Kenji Kato

AGE	34 / Oct 20, 1990
HEIGHT	5'7" / 170.18 cm
WEIGHT	136 lbs / 61.69 kg

ASSOCIATION
NeighborHood

CLASS
Bantamweight

Wins 17

KO / TKO

71%

SUBMISSIONS

DECISIONS

29%

Losses 14

KO / TKO

43%

SUBMISSIONS

14%

DECISIONS

43%

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Reo Hitomi	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2024 Vol. 5 Jul / 21 / 2024	KO (Punch) Yasuhiro Tazawa	1	0:34
loss	Teppei Suwabe	Deep - Cage Impact 2024 in Hamamatsu May / 12 / 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Minoru Toyonaga	2	5:00
loss	Su Sung Cho	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2023 Vol. 5 Jul / 23 / 2023	KO (Punch) Akira Shibata	3	4:17
loss	Loibe de Oliveira Neto	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2023 Vol. 1 Jan / 15 / 2023	TKO (Punches) Minoru Toyonaga	2	4:37
loss	Joji Goto	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2022 Vol. 6 Sep / 19 / 2022	TKO (Punch) Akira Shibata	2	3:52
win	Daiki Tsubota	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2022 Vol. 4 Jul / 03 / 2022	KO (Punch) Masato Kataoka	1	3:35
loss	Kazuma Kuramoto	Rizin FF - Trigger 2nd Feb / 23 / 2022	TKO (Knees) Masato Fukuda	1	4:16
win	Katsuya Fujiwara	Rizin FF - Trigger 1st Nov / 28 / 2021	TKO (Punch) Akira Shibata	2	1:21
win	Kaito Sakamaki	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Vol. 3 May / 16 / 2021	TKO (Punches) Masato Kataoka	3	4:43
loss	Nobuki Fujii	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Vol. 1 Jan / 31 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Masato Kataoka	3	5:00
win	Erson Yamamoto	Rizin FF - Rizin 22 Aug / 09 / 2020	KO (Punch) Ryogaku Wada	1	3:32
loss	Yuto Hokamura	Rizin FF - Rizin 21 Feb / 22 / 2020	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Yasuhiro Tazawa	1	4:21
win	Yo Saito	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 29 Dec / 22 / 2019	KO (Punch) Masato Kataoka	3	1:51
win	Takato Takahashi	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 28 Oct / 20 / 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Masato Kataoka	2	5:00
loss	Kota Onojima	Shooto - 30th Anniversary Tour 6th Round Jul / 15 / 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Minoru Toyonaga	3	5:00
loss	Mamoru Uoi	Shooto - 30th Anniversary Tour 3rd and 4th Round May / 06 / 2019	KO (Punch) Masato Fukuda	2	0:16
win	Kunihisa Sasa	Shooto - Professional Shooto 7/15 Jul / 15 / 2018	Decision (Majority) Minoru Toyonaga	3	5:00
win	Hideto Okada	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 25 Apr / 22 / 2018	Decision (Split) Minoru Toyonaga	2	5:00
win	Yusuke Matsushita	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 24 Feb / 24 / 2018	TKO (Punches) Masato Kataoka	1	4:23
win	Yoshizumi Kobayashi	Shooto - Infinity League 2017 Final Dec / 17 / 2017	KO (Punch) Minoru Toyonaga	2	0:47
win	Yusaku Hayashi	Deep - Hamamatsu Impact 2017 Oct / 01 / 2017	TKO (Punches)	1	3:30
win	Ryota Kobayashi	Grachan / One More Chance - Grachan 29 / 1MC Vol. 3 May / 14 / 2017	TKO (Punches) Yoshinori Kawakami	1	4:59
win	Yusei Saiton	Deep - Hamamatsu Impact 2016 Sep / 18 / 2016	TKO (Punches)	2	4:01
loss	Yusuke Kamata	Shooto - Gig Tokyo 20 Feb / 27 / 2016	Decision (Majority) Ryota Matsune	2	5:00
win	Shunsuke Kurai	Grachan - Grachan 20 Nov / 29 / 2015	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
loss	Daisuke Endo	Deep - Fujisan Matsuri May / 25 / 2014	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
loss	Michito Abe	Gladiator 61 - Bushido Sep / 29 / 2013	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
win	Kosuke Kobayashi	Deep - Cage Impact 2013 in Hamamatsu Sep / 15 / 2013	TKO (Punches) Masato Fukuda	1	2:48
win	Takaya Suzuki	Gladiator 54 - Dream, Power and Hope Apr / 21 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
win	Shoji Takada	Deep - Cage Impact 2012 in Hamamatsu Sep / 16 / 2012	TKO (Punches)	2	1:19
loss	Takayuki Ishihara	Deep - Hamamatsu Impact Sep / 27 / 2009	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:20

FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Yohei Kondo	Shooto / STF - Hardball Nov / 08 / 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Yoshitaro Niimi	1	5:00
loss	Ryo Yamaguchi	Deep - Future King Tournament 2013 Dec / 22 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
win	Shunya Eitani	Deep - Future King Tournament 2013 Dec / 22 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous)	1	5:00
win	Masato Arai	Deep - Future King Tournament 2013 Dec / 22 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous)	1	5:00
loss	Satoshi Fujikawa	Shooto - 20th All-Japan Amateur Shooto Championships Nov / 23 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous)	1	4:00
win	Noboru Chida	Shooto - 20th All-Japan Amateur Shooto Championships Nov / 23 / 2013	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:00
win	Shinya Tanamori	Battle Code - Gate Challenge 10 Oct / 21 / 2012	Decision (Majority)	2	4:00
loss	Ryusaku Mishina	Battle Code - Gate Challenge 2 Mar / 01 / 2009	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:30

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