Yuichi Watanabe

Yuichi Watanabe
Yuichi Watanabe
Born	November 9, 1962; Fukuoka, Japan
Other names	Super Rider ; Kamen Shooter ; Hopper King ; Kamen Shooter Super Rider ; "Shooter"
Nationality	Japanese
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	152 lb (69 kg; 10.9 st)
Division	Lightweight
Style	Shoot wrestling, Pro wrestling, Shoot boxing, Catch wrestling, Submission wrestling, sambo, judo
Team	Shooting Gym Mobara
Years active	1989–1992 (MMA)
Mixed martial arts record
Total	9
Wins	6
By submission	5
By decision	1
Losses	3
By knockout	1
By submission	2
Notable relatives	Shooto Watanabe, son
Website	Seikendo（掣圏真陰流）
	Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Yuichi Watanabe is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler.^[1]^[2] He competed in Shooto's Lightweight division and was the inaugural Shooto Lightweight Champion defeating Kazuhiro Kusayanagi. As a pro wrestler he competes for Real Japan Pro Wrestling under the name Super Rider. He has also wrestled for notable promotions such as W*ING, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, IWA Japan, Battlarts, Dramatic Dream Team, Pro Wrestling KAGEKI, Pro Wrestling ZERO-1 and Diamond Ring.^[3]

Background and career

Watanabe trained under Satoru Sayama in Shooto and was also one of his first trainees at his Seikendo school. He also learned shootboxing under Caesar Takeshi, was an amateur wrestling champion in high school, was the captain of his high school club wrestling club with Mitsuharu Misawa as his vice-captain and Toshiaki Kawada as his junior, competed in the 1984 All Japan Student Wrestling Championships representing Nihon University losing to future Olympic medalist Kosei Akaishi in the finals in the 68 kg freestyle division, and also trained in sambo and judo. Watanabe initially worked as a trainer at Shooting Gym Mobara, as well as an instructor for Sayama's Seikendo school. He now runs the Super Tiger Gym Gunma as a head trainer.

Personal life

Watanabe is the father of professional MMA fighters Kenshiro and Shuto "Shooto" Watanabe.^[4]

Championships and accomplishments

Shooto
- Shooto Lightweight Championship (1 time, inaugural champion)

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
9 matches	6 wins	3 losses
By knockout	0	1
By submission	5	2
By decision	1	0


Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location
Win	6–3	Naoki Sakurada	Submission (kneebar)	Shooto - Shooto	May 29, 1992	3	0:57	Tokyo, Japan
Win	5–3	Tomonori Ohara	Submission (kneebar)	Shooto - Shooto	March 27, 1992	1	0:00	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	4–3	Naoki Sakurada	Submission (armbar)	Shooto - Shooto	August 25, 1991	5	2:03	Tokyo, Japan
Win	4–2	Kazuhiro Kusayanagi	Submission (kneebar)	Shooto - Shooto	March 29, 1991	1	0:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	3–2	Tomonori Ohara	Decision (unanimous)	Shooto - Shooto	January 13, 1991	5	3:00	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	2–2	Yuji Ito	TKO (punches)	Shooto - Shooto	May 12, 1990	3	1:49	Tokyo, Japan
Win	2–1	Kazuhiro Sakamoto	Submission (armbar)	Shooto - Shooto	January 13, 1990	2	2:54	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	1–1	Naoki Sakurada	Submission (heel hook)	Shooto - Shooto	July 29, 1989	1	0:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	1–0	Yuji Ito	Submission (armbar)	Shooto - Shooto	May 18, 1989	1	0:00	Tokyo, Japan

References

^ "Yuichi Watanabe". Sherdog. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
^ "Yuichi Watanabe". mixedmartialarts.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014.
^ "Super Rider". cagematch.net.
^ James Goyder (May 20, 2021). "Shooto Watanabe's journey from reluctant student to Rizin contender". asianmma.com.

External links

Professional MMA record for Yuichi Watanabe from Sherdog
Yuichi Watanabe at mixedmartialarts.com

[1] "Yuichi Watanabe". Sherdog. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.

[2] "Yuichi Watanabe". mixedmartialarts.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014.

[3] "Super Rider". cagematch.net.

[4] James Goyder (May 20, 2021). "Shooto Watanabe's journey from reluctant student to Rizin contender". asianmma.com.

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