Shinichi Taira

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Age: 40

Last 5: L L L W W

Association: Tsunashima Jiu-Jitsu

Pro Debut Date: 2009-03-01

Pro Record: 26-21-12

Current Ranking:

#1336 Lightweight

'Big League' Record: 6-7-0

Last 3 Years: 3-3-0

Win Finish %: 65.4%

Combat Age: 63

Quality Perf. %: 50.8%

Last Quality Perf.: 2025-09-23

540 Metric: .667

Rating Points: 16

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 10/01/2018

#196 Heavyweight

Last Fight Date: 9/23/2025 [Pancrase]
Last Opponent: [NR] Taisei Hata

Last Loss Date: 7/21/2024
Last Loss: [#990 LW] Yuto Suzuki
Opponent's Last 5: W W W W L

Records & Trivia:

Fought in FW,LW,WW,MW,LHW,HW+ (6) weight classes

Holds a draw or win in FW,LW,WW,MW,LHW,HW+ (6) weight classes

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

	Opponent	Outcome
W	Taisei Hata	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Pancrase - 357 Tuesday, September 23rd 2025
W	Yuta Zhang	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Pancrase - 351 Sunday, December 15th 2024
L	Yuto Suzuki	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Pancrase - 346: 30th Anniversary Tournament 5 Sunday, July 21st 2024
L	Daichi Kamiya #1026 Lightweight	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 3
	Pancrase - 341: 30th Anniversary Tournament 3 Sunday, March 31st 2024
L	Kazuma Maruyama #1008 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Pancrase - 339 Sunday, November 12th 2023
W	Yuri Amari #686 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Pancrase - 332 Sunday, March 26th 2023
W	Shinsuke Nishio	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 2
	Pancrase - 28th Neo-Blood Tournament Finals Monday, October 10th 2022
L	Yusuke Kasuya #831 Lightweight	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 2
	Pancrase - 327 Friday, April 29th 2022
W	Yoshiaki Takahashi	KO (Punch) Round 2
	Pancrase - 324 Sunday, October 17th 2021
L	Kazuma Maruyama #730 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Pancrase - 322 Sunday, June 27th 2021
W	Takashi Morishima	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Zst - Zst 70 Sunday, April 18th 2021
L	Kazuki Kasai #663 Featherweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Pancrase - 316 Friday, July 24th 2020
W	Tetsuya Sano #834 Lightweight	Decision (Split) Round 2
	ZST 67 Sunday, January 26th 2020
W	Ukyo Abe #913 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Pancrase 309 Sunday, October 20th 2019
L	Takashi Matsuoka #902 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Pancrase 307 Sunday, July 21st 2019
L	Jiacai Zhang #846 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	WLF W.A.R.S. 32 Friday, March 15th 2019
W	Ben Buchan #531 Flyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	ZST - ZST 63 Sunday, January 27th 2019
L	Sho Kogane #405 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Zst - Zst 62 / Swat! 167 Sunday, October 28th 2018
W	Dongxing Wu	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Zst 58 - 15th Anniversary Saturday, November 25th 2017
W	Shewan Abuzabadi	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 57 / Swat! 161 Sunday, September 10th 2017
W	Mark Moleke	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Zst - Zst 56 / Swat! 159 Saturday, May 6th 2017
W	Ryosuke Takahashi #1056 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Zst - Zst 55 Friday, February 24th 2017
W	Yu Fujimaki #428 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Zst - Zst 54 / Swat! 157 Sunday, November 27th 2016
W	Hisato Izawa	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Zst - Zst 53 / Swat! 155 Sunday, August 7th 2016
W	Shuoyu Tao #1140 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	BFFC - Bullets Fly Fighting Championship 6 Saturday, May 21st 2016
L	Hiroshi Takahashi #851 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Zst - Zst 51 / Zst Challenge 152 Sunday, April 17th 2016
W	Hikaru Saito #636 Middleweight	KO Round 2
	Zst 49 - 13th Anniversary Sunday, November 22nd 2015
D	Hiroyuki Ota #557 Lightweight	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Zst 42 Sunday, August 31st 2014
W	Christopher Ike	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
	Zst - Zst in Yokosuka Vol.1 Sunday, June 29th 2014
D	Yuki Ito #825 Welterweight	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Zst 41 Sunday, May 25th 2014
D	Atsushi Ueda	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Zst 40 Saturday, April 12th 2014
L	Yu Fujimaki #838 Lightweight	Submission (Heel Hook) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 39 Sunday, February 9th 2014
L	Tetsuya Yamada #461 Welterweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 38 Saturday, November 23rd 2013
D	Teppei Hori	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Zst 37 Monday, September 23rd 2013
W	Satoru Takahashi	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Zst - Zst 36 Sunday, July 14th 2013
W	Hisato Izawa #927 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Rings - Rings/The Outsider Sunday, June 9th 2013
D	Masayuki Okude #233 Featherweight	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Zst 35 Sunday, April 7th 2013
W	Toshiyuki Saito #1067 Lightweight	Submission (Heel Hook) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 34 Monday, February 11th 2013
L	Naoyuki Kotani #109 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Zst 33 - 10th Anniversary Friday, November 23rd 2012
W	Kuat Khamitov #837 Lightweight	Decision Round 2
	Zst - Zst 32 Monday, September 17th 2012
D	Makoto Sasaki #778 Welterweight	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Battle Hazard 6 Monday, July 16th 2012
W	Hiroki Takayama #715 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 10 Sunday, May 27th 2012
L	Sotaro Yamada #522 Lightweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 31 Saturday, March 17th 2012
L	Atsushi Ueda #345 Lightweight	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 2
	Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 9 Sunday, January 22nd 2012
D	Yuki Kawana #951 Lightweight	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Zst 30 Wednesday, November 23rd 2011
L	Shingo Matsuda	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Zst - Swat! in Face 9 Sunday, September 11th 2011
W	Yasunori Izumida	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	Zst - Swat! 42 Sunday, August 7th 2011
W	Shinsaku Ide	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Zst - Swat! in Face 8 Sunday, July 17th 2011
W	Yasunori Izumida	KO (Punches) Round 1
	Zst - Swat! VTx4 Sunday, June 12th 2011
L	Yusuke Kanaeda	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Zst - Swat! VTx3 Sunday, April 3rd 2011
D	Yo Sato	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Zst 27 Sunday, February 6th 2011
L	Ryo Sakuma	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	Zst - Swat! 36 Sunday, August 15th 2010
D	Shingo Matsuda	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Swat! in Face 5 Saturday, July 3rd 2010
D	Yujiro Yamamoto	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Zst 24 Sunday, April 18th 2010
D	Shoma Ono	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Swat! in Face 4 Saturday, February 20th 2010
D	Takashi Yasui	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Swat! 31 Sunday, December 20th 2009
L	Yuki Kawana	Submission (Kneebar) Round 1
	Zst - Swat! 29 Sunday, October 11th 2009
L	Yosuke Akou	KO (Punch) Round 1
	Zst - Swat! 25 Sunday, June 7th 2009
L	Makoto Sasaki	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	Zst - Swat! 23 Sunday, March 1st 2009

	Opponent	Event	Outcome
W	Taisei Hata	Pancrase - 357 Tuesday, September 23rd 2025	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Yuta Zhang	Pancrase - 351 Sunday, December 15th 2024	TKO (Punches) Round 2
L	Yuto Suzuki	Pancrase - 346: 30th Anniversary Tournament 5 Sunday, July 21st 2024	TKO (Punches) Round 2
L	Daichi Kamiya #1026 Lightweight	Pancrase - 341: 30th Anniversary Tournament 3 Sunday, March 31st 2024	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 3
L	Kazuma Maruyama #1008 Lightweight	Pancrase - 339 Sunday, November 12th 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Yuri Amari #686 Lightweight	Pancrase - 332 Sunday, March 26th 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Shinsuke Nishio	Pancrase - 28th Neo-Blood Tournament Finals Monday, October 10th 2022	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 2
L	Yusuke Kasuya #831 Lightweight	Pancrase - 327 Friday, April 29th 2022	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 2
W	Yoshiaki Takahashi	Pancrase - 324 Sunday, October 17th 2021	KO (Punch) Round 2
L	Kazuma Maruyama #730 Lightweight	Pancrase - 322 Sunday, June 27th 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Takashi Morishima	Zst - Zst 70 Sunday, April 18th 2021	TKO (Punches) Round 2
L	Kazuki Kasai #663 Featherweight	Pancrase - 316 Friday, July 24th 2020	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Tetsuya Sano #834 Lightweight	ZST 67 Sunday, January 26th 2020	Decision (Split) Round 2
W	Ukyo Abe #913 Lightweight	Pancrase 309 Sunday, October 20th 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Takashi Matsuoka #902 Lightweight	Pancrase 307 Sunday, July 21st 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Jiacai Zhang #846 Lightweight	WLF W.A.R.S. 32 Friday, March 15th 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Ben Buchan #531 Flyweight	ZST - ZST 63 Sunday, January 27th 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
L	Sho Kogane #405 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 62 / Swat! 167 Sunday, October 28th 2018	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Dongxing Wu	Zst 58 - 15th Anniversary Saturday, November 25th 2017	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Shewan Abuzabadi	Zst - Zst 57 / Swat! 161 Sunday, September 10th 2017	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Mark Moleke	Zst - Zst 56 / Swat! 159 Saturday, May 6th 2017	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
W	Ryosuke Takahashi #1056 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 55 Friday, February 24th 2017	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Yu Fujimaki #428 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 54 / Swat! 157 Sunday, November 27th 2016	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Hisato Izawa	Zst - Zst 53 / Swat! 155 Sunday, August 7th 2016	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Shuoyu Tao #1140 Lightweight	BFFC - Bullets Fly Fighting Championship 6 Saturday, May 21st 2016	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Hiroshi Takahashi #851 Welterweight	Zst - Zst 51 / Zst Challenge 152 Sunday, April 17th 2016	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
W	Hikaru Saito #636 Middleweight	Zst 49 - 13th Anniversary Sunday, November 22nd 2015	KO Round 2
D	Hiroyuki Ota #557 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 42 Sunday, August 31st 2014	Draw Round 2
W	Christopher Ike	Zst - Zst in Yokosuka Vol.1 Sunday, June 29th 2014	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
D	Yuki Ito #825 Welterweight	Zst - Zst 41 Sunday, May 25th 2014	Draw Round 2
D	Atsushi Ueda	Zst - Zst 40 Saturday, April 12th 2014	Draw Round 2
L	Yu Fujimaki #838 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 39 Sunday, February 9th 2014	Submission (Heel Hook) Round 1
L	Tetsuya Yamada #461 Welterweight	Zst - Zst 38 Saturday, November 23rd 2013	TKO (Punches) Round 1
D	Teppei Hori	Zst - Zst 37 Monday, September 23rd 2013	Draw Round 2
W	Satoru Takahashi	Zst - Zst 36 Sunday, July 14th 2013	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Hisato Izawa #927 Lightweight	Rings - Rings/The Outsider Sunday, June 9th 2013	TKO (Punches) Round 1
D	Masayuki Okude #233 Featherweight	Zst - Zst 35 Sunday, April 7th 2013	Draw Round 2
W	Toshiyuki Saito #1067 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 34 Monday, February 11th 2013	Submission (Heel Hook) Round 1
L	Naoyuki Kotani #109 Lightweight	Zst 33 - 10th Anniversary Friday, November 23rd 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
W	Kuat Khamitov #837 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 32 Monday, September 17th 2012	Decision Round 2
D	Makoto Sasaki #778 Welterweight	Zst - Battle Hazard 6 Monday, July 16th 2012	Draw Round 2
W	Hiroki Takayama #715 Lightweight	Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 10 Sunday, May 27th 2012	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Sotaro Yamada #522 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 31 Saturday, March 17th 2012	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
L	Atsushi Ueda #345 Lightweight	Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 9 Sunday, January 22nd 2012	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 2
D	Yuki Kawana #951 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 30 Wednesday, November 23rd 2011	Draw Round 2
L	Shingo Matsuda	Zst - Swat! in Face 9 Sunday, September 11th 2011	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
W	Yasunori Izumida	Zst - Swat! 42 Sunday, August 7th 2011	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
W	Shinsaku Ide	Zst - Swat! in Face 8 Sunday, July 17th 2011	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
W	Yasunori Izumida	Zst - Swat! VTx4 Sunday, June 12th 2011	KO (Punches) Round 1
L	Yusuke Kanaeda	Zst - Swat! VTx3 Sunday, April 3rd 2011	TKO (Punches) Round 1
D	Yo Sato	Zst - Zst 27 Sunday, February 6th 2011	Draw Round 2
L	Ryo Sakuma	Zst - Swat! 36 Sunday, August 15th 2010	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
D	Shingo Matsuda	Zst - Swat! in Face 5 Saturday, July 3rd 2010	Draw Round 2
D	Yujiro Yamamoto	Zst - Zst 24 Sunday, April 18th 2010	Draw Round 2
D	Shoma Ono	Zst - Swat! in Face 4 Saturday, February 20th 2010	Draw Round 2
D	Takashi Yasui	Zst - Swat! 31 Sunday, December 20th 2009	Draw Round 2
L	Yuki Kawana	Zst - Swat! 29 Sunday, October 11th 2009	Submission (Kneebar) Round 1
L	Yosuke Akou	Zst - Swat! 25 Sunday, June 7th 2009	KO (Punch) Round 1
L	Makoto Sasaki	Zst - Swat! 23 Sunday, March 1st 2009	Submission (Armbar) Round 1