Mikuru Asakura

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Mikuru Asakura
朝倉 未来
File:朝倉未来.jpg
Born (1992-07-15) July 15, 1992 (age 31)
Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
Native name 朝倉 未来
Nationality Japanese
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Weight 145[2] lb (66 kg; 10 st 5 lb)
Division Featherweight (2012–present)
Style Karate, Boxing, BJJ
Stance Southpaw
Fighting out of Tokyo, Japan
Team Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy[3]
Rank      Purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Years active 2012–present
Mixed martial arts record
Total 20
Wins 16
By knockout 8
By submission 1
By decision 7
Losses 3
By submission 1
By decision 2
No contests 1
Amateur career
Total 10
Wins 9
By knockout 5
By submission 2
By decision 2
Losses 1
By submission 1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
YouTube information
Channel
Years active May 13, 2018–present
GenreScript error: No such module "Detect singular". entertainment
Subscribers 2.22 million[4]
Total views 957 million[4]
Last updated: February 22, 2022

Mikuru Asakura (朝倉 未来 Asakura Mikuru?, born 15 July 1992) is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division of Rizin Fighting Federation. A professional competitor since 2012, he has also competed for Road Fighting Championship, Fighting Network Rings and DEEP.

He is a former Fighting Network Rings 143-pound and 154-pound champion. Along with his mixed martial arts career, he is also a popular YouTuber in Japan.[5]

He is the older brother of Kai Asakura.[6]

Early life

Mikuru started his interest in martial arts training karate in elementary school, however he also played volleyball for three years.[7]

Mikuru, along with his brother Kai Asakura, were involved in numerous street fights in their childhood, even fighting each other. As they got older, a therapist suggested to their mother to enrol them into boxing classes.[8]

While studying at the Aichi Prefectural Toyohashi Technical High School, the Asakura brothers went to Zen Dokai Toyohashi Dojo, where they were first introduced to mixed martial arts.[9][10]

Mixed martial arts career

Amateur career

Mikuru Asakura, as well as his brother Kai, fought their first amateur MMA fights under the Outsider brand of Fighting Network Rings. The Outsider brand was geared towards problematic youth, with focus on rehabilitating delinquents, criminals and gang members with MMA.[11] He would later fight professionally with Outsider.

After winning his first amateur bout, against Kohei Shimada, with a first round rear-naked choke, Asakura put together a 6-1 record with 5 stoppages, only losing to Takehiro Higuchi.

Early career

Mikuru Asakura began his professional career in 2012 under the DEEP promotion, where he faced a fellow debutante Morikazu Itagaki. Asakura won the bout via TKO within 53 seconds.[12] After a three-year hiatus, Mikuru returned to fight under the Outsider promotion, a spin off of the Fighting Network Rings promotion. He faced Keinosuke Yoshinaga, whom he defeated TKO in the first round to claim the Outsider 154 lbs Championship in just his 2nd professional bout at The Outsider 26.[13] Four months later in his very next bout at The Outsider 38, Asakura beat Takehiro Higuchi (the sole man to defeat him to that point) to claim the 143 lbs Championship.[14] Asakura would defend his 143-lb title 9 months later at The Outsider 42 against Hiroyuki Furuta before competing in ROAD FC.. Under the banner off Road Fighting Championship at Road FC 37, Asakura fought Doo Seok Oh, who he beat by TKO in the first round.[15]

Asakura would suffer his first career loss in a surprising unanimous decision to journeyman Kil Woo Lee during Road FC 43.[16] However, he rebounded with a unanimous decision victory over Kosuke Terashima six months later at DEEP 83 Impact.[17]

Rizin Fighting Federation

Mikuru Asakura made his Rizin debut on 12th August 2018, during Rizin 12. Asakura faced former Shooto Featherweight Champion and Japanese MMA Legend, Hatsu Hioki. Mikuru won the fight in at 3:45 of the first round after knocking Hioki down with a head kick and following up with punches.[18]

Asakura next faced Karshyga Dautbek at Rizin 13. Asakura employed an effective use of grappling and striking to outpoint the Kazakh fighter, and won a unanimous decision.[19]

During Rizin: Heisei's Last Yarennoka!, Mikuru Asakura fought another former Shooto Featherweight Champion - this time being Takeshi Inoue. Asakura finished the bout with a well-timed knee that floored the former champion.[20]

Mikuru Asakura's next fight was to be at Rizin 15 against Luiz Gustavo. He defeated Gustavo via unanimous decision.[21]

At his next bout at Rizin 17 against fellow Rizin standout, Yusuke Yachi - in his first main event for RIZIN. Uniquely, this bout was prefaced with intensity and heated comments direct at one another, with both fighters saying that they couldn't stand one another. Yachi said that Asakura was afraid of him, while Mikuru told Yachi that he was not intelligent and that his YouTube content was 'crap'.[22] Asakura scored a knockdown with seconds left in the bout en route to a unanimous decision victory. [23]

After compiling a five-fight winning streak, Asakura was given a chance to represent Rizin against one of Bellator's fighters in the upcoming Rizin 20 event. In a match against former TUF Brazil Team Wanderlei contestant, John Macapa, Asakura won a unanimous decision to hand the veteran just his 5th loss of his 30-fight career.[24]

At Rizin 21, Asakura faced TUF LA 2 Team Gastelum contestant, Daniel Salas as the main event. At 2:34 of the second round, Asakura landed a head kick and followed up with punches to end the contest.[25]

After going 7-0 in the promotion and increasing in popularity, Rizin setup a title match for the inaugural Featherweight title between Asakura and reigning Shooto Featherweight Champion, Yutaka Saito at Rizin 25. Asakura lost via unanimous decision in his 3rd main event bout.[26]

Despite having suffered his first loss, Asakura quickly turned around and fought at the annual NYE show at Rizin 26. He faced Satoshi Yamasu, and won by TKO in the first round, after landing his patented head kick, and following up with punches.[27]

Mikuru faced Kleber Koike Erbst at Rizin 28.[28]He lost the bout after being choked unconscious via triangle choke.[29]

Mikuru faced Kyohei Hagiwara on October 10, 2021 at Rizin Landmark Vol.1.[30] He won the bout via unanimous decision.[31]

Asakura rematched Yutaka Saito at Rizin 33 - Saitama on December 31, 2021.[32] He won the bout via unanimous decision.[33]

Championships and achievements

Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 16–3 (1) Yutaka Saito Decision (unanimous) Rizin 33 December 31, 2021 3 5:00 Saitama, Japan
Win 15–3 (1) Kyohei Hagiwara Decision (unanimous) Rizin Landmark Vol.1 October 2, 2021 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan Catchweight (150 lb) bout.
Loss 14–3 (1) Kleber Koike Erbst Technical Submission (triangle choke) Rizin 28 June 13, 2021 2 1:49 Tokyo, Japan
Win 14–2 (1) Satoshi Yamasu KO (head kick and punch) Rizin 26 December 31, 2020 1 4:20 Saitama, Japan Catchweight (150 lb) bout.
Loss 13–2 (1) Yutaka Saito Decision (unanimous) Rizin 25 November 21, 2020 3 5:00 Osaka, Japan For the Rizin Featherweight Championship.
Win 13–1 (1) Daniel Salas KO (head kick and punches) Rizin 21 February 22, 2020 2 2:34 Hamamatsu, Japan Catchweight (150 lb) bout.
Win 12–1 (1) John Macapá Decision (unanimous) Rizin 20 December 31, 2019 3 5:00 Saitama, Japan
Win 11–1 (1) Yusuke Yachi Decision (unanimous) Rizin 17 July 29, 2019 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan Lightweight bout.
Win 10–1 (1) Luiz Gustavo Decision (unanimous) Rizin 15 April 21, 2019 3 5:00 Yokohama, Japan Catchweight (150 lb) bout.
Win 9–1 (1) Takeshi Inoue TKO (flying knee and punches) Rizin: Heisei's Last Yarennoka! December 31, 2018 2 2:39 Tokyo, Japan Catchweight (150 lb) bout.
Win 8–1 (1) Karshyga Dautbek Decision (unanimous) Rizin 13 September 30, 2018 3 5:00 Saitama, Japan
Win 7–1 (1) Hatsu Hioki TKO (head kick and punches) Rizin 12 August 12, 2018 1 3:45 Nagoya, Japan
Win 6–1 (1) Kosuke Terashima Decision (unanimous) DEEP 83 Impact April 28, 2018 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 5–1 (1) Kil Woo Lee Decision (unanimous) Road FC 43 October 28, 2017 3 5:00 Seoul, South Korea
Win 5–0 (1) Doo Seok Oh TKO (punches) Road FC 37 March 11, 2017 1 4:06 Seoul, South Korea
Win 4–0 (1) Hiroyuki Furuta TKO (punches) The Outsider 42 September 4, 2016 1 1:32 Toyokawa, Japan Defended the RINGS 65 kg Championship. Return to Featherweight.
NC 3–0 (1) Ryo Asami NC (result overturned) The Outsider 39 March 27, 2016 2 2:12 Tokyo, Japan Defended the RINGS 70 kg Championship. Lightweight bout.
Win 3–0 Takehiro Higuchi Submission (rear-naked choke) The Outsider 38 December 13, 2015 1 3:17 Tokyo, Japan Won the RINGS 65 kg Championship. Featherweight debut.
Win 2–0 Keinosuke Yoshinaga KO (punch) The Outsider 36 July 19, 2015 1 2:53 Tokyo, Japan Won the RINGS 70 kg Championship.
Win 1–0 Morikazu Itagaki KO (punch) DEEP Cage Impact 2012 September 16, 2012 1 0:53 Hamamatsu, Japan Lightweight debut.
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 1–0 Atsushi Saito Submission (rear-naked choke) E.P.W. Heroes February 2, 2020 1 0:23 Matsuyama, Japan

Amateur mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 7–1 Hiroki Takahashi KO (punch) The Outsider 34 March 21, 2015 1 0:23 Tokyo, Japan
Win 6–1 Kazunari Kimura TKO (punches) The Outsider 33 December 7, 2014 1 2:27 Yokohama, Japan
Win 5–1 Rikuto Shirakawa Decision (unanimous) The Outsider 30 April 6, 2014 2 3:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 4–1 Jamal Morgan TKO (punches) The Outsider 29 February 16, 2014 1 1:57 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 3–1 Takehiro Higuchi Submission (ankle lock) The Outsider 28 December 7, 2013 1 1:06 Kadoma, Japan
Win 3–0 Musashi TKO (punches) The Outsider 26 June 9, 2013 2 0:21 Yokohama, Japan
Win 2–0 Ryuma Anno TKO (punches) The Outsider 25 April 21, 2013 1 2:35 Tokyo, Japan
Win 1–0 Kohei Shimada Submission (rear-naked choke) The Outsider 24 February 10, 2013 1 1:56 Tokyo, Japan

See also

References

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