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Shinya Aoki

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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 competing in ONE Championship's Welterweight division. He also competes in DDT Pro-Wrestling where he is a former three-time DDT Extreme Champion and former one-time KO-D Openweight 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Shinya Aoki is the 149th most popular martial arts (down from 115th in 2024), the 2,940th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,140th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Shinya Aoki ranks 149 out of 179. Before him are Eddie Alvarez, Rafael dos Anjos, Alexander Volkov, Satoshi Ishii, Frankie Edgar, and Ángel Matos. After him are Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Yoon Hyun, Yair Rodríguez, Tyron Woodley, Sean Strickland, and Ben Askren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Shinya Aoki ranks 505. Before him are Katia Winter, Carlos Corberán, Aditi Sharma, Dimitar Rangelov, Ana Lucía Domínguez, and Nithiin. After him are Marc Burns, Gwilym Lee, Mitsuru Nagata, Francisco Javier Gómez Noya, Fernando Belluschi, and Nikos Zisis.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinya Aoki ranks 2,940 out of 6,245. Before him are Yu Kobayashi (1987), Crystal Kay (1986), Kazuo Uchida (1962), Hiroya Iwakabe (1994), Yuiko Konno (1980), and Shoko Aida (1970). After him are Akihiro Ienaga (1986), Yumi Adachi (1981), Torai Kamata (1999), Mitsuru Nagata (1983), Tomoko Suzuki (1982), and Manabu Umezawa (1972).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Shinya Aoki ranks 23. Before him are Takayuki Kubota (1934), Takao Kawaguchi (1950), Toyokazu Nomura (1949), Kazuhiro Ninomiya (1946), Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (1957), and Satoshi Ishii (1986). After him are Takanori Gomi (1978), Katsuhiko Nagata (1973), Kōsei Inoue (1978), Natsumi Tsunoda (1992), Chiyori Masuchi (1970), and Hiroshi Izumi (1982).

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