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This is a list of Deep champions at each weight class. Deep is a Japan-based mixed martial arts (MMA) promoting and sanctioning organization.

Current champions[edit]

Men[edit]

Division Champion Since Defenses
Megatonweight Guam Roque Martinez July 15, 2017 3
Light Heavyweight Vacant March 9, 2019 —
Middleweight Brazil João Batista Yoshimura July 4, 2021 0
Welterweight Japan Shingo Suzuki February 11, 2023 0
Lightweight Japan Kimihiro Eto March 9, 2024 0
Featherweight Japan Jin Aoi March 9, 2024 0
Bantamweight South Korea Yoo Soo-young September 18, 2023 0
Flyweight Japan Makoto Takahashi March 1, 2020 1
Strawweight Vacant January 2021 —
Japan Haruo Ochi (interim) December 10, 2023 0

Women[edit]

Division Champion Since Defenses
Openweight United States Amanda Lucas February 18, 2012 0
Atomweight Vacant March 9, 2019 —
Microweight Japan Saori Oshima September 20, 2020 1

Men's championship history[edit]

Megatonweight Championship[edit]

Weight limit: Unlimited
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 Japan Yusuke Kawaguchi
def. Shunsuke Inoue 		Deep: Megaton Grand Prix 2008 Finals
Tokyo, Japan 		August 2, 2008 870 days

1. def Baru Harn at Deep 38 Impact on October 23, 2008
2. def. Seigo Mizuguchi at Deep: 44 Impact on October 10, 2009
3. def. Roque Martinez at Deep: Cage Impact 2009 on December 19, 2009

Kawaguchi vacated the title on December 20, 2010.[1]
2 Japan Kazuhisa Tazawa
def. Yuji Sakuragi 		Deep 52 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		February 25, 2011 182 days
3 Georgia (country) Levan Razmadze Deep 55 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		August 26, 2011 ? days

1. def. Ryuta Noji at Deep 57 Impact on February 18, 2012

Razmadze vacated the title in February 2012.
4 Japan Ken Hasegawa
def. Seigo Mizuguchi 		Deep 61 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		February 16, 2013 970 days

1. def. Hirohide Fujinuma at Deep 63 Impact on August 25, 2013
2. def. Kazuhiro Nakamura at Deep 65 Impact on March 22, 2014

Hasegawa vacated the title on October 14, 2015 when he started competing at a lower weight class.[2]
5 India Jaideep Singh
def. Carlos Toyota 		Deep 73 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		October 17, 2015 637 days
6 Guam Roque Martinez Deep Cage Impact 2017: At Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan 		July 15, 2017 2,473 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Ryo Sakai at Deep 88 Impact on March 9, 2019
2. def. Seigo Mizuguchi at Deep 93 Impact on December 15, 2019
3. def. Ryo Sakai in unification bout at Deep 118 Impact on March 9, 2024

— Japan Ryo Sakai
def. Yukinori Akazawa for interim title 		Deep 110 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		November 12, 2022 438 days 1. def Tatsuya Mizuno at Deep 114 Impact on July 2, 2023.

Heavyweight Championship[edit]

Weight limit: 93 kg (205 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 Japan Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
def. Ryuta Noji 		Deep 47 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		April 17, 2010 3,248 days

1. def. Bernard Ackah at Deep 54 Impact on June 24, 2011
2. def. Yuki Niimura at Deep 60 Impact on October 19, 2012
3. def. Shunsuke Inoue at Deep 66 Impact on April 29, 2014

Nakanishi vacated the title on March 9, 2019 when he retired.[3]

Middleweight Championship[edit]

Weight limit: 84 kg (185.2 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 Japan Ryuki Ueyama
def. Eiji Ishikawa 		Deep 5 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		June 9, 2002 914 days

1. drew with Masanori Suda at Deep 12 Impact on September 15, 2003

2 Japan Ryuta Sakurai Deep 17 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		December 8, 2004 425 days
3 Japan Ryo Chonan Deep 23 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		February 5, 2006 676 days

1. def. Ryuta Sakurai at Deep 28 Impact on February 16, 2007

Chonan vacated the title on December 12, 2007.[4]
4 Japan Yuichi Nakanishi
def. Riki Fukuda 		Deep 35 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		May 19, 2008 408 days
5 Japan Riki Fukuda Deep: 42 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		June 30, 2009 ? days

1. def. Ryuta Sakurai at Deep 49 Impact on August 27, 2010

Fukuda vacated the title in October 2011.[5]
6 Japan Kazuhiro Nakamura
def. Choi Young 		Deep 61 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		February 16, 2013 673 days
7 Japan Yoshiyuki Nakanishi Deep 70 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		Decision 20, 2014 296 days
8 South Korea Choi Young Deep Cage Impact 2015 in Osaka
Osaka, Japan 		October 11, 2015 ? days
Choi vacated the title in 2016 when he signed with Road FC.[6]
9 Japan Tatsuya Mizuno
def. Taisuke Okuno 		Deep 82 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		February 24, 2018 1,227 days
10 Brazil João-Batista Yoshimura Deep 102 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		July 4, 2021 1,023 days
(incumbent)

Welterweight Championship[edit]

Weight limit: 77 kg (169.7 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 Japan Jutaro Nakao
def. Daisuke Nakamura 		Deep 16 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		October 30, 2004 840 days

1. def. Seichi Ikemoto at RealRhythm 3rd Stage on March 4, 2006

2 Japan Hidehiko Hasegawa Deep 28 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		February 16, 2007 528 days

1. drew with Dong Hyun Kim at Deep 32 Impact on October 10, 2007

3 Japan Seichi Ikemoto Deep 36 Impact
Osaka, Japan 		July 27, 2008 547 days

1. def. Hidetaka Monma at Deep: 40 Impact on February 20, 2009

4 Japan Yuya Shirai Deep 45 Impact
Osaka, Japan 		January 24, 2010 1,189 days

1. def. Shigetoshi Iwase at Deep 50 Impact on October 24, 2010
2. def. Taisuke Okuno at Deep 56 Impact on December 16, 2011

5 United States Dan Hornbuckle Deep 62 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		April 26, 2013 178 days
6 Japan Ryo Chonan Deep - Tribe Tokyo Night
Tokyo, Japan 		October 20, 2013 >1 day
Chonan won the title in his retirement fight and retired as champion.[7]
7 Japan Yuta Watanabe
def. Taisuke Okuno 		Deep 66 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		April 29, 2014 438 days

1. def. Yuya Shirai at Deep 70 Impact on December 20, 2014

8 Japan Keita Nakamura Deep - Cage Impact 2015
Tokyo, Japan 		July 20, 2015 ? days
Title vacant when Nakamura signed with the UFC.
9 Japan Ryuichiro Sumimura
def. Ken Hasegawa 		Deep - Cage Impact 2017: at Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan 		July 15, 2017 1775 days

1. def. Yoichiro Sato at Deep 83 Impact on April 28, 2018
2. def. Yuta Watanabe at Deep 94 Impact on March 1, 2020

Sumimura vacated the title in May 25, 2022 following an injury.
— Japan Daichi Abe
def. Gota Yamashita for interim title 		Deep - 100 Impact - 20th Anniversary
Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 		February 21, 2021 458 days
10 Japan Daichi Abe
promoted to undisputed champion 		— May 25, 2022 262 days
11 Japan Shingo Suzuki Deep 112 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		February 11, 2023 436 days
(incumbent)

Lightweight Championship[edit]

Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 Japan Dokonjonosuke Mishima
def. Tomomi "Taisho" Iwama 		Deep 18 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		February 12, 2005 ? days
Mishima vacated the title in February 2006, as he was unable to defend in the mandatory time period.[8]
2 Japan Nobuhiro Obiya
def. Ryan Bow 		Deep 24 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		April 11, 2006 312 days
3 Japan Kazunori Yokota Deep 28 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		February 16, 2007 459 days
4 South Korea Bang Seung-hwan Deep 35 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		May 19, 2008 ? days
Bang vacated the title in October 2008.
5 Japan Katsunori Kikuno
def. Koichiro Matsumoto 		Deep: 41 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		April 16, 2009 863 days

1. def. Nobuhiro Obiya at Deep 50 Impact on October 24, 2010

6 Japan Mizuto Hirota Deep 55 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		August 26, 2011 ? days

1. def. Seichi Ikemoto at Deep 57 Impact on February 18, 2012

Hirota vacated the title in April 2012.[9]
7 Japan Daisuke Nakamura
def. Yasuaki Kishimoto 		Deep 58 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		June 15, 2012 326 days

1. def. Takafumi Ito at Deep 60 Impact on October 19, 2012[citation needed]

8 Japan Satoru Kitaoka Deep 62 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		April 26, 2013 2,011 days

1. def. Naoto Miyazaki at Deep 66 Impact on April 29, 2014
2. def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida at Deep Dream Impact: Omisoka Special on December 31, 2014
3. def. Yuki Okano at Deep Cage Impact 2015 on Jul 20, 2015
4. def. Kota Shimoishi at Deep 76 Impact on June 26, 2016

9 Japan Koji Takeda Deep 86 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		October 27, 2018 1,235 days

1. def. Juri Ohara at Deep 82 Impact on October 22, 2019
2. def. Juri Ohara at Deep 93 Impact on December 15, 2019

Takeda vacated the belt on March 15, 2022.[10]
— Japan Juri Ohara
def. Ryota Oki for interim title 		Deep 102 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		July 4, 2021 227 days
10 Japan Juri Ohara
promoted to undisputed champion 		— March 15, 2022 552 days

1. def. Yuma Ishizuka at Deep 108 Impact on Jul 10, 2022
2. def. Hiroto Uesako at Deep 113 Impact on May 7, 2023

11 South Korea Lee Song-ha Deep 115 Impact: Deep Vs. Black Combat 2
Tokyo, Japan 		September 18, 2023 173 days
12 Japan Kimihiro Eto Deep 118 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		March 9, 2024 44 days
(incumbent)

Featherweight Championship[edit]

Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 Japan Masakazu Imanari
def. Yoshiro Maeda 		Deep 22 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		December 2, 2005 900 days

1. def. Tsuyoshi Yamazaki at Deep 26 Impact on Oct 10, 2006

2 Japan Dokonjonosuke Mishima Deep 35 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		May 19, 2008 462 days
3 Japan Takafumi Otsuka Deep: 43 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		August 23, 2009 315 days
4 Japan Koichiro Matsumoto Deep 48 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		July 3, 2010 420 days

1. def. Tatsunao Nagakura at Deep 55 Impact on Aug 26, 2011

Matsumoto retired on August 26, 2011, thereby vacating the title.[11]
5 Japan Kazunori Yokota
def. Hideki Kadowaki 		Deep 57 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		February 18, 2012 ? days

1. def. Katsunori Tsuda at Deep 66 Impact on Apr 29, 2014

Yokota vacated the title in May 2016 when he left to compete for ONE Championship.[12]
6 Japan Masakazu Imanari (2)
def. Tatsunao Nagakura 		Deep Cage Impact 2016: Deep vs. WSOF-GC
Tokyo, Japan 		December 17, 2016 ? days
Imanari vacated the title for unknown reasons.
7 Japan Hiroto Uesako
def. Koichi Ishizuka 		Deep Cage Impact 2017: At Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan 		July 15, 2017 162 days
8 Japan Takahiro Ashida Deep 81 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		December 23, 2017 309 days
9 Japan Satoshi Yamasu Deep 86 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		October 27, 2018 695 days

1. def. Daiki Hata at Deep 89 Impact on May 12, 2019

10 Japan Juntaro Ushiku Deep 97 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		September 20, 2020 1189 days

1. def. Daisuke Nakamura at Deep 102 Impact on July 4, 2021
2. def. Kouya Kanda at Deep 105 Impact on December 12, 2021

— Japan Kouya Kanda
def. Hiroto Gomyo for interim title 		Deep 112 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		February 11, 2023 —
Ushiku vacated the title on December 21, 2023, when he started competing at a lower weight class.[13]
11 Japan Kouya Kanda
promoted to undisputed champion 		— December 21, 2023 79 days
12 Japan Jin Aoi Deep 118 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		March 9, 2024 44 days
(incumbent)

Bantamweight Championship[edit]

Weight limit: 60 kg (132.3 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 Japan Masakazu Imanari
def. Hiroshi Umemura 		Deep 37 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		August 17, 2008 1,018 days

1. def. Tomohiko Hori at Deep: 43 Impact on August 23, 2009
2. def. Tomoya Miyashita at Deep 49 Impact on August 27, 2010

Imanari vacated the title on May 31, 2011.
2 Japan Takafumi Otsuka
def. Hiroshi Nakamura 		Deep 54 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		June 24, 2011 240 days
3 Japan Yoshiro Maeda Deep 57 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		February 18, 2012 434 days

1. def. Tatsumitsu Wada at Deep 59 Impact on August 18, 2012

4 Japan Daiki Hata Deep 62 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		April 26, 2013 ? days
Hata vacated the title.
5 Japan Takafumi Otsuka (2)
def. Kenji Osawa 		Deep 66 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		April 29, 2014 ? days

1. def. Toshinori Tsunemura at Deep 69 Impact on October 26, 2014
2. def. Toshiaki Kitada at Deep 72 Impact on May 16, 2015
3. def. Koichi Ishizuka at Deep Cage Impact 2017 on May 13, 2017

Otsuka vacated the title for unknown reasons.
6 South Korea Son Jin-soo
def. Toshiaki Kitada 		Deep 83 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		April 28, 2018 ? days
Son vacated the title in 2018 when he signed with UFC.
7 Japan Yuki Motoya
def. Makoto Kamaya 		Deep 86 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		October 27, 2018 134 days
8 United States Victor Henry Deep 88 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		March 9, 2019 1,619 days
— Japan Kosuke Terashima
def. Daiki Hata for interim title 		Deep 107 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		May 8, 2022 215 days
— Japan Koichi Ishizuka
def. Kosuke Terashima for interim title 		Deep 110 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		November 12, 2022 ??? days
Henry vacated the title when he signed with UFC.
9 Japan Koichi Ishizuka
promoted to undisputed champion 		— August 14, 2023 310 days
10 South Korea Yoo Soo-young Deep 115 Impact: Deep Vs. Black Combat 2
Tokyo, Japan 		September 18, 2023 ? days
Soo-young vacated the title.

Flyweight Championship[edit]

Weight limit: 56 kg (123.4 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 Japan Yuki Motoya
def. Akira Kibe 		Deep Nagoya Impact
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 		July 22, 2012 400 days
2 Japan Tatsumitsu Wada Deep 63 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		August 25, 2013 364 days
3 Japan Yuki Motoya (2) Deep 68 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		August 23, 2014 ? days

1. def. Kojima Sota at Deep 73 Impact on October 17, 2015

Motoya vacated the title in April 2016.[14]
4 Japan Tatsumitsu Wada (2)
def. Yuya Shibata 		Deep 76 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		June 26, 2016 ? days

1. def. Makoto Takahashi at Deep 83 Impact on April 28, 2018

Wada vacated the title on Feb 2020. Takahashi was promoted to full champion status on March 1, 2020.
— Japan Makoto Takahashi
def. Yuya Shibata for interim title 		Deep 90 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		June 29, 2019 246 days
5 Japan Makoto Takahashi — March 1, 2020 1,513 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Yamato Fujita in unification bout at Deep 107 Impact on May 8, 2022

— Japan Yamato Fujita
def. Kazuki Shibuya for interim title 		Deep 100 Impact - 20th Anniversary
Tokyo, Japan 		February 21, 2021 441 days

1. def. Yuki Ito at Deep 103 Impact on September 23, 2021

Strawweight Championship[edit]

Weight limit: 52 kg (114.6 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 Japan Kanta Sato
def. Kojima Sota 		Deep Cage Impact 2016: Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan 		October 18, 2016 334 days
2 Japan Haruo Ochi Deep 79 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		September 16, 2017 1,073 days

1. def. Yuya Shibata at Deep Cage Impact in Osaka 2018 on April 8, 2018
2. def. Namiki Kawahara at Deep 88 Impact on March 9, 2019

3 Japan Namiki Kawahara Deep 96 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		August 23, 2020 1,338 days
— Japan Haruo Ochi
def. Yusuke Uehara for interim title 		Deep 117 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		December 10, 2023 134 days
(incumbent)

Women's championship history[edit]

Women's Openweight Championship[edit]

No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 United States Amanda Lucas
def. Yumiko Hotta 		Deep 57 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		February 18, 2012 3,918 days[Note 1]

Women's Lightweight Championship[edit]

Weight limit: 48 kg (105.8 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 Japan Hisae Watanabe
def. Satoko Shinashi 		Deep 25 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		August 4, 2006 367 days
2 Japan Miku Matsumoto Deep 31 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		August 5, 2007 987 days

1. def. Misaki Takimoto at Deep 37 Impact on August 17, 2008
2. def. Lisa Ward at Deep TOYAMA Impact on June 28, 2009

Matsumoto vacated the title on April 17, 2010, following her retirement from the sport.[15]

Women's Microweight Championship[edit]

Weight limit: 45 kg (99.2 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)		 Defenses
1 Japan Satoko Shinashi
def. Sachiko Yamamoto 		Deep 34 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		February 22, 2008 3,962 days[Note 2]
Shinashi vacated the title in 2018.
2 Japan Saori Oshima
def. Mizuki Oshiro 		Deep 97 Impact
Tokyo, Japan 		September 20, 2020 1,310 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Mizuki Furuse at Deep 110 Impact on November 12, 2022

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ While the title hasn't been active since 2012 and Lucas isn't competing anymore, Deep never announced the vacancy of the title.
  2. ^ While the title hasn't been active since 2018, Deep never announced the vacancy of the title.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  9. ^ "Deep Lightweight Champion vacated the Title"
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