Takashi Nakakura (Japanese: ä¸ÂèµéÂÂå¿Â, Nakakura Takashi, born March 23, 1977) is a Japanese mixed martial artist, and the former Shooto welterweight champion. Nakakura is also a seido kaikan karate and Judo black belt. He took up Judo for three years in high school and soon after started training in seido kaikan karate where he took 2nd in the West Japan B-league competition losing only to Tsuyoshi Nakasako, a current K-1 fighter.
Nakakura made his Shooto debut in 2002, in GIG: East 11. He won by submission (rear naked choke) over Heima Hashimoto in a fight that lasted a bit over three minutes. He remained undefeated for two years, until losing by decision to Takumi Nakayama in 2004. On May 3, 2008, he fought Ganjo Tetsuku at Shooto's Tradition 01 event for Shooto's Vacant welterweight championship, which he won by Unanimous Decision.
May 10, 2009 Shooto Tradition Final, Nakakura fought a non-title bout against former Pride Fighting Championships lightweight title holder Takanori Gomi. Although Nakakura was willing stand and strike with Gomi, he was dominated from the opening bell. Takanori Gomi had dropped and stopped the Shooto champion with strikes at 4:42 into the second round. A few months later he vacates his Shooto belt due to eye injury.
|- | Loss | align=center| | Kuniyoshi Hironaka | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 11âÂÂ3âÂÂ1 | Takanori Gomi | KO (punches) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 4:42 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 11âÂÂ2âÂÂ1 | Bendy Casimir | Submission (rear-naked choke) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:58 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 10âÂÂ2âÂÂ1 | Ganjo Tentsuku | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | <small>Won vacant Shooto Lightweight Championship. Later vacated after losing non-title fight to Takanori Gomi</small> |- | Win | align=center| 9âÂÂ2âÂÂ1 | Yusuke Endo | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 8âÂÂ2âÂÂ1 | Jani Lax | Submission (achilles lock) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:54 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 7âÂÂ2âÂÂ1 | Mizuto Hirota | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan | <small>Won vacant Shooto Pacific Rim Welterweight Championship. Later vacated after winning Shooto Lightweight Championship.</small> |- | Draw | align=center| 6âÂÂ2âÂÂ1 | Ganjo Tentsuku | Draw | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 6âÂÂ2 | Mitsuhiro Ishida | TKO (cut) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 1:31 | Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 6âÂÂ1 | Ray Cooper | TKO (cut) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 1:14 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 5âÂÂ1 | Kenichiro Togashi | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Osaka, Japan |<small>Return to Lightweight.</small> |- | Loss | align=center| 4âÂÂ1 | Takumi Nakayama | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Osaka, Japan |<small>Featherweight debut.</small> |- | Win | align=center| 4âÂÂ0 | Saburo Kawakatsu | Decision (unanimous) | Shooto: Gig West 4 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Osaka, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 3âÂÂ0 | Masato Fujiwara | Submission (triangle choke) | Shooto 2003: 6/27 in Hiroshima Sun Plaza | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:48 | Hiroshima, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 2âÂÂ0 | Masaya Takita | Decision (unanimous) | Shooto: Gig West 3 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Osaka, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 1âÂÂ0 | Heima Hashimoto | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Shooto: Gig East 11 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 3:17 | Tokyo, Japan |