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Kazuhiro Sakamoto

Kazuhiro Sakamoto is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Bantamweight and Featherweight divisions. Sakamoto is a longtime Shooto and Vale Tudo Japan veteran and currently serves as a representative and promoter for Shooto and Vale Tudo Japan.

Career

Sakamoto trained in amateur wrestling before becoming a trainee under Satoru Sayama at the Super Tiger Gym. He was the lightweight champion of the second pre-shooting tournament. He was a frequent opponent of Kenichi Tanaka, another Sayama trainee whom he fought and eventually captured the Shooto Lightweight 65 kg (143.3 lb) Championship from.

He is now a head trainer at Shooting Gym Tokyo.

Sakamoto currently coaches current Rizin FF fighter Kazuma Kuramoto.

Championships and Accomplishments

Mixed martial arts record

|- | Win | align=center| 13–4 | Leonid Zaslavsky | Submission (rear-naked choke) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:11 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 12–4 | Rene Stigter | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:47 | Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 11–4 | Imre Hagendoorn | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:45 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 10–4 | Akbar Talei | Submission (kimura) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:35 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 9–4 | Mamoru Okochi | Submission (kimura) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 0:35 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 8–4 | Suguru Shigeno | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 0:55 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 7–4 | Noboru Asahi | Decision (majority) | | | align=center| 5 | align=center| 3:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 7–3 | Hiroyuki Kanno | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 1:52 | Osaka, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 6–3 | Hiroaki Matsutani | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 0:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 5–3 | Kenichi Tanaka | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 5 | align=center| 3:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 4–3 | Noboru Asahi | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 5 | align=center| 3:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 3–3 | Kenichi Tanaka | Submission (kimura) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 2:37 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 3–2 | Kenichi Tanaka | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 3–1 | Yuichi Watanabe | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 2:54 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 3–0 | Kenichi Tanaka | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:30 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 2–0 | Suguru Shigeno | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 0:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 1–0 | Tetsuo Yokoyama | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:00 | Tokyo, Japan |

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