Yuki Nakai
Martial Artist
1970 –
Who is Yuki Nakai?
Yuki Nakai is a retired Japanese shooto practitioner and mixed martial artist. He currently teaches Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and is the president of the Japan Shooto Association. He competed in Vale Tudo Japan 1995, where he was outweighed by every opponent in the tournament. Despite this, and despite suffering a severe eye injury in the first bout, Nakai managed to make it to the finals where he lost to Rickson Gracie. Nakai is a legend of Shooto by many fighters and fans. He is the founder of the Paraestra Shooto gyms and coaches fighters such as PRIDE and DREAM stand out Shinya Aoki, who also earned his Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Nakai.
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- Born
- 1970
Hokkaido - Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- Hokkaido University
- Lived in
- Hokkaido
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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