List of Pancrase champions

King of Pancrase title belt

Below is a list of King of Pancrase Champions at each weight class.

Title histories

Flyweight Championship

125 lb (57 kg) and below

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Mitsuhisa Sunabe (def. Takuya Eizumi)	June 7, 2009	Tokyo, Japan	(def. Isao Hirose on October 25, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan)
2	Kiyotaka Shimizu	February 7, 2010	Tokyo, Japan

Bantamweight Championship

125 to 135 lb (57 kg to 61.2 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Manabu Inoue (def. Seiya Kawahara)	December 7, 2008	Yokohama, Japan

Featherweight Championship

135 to 145 lb (61.2 kg to 65.8 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Yoshiro Maeda (def. Daiki Hata)	August 27, 2006	Yokohama, Japan	(def. Danny Batten on April 27, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan)
	Weight class revised	January 30, 2008	(Pancrase revises weight classes follow those designated in the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. The Featherweight division moves from under 141.4 lb (64 kg) to between 135 lbs (61.2 kg) and 145 lbs (65.8 kg).)
2	Marlon Sandro (def. Masaya Takita)	October 26, 2008	Tokyo, Japan

Lightweight Championship

145 to 155 lbs (65.8 to 70.3 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
	Weight class revised	January 30, 2008	(The Lightweight class is revised from 141.4 to 152.5 lb (64 to 69 kg) to its current limits.)
1	Shoji Maruyama (def. Artur Oumakhanov)	January 30, 2008	Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	May 2008	(Shoji Maruyama vacates Lightweight Championship in order to compete in the Featherweight Division.)
2	Katsuya Inoue (def. Koji Oishi)	December 7, 2008	Tokyo, Japan	(def. Daisuke Hanazawa on February 1, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan)
3	Maximo Blanco (def. Katsuya Inoue)	August 8, 2009	Tokyo, Japan

Welterweight Championship

155 to 170 lb (70.3 to 77.1 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Kiuma Kunioku (def. Takafumi Ito)	July 28, 2002	Tokyo, Japan	(def. Hiroki Nagaoka on September 29, 2002 in Kanagawa, Japan) (def. Kenichi Serizawa on November 30, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan)
	Title vacated	September 2004	(Kunioku vacates Welterweight Championship to pursue new competition.)
	Katsuya Inoue (declared interim champion by committee; opponent was injured)	May 1, 2005	Kanagawa, Japan	(def. Kenji Arai on May 1, 2005 in Kanagawa, Japan) (drew with Satoru Kitaoka on January 1, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan)
2	Daizo Ishige (def. Katsuya Inoue for undisputed title)	August 27, 2006	Kanagawa, Japan
	Katsuya Inoue (def. Fabricio Nascimento for interim title)	July 27, 2007	Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	January 2008	(Daizo Ishige vacates the Welterweight Championship.)
	Weight class revised	January 30, 2008	(The Welterweight class is revised from 152.5 to 165.7 lb (69 to 75 kg) to its current limits)
3	Katsuya Inoue (def. Satoru Kitaoka for vacant title)	January 30, 2008	Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	February 2008	(Katsuya Inoue vacates the Welterweight Championship in order to compete in the Lightweight division.)
	Takuya Wada (def. Jason Palacios for interim title)	April 27, 2008	Tokyo, Japan
Takuya Wada was promoted to undisputed champion in December 2008.
4	Takuya Wada	January 30, 2008	Tokyo, Japan	(def. Tomoyoshi Iwamiya on April 5, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan)

Middleweight Championship

170 to 185 lb (77.1 to 83.9 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Nathan Marquardt (def. Shonie Carter)	Sept. 24 , 2000	Kanagawa, Japan	(drew with Kiuma Kunioku on December 4, 2000 in Japan) (def. Yuji Hoshino on October 30, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan)
2	Kiuma Kunioku	December 1, 2001	Kanagawa, Japan
3	Nathan Marquardt (2)	Dec. 21 , 2002	Tokyo, Japan	(def. Izuru Takeuchi on March 8, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan)
4	Ricardo Almeida	Nov. 30 , 2003	Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	July 2004	(Almeida vacates Middleweight Championship; retires from active competition.)
5	Nathan Marquardt (3) (def. Kazuo Misaki)	November 7, 2004	Chiba, Japan	def. Izuru Takeuchi on May 1, 2005 in Kanagawa, Japan
	Title vacated	October 2006	(Marquardt vacates Middleweight Championship to pursue UFC career.)
6	Yuichi Nakanishi (def. Izuru Takeuchi)	December 2, 2006	Tokyo, Japan
7	Izuru Takeuchi (def. Yuichi Nakanishi)	November 28, 2007	Tokyo, Japan
	Yuki Kondo (Interim Championship)	January 2008	(Yuki Kondo vacates the Light Heavyweight Championship and moves to the middleweight division, where he is awarded the interim Middleweight Championship.)
	Weight class revised	January 30, 2008	(The Middleweight class is revised from 165.7 to 181 lb (75 to 82 kg) to its current limits.)
7	Izuru Takeuchi (def. Yuichi Nakanishi)	November 28, 2007	Tokyo, Japan	(drew with Takenori Sato on August 8, 2009 in Japan)
	Yuki Kondo (Interim Championship)	January 2008		(def. Takenori Sato on February 7, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan)

Light Heavyweight Championship

185 to 205 lb (83.9 to 93 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Keiichiro Yamamiya (def. Ikuhisa Minowa)	Sept. 24 , 2000	Kanagawa, Japan
2	Sanae Kikuta (def. Ikuhisa Minowa)	Sept. 30 , 2001	Kanagawa, Japan	(drew with Yuki Kondo on May 18, 2003 in Kanagawa, Japan)
3	Yuki Kondo	Nov. 30 , 2003	Tokyo, Japan	(def. Daijiro Matsui on August 27, 2006 in Kanagawa, Japan)
	Title vacated	January 2008	(Yuki Kondo vacates the Light Heavyweight Championship and moves to the middleweight division.)
	Weight class revised	January 30, 2008	(The Light Heavyweight class is revised from 181 to 199 lb (82 to 90.5 kg) to its current limits.)
4	Ryo Kawamura (def. Keiichiro Yamamiya)	October 1, 2008	Tokyo, Japan

Heavyweight Championship

205 to 265 lb (93 to 120.2 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Yoshiki Takahashi (def. Shamoji Fujii)	December 1, 2001	Kanagawa, Japan	def. Tsuyoshi Ozawa on July 27, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated		(Takahashi vacates Heavyweight Championship.)
2	Kestutis Arbocius (def. Poai Suganuma)	August 27, 2006	Kanagawa, Japan
	Title vacated	May 2007	(Arbocius is stripped of Heavyweight Championship due to injury.)
3	Assuerio Silva (def. Tatsuya Mizuno)	May 30, 2007	Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	January 2008	(Assuerio Silva vacates Heavyweight Championship after signing an exclusive contract to compete in the Hardcore Championship Fighting promotion.)
	Weight class revised	January 30, 2008	(The Heavyweight class is revised from 199 to 221 lb (90.5 to 100.5 kg) to its current limits.)

Super Heavyweight Championship

Over 221 lb (100.5 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Tsuyoshi Kosaka (def. Ron Waterman)	November 7, 2004	Chiba, Japan
	Title vacated	January 2006	(Kosaka vacates Super Heavyweight Championship.)
	Title retired	January 2008	(Pancrase adopts the weightclasses outlined in the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts and retires the Super Heavyweight Championship.)

Openweight Championship

No weight limit.

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Ken Shamrock (won King of Pancrase 24 man tournament)	Dec. 17 , 1994	Tokyo, Japan	(def. Leon Dijk on January 26, 1995 in Nagoya, Japan) (def. Bas Rutten on March 10, 1995 in Kanagawa, Japan)
2	Minoru Suzuki	May 13, 1995	Tokyo, Japan
3	Bas Rutten	Sept. 1 , 1995	Tokyo, Japan
	Frank Shamrock (def. Minoru Suzuki for interim championship; Rutten was injured)	January 28, 1996	Kanagawa, Japan
3	Bas Rutten (def. Frank Shamrock to defend the undisputed King of Pancrase title)	May 16, 1996	Tokyo, Japan	(def. Masakatsu Funaki on September 7, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan)
	Title vacated	October 1996	(Rutten vacates Openweight King of Pancrase Championship due to family matters.)
4	Masakatsu Funaki (def. Jason DeLucia)	Dec. 15 , 1996	Japan
5	Yuki Kondo	April 27, 1997	Tokyo, Japan	(def. Jason DeLucia on September 6, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan)
6	Masakatsu Funaki (2)	December 20 , 1997	Kanagawa, Japan
7	Guy Mezger	April 26, 1998	Kanagawa, Japan	(def. Ryushi Yanagisawa on September 14, 1998 in Japan) (def. Yuki Kondo on December 19, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan)
	Title vacated	February 1999	(Mezger vacates the title to compete in the UFC)
8	Yuki Kondo (2) (def. Semmy Schilt)	April 18, 1999	Kanagawa, Japan	(def. Kiuma Kunioku on September 18, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan)
9	Semmy Schilt	Nov. 28 , 1999	Osaka, Japan	(def. Yoshiki Takahashi on April 30, 2000 in Kanagawa, Japan) (def. Osami Shibuya on September 24, 2000 in Kanagawa, Japan)
10	Josh Barnett (def. Yuki Kondo)	August 31, 2003	Tokyo, Japan

See also

• List of PRIDE champions
• List of UFC Champions‎

External links

• Pancrase Official Site