Akira Shoji

Martial Artist

1974 –

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Who is Akira Shoji?

Akira Shoji is a retired Japanese professional mixed martial artist.

Shoji is most known as being a regular in almost all the beginning Pride FC Mixed Martial Art events. Shoji was in every Pride event from Pride 1 to Pride 7, and was part of the first Pride open weight Grand Prix in 2000. Shoji was consistently a regular in Pride, and moved from Heavyweight to Light Heavyweight due to his smaller stature.

Though Shoji has a losing record, he gained much popularity for his mic performance, die hard spirit, stellar submission escapes, razor sharp armbar and a fighting spirit demonstrated by his willingness to take on all comers.

Shoji also worked as a professional wrestler. In 2008, he began participating HUSTLE and became a regular roster of the promotion. Later HUSTLE was closed, Shoji joined SMASH, a new promotion where Yoshihiro Tajiri works as wrestler and producer, and had the feuds with Kim Nam-Hoon, Yoshiaki Yago and Minoru Suzuki. On January 2011, Shoji announced that he had quit professional wrestling to participate with the mixed martial arts fields in Japan.

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Born
Jan 31, 1974
Osaka
Lived in
  • Osaka

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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