| Noboru Asahi 朝日 昇 | |
| Other Names: | Kijin (奇人, The Strange Man) |
| Birth Name: | Shin'ichi Asahi |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Height: | 1.62m (05.31feet) |
| Weight: | 66kg (146lb) |
| Weight Class: | Featherweight Lightweight |
| Fighting Out Of: | Kita, Tokyo, Japan |
| Trainer: | Satoru Sayama |
| Team: | Purebred Ōmiya (1990-2001) Tokyo Yellowmans (2001-current) |
| Years Active: | 13 (1990-2003) |
| Mma Subwin: | 14 |
| Mma Decwin: | 5 |
| Mma Koloss: | 1 |
| Mma Subloss: | 3 |
| Mma Decloss: | 2 |
| Mma Draw: | 5 |
| Url: | http://www.tacox.jp/index.html |
| Sherdog: | 439 |
| Updated: | January 2, 2010 |
is a Japanese retired mixed martial artist, a designer, and an owner of MMA gym.[1] [2]
He was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan on January 5, 1968, as .
A former amateur wrestler, Asahi was trained in Satoru Sayama's Super Tiger Gym, where he learned shoot wrestling, and later moved to Noriaki Kiguchi's dojo to polish his skills. He made his debut in Shooto in 1992 submitting Tomoyuki Saito. Showing his grappling excellence, Noboru captured the Shooto Featherweight Championship from Kazuhiro Sakamoto and enjoyed a thirteen-fights winning streak, with victories over Yuki Nakai and Masato Suzuki, as well as Brazilian jiu-jitsu grappler Leandro Lima de Azevedo.
His streak snapped, however, when he was sent to the 1996 Vale Tudo Japan and fought another Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist Royler Gracie. Asahi was taken down and held in side control, ending up with Gracie taking his back; he eventually escaped, but the game repeated itself and he got caught in a rear naked choke, being submitted. At the next Shooto event, Asahi lost to Alexandre Franca Nogueira by technical submission due to Nogueira's famed guillotine choke. Noboru did better in the next VTJ, fighting to a draw with yet another BJJ expert in the form of João Roque, but he fell again to Nogueira in a much longer fight, losing his title.
In 2001, Asahi retired from Shooto and founded the Tokyo Yellowmans gym.
|-| Loss| align=center| 19-6-5| Tomomi Iwama| TKO (punches)| Deep - 10th Impact| | align=center| 3| align=center| 0:42| Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 19-5-5| Naoya Uematsu| Decision (2-0)| Shooto - R.E.A.D. 10| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 19-4-5| Alexandre Franca Nogueira| Technical submission (guillotine choke)| Shooto - Renaxis 4| | align=center| 2| align=center| 3:29| Japan| |-| Draw| align=center| 19-4-4| Uchu Tatsumi| Decision (1-1)| Shooto - Renaxis 1| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Japan| |-| Draw| align=center| 19-4-3| João Roque| Draw| Vale Tudo Japan 1998| | align=center| 3| align=center| 8:00| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 18-4-3| Trent Bekis| Submission (keylock)| Shooto - Las Grandes Viajes 5| | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:01| Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 18-3-3| Alexandre Franca Nogueira| Technical submission (guillotine choke)| Shooto - Shoot the Shooto XX| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:06| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 18-2-2| Dennis Hall| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Las Grandes Viajes 1| | align=center| 2| align=center| 4:18| Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 17-2-2| Royler Gracie| Submission (rear-naked choke)| Vale Tudo Japan 1996| | align=center| 1| align=center| 5:07| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 17-1-2| Leandro Lima De Azevedo| Technical submission (heel hook)| Shooto - Vale Tudo Junction 2| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:04| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 16-1-2| Ruud Alwart| Submission (punches)| Shooto - Vale Tudo Junction 1| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:21| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 15-1-2| Anthony Lange| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Vale Tudo Perception| | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:41| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 14-1-2| Leonid Zaslavsky| Submission (heel hook)| Shooto - Complete Vale Tudo Access| | align=center| 3| align=center| 0:48| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 13-1-2| Kyuhei Ueno| Decision (unanimous)| Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 2| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 12-1-2| Nozomu Matsumoto| Submission (keylock)| Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 1| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:13| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 11-1-2| Shinji Abe| Submission (rear-naked choke)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:41| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 10-1-2| Yuki Nakai| Decision (2-0)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 9-1-2| Masato Suzuki| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 1:39| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 8-1-2| Takashi Ishizaki| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 0:43| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 7-1-2| Hiroyuki Kanno| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 2| align=center| 1:05| Japan| |-| Draw| align=center| 6-1-3| Kenichi Tanaka| Decision (0-0)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Japan| Asahi fought to a draw with Tanaka to remain the Shooto Featherweight Champion.|-| Win| align=center| 6-1-2| Kazuhiro Sakamoto| Decision (2-0)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Japan| Asahi defeated Sakamoto to become the Shooto Featherweight Champion.|-| Draw| align=center| 5-1-2| Kenichi Tanaka| Decision (0-0)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 5-1-1| Masato Suzuki| Submission (kneebar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 1| align=center| ?| Japan| |-| Draw| align=center| 4-1-1| Tomohiro Tanaka| Decision (1-0)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 4| align=center| 3:00| Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 4-1| Kazuhiro Sakamoto| Decision (unanimous)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 5| align=center| 3:00| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 4-0| Takashi Ishizaki| Decision (unanimous)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 4| align=center| 3:00| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 3-0| Hiroyuki Kanno| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:38| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 2-0| Kazumi Chigira| Decision (unanimous)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 3| align=center| 3:00| Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 1-0| Tomoyuki Saito| Submission (armbar)| Shooto - Shooto| | align=center| 1| align=center| 2:54| Japan|
|-| Draw| align=center| 0-0-1| Manabu Yamada| Technical Draw| Pancrase - Proof 3| | align=center| 1| align=center| 5:00| Tokyo, Japan| |-
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Hidehiko Matsumoto || Points || ZST GT-F || 2004|| || |||-