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Noboru Asahi
朝日昇
Noboru Asahi; 朝日昇
Born	Shin'ichi Asahi; January 5, 1968 (age 56); Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Other names	Kijin (奇人, The Strange Man)
Nationality	Japanese
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Division	Featherweight ; Lightweight
Fighting out of	Kita, Tokyo, Japan
Team	Purebred Ōmiya (1990-2001); Tokyo Yellowmans (2001-current)
Trainer	Satoru Sayama
Years active	13 (1990-2003)
Mixed martial arts record
Total	30
Wins	19
By submission	14
By decision	5
Losses	6
By knockout	1
By submission	3
By decision	2
Draws	5
Other information
Website	http://www.tacox.jp/index.html
	Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
	Last updated on: January 2, 2010

Noboru Asahi (Japanese: 朝日昇, Asahi Noboru, born January 5, 1968) 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 Shin'ichi Asahi (Japanese: 朝日愼一, Asahi Shin'ichi).

Mixed martial arts career

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.

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
30 matches	19 wins	6 losses
By knockout	0	1
By submission	14	3
By decision	5	2
Draws	5


Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	19-6-5	Tomomi Iwama	TKO (punches)	Deep - 10th Impact	June 25, 2003	3	0:42	Japan
Loss	19-5-5	Naoya Uematsu	Decision (2-0)	Shooto - R.E.A.D. 10	September 15, 2000	3	5:00	Japan
Loss	19-4-5	Alexandre Franca Nogueira	Technical submission (guillotine choke)	Shooto - Renaxis 4	September 5, 1999	2	3:29	Japan	Losses title of Shooto World Lightweight Championship.
Draw	19-4-4	Uchu Tatsumi	Decision (1-1)	Shooto - Renaxis 1	March 28, 1999	3	5:00	Japan	Retains title of Shooto World Lightweight Championship.(2)
Draw	19-4-3	João Roque	Draw	Vale Tudo Japan 1998	October 25, 1998	3	8:00	Japan
Win	18-4-3	Trent Bekis	Submission (keylock)	Shooto - Las Grandes Viajes 5	August 29, 1998	1	3:01	Japan
Loss	18-3-3	Alexandre Franca Nogueira	Technical submission (guillotine choke)	Shooto - Shoot the Shooto XX	April 26, 1998	1	1:06	Japan
Win	18-2-2	Dennis Hall	Submission (armbar)	Shooto - Las Grandes Viajes 1	January 17, 1998	2	4:18	Japan
Loss	17-2-2	Royler Gracie	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Vale Tudo Japan 1996	July 7, 1996	1	5:07	Japan
Win	17-1-2	Leandro Lima De Azevedo	Technical submission (heel hook)	Shooto - Vale Tudo Junction 2	March 5, 1996	1	1:04	Japan
Win	16-1-2	Ruud Alwart	Submission (punches)	Shooto - Vale Tudo Junction 1	January 20, 1996	1	1:21	Japan
Win	15-1-2	Anthony Lange	Submission (armbar)	Shooto - Vale Tudo Perception	September 26, 1995	1	3:41	Japan
Win	14-1-2	Leonid Zaslavsky	Submission (heel hook)	Shooto - Complete Vale Tudo Access	July 29, 1995	3	0:48	Japan
Win	13-1-2	Kyuhei Ueno	Decision (unanimous)	Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 2	November 7, 1994	5	3:00	Japan
Win	12-1-2	Nozomu Matsumoto	Submission (keylock)	Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 1	September 26, 1994	1	0:13	Japan
Win	11-1-2	Shinji Abe	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Shooto - Shooto	May 6, 1994	1	0:41	Japan
Win	10-1-2	Yuki Nakai	Decision (2-0)	Shooto - Shooto	November 25, 1993	5	3:00	Japan
Win	9-1-2	Masato Suzuki	Submission (armbar)	Shooto - Shooto	June 24, 1993	5	1:39	Japan
Win	8-1-2	Takashi Ishizaki	Submission (armbar)	Shooto - Shooto	November 27, 1992	5	0:43	Japan
Win	7-1-2	Hiroyuki Kanno	Submission (armbar)	Shooto - Shooto	September 25, 1992	2	1:05	Japan
Draw	6-1-3	Kenichi Tanaka	Decision (0-0)	Shooto - Shooto	July 23, 1992	5	3:00	Japan	Asahi fought to a draw with Tanaka to remain the Shooto Featherweight Champion.
Win	6-1-2	Kazuhiro Sakamoto	Decision (2-0)	Shooto - Shooto	March 27, 1992	5	3:00	Japan	Asahi defeated Sakamoto to become the Shooto Featherweight Champion.
Draw	5-1-2	Kenichi Tanaka	Decision (0-0)	Shooto - Shooto	December 23, 1991	5	3:00	Japan
Win	5-1-1	Masato Suzuki	Submission (kneebar)	Shooto - Shooto	October 17, 1991	1	?	Japan
Draw	4-1-1	Tomohiro Tanaka	Decision (1-0)	Shooto - Shooto	August 3, 1991	4	3:00	Japan
Loss	4-1	Kazuhiro Sakamoto	Decision (unanimous)	Shooto - Shooto	March 29, 1991	5	3:00	Japan
Win	4-0	Takashi Ishizaki	Decision (unanimous)	Shooto - Shooto	November 28, 1990	4	3:00	Japan
Win	3-0	Hiroyuki Kanno	Submission (armbar)	Shooto - Shooto	September 8, 1990	1	0:38	Japan
Win	2-0	Kazumi Chigira	Decision (unanimous)	Shooto - Shooto	July 7, 1990	3	3:00	Japan
Win	1-0	Tomoyuki Saito	Submission (armbar)	Shooto - Shooto	March 17, 1990	1	2:54	Japan