List of Pancrase champions

This is a list of Pancrase champions at each weight class. Pancrase is a Japan-based mixed martial arts (MMA) promoting and sanctioning organization founded in 1993. The champions of Pancrase are referred to by the title of "King of Pancrase".

Men's title histories

Heavyweight championship

Weight limit: 120 kg (264.6 lb)

On January 30, 2008 Pancrase revised this weight class limit from 105 kg (231.5 lb) to its current limits.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Yoshiki Takahashi def. Shamoji Fujii	Pancrase – Proof 7 Kanagawa, Japan	Dec 1, 2001	1. def. Tsuyoshi Ozawa at Pancrase – 2003 Neo-Blood tournament opening round on July 27, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
Takahashi vacated the Heavyweight title.
2	Kestutis Arbocius def. Poai Suganuma	Pancrase – Blow 6 Kanagawa, Japan	Aug 27, 2006
Arbocius was stripped of Heavyweight title in May 2007 due to injury.
3	Assuerio Silva def. Tatsuya Mizuno	Pancrase – Rising 5 Tokyo, Japan	May 30, 2007
Assuerio Silva vacated the title in January 2008 when he left the organization.

Light heavyweight championship

Weight limit: 93 kg (205.0 lb)

Formerly known as Cruiserweight until 2008

On January 30, 2008 Pancrase revised this weight class limit from 95 kg (209.4 lb) to its current limits.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Keiichiro Yamamiya def. Ikuhisa Minowa	Pancrase – 2000 Anniversary Show Kanagawa, Japan	Sep 24, 2000
Title Vacated.
2	Sanae Kikuta def. Ikuhisa Minowa	Pancrase – 2001 Anniversary Show Kanagawa, Japan	Sep 30, 2001	1. drew with Yuki Kondo at Pancrase – Hybrid 5 on May 18, 2003 in Kanagawa, Japan
3	Yuki Kondo	Pancrase – Hybrid 10 Tokyo, Japan	Nov 30, 2003	1. def. Daijiro Matsui at Pancrase – Blow 6 on Aug 27, 2006 in Kanagawa, Japan
Yuki Kondo vacated the title in January 2008 to move down to middleweight.
4	Ryo Kawamura def. Keiichiro Yamamiya	Pancrase – Shining 8 Tokyo, Japan	Oct 1, 2008	1. def. Yukiya Naito at Pancrase: Changing Tour 3 on Jun 7, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Shunsuke Inoue at Pancrase: Changing Tour 8 on Dec 6, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan 3. drew with Yuji Sakuragi at Pancrase – Passion Tour 11 on Dec 5, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan
Ryo Kawamura vacated the title in May 2011 to move down to middleweight.

Middleweight championship

Weight limit: 84 kg (185.2 lb)

On January 30, 2008 Pancrase revised this weight class limit from 85 kg (187.4 lb) to its current limits.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Nate Marquardt def. Shonie Carter	Pancrase – 2000 Anniversary Show Kanagawa, Japan	Sep 24, 2000	1. drew with Kiuma Kunioku at Pancrase – Trans 7 on Dec 4, 2000 in Japan 2. def. Yuji Hoshino at Pancrase – Proof 6 on Oct 30, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
2	Kiuma Kunioku	Pancrase – Proof 7 Kanagawa, Japan	Dec 1, 2001
3	Nate Marquardt (2)	Pancrase – Spirit 9 Tokyo, Japan	Dec 21, 2002	1. def. Izuru Takeuchi at Pancrase – Hybrid 3 on Mar 8, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
4	Ricardo Almeida	Pancrase – Hybrid 10 Tokyo, Japan	Nov 30, 2003
Almeida vacated the title in July 2004 when he retired from active competition.
5	Nate Marquardt (3) def. Kazuo Misaki	Pancrase – Brave 10 Chiba, Japan	Nov 7, 2004	1. def. Izuru Takeuchi at Pancrase – Spiral 4 on May 1, 2005 in Kanagawa, Japan
Marquardt vacated the title in October 2006 when he left Pancrase for the UFC.^[1]
6	Yuichi Nakanishi def. Izuru Takeuchi	Pancrase – Blow 10 Tokyo, Japan	Dec 2, 2006
7	Izuru Takeuchi	Pancrase – Rising 9 Tokyo, Japan	Nov 28, 2007
Title Vacated.
-	Yuki Kondo promoted to Interim Champion after vacating the Light Heavyweight title	-	Jan 2008	1. def. Ki Bum Kim at Pancrase: Changing Tour 4 on Aug 8, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan 2. drew with Yuji Hisamatsu at Pancrase: Changing Tour 6 on Oct 25, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan 3. def. Takenori Sato at Pancrase – Passion Tour 1 on Feb 7, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan
8	Yuki Kondo def. Ichiro Kanai for undisputed title	Pancrase – Passion Tour 4 Tokyo, Japan	Apr 29, 2010	1. drew with Yuji Hisamatsu at Pancrase – Passion Tour 6 on Jul 4, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan
9	Rikuhei Fujii	Pancrase: Passion Tour 11 Tokyo, Japan	Dec 5, 2010
Rikuhei Fujii vacated the title in May 2011.
10	Ryo Kawamura def. Ikkei Nagamura	Pancrase – Progress Tour 1 Tokyo, Japan	Jan 28, 2012	1. def. Shungo Oyama at Pancrase – Progress Tour 7 on Jun 2, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan
11	Shinsho Anzai	Pancrase – 259 Tokyo, Japan	June 29, 2014
Shinsho Anzai vacated the title when he signed with the UFC.
12	Ryo Kawamura (2) def. Yuki Niimura	Pancrase – 281 Tokyo, Japan	Oct 2, 2016
13	Yuki Niimura	Pancrase – 291 Tokyo, Japan	Nov 12, 2017
Niimura vacated the title when he signed with ONE Championship.
13	Yura Naito def. Ryo Kawamura	Pancrase – 326 Tokyo, Japan	Mar 21, 2022

Welterweight championship

Weight limit: 77 kg (169.8 lb)

Formerly known as Lightweight until 2006

On January 30, 2008 Pancrase revised this weight limit from 75 kg (165.3 lb) to its current limits.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Kiuma Kunioku def. Takafumi Ito	Pancrase – 2002 Neo-Blood tournament second round Tokyo, Japan	Jul 28, 2002	1. def. Hiroki Nagaoka at Pancrase – 2002 Anniversary Show on Sep 29, 2002 in Kanagawa, Japan 2. def. Kenichi Serizawa at Pancrase – Hybrid 10 on Nov 30, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
Kunioku vacated the title in September 2004 when he left the organization.^[2]
-	Katsuya Inoue^[3] promoted to interim champion when opponent withdrew due to injury	-	?	1. def. Kenji Arai at Pancrase – Spiril 4 on May 1, 2005 in Kanagawa, Japan 2. drew with Satoru Kitaoka at Pacrase - Blow 1 on Jan 26, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan
2	Daizo Ishige def. Katsuya Inoue for undisputed title	Pancrase – Blow 6 Kanagawa, Japan	Aug 27, 2006
-	Katsuya Inoue^[4] def. Fabricio Nascimento for interim title	Pancrase – 2007 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals Tokyo, Japan	Jul 27, 2007
Daizo Ishige vacated the title in January 2008.
3	Katsuya Inoue def. Satoru Kitaoka for undisputed title	Pancrase – Shining 1 Tokyo, Japan	Jan 30, 2008
Katsuya Inoue vacated the title in February 2008 in order to compete at Lightweight.
-	Takuya Wada def. Jason Palacios for interim title	Pancrase – Shining 3 Tokyo, Japan	Apr 27, 2008
4	Takuya Wada promoted to undisputed champion	-	-	1. def. Tomoyoshi Iwamiya at Pancrase: Changing Tour 2 on Apr 5, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan
Takuya Wada vacated the title on April 30, 2010.
5	Kengo Ura def. Keiichiro Yamamiya	Pancrase – Passion Tour 5 Tokyo, Japan	Jun 5, 2010
6	Takenori Sato	Pancrase – Impressive Tour 1 Tokyo, Japan	Feb 6, 2011	1. def. Sojiro Orui at Pancrase – Impressive Tour 5 on Jun 5, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan 2. drew with Eiji Ishikawa at Pancrase – Impressive Tour 10 on Oct 2, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan 3. def. Kiichi Kunimoto at Pancrase – Progress Tour 3 on Mar 11, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan 4. def. Keiichiro Yamamiya at Pancrase – Progress Tour 10 on Sep 1, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan 5. drew with Akihiro Murayama at Pancrase – 246 on Mar 17, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan 6. def. Shingo Suzuki at Pancrase – 247 on May 19, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan
Takenori Sato vacated the title when he signed with the UFC.
7	Gota Yamashita def. Akihiro Murayama	Pancrase – 260 Tokyo, Japan	August 10, 2014	1. def. Yuki Kondo at Pancrase – 263 on Dec 6, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan
8	Shingo Suzuki	Pancrase – 270 Tokyo, Japan	October 4, 2015
9	Akihiro Murayama	Pancrase – 276 Tokyo, Japan	March 13, 2016
10	Hiromitsu Miura	Pancrase – 281 Tokyo, Japan	October 2, 2016
11	Daichi Abe	Pancrase – 288 Tokyo, Japan	July 2, 2017
Daichi Abe vacated the title when he signed with the UFC.
12	Glaico França def. Takashi Sato	Pancrase – 297 Tokyo, Japan	July 1, 2018
Glaico França vacated the title when he signed with the PFL.^[5]
-	Hiroyuki Tetsuka def. Kenta Takagi for interim title	Pancrase – 306 Tokyo, Japan	June 30, 2019
13	Hiroyuki Tetsuka promoted to undisputed champion	-	-
Hiroyuki Tetsuka vacated the title when he signed with the ONE Championship.^[6]
-	Masayuki Kikuiri def. Akihiro Murayama for interim title	Pancrase – 324 Tokyo, Japan	October 16, 2021
14	Masayuki Kikuiri promoted to undisputed champion	-	May 26, 2022
Kikuiri vacated the title when he signed with Bellator.
15	Genpei Hayashi def. Akihiro Murayama	Pancrase – 334 Tokyo, Japan	June 4, 2023

Lightweight championship

Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Shoji Maruyama def. Artur Oumakhanov	Pancrase – Shining 1 Tokyo, Japan	Jan 30, 2008
Shoji Maruyama vacated the title in May 2008 to compete at Featherweight.
2	Katsuya Inoue def. Koji Oishi	Pancrase – Shining 10 Tokyo, Japan	Dec 7, 2008	1. def. Daisuke Hanazawa at Pancrase: Changing Tour 1 on Feb 1, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan
3	Maximo Blanco	Pancrase: Changing Tour 4 Tokyo, Japan	Aug 8, 2009
Maximo Blanco vacated the title in April 2011 citing an inability to defend his belt due to numerous injuries.^[7]
4	Koji Oishi def. Daisuke Hanazawa	Pancrase – Impressive Tour 4 Tokyo, Japan	May 3, 2011
5	Isao Kobayashi	Pancrase – Progress Tour 4 Tokyo, Japan	Apr 1, 2012	1. def. Yoshiaki Takahashi at Pancrase 252 - 20th Anniversary on Sep 29, 2013 in Yokohama, Japan
Isao Kobayashi vacated the title in 2014.
6	Kazuki Tokudome def. Satoru Kitaoka	Pancrase – 271 Tokyo, Japan	November 1, 2015	1. def. Akbarh Arreola at Pancrase 277 on Apr 23, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan
7	Takasuke Kume	Pancrase – 280 Tokyo, Japan	September 11, 2016	1. def. Kazuki Tokudome at Pancrase 292 on Dec 10, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Tom Santos at Pancrase 304 on Apr 14, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan 3. def. Tatsuya Saika at Pancrase 325 on Dec 11, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan
-	Salimkhan Sadulloev def. Yusuke Kasuya for interim title	Pancrase – 308 Tokyo, Japan	September 29, 2019
-	Tatsuya Saika def. Genpei Hayashi for interim title	Pancrase – 318 Tokyo, Japan	September 27, 2020
-	Akira Okada def. Koshi Matsumoto for interim title	Pancrase – 329 Tokyo, Japan	September 11, 2022
8	Akira Okada	Pancrase – 333 Tokyo, Japan	April 30, 2023	1. def. undisputed champion Takasuke Kume at Pancrase 333 on April 30, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan

Featherweight championship

Weight limit: 66 kg (145.5 lb)

Formerly known as Lightweight until 2008

On January 30, 2008 Pancrase revised this weight limit from 65 kg (143.3 lb) to its current limits.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Yoshiro Maeda def. Daiki "D.J.Taiki" Hata	Pancrase – Blow 6 Yokohama, Japan	Aug 27, 2006	1. def. Danny Batten at Pancrase – Rising 4 on Apr 27, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan
Yoshiro Maeda vacated the title when he left Pancrase for the WEC.
2	Marlon Sandro def. Masaya Takita	Pancrase: Shining 9 Tokyo, Japan	Oct 26, 2008
-	Takumi Nakayama def. Tomonari Kanomata for interim title	Pancrase – Impressive Tour 9 Tokyo, Japan	Sep 4, 2011	1. def. Jon Shores at Pancrase – Progress Tour 7 on Jun 2, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan
Sandro was stripped of title for refusing to attend the title defense. ^[8]
3	Takumi Nakayama Promoted to undisputed champion.	-	August 9, 2012
4	Nam Phan	Pancrase – 264 Tokyo, Japan	January 31, 2015
5	Andy Main	Pancrase – 270 Tokyo, Japan	October 4, 2015
-	Issei Tamura def. Juntaro Ushiku for interim title	Pancrase – 277 Tokyo, Japan	Apr 24, 2016
-	Nazareno Malegarie	Pancrase – 285 Tokyo, Japan	Mar 12, 2017
6	Nazareno Malegarie promoted to undisputed champion	-	-
Andy Main was stripped of the title and Nazareno Malegarie was promoted to the Undisputed Champion in 2018.
-	Isao Kobayashi def. Koyomi Matsushima for interim title	Pancrase – 295 Tokyo, Japan	Apr 15, 2018
Title Unification.
7	Isao Kobayashi def. Nazareno Malegarie for undisputed title	Pancrase – 305 Tokyo, Japan	May 26, 2019	1. def. Kyle Aguon at Pancrase 309 on Oct 20, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Taichi Nakajima at Pancrase 321 on May 30, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan
Kobayashi vacated the title when he signed with Bellator.
-	Tokitaka Nakanishi def. Shinsuke Kamei for interim title	Pancrase – 328 Tokyo, Japan	July 18, 2022

Bantamweight championship

Weight limit: 61 kg (134.5 lb)

In 2016 Pancrase revised this weight limit from 62 kg (136.7 lb) to its current limits.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Manabu Inoue def. Seiya Kawahara	Pancrase – Shining 10 Yokohama, Japan	Dec 7, 2008	1. def. Masahiro Oishi at Pancrase: Changing Tour 6 on Oct 25, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Tashiro Nishiuichi at Pancrase – Passion Tour 8 on Sep 5, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan
2	Shintaro Ishiwatari	Pancrase – Impressive Tour 13 Tokyo, Japan	Dec 3, 2011	1. def. Tashiro Nishiuchi at Pancrase – Progress Tour 3 on March 11, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Yo Saito at Pancrase 256 on Feb 2, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan 3. def. Trevor Ward at Pancrase 258 on May 11, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan 4. def. Victor Henry at Pancrase 273 on Dec 13, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan 5. def. Jonathan Brookins at Pancrase 279 on July 24, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan 6. def. Rafael Silva at Pancrase 287 on May 28, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan
Ishiwatari was stripped of the title when he left Pancrase for Rizin.
-	Rafael Silva def. Masakatsu Ueda for interim title	Pancrase 296 Tokyo, Japan	May 20, 2018
3	Rafael Silva promoted to undisputed champion	-	-	1. def. Kenta Takizawa at Pancrase 303 on March 17, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Yuto Hokamura at Pancrase 307 on July 21, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan
Silva retired on October 7, 2022. Nakajima was promoted to full champion status. ^[9]
-	Taichi Nakajima def. Rui Imura for interim title	Pancrase 325 Tokyo, Japan	Dec 11, 2021
4	Taichi Nakajima promoted to undisputed champion	-	Oct 7, 2022	1. def. interim champion Ryo Tajima at Pancrase 333 on April 30, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan
-	Ryo Tajima def. Toshinori Tsunemura for interim title	Pancrase 330 Yokohama, Japan	Dec 25, 2022

Flyweight championship

Weight limit: 57 kg (125.7 lb)

In 2016 Pancrase revised this weight limit from 58 kg (127.9 lb) to its current limits.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Mitsuhisa Sunabe def. Takuya Eizumi	Pancrase: Changing Tour 3 Tokyo, Japan	Jun 7, 2009	1. def. Isao Hirose at Pancrase: Changing Tour 6 on Oct 25, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan
2	Kiyotaka Shimizu	Pancrase – Passion Tour 1 Tokyo, Japan	Feb 7, 2010	1. def. Isao Hirose at Pancrase – Passion Tour 6 on Jul 4, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan 2. drew with Mitsuhisa Sunabe at Pancrase – Passion Tour 11 on Dec 5, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan 3. def. Mitsuhisa Sunabe at Pancrase – Impressive Tour 5 on Jun 5, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan 4. drew with Seiji Ozuka at Pancrase – Progress Tour 1 on Jan 28, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan 5. def. Yuki Yasunaga at Pancrase – Progress Tour 14 on Dec 1, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan 6. def. Atshushi Yamamoto at Pancrase – 257 on March 30, 2014 in Yokohama, Japan
Shimizu was stripped of the title after losing to Ryuichi Miki in "champion's assessment bout" in Dec 2015.^[10]
3	Ryuichi Miki def. Yuki Yasunaga	Pancrase – 279 Tokyo, Japan	July 24, 2016
4	Mamoru Yamaguchi	Pancrase – 285 Tokyo, Japan	Mar 12, 2017
5	Senzo Ikeda	Pancrase – 289 Tokyo, Japan	Aug 20, 2017	1. def. Yuya Wakamatsu at Pancrase – 293 on Feb. 4, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan
-	Shohei Masumizu def. Masatatsu Ueda for interim title	Pancrase – 307 Tokyo, Japan	Jul 21, 2019
-	Toru Ogawa def. Masatatsu Ueda for interim title	Pancrase – 324 Tokyo, Japan	Oct 16, 2021
Ikeda vacated the title on January 24, 2022, in order to compete with ONE Championship.^[11]
6	Toru Ogawa promoted to undisputed champion	-	-
7	Satoru Enomoto	Pancrase – 326 Tokyo, Japan	March 21, 2022
8	Rei Tsuruya	Pancrase – 330 Yokohama, Japan	December 25, 2022

Strawweight championship

Weight limit: 52 kg (114.6 lb)

In 2016 Pancrase revised this weight limit from 50 kg (110.2 lb) to its current limits.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Hiroyuki Abe def. Masakazu Utsugi	Pancrase – 269 Tokyo, Japan	Aug. 9, 2015
2	Mitsuhisa Sunabe	Pancrase – 271 Tokyo, Japan	Nov. 1, 2015	1. def. Daichi Kitakata at Pancrase 283 on Dec 18, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Shinya Murofushi at Pancrase 295 on Apr 15, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan
3	Daichi Kitakata	Pancrase – 307 Tokyo, Japan	July 21, 2019	1. def. Yuta Miyazawa at Pancrase 325 on Dec. 12, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan
4	Keito Yamakita	Pancrase – 328 Tokyo, Japan	July 18, 2022

Women's title histories

Women's bantamweight championship

Weight limit: 61 kg (134.5 lb)

In 2016 Pancrase revised this weight limit from 62 kg (136.7 lb) to its current limits.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Rin Nakai def. Danielle West	Pancrase – Progress Tour 14 Tokyo, Japan	Dec 1, 2012	1. def. Brenda Gonzales at Pancrase 247 on May 10, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Tara LaRosa at Pancrase 252 on Sep 29, 2013 in Kanagawa, Japan 3. def. Sarah D'Alelio at Pancrase 258 on May 11, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan 4. def. Emiko Raika at Pancrase 279 on Jul 24, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan 5. def. Charlene Watt-Broome at Pancrase 282 on Nov 13, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan
Nakai vacated the title in 2018 when she left Pancrase for the DEEP.

Women's flyweight championship

Weight limit: 57 kg (125.7 lb)

In 2016 Pancrase revised this weight limit from 58 kg (127.9 lb) to its current limits.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Sidy Rocha def. Takayo Hashi	Pancrase – 304 Tokyo, Japan	Apr 14, 2019
-	Takayo Hashi def. Nori Date for interim title	Pancrase – 324 Tokyo, Japan	October 16, 2021
2	Takayo Hashi promoted to undisputed champion	-	March 30, 2023	1. def. Nori Date at Pancrase 333 on April 30, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan

Women's strawweight championship

Weight limit: 52 kg (114.6 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Syuri Kondo def. Kinberly Tanaka Novaes	Pancrase – 287 Tokyo, Japan	May 28, 2017
Kondo vacated the title in September 2017 when she left Pancrase for the UFC.
2	Viviane Araujo def. Emi Fujino	Pancrase – 298 Tokyo, Japan	Aug. 5, 2018
Araujo vacated the title in 2019 when she signed with the UFC.
3	Emi Fujino def. Hyun Ji Jang	Pancrase – 311 Tokyo, Japan	December 8, 2019
4	Karen	Pancrase – 326 Tokyo, Japan	March 21, 2022
5	Haruka Hasegawa	Pancrase – 333 Tokyo, Japan	April 30, 2023

Retired titles

Openweight championship

No weight restrictions

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Ken Shamrock def. Manabu Yamada	King of Pancrase tournament Tokyo, Japan	Dec 17, 1994	1. def. Bas Rutten at Pancrase – Eyes Of Beast 2 on Mar 10, 1995 in Kanagawa, Japan
2	Minoru Suzuki	Pancrase – Eyes Of Beast 4 Tokyo, Japan	May 13, 1995
3	Bas Rutten	Pancrase – 1995 Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan	Sep 1, 1995	1. def. interim champion Frank Shamrock at Pancrase – Truth 5 on May 16, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Masakatsu Funaki at Pancrase – 1996 Anniversary Show on Sep 7, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan
-	Frank Shamrock^[12] def. Minoru Suzuki for interim title	Pancrase – Truth 1 Kanagawa, Japan	Jan 28, 1996
Rutten vacated the title in October 1996 for family matters.^[13]
4	Masakatsu Funaki def. Jason DeLucia	Pancrase – Truth 10 Tokyo, Japan	Dec 15, 1996
5	Yuki Kondo	Pancrase – Alive 4 Tokyo, Japan	Apr 27, 1997	1. def. Jason DeLucia at Pancrase – 1997 Anniversary Show on Sep 6, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
6	Masakatsu Funaki (2)	Pancrase – Alive 11 Kanagawa, Japan	Dec 20, 1997
7	Guy Mezger	Pancrase – Advance 5 Kanagawa, Japan	Apr 26, 1998	1. def. Ryushi Yanagisawa at Pancrase – 1998 Anniversary Show on Sep 14, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Yuki Kondo at Pancrase – Advance 12 on Dec 19, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan
Mezger vacated the title in February 1999 when he left Pancrase for the UFC.^[13]
8	Yuki Kondo (2) def. Semmy Schilt	Pancrase – Breakthrough 4 Kanagawa, Japan	Apr 18, 1999	1. def. Kiuma Kunioku at Pancrase – 1999 Anniversary Show on Sep 18, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
9	Semmy Schilt	Pancrase – Breakthrough 10 Osaka, Japan	Nov 28, 1999	1. def. Yoshiki Takahashi at Pancrase – Trans 3 on Apr 30, 2000 in Kanagawa, Japan 2. def. Osami Shibuya at Pancrase – 2000 Anniversary Show on Sep 24, 2000 in Kanagawa, Japan
Schilt vacated the title in 2001 when he signed with the UFC.
10	Josh Barnett def. Yuki Kondo	Pancrase – 10th Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan	Aug 31, 2003	1. def. Yoshiki Takahashi at NJPW Ultimate Crush II on October 13, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Semmy Schilt at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 - Inoki Festival on Dec 31, 2003 in Kobe, Japan

Super heavyweight championship

Weight limit: unlimited

On January 30, 2008 Pancrase adopted a variant of Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts and retires the super heavyweight championship.^[14][15]

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Tsuyoshi Kosaka def. Ron Waterman	Pancrase – Brave 10 Chiba, Japan	Nov 7, 2004
Kosaka vacated the title in January 2006.

Light flyweight championship

Weight limit: 54 kg (119.0 lb)

This weight class was disabled in 2016

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Mitsuhisa Sunabe def. Hiroyuki Abe	Pancrase – Impressive Tour 13 Tokyo, Japan	Dec 3, 2011	1. def. Noboru Tahara at Pancrase 252: 20th Anniversary on Sept. 29, 2013 in Yokohama, Japan
Sunabe vacated title when he dropped to compete in a lower weight class.
2	Kento Kambe def. Yukitaka Musashi	Pancrase – 273 Tokyo, Japan	Dec. 13, 2015

By nationality

The following include championship title holders by nationality.

Country	Titles
Japan	65
United States	10
Brazil	6
Netherlands	2
Venezuela	1
Lithuania	1
Argentina	1

References and footnotes

1. Breen, Jordan (2006-10-23). "With Eye on UFC, Marquardt Relinquishes KOP Belt". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
2. Fukui, Masa (2004-09-15). "Former Welterweight & Middleweight King of Pancrase Kiuma Kunioku". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
3. . StarzWorld.com. Archived from the original on 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
4. Nowe, Jason (2004-07-27). "Inoue Takes Interim King of Pancrase Title". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
5. "Kenta Takagi replaces Hiromitsu Miura in Pancrase 306 headliner". asianmma.com. May 29, 2019.
6. "Akihiro Murayama faces Masayuki Kikuiri in interim welterweight title fight at Pancrase 3241". asianmma.com. August 17, 2021.
7. Nelson, Chris (2011-04-11). "Blanco Abdicates Pancrase Throne; Lightweight GP Begins May 3". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
8. マルロン・サンドロがパンクラス王座返上 タクミが正規王者に昇格 (in Japanese). Sports Navi. Archived from the original on January 12, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
9. "パンクラス 12.25 横浜武道館：中島太一のバンタム級王座に4連勝中のTSUNEが挑戦。石渡・瀧澤・金太郎・佐藤将光と戦ったハファエル・シウバは引退 | BOUTREVIEW" (in Japanese). 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
10. Breen, Jordan (2016-05-16). "'TUF 12' Winner Brookins Rematches Ishiwatari for BW Crown at Pancrase 279 Title Doubleheader". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
11. "【パンクラス】仙三がフライ級王座返上、正規王者となった小川徹が早くも1位・猿飛流の挑戦を受ける". efight.jp. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
12. Rutten was injured in January 1996 and could not defend his title; Shamrock captured an interim championship en route to his title-unification fight with Rutten.
13. "King of Pancrase Title History". Quebrada.net. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
14. MMAFighting.com - Pancrase to adopt Unified Rules of MMA weight classes 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
15. Pancrase Official Site

See also

• List of current mixed martial arts champions
• List of Bellator MMA champions
• List of Dream champions
• List of EliteXC champions
• List of Invicta FC champions
• List of ONE Championship champions
• List of Pride champions
• List of PFL champions
• List of Road FC champions
• List of Shooto champions
• List of Strikeforce champions
• List of UFC champions
• List of WEC champions
• Mixed martial arts weight classes

External links

• Pancrase Official Site
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• Wrestling-Titles.com: Pancrase