List of Deep champions

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

DivisionChampionSinceDefenses
Megatonweight Roque Martinez July 15, 2017 2
Cruiserweight Yoshiyuki Nakanishi April 17, 2010 3
Middleweight Tatsuya Mizuno February 24, 2018 0
Welterweight Ryuichiro Sumimura July 15, 2017 2
Lightweight Koji Takeda October 27, 2018 2
Featherweight Juntaro Ushiku September 20, 2020 0
Bantamweight Victor Henry March 9, 2019 0
Flyweight Tatsumitsu Wada June 26, 2016 1
Strawweight Namiki Kawahara August 23, 2020 0

Men's Championship History

Megatonweight

Weight limit: Unlimited
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Yūsuke Kawaguchi
def. Shunsuke Inoue
Club DEEP Tokyo "Megaton GP 2008 Final"
Tokyo, Japan
August 2, 2008

1. def. Baru Harn at DEEP 38 Impact on Oct 23, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan
2. def. Seigo Mizuguchi at Deep: 44 Impact on Oct 10, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan
3. def. Roque Martinez at Deep: Cage Impact 2009 on Dec 19, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan

Yusuke Kawaguchi vacated the title in January 2011.
2 Kazuhisa Tazawa
def. Yuji Sakuragi
DEEP 52 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 25.2011
3 Levan Razmadze
def. Kazuhisa Tazawa
DEEP 55 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
August 26, 2011

1. def. Ryuta Noji at DEEP 57 Impact on Feb 18, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan

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

1. def. Hirohide Fujinuma at DEEP 63 Impact on Aug. 25, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan
2. def. Kazuhiro Nakamura at DEEP 65 Impact on Mar. 22, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan

Hasegawa vacated the title when he started competing at a lower weight class.
5 Singh Jaideep
def. Carlos Toyota
DEEP 73 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
October 17, 2015
6 Roque Martinez
def. Jaideep Singh
DEEP Cage Impact 2017: At Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
July 15, 2017

1. def. Ryo Sakai at DEEP 88 Impact on March 9, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan
2. def. Seigo Mizuguchi at DEEP 93 Impact on Dec. 15, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan

Cruiserweight

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

1. def. Bernard Ackah at DEEP 54 Impact on Jun 24, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan
2. def. Yuki Niimura at DEEP 60 Impact on Oct 19, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan
3. def. Shunsuke Inoue at DEEP 66 Impact on Apr 29, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan

Middleweight

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

1. drew. Masanori Suda at DEEP 12 Impact on Sep 15, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan

2 Ryuta Sakurai
def. Ryuki Ueyama
DEEP 17 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
December 8, 2004
3 Ryo Chonan
def. Ryuta Sakurai
DEEP 23 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 5, 2006

1. def. Ryuta Sakurai at DEEP 28 Impact on Feb 16, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan

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

1. def. Ryuta Sakurai at DEEP 49 Impact on Aug 27, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan

Riki Fukuda vacated the title in October 2010.
6 Kazuhiro Nakamura
def. Young Choi
DEEP 61 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 16, 2013
7 Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
def. Kazuhiro Nakamura
DEEP 70 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
December 20, 2014
8 Young Choi
def. Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
DEEP Cage Impact 2015 in Osaka
Osaka, Japan
October 11, 2015
Young Choi vacated the title in 2016 when he signed with Road FC.
9 Tatsuya Mizuno
def. Taisuke Okuno
DEEP 82 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 24, 2018

Welterweight

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

1. def. Seichi Ikemoto at RealRhythm 3rd Stage on Mar 4, 2006 in Osaka, Japan

2 Hidehiko Hasegawa
def. Jutaro Nakao
DEEP 28 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 16, 2007

1. drew with Dong Hyun Kim at DEEP 32 Impact on Oct 10, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan

3 Seichi Ikemoto
def. Hidehiko Hasegawa
DEEP 36 Impact
Osaka, Japan
July 27, 2008

1. def. Hidetaka Monma at Deep: 40 Impact on Feb 20, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan

4 Yuya Shirai
def. Seichi Ikemoto
DEEP 45 Impact
Osaka, Japan
January 24, 2010

1. def. Shigetoshi Iwase at DEEP 50 Impact on Oct 24, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan
2. def. Taisuke Okuno at DEEP 56 Impact on Dec 16, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan

5 Dan Hornbuckle
def. Yuya Shirai
DEEP 62 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
April 26, 2013
6 Ryo Chonan
def. Dan Hornbuckle
DEEP - Tribe Tokyo Night
Tokyo, Japan
October 20, 2013
Ryo Chonan won the title in his retirement fight and retired as champion.
7 Yuta Watanabe
def. Taisuke Okuno
DEEP - 66 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
April 29, 2014

1. def. Yuya Shirai at DEEP 70 Impact on Dec 20, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan

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

1. def. Yoichiro Sato at DEEP 83 Impact on Apr 28, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan
2. def. Yuta Watanabe at DEEP 94 Impact on March 1, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan

Lightweight

Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Dokonjonosuke Mishima
def. Tomomi "Taisho" Iwama
DEEP 18 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 12, 2005
Dokonjonosuke Mishima vacated the title in February 2006.
2 Nobuhiro Obiya
def. Ryan Bow
DEEP 24 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
April 11, 2006
3 Kazunori Yokota
def. Nobuhiro Obiya
DEEP 28 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 16, 2007
4 Seung-Hwan Bang
def. Kazunori Yokota
DEEP 35 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
May 19, 2008
Seung-Hwan Bang vacated the title in October 2008.
5 Katsunori Kikuno
def. Koichiro Matsumoto
Deep: 41 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
April 16, 2009

1. def. Nobuhiro Obiya at DEEP 50 Impact on Oct 24, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan

6 Mizuto Hirota
def. Katsunori Kikuno
DEEP 55 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
August 26, 2011

1. def. Seichi Ikemoto at DEEP 57 Impact on Feb 18, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan

Mizuto Hirota vacated the title in April 2012.[1]
7 Daisuke Nakamura
def. Yasuaki Kishimoto
DEEP 58 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
June 15, 2012

1. def. Takafumi Ito at DEEP 60 Impact on Oct 19, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan

8 Satoru Kitaoka
def. Daisuke Nakamura
DEEP 62 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
April 26, 2013

1. def. Naoto Miyazaki at DEEP 66 Impact on Apr 29, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan
2. def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida at DEEP Dream Impact: Omisoka Special on Dec 31, 2014 in Saitama, Japan
3. def. Yuki Okano at DEEP Cage Impact 2015 on July 20, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan
4. def. Kota Shimoishi at DEEP 76 Impact on June 26, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan

9 Koji Takeda
def. Satoru Kitaoka
DEEP 86 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
October 27, 2018

1. def. Juri Ohara at DEEP 82 Impact on Oct 22, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan
2. def. Juri Ohara at DEEP 93 Impact on Dec 15, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan

Featherweight

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

1. def. Tsuyoshi Yamazaki at DEEP 26 Impact on Oct 10, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan

2 Dokonjonosuke Mishima
def. Masakazu Imanari
DEEP 35 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
May 19, 2008
3 Takafumi Otsuka
def. Dokonjonosuke Mishima
Deep: 43 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
August 23, 2009
4 Koichiro Matsumoto
def. Takafumi Otsuka
DEEP 48 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
July 3, 2010

1. def. Tatsunao Nagakura at DEEP 55 Impact on Aug 26, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan

Koichiro Matsumoto retired on August 26, 2011, thereby vacating the title.
5 Kazunori Yokota
def. Hideki Kadowaki
DEEP 57 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 18, 2012

1. def. Katsunori Tsuda at DEEP 66 Impact on Apr 29, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan

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

1. def. Daiki Hata at DEEP 89 Impact on May 12, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan

10 Juntaro Ushiku
def. Satoshi Yamasu
DEEP 97 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
September 20, 2020

Bantamweight

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

1. def. Tomohiko Hori at Deep: 43 Impact on Aug 23, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan
2. def. Tomoya Miyashita at DEEP 49 Impact on Aug 27, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan

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

1. def. Tatsumitsu Wada at DEEP 59 Impact on Aug 18, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan

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

1. def. Toshinori Tsunemura at DEEP 69 Impact on Oct 26, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan
2. def. Toshiaki Kitada at DEEP 72 Impact on May 16, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan
3. def. Koichi Ishizuka at DEEP Cage Impact 2017 on May 13, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan

Otsuka vacated the title for unknown reasons.
6 Jin Soo Son
def. Toshiaki Kitada
DEEP 83 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
April 28, 2018
Jin Soo Son vacated the title in 2018 when he signed with UFC .
7 Yuki Motoya
def. Makoto Kamaya
DEEP 86 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
October 27, 2018
8 Victor Henry
def. Yuki Motoya
DEEP 88 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
March 9, 2019

Flyweight

Weight limit: 56 kg (123.4 lb)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Yuki Motoya[2]
def. Akira Kibe
DEEP Nagoya Impact
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
July 22, 2012
2 Tatsumitsu Wada
def. Yuki Motoya
DEEP - 63 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
Aug 25, 2013
3 Yuki Motoya (2)
def. Tatsumitsu Wada
DEEP - 68 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
Aug 23, 2014 1. def. Kojima Sota at Deep: 73 Impact on October 17, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan
Yuki Motoya vacated the title in April 2016.
4 Tatsumitsu Wada (2)
def. Yuya Shibata
DEEP - 76 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
June 26, 2016 1. def. Makoto Takahashi at Deep: 83 Impact on April 28, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan
- Makoto Takahashi
def. Yuya Shibata for interim title
DEEP - 90 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
June 29, 2019

Strawweight

Weight limit: 52 kg (114.6 lb)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Kanta Sato
def. Kojima Sota
DEEP Cage Impact 2016: Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
October 18, 2016
2 Haruo Ochi
def. Kanta Sato
DEEP 79 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
September 16, 2017 1. def. Yuya Shibata at DEEP Cage Impact in Osaka 2018 on Apr. 8, 2018 in Osaka, Japan

2. def. Namiki Kawahara at DEEP 88 Impact on March 9, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan

3 Namiki Kawahara
def. Haruo Ochi
DEEP 96 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
August 23, 2020

Women's Championship History

Openweight

No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Amanda Lucas
def. Yumiko Hotta
DEEP 57 Impact
Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
February 18, 2012

Lightweight

Weight limit: 50 kg (110.2 lb)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Hisae Watanabe
def. Satoko Shinashi
DEEP 25 Impact
Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
August 4, 2006
2 Miku Matsumoto
def. Hisae Watanabe
DEEP 31 Impact
Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
August 5, 2007

1. def. Misaki Takimoto at DEEP 37 Impact on Aug 17, 2008 in Bunkyō, Tokyo
2. def. Lisa Ward at DEEP TOYAMA Impact on Jun 28, 2009 in Toyama, Toyama

Miku Matsumoto vacated the title on April 17, 2010.

Flyweight

Weight limit: 45 kg (99.2 lb)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Satoko Shinashi
def. Sachiko Yamamoto
DEEP 34 Impact
Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
February 22, 2008

Microweight

Weight limit: 44 kg (97 lb)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Saori Oshima
def. Mizuki Oshiro
DEEP 97 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
September 20, 2020

See also

References

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