| Kazuhiro Kusayanagi 草柳和弘 | |
| Birth Date: | 15 April 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Japan |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Weight: | 183lb |
| Weight Class: | Middleweight Welterweight |
| Team: | K'z Factory |
| Years Active: | 1989–1998 |
| Mma Subwin: | 9 |
| Mma Koloss: | 6 |
| Mma Subloss: | 4 |
| Mma Decloss: | 7 |
| Mma Draw: | 3 |
| Sherdog: | 471 |
Kazuhiro Kusayanagi (born April 4, 1967) is a Japanese mixed martial artist.[1] [2] He competed in the Middleweight and Welterweight divisions.[3]
After a 6–9–1 career in Shooto and Lumax Cup, Kusayanagi volunteered for representing his promotion in Vale Tudo Japan in 1994. He was paired against David Levicki, a wing chun specialist that outweighed him by 90 lb. Kusayanagi charged at him with a takedown, but Levicki blocked it with help of his size and immediately started hitting the back of his head, which was legal under the rules. After dropping Kusayanagi to the ground, Levicki hit him with more punches until knocking him out. It would be Kusayanagi's only match at VTJ.
In 2019, Kusayanagi was arrested under suspicion of paying for sex with a 14-year old child in September 2018.[4]
|-| Loss| align=center| | Yuki Sasaki| TKO (punches)| Shooto - Las Grandes Viajes 6| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:46| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Draw| align=center| 9–16–3| Larry Papadopoulos| Draw| Shooto - Las Grandes Viajes 3| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 9–16–2| Carlos Newton| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Las Grandes Viajes 2| | align=center| 1| align=center| 2:17| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 9–15–2| Todd Bjornethun| TKO (punches)| Shooto - Reconquista 4| | align=center| 2| align=center| 4:01| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 9–14–2| Masanori Suda| Decision (unanimous)| Shooto - Reconquista 3| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Draw| align=center| 9–13–2| Masato Fujiwara| Draw| Shooto - Reconquista 2| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 9–13–1| Akihiro Gono| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Let's Get Lost| | align=center| 4| align=center| 2:52| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 8–13–1| Toru Koga| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Vale Tudo Junction 2| | align=center| 4| align=center| 2:14| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 7–13–1| Susumu Yamasaki| Decision (split)| Lumax Cup - Tournament of J '95| | align=center| 2| align=center| 3:00| Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 7–12–1| Kyuhei Ueno| TKO (punches)| Shooto - Complete Vale Tudo Access| | align=center| 5| align=center| 1:17| Omiya, Saitama, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 7–11–1| Yasushi Warita| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 4| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:53| Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 6–11–1| Yuki Nakai| Decision (unanimous)| Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 2| | align=center| 4| align=center| 4:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 6–10–1| David Levicki| KO (punches)| Vale Tudo Japan 1994| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:20| Urayasu, Chiba, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 6–9–1| Takeshi Tanaka| Decision| Lumax Cup - Tournament of J '94| | align=center| 2| align=center| 4:00| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 6–8–1| Yasunori Okuda| Submission (armbar)| Lumax Cup - Tournament of J '94| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:01| Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 5–8–1| Erik Paulson| Submission (triangle choke)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 3| align=center| 1:46| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 5–7–1| Yasuto Sekishima| Decision (unanimous)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 5–6–1| Manabu Yamada| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:05| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 5–5–1| Naoki Sakurada| Decision (unanimous)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 5–4–1| Yutaka Fuji| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 4–4–1| Naoki Sakurada| Decision (majority)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 4–3–1| Tomohiro Tanaka| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:00| Osaka, Japan| |-| Draw| align=center| 3–3–1| Kenji Kawaguchi| Draw| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 3–3| Yuichi Watanabe| Submission (kneebar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 3–2| Tomonori Ohara| KO (punch)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 4| align=center| 0:58| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 3–1| Satoshi Honma| Submission (triangle choke)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:17| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 2–1| Kaoru Todori| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:16| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 1–1| Yoshimasa Ishikawa| KO (spinning back kick)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 4| align=center| 0:13| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 1–0| Naoki Sakurada| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:00| Tokyo, Japan|