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

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Division Champion Since Defenses
Megatonweight   Roque Martinez July 15, 2017 3
Light Heavyweight Vacant March 9, 2019
Middleweight   João Batista Yoshimura July 4, 2021 0
Welterweight   Yoichiro Sato July 14, 2024 0
Lightweight   Shunta Nomura September 16, 2024 0
Featherweight   Jin Aoi March 9, 2024 0
Bantamweight   Ryuya Fukuda September 16, 2024 0
Flyweight   Ryuya Fukuda March 29, 2024 0
Strawweight   Haruo Ochi May 26, 2024 0

Women

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Division Champion Since Defenses
Openweight   Amanda Lucas February 18, 2012 0
Atomweight Vacant March 9, 2019
Microweight   Saori Oshima September 20, 2020 1

Men's championship history

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Megatonweight Championship

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Weight limit: Unlimited
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Yusuke Kawaguchi
def. Shunsuke Inoue
Deep: Megaton Grand Prix 2008 Finals
Tokyo, Japan
August 2, 2008 870 days

1. def Baru Harn at Deep 38 Impact on October 23, 2008
2. def. Seigo Mizuguchi at Deep: 44 Impact on October 10, 2009
3. def. Roque Martinez at Deep: Cage Impact 2009 on December 19, 2009

Kawaguchi vacated the title on December 20, 2010.[1]
2   Kazuhisa Tazawa
def. Yuji Sakuragi
Deep 52 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 25, 2011 182 days
3   Levan Razmadze Deep 55 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
August 26, 2011 327 days

1. def. Ryuta Noji at Deep 57 Impact on February 18, 2012

Razmadze vacated the title in July 4, 2012.
4   Ken Hasegawa
def. Seigo Mizuguchi
Deep 61 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 16, 2013 970 days

1. def. Hirohide Fujinuma at Deep 63 Impact on August 25, 2013
2. def. Kazuhiro Nakamura at Deep 65 Impact on March 22, 2014

Hasegawa vacated the title on October 14, 2015 when he started competing at a lower weight class.[2]
5   Jaideep Singh
def. Carlos Toyota
Deep 73 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
October 17, 2015 637 days
6   Roque Martinez Deep Cage Impact 2017: At Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
July 15, 2017 2,669 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Ryo Sakai at Deep 88 Impact on March 9, 2019
2. def. Seigo Mizuguchi at Deep 93 Impact on December 15, 2019
3. def. interim champion Ryo Sakai at Deep 118 Impact on March 9, 2024

  Ryo Sakai
def. Yukinori Akazawa for interim title
Deep 110 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
November 12, 2022 483 days 1. def Tatsuya Mizuno at Deep 114 Impact on July 2, 2023.

Light Heavyweight Championship

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Weight limit: 93 kg (205 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
def. Ryuta Noji
Deep 47 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
April 17, 2010 3,248 days

1. def. Bernard Ackah at Deep 54 Impact on June 24, 2011
2. def. Yuki Niimura at Deep 60 Impact on October 19, 2012
3. def. Shunsuke Inoue at Deep 66 Impact on April 29, 2014

Nakanishi vacated the title on March 9, 2019 when he retired.[3]

Middleweight Championship

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Weight limit: 84 kg (185.2 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Ryuki Ueyama
def. Eiji Ishikawa
Deep 5 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
June 9, 2002 914 days

1. drew with Masanori Suda at Deep 12 Impact on September 15, 2003

2   Ryuta Sakurai Deep 17 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
December 8, 2004 425 days
3   Ryo Chonan Deep 23 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 5, 2006 676 days

1. def. Ryuta Sakurai at Deep 28 Impact on February 16, 2007

Chonan vacated the title on December 12, 2007.[4]
4   Yuichi Nakanishi
def. Riki Fukuda
Deep 35 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
May 19, 2008 408 days
5   Riki Fukuda Deep: 42 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
June 30, 2009 738 days

1. def. Ryuta Sakurai at Deep 49 Impact on August 27, 2010

Fukuda vacated the title in July 8, 2011 due to being signed with the UFC.[5]
6   Kazuhiro Nakamura
def. Choi Young
Deep 61 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 16, 2013 673 days
7   Yoshiyuki Nakanishi Deep 70 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
Decision 20, 2014 296 days
8   Choi Young Deep Cage Impact 2015 in Osaka
Osaka, Japan
October 11, 2015 ? days
Choi vacated the title in 2016 when he signed with Road FC.[6]
9   Tatsuya Mizuno
def. Taisuke Okuno
Deep 82 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 24, 2018 1,227 days
10   João-Batista Yoshimura Deep 102 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
July 4, 2021 1,219 days
(incumbent)

Welterweight Championship

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Weight limit: 77 kg (169.7 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Jutaro Nakao
def. Daisuke Nakamura
Deep 16 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
October 30, 2004 840 days

1. def. Seichi Ikemoto at RealRhythm 3rd Stage on March 4, 2006

2   Hidehiko Hasegawa Deep 28 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 16, 2007 528 days

1. drew with Dong Hyun Kim at Deep 32 Impact on October 10, 2007

3   Seichi Ikemoto Deep 36 Impact
Osaka, Japan
July 27, 2008 547 days

1. def. Hidetaka Monma at Deep: 40 Impact on February 20, 2009

4   Yuya Shirai Deep 45 Impact
Osaka, Japan
January 24, 2010 1,189 days

1. def. Shigetoshi Iwase at Deep 50 Impact on October 24, 2010
2. def. Taisuke Okuno at Deep 56 Impact on December 16, 2011

5   Dan Hornbuckle Deep 62 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
April 26, 2013 178 days
6   Ryo Chonan Deep - Tribe Tokyo Night
Tokyo, Japan
October 20, 2013 >1 day
Chonan won the title in his retirement fight and retired as champion.[7]
7   Yuta Watanabe
def. Taisuke Okuno
Deep 66 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
April 29, 2014 438 days

1. def. Yuya Shirai at Deep 70 Impact on December 20, 2014

8   Keita Nakamura Deep - Cage Impact 2015
Tokyo, Japan
July 20, 2015 ? days
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 1775 days

1. def. Yoichiro Sato at Deep 83 Impact on April 28, 2018
2. def. Yuta Watanabe at Deep 94 Impact on March 1, 2020

  Daichi Abe
def. Gota Yamashita for interim title
Deep - 100 Impact - 20th Anniversary
Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
February 21, 2021 458 days
Sumimura vacated the title in May 25, 2022 following an injury.
10   Daichi Abe
promoted to undisputed champion
May 25, 2022 262 days
11   Shingo Suzuki Deep 112 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 11, 2023 519 days
12   Yoichiro Sato Deep 120 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
July 14, 2024 113 days
(incumbent)

Lightweight Championship

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Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Dokonjonosuke Mishima
def. Tomomi "Taisho" Iwama
Deep 18 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 12, 2005 ? days
Mishima vacated the title in February 2006, as he was unable to defend in the mandatory time period.[8]
2   Nobuhiro Obiya
def. Ryan Bow
Deep 24 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
April 11, 2006 312 days
3   Kazunori Yokota Deep 28 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 16, 2007 459 days
4   Bang Seung-hwan Deep 35 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
May 19, 2008 ? days
Bang vacated the title in October 2008.
5   Katsunori Kikuno
def. Koichiro Matsumoto
Deep: 41 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
April 16, 2009 863 days

1. def. Nobuhiro Obiya at Deep 50 Impact on October 24, 2010

6   Mizuto Hirota Deep 55 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
August 26, 2011 ? days

1. def. Seichi Ikemoto at Deep 57 Impact on February 18, 2012

Hirota vacated the title in April 2012.[9]
7   Daisuke Nakamura
def. Yasuaki Kishimoto
Deep 58 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
June 15, 2012 326 days

1. def. Takafumi Ito at Deep 60 Impact on October 19, 2012[citation needed]

8   Satoru Kitaoka Deep 62 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
April 26, 2013 2,011 days

1. def. Naoto Miyazaki at Deep 66 Impact on April 29, 2014
2. def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida at Deep Dream Impact: Omisoka Special on December 31, 2014
3. def. Yuki Okano at Deep Cage Impact 2015 on Jul 20, 2015
4. def. Kota Shimoishi at Deep 76 Impact on June 26, 2016

9   Koji Takeda Deep 86 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
October 27, 2018 1,235 days

1. def. Juri Ohara at Deep 82 Impact on October 22, 2019
2. def. Juri Ohara at Deep 93 Impact on December 15, 2019

  Juri Ohara
def. Ryota Oki for interim title
Deep 102 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
July 4, 2021 227 days
Takeda vacated the belt on March 15, 2022.[10]
10   Juri Ohara
promoted to undisputed champion
March 15, 2022 552 days

1. def. Yuma Ishizuka at Deep 108 Impact on Jul 10, 2022
2. def. Hiroto Uesako at Deep 113 Impact on May 7, 2023

11   Lee Song-ha Deep 115 Impact: Deep Vs. Black Combat 2
Tokyo, Japan
September 18, 2023 173 days
12   Kimihiro Eto Deep 118 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
March 9, 2024 191 days
13   Shunta Nomura Deep 121 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
September 16, 2024 49 days
(incumbent)

Featherweight Championship

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Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Masakazu Imanari
def. Yoshiro Maeda
Deep 22 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
December 2, 2005 900 days

1. def. Tsuyoshi Yamazaki at Deep 26 Impact on Oct 10, 2006

2   Dokonjonosuke Mishima Deep 35 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
May 19, 2008 462 days
3   Takafumi Otsuka Deep: 43 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
August 23, 2009 315 days
4   Koichiro Matsumoto Deep 48 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
July 3, 2010 420 days

1. def. Tatsunao Nagakura at Deep 55 Impact on Aug 26, 2011

Matsumoto retired on August 26, 2011, thereby vacating the title.[11]
5   Kazunori Yokota
def. Hideki Kadowaki
Deep 57 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 18, 2012 ? days

1. def. Katsunori Tsuda at Deep 66 Impact on Apr 29, 2014

Yokota vacated the title in May 2016 when he left to compete for ONE Championship.[12]
6   Masakazu Imanari (2)
def. Tatsunao Nagakura
Deep Cage Impact 2016: Deep vs. WSOF-GC
Tokyo, Japan
December 17, 2016 ? days
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 162 days
8   Takahiro Ashida Deep 81 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
December 23, 2017 309 days
9   Satoshi Yamasu Deep 86 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
October 27, 2018 695 days

1. def. Daiki Hata at Deep 89 Impact on May 12, 2019

10   Juntaro Ushiku Deep 97 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
September 20, 2020 1189 days

1. def. Daisuke Nakamura at Deep 102 Impact on July 4, 2021
2. def. Kouya Kanda at Deep 105 Impact on December 12, 2021

  Kouya Kanda
def. Hiroto Gomyo for interim title
Deep 112 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 11, 2023 313 days
Ushiku vacated the title on December 21, 2023, when he started competing at a lower weight class.[13]
11   Kouya Kanda
promoted to undisputed champion
December 21, 2023 79 days
12   Jin Aoi Deep 118 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
March 9, 2024 240 days
(incumbent)

Bantamweight Championship

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Weight limit: 60 kg (132.3 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Masakazu Imanari
def. Hiroshi Umemura
Deep 37 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
August 17, 2008 1,018 days

1. def. Tomohiko Hori at Deep: 43 Impact on August 23, 2009
2. def. Tomoya Miyashita at Deep 49 Impact on August 27, 2010

Imanari vacated the title on May 31, 2011.
2   Takafumi Otsuka
def. Hiroshi Nakamura
Deep 54 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
June 24, 2011 240 days
3   Yoshiro Maeda Deep 57 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 18, 2012 434 days

1. def. Tatsumitsu Wada at Deep 59 Impact on August 18, 2012

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

1. def. Toshinori Tsunemura at Deep 69 Impact on October 26, 2014
2. def. Toshiaki Kitada at Deep 72 Impact on May 16, 2015
3. def. Koichi Ishizuka at Deep Cage Impact 2017 on May 13, 2017

Otsuka vacated the title for unknown reasons.
6   Son Jin-soo
def. Toshiaki Kitada
Deep 83 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
April 28, 2018 ? days
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 134 days
8   Victor Henry Deep 88 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
March 9, 2019 1,619 days
  Kosuke Terashima
def. Daiki Hata for interim title
Deep 107 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
May 8, 2022 215 days
  Koichi Ishizuka
def. Kosuke Terashima for interim title
Deep 110 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
November 12, 2022 276 days
Henry vacated the title on August 15, 2023 due to being unable to defend his title while signed with UFC.[14]
9   Koichi Ishizuka
promoted to undisputed champion
August 15, 2023 34 days
10   Yoo Soo-young Deep 115 Impact: Deep Vs. Black Combat 2
Tokyo, Japan
September 18, 2023 194 days
Soo-young vacated the title on March 30, 2024 to compete in Road to UFC.[15]
11   Ryuya Fukuda
def. Kenta Takizawa
Deep 121 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
September 16, 2024 49 days
(incumbent)

Flyweight Championship

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Weight limit: 56 kg (123.4 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Yuki Motoya
def. Akira Kibe
Deep Nagoya Impact
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
July 22, 2012 400 days
2   Tatsumitsu Wada Deep 63 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
August 25, 2013 364 days
3   Yuki Motoya (2) Deep 68 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
August 23, 2014 ? days

1. def. Kojima Sota at Deep 73 Impact on October 17, 2015

Motoya vacated the title in April 2016.[16]
4   Tatsumitsu Wada (2)
def. Yuya Shibata
Deep 76 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
June 26, 2016 1,342 days

1. def. Makoto Takahashi at Deep 83 Impact on April 28, 2018

  Makoto Takahashi
def. Yuya Shibata for interim title
Deep 90 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
June 29, 2019 246 days
Wada vacated the title on February 28, 2020.[17]
5   Makoto Takahashi
promoted to undisputed champion.
February 28, 2020 1,490 days

1. def. Yamato Fujita in unification bout at Deep 107 Impact on May 8, 2022

  Yamato Fujita
def. Kazuki Shibuya for interim title
Deep 100 Impact - 20th Anniversary
Tokyo, Japan
February 21, 2021 441 days

1. def. Yuki Ito at Deep 103 Impact on September 23, 2021

  Ryuya Fukuda
def. Ryosuke Honda for interim title
Deep 113 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
May 7, 2023 327 days
Takahashi vacated the title on March 29, 2024 to focus on competing in RIZIN.[18]
6   Ryuya Fukuda
promoted to undisputed champion.
March 29, 2024 220 days
(incumbent)

Strawweight Championship

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Weight limit: 52 kg (114.6 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Kanta Sato
def. Kojima Sota
Deep Cage Impact 2016: Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
October 18, 2016 334 days
2   Haruo Ochi Deep 79 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
September 16, 2017 1,073 days

1. def. Yuya Shibata at Deep Cage Impact in Osaka 2018 on April 8, 2018
2. def. Namiki Kawahara at Deep 88 Impact on March 9, 2019

3   Namiki Kawahara Deep 96 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
August 23, 2020 1,372 days
  Haruo Ochi
def. Yusuke Uehara for interim title
Deep 117 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
December 10, 2023 168 days
4   Haruo Ochi (2) DEEP Tokyo Impact 2024 3rd Round
Tokyo, Japan
May 26, 2024 162 days
(incumbent)

Women's championship history

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Women's Openweight Championship

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No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Amanda Lucas
def. Yumiko Hotta
Deep 57 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 18, 2012 3,918 days[Note 1]

Women's Atomweight Championship

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Weight limit: 48 kg (105.8 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Hisae Watanabe
def. Satoko Shinashi
Deep 25 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
August 4, 2006 367 days
2   Miku Matsumoto Deep 31 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
August 5, 2007 987 days

1. def. Misaki Takimoto at Deep 37 Impact on August 17, 2008
2. def. Lisa Ward at Deep TOYAMA Impact on June 28, 2009

Matsumoto vacated the title on April 17, 2010, following her retirement from the sport.[19]

Women's Microweight Championship

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Weight limit: 45 kg (99.2 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign
(total)
Defenses
1   Satoko Shinashi
def. Sachiko Yamamoto
Deep 34 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
February 22, 2008 3,962 days[Note 2]
Shinashi vacated the title in 2018.
2   Saori Oshima
def. Mizuki Oshiro
Deep 97 Impact
Tokyo, Japan
September 20, 2020 1,506 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Mizuki Furuse at Deep 110 Impact on November 12, 2022
2. def. Aya Murakami at Deep Jewels 45 on May 26, 2024

Footnotes

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  1. ^ While the title hasn't been active since 2012 and Lucas isn't competing anymore, Deep never announced the vacancy of the title.
  2. ^ While the title hasn't been active since 2018, Deep never announced the vacancy of the title.

See also

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References

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