Shinya Aoki

Shinya Aoki
File:Shinya Aoki at Evolve MMA in Singapore (cropped).jpg Aoki in April 2011
Born	(1983-05-09) May 9, 1983 Shizuoka City, Japan
Other names	Tobikan Jūdan (The Grand Master of Flying Submissions) The Baka Survivor
Height
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12 st)
Division	Middleweight Welterweight Lightweight Featherweight
Reach	72 in (183 cm)
Style	Kosen Judo, Catch Wrestling, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Shootfighting
Fighting out of	Tanjong Katong, Singapore
Team	RJJ Team Roken Evolve MMA/Paraestra Shooto Gym Nippon Top Team
Trainer	Yuki Nakai Chatri Sityodtong
Rank	A-Class Shootist Third dan black belt in Kosen Judo black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Yuki Nakai
Years active	2003–present
Mixed martial arts record
Total	60
Wins	48
By knockout	4
By submission	31
By decision	11
By disqualification	2
Losses	11
By knockout	9
By decision	2
No contests	1
Other information
University	Waseda University
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: April 1, 2019

Shinya Aoki (Japanese: 青木 真也, Hepburn: Aoki Shin'ya, born May 9, 1983) is a Japanese mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and grappler currently competing in ONE Championship's Welterweight division. He also competes in DDT Pro-Wrestling where he is a former three-time DDT Extreme Champion. A professional competitor since 2003, he is noted for being the DREAM Lightweight Champion, former two time ONE Lightweight World Champion, former WAMMA Lightweight Champion and former Shooto Welterweight Champion. Aoki is an A-class Shootist and BJJ black belt, both under his long-term mentor Yuki Nakai, as well as a black belt Judoka. As of 2008, Aoki, along with DEEP champion Masakazu Imanari, and Sengoku champion Satoru Kitaoka have founded the "Nippon Top Team" as a group of elite Japanese grapplers competing in MMA. As well as his MMA credentials, Aoki has garnered several submission grappling accolades including two All Japan Jiu-Jitsu Championships, a Japan Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship, a Budo Open Championship, and an ADCC Japan Championship.

Mixed martial arts career

Training in Judo since childhood, Aoki became a successful Judoka and competed in national and international championships. He attended Waseda University where he was part of the Judo Club. However, interested in modalities like Kosen Judo which were away from him due to the Kodokan competition rules, he moved to other combat sports, until landing in mixed martial arts. One of the key influences that shifted Aoki to mixed martial arts was watching Kazushi Sakuraba defeat powerful foreign players in Pride FC. Aoki initially joined the Judo-based RJJ gym before moving to Team Roken along with his longtime friend Masakazu Imanari, though he later moved to Paraestra Shooto Gym, where he trained under former Kosen representative Yuki Nakai. He earned both his A-class Shooto rank as well as his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Nakai, and became one of the team's main teachers.

DEEP and Shooto

Aoki had his MMA debut for DEEP in November 2003, winning a one night tournament by fast armbar submissions. He later would show further unorthodox grappling skills against veteran Seichi Ikemoto and Keith Wisniewski, who he defeated by breaking his arm with a standing wakigatame also known as a Fujiwara armbar. He also would face legendary Hayato Sakurai in a Shooto event, losing a decision which was seen as controversial. Aoki went to compete in both companies until 2007, also defeating Akira Kikuchi to win the Shooto Welterweight Championship.

PRIDE Fighting Championships

In August 2006, Aoki made his PRIDE Fighting Championships debut at Pride Bushido 12, submitting American fighter Jason Black in under two minutes with a triangle choke. Following that win, Aoki was booked to face rising Lightweight star Gilbert Melendez at the following Bushido card, Bushido 13. However, prior to the fight Melendez received an elbow injury (a burst bursa sac) in training and was forced to pull out of the fight. Aoki's opponent was changed to Clay French. Aoki submitted French in just under four minutes with a triangle choke. Afterwards, Melendez was shown in the crowd with a sling, and announced he would like to face Aoki at Pride Shockwave 2006 on New Year's Eve. Aoki agreed.

For unknown reasons, the proposed fight with Melendez did not take place. Instead, Aoki faced highly ranked Lightweight fighter Joachim Hansen. Aoki submitted Hansen with a gogoplata—this was the second successful gogoplata in MMA competition (the first by Ryusuke Uemura).

After his win over Hansen, Aoki was set to rematch Kikuchi in Shooto, with Aoki's Shooto Welterweight title (previously won from Kikuchi) on the line. Aoki successfully defended his title against Kikuchi, winning via split decision.

Following his victory, Aoki announced that he was to be the Shooto representative in the forthcoming Pride Lightweight Grand Prix tournament. Aoki's next fight was at Pride 34, where he faced little known Dutch fighter Brian Lo-A-Njoe. At the event Aoki submitted Lo-A-Njoe in the first round with an armbar. Following the fight, Aoki once again confirmed his participation in the Lightweight Grand Prix. With the purchase of Pride by the majority owners of Zuffa LLC, the Pride Lightweight Grand Prix was cancelled.

On November 21, 2007, Aoki's participation on the New Year's Eve MMA card Yarennoka! was announced. Originally, his opponent was to be two-time K-1 Hero's Middleweight Grand Prix champion Gesias "JZ Calvan" Cavalcante. Rumors that Cavalcante was injured surfaced only two weeks before the bout, though Cavalcante denied them before eventually admitting the injury and withdrawing from the fight. Aoki defeated Korean Olympic Judo silver medalist Jung Bu-Kyung, Cavalcante's replacement, via unanimous decision in what was Jung Bu-Kyung's mixed martial arts debut. Aoki had promised to use a never before seen submission in the match but was unable to finish the debut fighter.

Fighting and Entertainment Group

After the purchase of Pride by Zuffa LLC, most Japanese fighters signed to newly created mixed martial arts promotions, with Aoki signing to Dream. Here Aoki finally faced Cavalcante on March 15, 2008, at the opening round of the Dream Lightweight Grand Prix tournament. Early in the first round, the referee stopped the action when Cavalcante apparently landed illegal elbow strikes to the back of Aoki's neck. The ringside doctor announced that Aoki was unable to continue due to the injury and Cavalcante apologized for the incident. The fight resulted in a no contest. Elbow strikes to the neck and spine area are illegal under Dream rules. Aoki was later found to have sustained concussion of the cervical vertebra.

They had their rematch at Dream 2 on April 29, 2008. In that match, Aoki defeated Cavalcante via unanimous decision. He sustained a severely bruised rib and tore cartilage in his costal area during the match. At Dream 4, Aoki defeated Katsuhiko Nagata via a mounted gogoplata (possibly the first ever in professional competition, later to be dubbed "the Aoki-plata") submission to advance to the semi-finals of the Dream Lightweight Grand Prix. At Dream 5, Aoki defeated Caol Uno by unanimous decision. Later that night, Eddie Alvarez was set to fight Aoki, but had to bow out due to injury from his previous match that evening. Joachim Hansen took his place and defeated Aoki by TKO (punches) at 4:19 round 1 to become the first Dream Lightweight Champion.

At Dynamite!! 2008 on New Year's Eve, Aoki finally squared off against American Eddie Alvarez for the WAMMA Lightweight Championship. Aoki started quickly, securing Alvarez's back after catching a kick, before being thrown to the canvas by the stronger American. In a scramble, Aoki latched onto the foot of Alvarez and applied a heel hook. Alvarez fought the hold, but tapped out shortly after Aoki adjusted his grip. Alvarez also suffered ligament damage in his knee.

Aoki defeated David Gardner at the March 8, 2009, Featherweight Grand Prix card at Dream 7 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. This fight is remembered for Gardner waving to the crowd as Aoki was controlling his back and saying "Hello, Japan!", thus allowing Aoki to secure a rear-naked choke from that position. Aoki, who was still recognized by Shooto as its Welterweight (168 pounds (76 kg)) Champion, also moved back to that weight to fight in Dream's Welterweight Grand Prix at Dream 8 in 2009. His first match in the tournament was a rematch with Hayato Sakurai. Aoki lost the fight in twenty-seven seconds via TKO due to punches and knees following a Sakurai reversal from a takedown by Aoki. As a result of the match, Aoki did not advance in the DREAM 2009 Welterweight Grand Prix.

Aoki met Fedor Emelianenko during a five-minute "special exhibition" at an April 29 M-1 Challenge (presented by Affliction) event in Tokyo. Emelianenko made Aoki tap out from an Achilles lock.

Aoki defeated Vítor Ribeiro at Dream 10 on July 20, 2009, which earned him a title fight against Joachim Hansen. Aoki faced Joachim Hansen in a rematch for the DREAM Lightweight Championship at Dream 11 on October 6, 2009. Last time they met, Aoki previously fought a tough match against Caol Uno on the same night which went on for both two rounds (15 minutes) when Hansen only fought for 2 minutes 35 seconds previously. Aoki ended up defeating Hansen in the second round for the title shot via submission (armbar) to become the new DREAM Lightweight Champion.

On December 22, 2009, it was announced that Aoki would not be taking on fellow DREAM fighter Tatsuya Kawajiri, but would be fighting Sengoku Lightweight Champion, Mizuto Hirota. In his pre-fight interview Aoki stated that he felt insulted with the short notice changes as he was looking forward to battling it out with one of the world's other top lightweight competitors in Kawajiri. Aoki's opponent Hirota just came off a spectacular win over longtime friend of Aoki's, Satoru Kitaoka to become the new Sengoku Lightweight champion. The fight between Aoki and Hirota was considered to be one of the main events of the night along with Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida and the K-1 bout Masato vs Andy Souwer. Aoki defeated Hirota with a brutal submission (hammerlock) that broke Hirota's arm in the first round at 1:17. He then proceeded to get in the face of his downed opponent and give him the finger then, get up and run around the ring doing the same to the crowd before leaving the ring.

DREAM and Strikeforce

Aoki lost his US debut against then Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez on April 17, 2010, at Strikeforce: Nashville. The fight was broadcast live to a North American audience on CBS. After Aoki's defeat to Gilbert Melendez in Strikeforce he has expressed interest to train at Cesar Gracie's camp in northern California.

Aoki successfully defended his Lightweight title against top contender Tatsuya Kawajiri in just under two minutes of the first round via an Achilles lock submission, at Dream 15 on July 10, 2010.

Aoki defeated Marcus Aurélio by unanimous decision in a non-title bout on September 25, 2010, at Dream 16.

He then competed again at Deep: 50th Impact on October 24 against former PABA and WBA boxing champion Yokthai Sithoar. Aoki won by submission (americana) 1:00 into the first round against Sithoar.

After the proposed rematch with Melendez fell through due to contract issues on Melendez's part, Aoki faced K-1 kickboxer Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima in a special rules exhibition bout at Dynamite!! 2010. In the first 3-minute kickboxing round, Aoki evaded Nagashima's offense by breaking the rules via excessive clinching, falling to the ground, and going for takedowns in order to run out the clock and move onto the 5-minute mixed martial arts round. Aoki was warned repeatedly by the referee, however no points were deducted as there could not be a decision winner. The commentary team of Michael Schiavello and Frank Trigg were openly criticising Aoki for his rule breaking during the first round, while the Japanese crowd uncharacteristically booed him. At 0:04 of the second MMA rules round, Aoki was knocked out immediately as he went for a double leg takedown via flying knee and subsequent grounded strikes. Since the bout was contested as an exhibition, the loss is not reflected on Aoki's professional mixed martial arts record.

Aoki then defeated Lyle Beerbohm on April 9, 2011, at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley via neck crank in the first round.

Aoki was expected to face Willamy Freire on May 29, 2011, at Dream: Fight for Japan!. Freire reportedly had trouble getting a visa, and it then appeared that he would be facing Antonio McKee instead, but then McKee chose to pull out of the card. It was then announced that Shane Nelson would fight Aoki, but he was quickly replaced with Rich Clementi. Aoki defeated Clementi by way of Neck Crank/Rear Naked Choke at the 2:32 mark of the second round.

Aoki defeated Rob McCullough by neck crank at the 4:57 point of Round 1 at Dream 17.

Aoki fought Satoru Kitaoka for the DREAM lightweight title at Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Aoki Took on former Maximum Fighting Championship Lightweight Champion, Antonio McKee at Dream 18 on December 31, 2012. He won via TKO in the second round.

Bellator Fighting Championships

Aoki faced Eddie Alvarez in a rematch at Bellator 66. He lost the fight via TKO in the first round.

ONE Championship

On June 27 it was revealed that Aoki had signed an exclusive contract with ONE Championship and would be making his debut at ONE Fighting Championship: Pride of a Nation in Manila on August 31. On August 16 it was revealed that Aoki would be fighting Arnaud Lepont in a lightweight super fight in the main event at ONE Fighting Championship: Rise of Kings He won the fight via triangle choke at the 1:25 point of the first round.

Aoki faced Kotetsu Boku at ONE Fighting Championship: Kings and Champions on April 5, 2013, for the Lightweight Championship. He stated that win or lose, he will be dropping to the Featherweight division after the fight. Aoki defeated his opponent at 2:01 of the second round via rear-naked choke, successfully avenging his Evolve teammate Zorobabel Moreira.

Aoki made his featherweight debut on October 18, 2013, at ONE FC: Total Domination when he took on Cody Stevens. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Aoki later returned to lightweight and picked up a victory in the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye promotion before successfully defending his ONE Lightweight World Championship against Kamal Shalorus by submission in the first round at ONE FC: Reign of Champions on August 29, 2014. Aoki defended his title against Koji Ando at ONE Championship 28: Warrior's Quest on May 22, 2015.

RIZIN Fighting Federation

Rizin Fighting Federation announced Aoki would compete on December 29, 2015, against Kazushi Sakuraba in the main event of their inaugural event. He won the fight via TKO at 5:56 in the first round after Sakuraba's corner threw in the towel.

Return to ONE Championship

In the third defense of his title, Aoki faced Eduard Folayang at ONE Championship: Defending Honor on November 11, 2016, in Singapore. He lost the bout and title via TKO in the third round.

Aoki faced Ben Askren on November 24, 2017. He lost the fight via TKO in the fight's opening minute.

Aoki faced Ev Ting on October 6, 2018, at ONE Championship: Kingdom of Heroes and won the fight via arm-triangle choke in the opening minute of the bout. Due to the victory, Aoki secured a fight for the vacant lightweight championship against the winner of Eduard Folayang and Amir Khan in the promotion's inaugural event in Tokyo, Japan on March 31, 2019.

On March 31, 2019, at ONE Championship: A New Era Aoki recaptured the lightweight title in a rematch with Eduard Folayang by defeating Folayang via technical submission.

Aoki lost the title in his first defense against Christian Lee at ONE Championship: Enter the Dragon on May 17, 2019.

He returned to defeat Honorio Banario via D'Arce choke at ONE Championship: Century.

Aoki next faced Kimihiro Eto at Road to One 3: Tokyo Fight Night on September 10, 2020. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Aoki was expected to face former LFA Welterweight Champion James Nakashima on January 22, 2021, at ONE Championship: Unbreakable He won the fight via submission in the first round.

Aoki was scheduled to fight the former UFC Lightweight Sage Northcutt at ONE on TNT 4, on April 28, 2021. The bout was subsequently cancelled due to Sage still having lingering effects from COVID-19. A new bout was scheduled for the event with Aoki facing off against former rival Eduard Folayang. He won the bout via armbar in the first round.

Aoki faced Yoshihiro Akiyama at ONE: X on March 26, 2022. He lost the fight via TKO in the second round.

Aoki faced Saygid Izagakhmaev on November 19, 2022, at ONE 163. He lost the fight by a first-round technical knockout.

Aoki was scheduled to face Sage Northcutt on January 28, 2024, at ONE 165. However, Northcutt withdrew during the event for unknown reasons and was replaced by John Lineker in a openweight bout. Aoki defeated Lineker by submission in the first round.

Professional wrestling career

Inoki Genome Federation (2013–2017)

Aoki began dabbling in pro wrestling in 2014 for Antonio Inoki's Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), competing in a series of MMA fights on his cards before eventually transitioning to pro wrestling. In 2017, Aoki was announced as a member of Next Exciting Wrestling (NEW), a new show under the IGF banner. Aoki competed on the first show, defeating Keisuke Okuda. Aoki competed for NEW until IGF announced its cancellation in July 2017. In his last match for NEW, Aoki lost to Tatsuhito Takaiwa.

DDT Pro Wrestling (2018–present)

After a short hiatus, Aoki announced his return to pro wrestling in 2018, and that he would be competing for DDT Pro Wrestling. Aoki made his in-ring debut at Maji Manji #15, quickly defeating Gota Ihashi. On October 28, at Maji Manji #21, Aoki defeated Harashima to win the DDT Extreme Championship. Aoki lost the title back to Harashima on February 19, 2019, at Judgement.

Grappling career

At the Reversal Cup in 2004, Aoki fought Kuniyoshi Hironaka in a superfight and submitted him with a flying armbar that broke his arm.

Aoki was scheduled to compete against Gordon Ryan at a ONE Championship event in August, 2021 but the match was cancelled due to a stomach condition that Ryan was suffering from at the time. He was then booked to compete against Kade Ruotolo at ONE 157 on May 20, 2021, instead. Aoki lost the match by decision.

Aoki competed against Mikey Musumeci in an openweight grappling match at ONE Fight Night 15 on October 6, 2023. He lost the match by submission.

Controversy

Aoki has received criticisms by the mixed martial arts community for his disrespectful victory celebrations and perceived lack of care for his opponents, often causing injuries which are seen as needless. He firstly became known for breaking Keith Wisniewski's arm by waki-gatame, then doing the same with Kuniyoshi Hironaka via flying armbar in a submission grappling match, sidelining him for a year. In 2009, controversy would come when he faced Mizuto Hirota in a super bout. After Aoki won by breaking Hirota's arm in a brutal fashion, he gave the middle finger to the downed fighter and the crowd while running excitedly.

"When I had his arm behind his back, I could feel it popping, I thought, 'Well, this guy's pride just won't let him tap, will it?' So without hesitation, I broke it. I heard it break, and I thought, 'Ah, there, I just broke it.' I was stopped afterward, but even if I hadn't been, continuing to break it more would have been fine by me."

Despite the crowd actually cheering him back, pundits found the act as extremely offensive and unsportsmanlike, among them Dream executive Keiichi Sasahara and Aoki's trainer Yuki Nakai. Aoki would later apologize for his behavior in his post fight interview:

"After my fight, I was excited, and so I did something rude that I should apologize for. But that showed just how excited I was over that fight."

As a result of his actions following his win, Aoki was dismissed as an instructor at the Paraestra Kasai gym, though he was still training under Nakai and representing Paraestra.

In 2014, after submitting Yuki Yamamoto, Aoki again taunted his opponent and the crowd with a middle finger, while Yamamoto had to be restrained by his cornermen. Shinya left the arena without putting down the taunt.

Fighting style

Nicknamed "Tobikan Judan" (跳関十段 "The Grand Master of Flying Submissions") due to his spectacular submissions, Aoki is considered an unusual fighter for his heavy specialization in grappling at the expense of other areas of the MMA game. Therefore, virtually all of his stand-up game is focused on taking his opponent to the ground, utilizing chain combinations of wrestling and judo techniques from the clinch to secure his goal, as well as the more dramatic guard pulling. Once on the mat, Aoki is an electric grappler, drawing strength from his expertise in many different disciplines like Shooto's style of shoot wrestling, judo, jiu-jitsu and Eddie Bravo's 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu system. He is an active guard player, favouring specially the rubber guard thanks to his flexibility, and is famous for his creative approach to submissions, excelling not only in armlocks and leglocks, but also in neck cranks and more exotic joint locks.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

• DEEP
  • DEEP West Chofu Tournament Winner
• DREAM
  • DREAM Lightweight Championship (One time, last)
  • two successful title defenses
• ONE Championship
  • ONE Lightweight World Championship (Two times)
  • two successful title defenses
  • Submission of the Year 2021 vs. James Nakashima
• Professional Shooto Japan
  • Shooto Middleweight Championship (One time)
  • one successful title defense
• World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts
  • WAMMA Lightweight Championship (One time; first; last)
• Inside MMA
  • 2008 Submission of the Year Bazzie Award vs. Katsuhiko Nagata on June 15
• Sherdog
  • 2011 All-Violence Third Team
  • 2006 Submission of the Year vs. Joachim Hansen on December 31
• Bleacher Report
  • 2000s Grappler of the Decade
• fightmatrix.com
  • Lineal MMA Lightweight Championship (One time)
  • Six Successful Title defenses

Professional wrestling

• DDT Pro-Wrestling
  • DDT Extreme Championship (3 times)
  • Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (3 times)
  • KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Super Sasadango Machine and Yuki Ueno
  • KO-D 8-Man/10-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Super Sasadango Machine, Antonio Honda and Kazuki Hirata (1) and Mao, Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata and Toui Kojima (1)

Submission grappling

• ADCC Japan
  • 66–76 kg: 1st place
• Deep X
  • Deep X Superfight Champion (2007)
• Shooto
  • Shooto Grappling Champion (2006)
• Dumau/Kansai
  • Dumau/Kansai Cup Champion (2005)
• All Japan Jiu-Jitsu
  • All Japan Champion (2004-brown belt); (2005-black belt)
• Rickson Gracie's Budo Challenge
  • 2005 Middleweight Champion
• Rickson Gracie Invitational
  • 1st place
• Other Accolades
  • Top five collegiate Judoka
  • GI Grappling 05, 1st place
  • Reversal Cup Champion (2004)

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
60 matches	48 wins	11 losses
By knockout	4	9
By submission	31	0
By decision	11	2
By disqualification	2	0
No contests	1

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Win	48–11 (1)	John Lineker	Submission (rear-naked choke)	ONE 165	January 28, 2024	1	3:00	Tokyo, Japan	Openweight bout. Performance of the Night.
Loss	47–11 (1)	Saygid Izagakhmaev	TKO (punches)	ONE 163	November 19, 2022	1	1:26	Kallang, Singapore
Loss	47–10 (1)	Yoshihiro Akiyama	TKO (punches)	ONE: X	March 26, 2022	2	1:50	Kallang, Singapore
Win	47–9 (1)	Eduard Folayang	Submission (armbar)	ONE on TNT 4	April 28, 2021	1	4:20	Kallang, Singapore
Win	46–9 (1)	James Nakashima	Submission (rear-naked choke)	ONE: Unbreakable	January 22, 2021	1	2:42	Kallang, Singapore
Win	45–9 (1)	Kimihiro Eto	Decision (unanimous)	Road to ONE 3: Tokyo Fight Night	September 10, 2020	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	44–9 (1)	Honorio Banario	Submission (D’Arce choke)	ONE: Century Part 2	October 13, 2019	1	0:54	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	43–9 (1)	Christian Lee	TKO (punches)	ONE: Enter the Dragon	May 17, 2019	2	0:51	Kallang, Singapore	Lost the ONE Lightweight Championship.
Win	43–8 (1)	Eduard Folayang	Technical Submission (arm-triangle choke)	ONE: A New Era	March 31, 2019	1	2:34	Tokyo, Japan	Won the ONE Lightweight Championship.
Win	42–8 (1)	Ev Ting	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	ONE: Kingdom of Heroes	October 6, 2018	1	0:57	Bangkok, Thailand
Win	41–8 (1)	Shannon Wiratchai	TKO (punches and elbows)	ONE: Reign Of Kings	July 27, 2018	1	2:16	Manila, Philippines
Win	40–8 (1)	Rasul Yakhyaev	Submission (triangle choke)	ONE: Unstoppable Dreams	May 18, 2018	1	3:15	Kallang, Singapore
Loss	39–8 (1)	Ben Askren	TKO (punches)	ONE: Immortal Pursuit	November 24, 2017	1	0:57	Kallang, Singapore	Welterweight bout; for the ONE Welterweight Championship.
Loss	39–7 (1)	Eduard Folayang	TKO (knees and punches)	ONE: Defending Honor	November 11, 2016	3	0:41	Kallang, Singapore	Lost the ONE Lightweight Championship.
Win	39–6 (1)	Kazushi Sakuraba	TKO (corner stoppage)	Rizin World Grand Prix 2015: Part 1 - Saraba	December 29, 2015	1	5:56	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	Welterweight bout.
Win	38–6 (1)	Koji Ando	Decision (unanimous)	ONE: Warrior's Quest	May 22, 2015	5	5:00	Kallang, Singapore	Defended the ONE Lightweight Championship.
Win	37–6 (1)	Yuki Yamamoto	Submission (twister)	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2014	December 31, 2014	1	1:21	Tokyo, Japan
Win	36–6 (1)	Kamal Shalorus	Submission (rear-naked choke)	ONE FC: Reign of Champions	August 29, 2014	1	2:15	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Defended the ONE Lightweight Championship.
Win	35–6 (1)	Toshikatsu Harada	Technical Submission (triangle armbar)	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2013	December 31, 2013	1	0:49	Tokyo, Japan	Return to Lightweight.
Win	34–6 (1)	Cody Stevens	Decision (unanimous)	ONE FC: Total Domination	October 18, 2013	3	5:00	Kallang, Singapore	Featherweight bout.
Win	33–6 (1)	Kotetsu Boku	Submission (rear-naked choke)	ONE FC: Kings and Champions	April 5, 2013	2	2:01	Kallang, Singapore	Won the ONE Lightweight Championship.
Win	32–6 (1)	Antonio McKee	TKO (submission to punch)	DREAM 18	December 31, 2012	2	0:24	Tokyo, Japan	Non-title bout.
Win	31–6 (1)	Arnaud Lepont	Technical Submission (triangle choke)	ONE FC: Rise of Kings	October 6, 2012	1	1:25	Kallang, Singapore
Loss	30–6 (1)	Eddie Alvarez	TKO (punches)	Bellator 66	April 20, 2012	1	2:14	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Win	30–5 (1)	Satoru Kitaoka	Decision (unanimous)	Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011	December 31, 2011	5	5:00	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	Defended the DREAM Lightweight Championship; DREAM was later dissolved.
Win	29–5 (1)	Rob McCullough	Submission (neck crank)	DREAM 17	September 24, 2011	1	4:57	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	Non-title bout.
Win	28–5 (1)	Rich Clementi	Submission (neck crank)	DREAM: Fight for Japan!	May 29, 2011	2	2:32	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	Non-title bout.
Win	27–5 (1)	Lyle Beerbohm	Submission (neck crank)	Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley	April 9, 2011	1	1:33	San Diego, California, United States
Win	26–5 (1)	Yokthai Sithoar	Submission (keylock)	DEEP: 50 Impact	October 24, 2010	1	1:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	25–5 (1)	Marcus Aurélio	Decision (unanimous)	DREAM 16	September 25, 2010	2	5:00	Nagoya, Japan	Non-title bout.
Win	24–5 (1)	Tatsuya Kawajiri	Submission (Achilles lock)	DREAM 15	July 10, 2010	1	1:53	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	Defended the DREAM Lightweight Championship.
Loss	23–5 (1)	Gilbert Melendez	Decision (unanimous)	Strikeforce: Nashville	April 17, 2010	5	5:00	Nashville, Tennessee, United States	For the Strikeforce Lightweight Championship.
Win	23–4 (1)	Mizuto Hirota	Technical Submission (hammerlock)	Dynamite!! The Power of Courage 2009	December 31, 2009	1	1:17	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	DREAM vs. SRC: Champion vs. Champion; non-title bout.
Win	22–4 (1)	Joachim Hansen	Submission (armbar)	DREAM 11	October 6, 2009	2	4:56	Yokohama, Japan	Won the DREAM Lightweight Championship.
Win	21–4 (1)	Vítor Ribeiro	Decision (unanimous)	DREAM 10	July 20, 2009	2	5:00	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	Return to Lightweight (70 kg).
Loss	20–4 (1)	Hayato Sakurai	KO (knees and punches)	DREAM 8	April 5, 2009	1	0:27	Nagoya, Japan	Return to Welterweight (76 kg); DREAM Welterweight Grand Prix Opening Round.
Win	20–3 (1)	David Gardner	Submission (rear-naked choke)	DREAM 7	March 8, 2009	1	5:58	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	Catchweight (74 kg) bout.
Win	19–3 (1)	Eddie Alvarez	Submission (heel hook)	Fields Dynamite!! 2008	December 31, 2008	1	1:32	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	Won the inaugural WAMMA Lightweight Championship.
Win	18–3 (1)	Todd Moore	Submission (neck crank)	DREAM 6: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Final Round	September 23, 2008	1	1:10	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Loss	17–3 (1)	Joachim Hansen	TKO (punches)	DREAM 5: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final Round	July 21, 2008	1	4:19	Osaka, Japan	DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix Final; for the inaugural DREAM Lightweight Championship.
Win	17–2 (1)	Caol Uno	Decision (unanimous)	DREAM 5: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final Round	July 21, 2008	2	5:00	Osaka, Japan	DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix Semifinal.
Win	16–2 (1)	Katsuhiko Nagata	Submission (gogoplata)	DREAM 4: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Second Round	June 15, 2008	1	5:12	Yokohama, Japan	DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal.
Win	15–2 (1)	Gesias Cavalcante	Decision (unanimous)	DREAM 2: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 First Round	April 29, 2008	2	5:00	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix Opening Round.
NC	14–2 (1)	Gesias Cavalcante	NC (illegal elbows)	DREAM 1: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 First Round	March 15, 2008	1	3:46	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix Opening Round.
Win	14–2	Jung Bu-Kyung	Decision (unanimous)	Yarennoka!	December 31, 2007	2	5:00	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Win	13–2	Brian Lo-A-Njoe	Submission (armbar)	PRIDE 34: Kamikaze	April 8, 2007	1	1:33	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Win	12–2	Akira Kikuchi	Decision (split)	Shooto: Back To Our Roots 1	February 17, 2007	3	5:00	Yokohama, Japan	Defended the Shooto Middleweight Championship; later vacated the title.
Win	11–2	Joachim Hansen	Submission (gogoplata)	PRIDE FC: Shockwave 2006	December 31, 2006	1	2:24	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Win	10–2	Clay French	Submission (flying triangle choke)	PRIDE Bushido 13	November 5, 2006	1	3:57	Yokohama, Japan
Win	9–2	George Sotiropoulos	DQ (groin kick)	Shooto: Champion Carnival	October 14, 2006	2	0:05	Yokohama, Japan
Win	8–2	Jason Black	Submission (triangle choke)	PRIDE Bushido 12	August 26, 2006	1	1:58	Nagoya, Japan
Win	7–2	Akira Kikuchi	Decision (unanimous)	Shooto: The Victory of the Truth	February 17, 2006	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan	Lightweight debut; won the Shooto Middleweight Championship.
Win	6–2	Kuniyoshi Hironaka	TKO (doctor stoppage)	Shooto 2005: 11/6 in Korakuen Hall	November 6, 2005	1	2:10	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	5–2	Hayato Sakurai	Decision (unanimous)	Shooto: Alive Road	August 20, 2005	3	5:00	Yokohama, Japan
Win	5–1	Shigetoshi Iwase	DQ (groin strike)	Shooto 2005: 7/30 in Korakuen Hall	July 30, 2005	1	0:35	Tokyo, Japan
Win	4–1	Keith Wisniewski	Technical Submission (standing armlock)	Shooto: 1/29 in Korakuen Hall	January 29, 2005	1	2:22	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	3–1	Jutaro Nakao	KO (punch)	DEEP: 16th Impact	August 30, 2004	1	4:29	Tokyo, Japan
Win	3–0	Seichi Ikemoto	Submission (armbar)	DEEP: 15th Impact	July 3, 2004	2	0:52	Tokyo, Japan
Win	2–0	Yasutoshi Ryu	Submission (armbar)	Deep: clubDeep West Chofu	November 24, 2003	1	0:51	Tokyo, Japan	clubDeep West Chofu Tournament Final.
Win	1–0	Dai Okimura	Submission (armbar)			1	3:14	Tokyo, Japan	clubDeep West Chofu Tournament Semifinal.

Mixed rules record

Professional record breakdown
1 match	0 wins	1 loss
By knockout	0	1

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	0–1	Yuichiro Nagashima	KO (flying knee)	Dynamite!! 2010	December 31, 2010	2	0:04	Chūō-ku, Saitama City, Japan

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Submission grappling record

Result	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Notes
Loss	Mikey Musumeci	Submission (Achilles lock)	ONE Fight Night 15	October 7, 2023	1	3:05
Loss	Kade Ruotolo	Decision	ONE 157	May 20, 2022	1	10:00
Draw	Tomoshige Sera	Decision	Road to ONE 2nd: Aoki vs Sera	April 17, 2020	1	10:00
Win	Marat Gafurov	Submission (rear-naked choke)	ONE Championship: Kings of Courage	January 20, 2018	1	12:22
Loss	Garry Tonon	Submission (heel hook)	ONE Championship: Dynasty of Heroes	May 26, 2017	1	7:47
Loss	Kron Gracie	Submission (guillotine choke)	Metamoris II: Gracie vs Aoki	June 9, 2013	1	6:50
Win	Pedro Akira	Submission (rear-naked choke)	DEEP X 2007	2007	1	N/A
Win	Cameron Earle	Submission (ankle hold)	Budo Challenge –77 kg	2006	1	N/A
Win	Ali Abdelaziz	Submission (flying armbar)	Budo Challenge –77 kg	2006	1	N/A
Win	Hiroshi Tsuruya	Submission (gogoplata)	Shooto	2006	1	N/A
Win	Naoyoshi Watanabe	Decision (points)	Professional Jiu Kansai	2005	1	N/A
Loss	Roger Gracie	Submission (ankle hold)	ADCC 2005 Absolute	2005	1	N/A
Loss	Marcelo García	Submission	ADCC 2005 –77 kg	2005	1	N/A
Win	Marcos Avellan	Submission	ADCC 2005 –77 kg	2005	1	N/A
Win	Masato Fujiwara	Submission (armbar)	ADCC 2005 Japan Qualifiers	2005	1	N/A
Win	Mateus Irie Nechio	Submission (heel hook)	ADCC 2005 Japan Qualifiers	2005	1	N/A
Win	Jung Changyoru	Submission (spinning choke)	ADCC 2005 Japan Qualifiers	2005	1	N/A
Win	Koji Komuro	Submission (flying armbar)	Campeonato Japones de Jiu-Jitsu Abierto	2004	1	N/A
Win	Kuniyoshi Hironaka	Submission (flying armbar)	COPA Reversal 2004 〜Festa do Jiu-Jitsu〜	2004	1	N/A
Loss	Naoyoshi Watanabe	Decision (points)	Professional Jiu Ground Impact 〜Gi-05〜 Midday War	2004	1	N/A

See also

• List of current ONE fighters
• List of current mixed martial arts champions
• List of male mixed martial artists
• List of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners

External links

• Shinya Aoki at ONE
• Shinya Aoki at Pride FC (archived)
• Professional MMA record for Shinya Aoki from Sherdog
• Shinya Aoki at BJJ Heroes

Preceded by Joachim Hansen	2nd DREAM Lightweight Champion October 6, 2009 – June 3, 2012	Vacant Promotion ended
Preceded by Akira Kikuchi	Shooto Middleweight Champion February 17, 2006 – May 21, 2010	Succeeded by Luis Ramos