270 Bantamweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Deep - Fujisan Matsuri Sunday, May 25th 2014
L	Michito Abe	Decision (Majority) Round 2
	Gladiator 61 - Bushido Sunday, September 29th 2013
W	Kosuke Kobayashi	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Deep - Cage Impact 2013 in Hamamatsu Sunday, September 15th 2013
W	Takaya Suzuki	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Gladiator 54 - Dream, Power and Hope Sunday, April 21st 2013
W	Shoji Takada	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Deep - Cage Impact 2012 in Hamamatsu Sunday, September 16th 2012
L	Takayuki Ishihara	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	Deep - Hamamatsu Impact Sunday, September 27th 2009

	Opponent	Event	Outcome
L	Shohei Nose #230 Bantamweight	Shooto - Torao 35 Sunday, May 11th 2025	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Round 1
L	Reo Hitomi #757 Bantamweight	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2024 Vol. 5 Sunday, July 21st 2024	KO (Punch) Round 1
L	Teppei Suwabe #1189 Bantamweight	Deep - Cage Impact 2024 in Hamamatsu Sunday, May 12th 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
L	Su Sung Cho Gotoh #451 Bantamweight	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2023 Vol. 5 Sunday, July 23rd 2023	KO (Punch) Round 3
L	Loibe Neto #834 Featherweight	Shooto 2023: Opening Round Sunday, January 15th 2023	TKO (Punches) Round 2
L	Joji Goto #265 Bantamweight	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2022 Vol. 6 Monday, September 19th 2022	TKO (Punch) Round 2
W	Daiki Tsubota #600 Bantamweight	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2022 Vol. 4 Sunday, July 3rd 2022	KO (Punch) Round 1
L	Kazuma Kuramoto #296 Bantamweight	Rizin FF - Trigger 2nd Wednesday, February 23rd 2022	TKO (Knees) Round 1
W	Katsuya Fujiwara	Rizin FF - Trigger 1st Sunday, November 28th 2021	TKO (Punch) Round 2
W	Kaito Sakamaki	Shooto 2021 Vol.3 Sunday, May 16th 2021	TKO (Punches) Round 3
L	Nobuki Fujii #282 Featherweight	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Sunday, January 31st 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Erson Yamamoto	Rizin FF - Rizin 22 Sunday, August 9th 2020	KO (Punch) Round 1
L	Yuto Hokamura #127 Bantamweight	Rizin FF - Rizin 21 Friday, February 21st 2020	Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
W	Yo Saito #358 Bantamweight	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 29 Sunday, December 22nd 2019	KO (Punch) Round 3
W	Takato Takahashi	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 28 Sunday, October 20th 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
L	Kota Onojima #533 Bantamweight	Shooto - 30th Anniversary Tour 6th Round Monday, July 15th 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Mamoru Uoi #151 Bantamweight	Shooto 30th Anniversary Tour at Korakuen Hall Monday, May 6th 2019	TKO Round 2
W	Kunihisa Sasa #399 Bantamweight	Shooto - Professional Shooto 7/15 Sunday, July 15th 2018	Decision (Majority) Round 3
W	Hideto Okada #751 Bantamweight	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 25 Sunday, April 22nd 2018	Decision (Split) Round 2
W	Yusuke Matsushita #881 Bantamweight	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 24 Saturday, February 24th 2018	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Yoshizumi Kobayashi	Shooto Infinity League Finals 2017 Sunday, December 17th 2017	KO (Punch) Round 2
W	Yusaku Hayashi	Deep - Hamamatsu Impact 2017 Sunday, October 1st 2017	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Ryota Kobayashi	Grachan / One More Chance - Grachan 29 / 1... Sunday, May 14th 2017	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Yusei Saiton	Deep - Hamamatsu Impact 2016 Sunday, September 18th 2016	TKO (Punches) Round 2
L	Yusuke Kamata	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 20 Saturday, February 27th 2016	Decision (Majority) Round 2
W	Shunsuke Kurai	Grachan - Grachan 20 Sunday, November 29th 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
L	Daisuke Endo #270 Bantamweight	Deep - Fujisan Matsuri Sunday, May 25th 2014	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
L	Michito Abe	Gladiator 61 - Bushido Sunday, September 29th 2013	Decision (Majority) Round 2
W	Kosuke Kobayashi	Deep - Cage Impact 2013 in Hamamatsu Sunday, September 15th 2013	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Takaya Suzuki	Gladiator 54 - Dream, Power and Hope Sunday, April 21st 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
W	Shoji Takada	Deep - Cage Impact 2012 in Hamamatsu Sunday, September 16th 2012	TKO (Punches) Round 2
L	Takayuki Ishihara	Deep - Hamamatsu Impact Sunday, September 27th 2009	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1