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
Men
Women
Men's championship history
Megatonweight Championship
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 Tazawadef. Yuji Sakuragi
Deep 52 ImpactTokyo, Japan
February 25, 2011
182 days
3
Levan Razmadze
Deep 55 ImpactTokyo, 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 Hasegawadef. Seigo Mizuguchi
Deep 61 ImpactTokyo, 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 ImpactTokyo, Japan
October 17, 2015
637 days
6
Roque Martinez
Deep Cage Impact 2017: At Korakuen HallTokyo, Japan
July 15, 2017
2,729 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 Sakaidef. Yukinori Akazawa for interim title
Deep 110 ImpactTokyo, Japan
November 12, 2022
483 days
1. def Tatsuya Mizuno at Deep 114 Impact on July 2, 2023.
Light Heavyweight Championship
Weight limit: 93 kg (205 lb)
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign (total)
Defenses
1
Yoshiyuki Nakanishidef. Ryuta Noji
Deep 47 ImpactTokyo, 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
Weight limit: 84 kg (185.2 lb)
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign (total)
Defenses
1
Ryuki Ueyama def. Eiji Ishikawa
Deep 5 ImpactTokyo, Japan
June 9, 2002
914 days
1. drew with Masanori Suda at Deep 12 Impact on September 15, 2003
2
Ryuta Sakurai
Deep 17 ImpactTokyo, Japan
December 8, 2004
425 days
3
Ryo Chonan
Deep 23 ImpactTokyo, 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 Nakanishidef. Riki Fukuda
Deep 35 ImpactTokyo, 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 ImpactTokyo, Japan
February 16, 2013
673 days
7
Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
Deep 70 ImpactTokyo, Japan
Decision 20, 2014
296 days
8
Choi Young
Deep Cage Impact 2015 in OsakaOsaka, 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 ImpactTokyo, Japan
February 24, 2018
1,227 days
10
João-Batista Yoshimura
Deep 102 ImpactTokyo, Japan
July 4, 2021
1,279 days (incumbent)
Welterweight Championship
Weight limit: 77 kg (169.7 lb)
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign (total)
Defenses
1
Jutaro Nakao def. Daisuke Nakamura
Deep 16 ImpactTokyo, Japan
October 30, 2004
840 days
1. def. Seichi Ikemoto at RealRhythm 3rd Stage on March 4, 2006
2
Hidehiko Hasegawa
Deep 28 ImpactTokyo, 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 ImpactOsaka, Japan
July 27, 2008
547 days
1. def. Hidetaka Monma at Deep: 40 Impact on February 20, 2009
4
Yuya Shirai
Deep 45 ImpactOsaka, 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 ImpactTokyo, Japan
April 26, 2013
178 days
6
Ryo Chonan
Deep - Tribe Tokyo NightTokyo, 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 ImpactTokyo, Japan
April 29, 2014
438 days
1. def. Yuya Shirai at Deep 70 Impact on December 20, 2014
8
Keita Nakamura
Deep - Cage Impact 2015Tokyo, Japan
July 20, 2015
? days
Title vacant when Nakamura signed with the UFC .
9
Ryuichiro Sumimuradef. 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 AnniversaryBunkyo , 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 ImpactTokyo, Japan
February 11, 2023
519 days
12
Yoichiro Sato
Deep 120 ImpactTokyo, Japan
July 14, 2024
173 days (incumbent)
Lightweight Championship
Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign (total)
Defenses
1
Dokonjonosuke Mishima def. Tomomi "Taisho" Iwama
Deep 18 ImpactTokyo, 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 ImpactTokyo, Japan
April 11, 2006
312 days
3
Kazunori Yokota
Deep 28 ImpactTokyo, Japan
February 16, 2007
459 days
4
Bang Seung-hwan
Deep 35 ImpactTokyo, 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 ImpactTokyo, 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 Nakamuradef. Yasuaki Kishimoto
Deep 58 ImpactTokyo, 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 ImpactTokyo, 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 ImpactTokyo, 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 Oharadef. Ryota Oki for interim title
Deep 102 ImpactTokyo, Japan
July 4, 2021
227 days
Takeda vacated the belt on March 15, 2022. [ 10]
10
Juri Oharapromoted 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 2Tokyo, Japan
September 18, 2023
173 days
12
Kimihiro Eto
Deep 118 ImpactTokyo, Japan
March 9, 2024
191 days
13
Shunta Nomura
Deep 121 ImpactTokyo, Japan
September 16, 2024
109 days (incumbent)
Featherweight Championship
Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb)
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign (total)
Defenses
1
Masakazu Imanari def. Yoshiro Maeda
Deep 22 ImpactTokyo, Japan
December 2, 2005
900 days
1. def. Tsuyoshi Yamazaki at Deep 26 Impact on Oct 10, 2006
2
Dokonjonosuke Mishima
Deep 35 ImpactTokyo, Japan
May 19, 2008
462 days
3
Takafumi Otsuka
Deep: 43 Impact Tokyo, Japan
August 23, 2009
315 days
4
Koichiro Matsumoto
Deep 48 ImpactTokyo, 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 ImpactTokyo, 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-GCTokyo, Japan
December 17, 2016
? days
Imanari vacated the title for unknown reasons.
7
Hiroto Uesakodef. Koichi Ishizuka
Deep Cage Impact 2017: At Korakuen HallTokyo, Japan
July 15, 2017
162 days
8
Takahiro Ashida
Deep 81 ImpactTokyo, Japan
December 23, 2017
309 days
9
Satoshi Yamasu
Deep 86 ImpactTokyo, Japan
October 27, 2018
695 days
1. def. Daiki Hata at Deep 89 Impact on May 12, 2019
10
Juntaro Ushiku
Deep 97 ImpactTokyo, 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 Kandadef. Hiroto Gomyo for interim title
Deep 112 ImpactTokyo, 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 Kandapromoted to undisputed champion
—
December 21, 2023
79 days
12
Jin Aoi
Deep 118 ImpactTokyo, Japan
March 9, 2024
300 days (incumbent)
Bantamweight Championship
Weight limit: 60 kg (132.3 lb)
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign (total)
Defenses
1
Masakazu Imanari def. Hiroshi Umemura
Deep 37 ImpactTokyo, 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 ImpactTokyo, Japan
June 24, 2011
240 days
3
Yoshiro Maeda
Deep 57 ImpactTokyo, Japan
February 18, 2012
434 days
1. def. Tatsumitsu Wada at Deep 59 Impact on August 18, 2012
4
Daiki Hata
Deep 62 ImpactTokyo, Japan
April 26, 2013
? days
Hata vacated the title.
5
Takafumi Otsuka (2) def. Kenji Osawa
Deep 66 ImpactTokyo, 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-soodef. Toshiaki Kitada
Deep 83 ImpactTokyo, Japan
April 28, 2018
? days
Son vacated the title in 2018 when he signed with UFC .
7
Yuki Motoyadef. Makoto Kamaya
Deep 86 ImpactTokyo, Japan
October 27, 2018
134 days
8
Victor Henry
Deep 88 ImpactTokyo, Japan
March 9, 2019
1,619 days
—
Kosuke Terashimadef. Daiki Hata for interim title
Deep 107 ImpactTokyo, Japan
May 8, 2022
215 days
—
Koichi Ishizukadef. Kosuke Terashima for interim title
Deep 110 ImpactTokyo, 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 Ishizukapromoted to undisputed champion
—
August 15, 2023
34 days
10
Yoo Soo-young
Deep 115 Impact: Deep Vs. Black Combat 2Tokyo, Japan
September 18, 2023
194 days
Yoo vacated the title on March 30, 2024. [ 15]
11
Ryuya Fukudadef. Kenta Takizawa
Deep 121 ImpactTokyo, Japan
September 16, 2024
109 days (incumbent)
Flyweight Championship
Weight limit: 56 kg (123.4 lb)
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign (total)
Defenses
1
Yuki Motoya def. Akira Kibe
Deep Nagoya ImpactNagoya, Aichi , Japan
July 22, 2012
400 days
2
Tatsumitsu Wada
Deep 63 ImpactTokyo, Japan
August 25, 2013
364 days
3
Yuki Motoya (2)
Deep 68 ImpactTokyo, 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 ImpactTokyo, 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 ImpactTokyo, 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 Fujitadef. Kazuki Shibuya for interim title
Deep 100 Impact - 20th AnniversaryTokyo, Japan
February 21, 2021
441 days
1. def. Yuki Ito at Deep 103 Impact on September 23, 2021
—
Ryuya Fukudadef. Ryosuke Honda for interim title
Deep 113 ImpactTokyo, Japan
May 7, 2023
327 days
Takahashi vacated the title on March 29, 2024 to focus on competing in RIZIN . [ 18]
6
Ryuya Fukudapromoted to undisputed champion.
—
March 29, 2024
280 days (incumbent)
Strawweight Championship
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 HallTokyo, Japan
October 18, 2016
334 days
2
Haruo Ochi
Deep 79 ImpactTokyo, 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 ImpactTokyo, Japan
August 23, 2020
1,372 days
—
Haruo Ochi def. Yusuke Uehara for interim title
Deep 117 ImpactTokyo, Japan
December 10, 2023
168 days
4
Haruo Ochi (2)
DEEP Tokyo Impact 2024 3rd RoundTokyo, Japan
May 26, 2024
222 days (incumbent)
Women's championship history
Women's Openweight Championship
Women's Atomweight Championship
Weight limit: 48 kg (105.8 lb)
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign (total)
Defenses
1
Hisae Watanabedef. Satoko Shinashi
Deep 25 ImpactTokyo, Japan
August 4, 2006
367 days
2
Miku Matsumoto
Deep 31 ImpactTokyo, 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
Weight limit: 45 kg (99.2 lb)
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign (total)
Defenses
1
Satoko Shinashi def. Sachiko Yamamoto
Deep 34 ImpactTokyo, Japan
February 22, 2008
3,962 days[ Note 2]
Shinashi vacated the title in 2018.
2
Saori Oshima def. Mizuki Oshiro
Deep 97 ImpactTokyo, Japan
September 20, 2020
1,566 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
^ While the title hasn't been active since 2012 and Lucas isn't competing anymore, Deep never announced the vacancy of the title.
^ While the title hasn't been active since 2018, Deep never announced the vacancy of the title.
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