Kenichi Tanaka Explained

Kenichi Tanaka
Birth Place:Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Weight:139lb
Weight Class:Bantamweight
Featherweight
Team:Shooting Gym Tsudanuma
Years Active:1989 - 1999
Mma Subwin:6
Mma Subloss:1
Mma Decloss:3
Sherdog:2257

Kenichi Tanaka is a Japanese[1] mixed martial artist and referee.[2] He competed in the Bantamweight[3] and Featherweight divisions. Tanaka is one of the earliest Satoru Sayama trainees under Super Tiger Gym, and was the inaugural Shooto Lightweight 65 kg (143.3 lb) Champion. He later lost the title to Kazuhiro Sakamoto.

Tanaka refereed Seikendo events.

Tanaka is a former trainer at Shooting Gym Tsudanuma and founded and currently owns Super Tiger Gym Tanaka Juku.

Championships and Accomplishments

Mixed martial arts record

|-| Draw| align=center| 6-4-3| Hideki Ogawa| Draw| Daidojuku - WARS 5| | align=center| 3| align=center| 3:00| Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 6-4-2| Kyuhei Ueno| Decision (unanimous)| Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 3| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 6-3-2| Mamoru Okochi| Submission (arm-triangle choke)| Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 1| | align=center| 1| align=center| 2:51| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Draw| align=center| 5-3-2| Noboru Asahi| Draw| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 5-3-1| Hiroyuki Kanno| Submission (kimura)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 3| align=center| 0:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Draw| align=center| 4-3-1| Noboru Asahi| Draw| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 4-3| Kazuhiro Sakamoto| Decision (unanimous)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 4-2| Hiroyuki Kanno| Decision (unanimous)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 4-1| Kazuhiro Sakamoto| Submission (kimura)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 2| align=center| 2:37| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 3-1| Kazuhiro Sakamoto| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 2-1| Tetsuo Yokoyama| Submission (achilles lock)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:21| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 1-1| Kazuhiro Sakamoto| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:30| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 1-0| Makoto Ozaki| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 3| align=center| 0:00| Tokyo, Japan|

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kenichi Tanaka . . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231143128/http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Kazuhiro-Sakamoto-1181 . December 31, 2013 . live .
  2. Web site: Kenichi Tanaka . mixedmartialarts.com . https://archive.today/20141019052637/http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/f/6F75FE3F12E0D051/Kazuhiro-Sakamoto/ . October 19, 2014 . live .
  3. Web site: Kenichi Tanaka . fightmatrix.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20141019063509/http://www.fightmatrix.com/fighter-profile/Kazuhiro+Sakamoto/1168/ . October 19, 2014 . live .