Kenji Osawa

Kenji Osawa (born November 4, 1976) is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist from Tokyo. He debuted in MMA over a decade ago, and trains and fights out of Wajitsu Keishukai, where he teaches once a week.

MMA career Osawa's fight record is 21-11-2 and has competed in many of the top organisations such as Shooto, WEC, DREAM and DEEP.

He was scheduled to fight Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Rani Yahya on August 9, 2009, at WEC 42, but due to a foot injury, he was replaced by John Hosman.

Osawa lost via unanimous decision to Antonio Banuelos on November 18, 2009, at WEC 44 and was subsequently released from the promotion.

Osawa made his DREAM debut against Yoshiro Maeda at DREAM.14 on May 29, 2010, winning a close split decision.

On April 29, 2014, Osawa retired after losing a rematch to Takafumi Otsuka, a fighter Osawa had previously beaten in 2011.

Career titles Amateur Shooto '02 East Japan Title Amateur Shooto '02 All Japan Title

Mixed martial arts record Loss

Takafumi Otsuka Decision (unanimous) Deep: 66 Impact

Tokyo, Japan Win

Seiji Akao Decision (split) Deep: Tribe Tokyo Fight

Tokyo, Japan Win

Takeshi Inoue Decision (unanimous) Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 1st

Tokyo, Japan Win

Keisuke Fujiwara Decision (unanimous) Dream: Japan GP Final

Tokyo, Japan DREAM Bantamweight Grand Prix Third Place bout Loss

Masakazu Imanari Submission (achilles lock) Dream: Fight for Japan!

Saitama, Saitama, Japan DREAM Bantamweight Grand Prix Semifinal Win

Takafumi Otsuka Decision (split) Dream: Fight for Japan!

Saitama, Saitama, Japan DREAM Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal Win

Yoshiro Maeda Decision (split) Dream 14

Saitama, Saitama, Japan Loss

Antonio Banuelos Decision (unanimous) WEC 44

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win

Rafael Rebello Decision (split) WEC 39

Corpus Christi, Texas, United States Win

Tomoya Miyashita Decision (unanimous) GCM: Cage Force EX Eastern Bound

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Scott Jorgensen Decision (unanimous) WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Draw

Chris Manuel Draw WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win

Nobuhiro Yamauchi Decision (unanimous) Cage Force 5

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Daniel Lima Decision (split) Shooto: Back To Our Roots 5

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Marcos Galvão Decision (majority) Shooto: Back To Our Roots 3

Tokyo, Japan Win

Takeya Mizugaki TKO (punches and knees) Shooto: 11/10 in Korakuen Hall

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Akitoshi Hokazono Decision (unanimous) Shooto 2006: 7/21 in Korakuen Hall

Tokyo, Japan Win

Naoya Uematsu Decision (majority) Shooto: The Victory of the Truth

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Daiki Hata Decision (unanimous) GCM: D.O.G. 4

Tokyo, Japan Draw

Daniel Lima Draw Shooto 2005: 11/6 in Korakuen Hall

Tokyo, Japan Win

Jin Akimoto Decision (majority) Shooto: 5/4 in Korakuen Hall

Tokyo, Japan Win

Minoru Tsuiki KO (knees) GCM: D.O.G. 1

Tokyo, Japan Win

Seiji Otsuka Decision (unanimous) Shooto: Wanna Shooto 2004

Tokyo, Japan Win

Hiroshi Umemura Decision (unanimous) Shooto: Gig Central 6

Nagoya, Japan Loss

So Tazawa TKO (cut) Shooto 2004: 7/4 in Kitazawa Town Hall

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Akitoshi Hokazono Submission (rear-naked choke) Shooto 2004: 4/16 in Kitazawa Town Hall

Tokyo, Japan Win

Tetsuya Nishi TKO (punches) GCM: Demolition Atom 6

Tokyo, Japan Win

Hiroyuki Tanaka Decision (unanimous) Shooto 2004: 1/24 in Korakuen Hall

Tokyo, Japan Win

Augusto Frota Submission (arm-triangle choke) Shooto: Wanna Shooto 2003

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Yohei Mikami Decision (unanimous) Shooto: 9/5 in Korakuen Hall

Tokyo, Japan Win

Atsunori Hiruma Decision (unanimous) GCM: Demolition 8

Tokyo, Japan Win

Manabu Kano Submission (rear-naked choke) Shooto: 3/18 in Korakuen Hall

Yokohama, Japan Win

Koki Sato TKO (knees) GCM: Demolition 030209

Yokohama, Japan