This is a list of DEEP champions at each weight class. DEEP is a Japan-based mixed martial arts (MMA) promoting and sanctioning organization.
Division | Champion | Since | Defenses |
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Megatonweight | Roque Martinez | July 15, 2017 | 2 |
Ryo Sakai (interim) | November 12, 2022 | 1 | |
Light Heavyweight | Vacant | – | |
Middleweight | João Batista Yoshimura | Jul 4, 2021 | 0 |
Welterweight | Shingo Suzuki | February 11, 2023 | 0 |
Lightweight | Lee Song-ha | September 18, 2023 | 0 |
Featherweight | Kouya Kanda | December 21, 2023 | 0 |
Bantamweight | Yoo Soo-young | September 18, 2023 | 0 |
Flyweight | Makoto Takahashi | March 1, 2020 | 1 |
Strawweight | Haruo Ochi (interim) | December 10, 2023 | 0 |
Division | Champion | Since | Defenses |
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Openweight | Amanda Lucas | Febr 18, 2012 | 0 |
Atomweight | Vacant | Mar 9, 2019 | – |
Microweight | Saori Oshima | Sep 20, 2020 | 1 |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign (total) |
Defenses |
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1 | Yūsuke Kawaguchi def. Shunsuke Inoue |
Club DEEP Tokyo "Megaton GP 2008 Final" Tokyo, Japan |
August 2, 2008 | 870 days |
1. def Baru Harn at DEEP 38 Impact on October 23, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan |
Yusuke Kawaguchi vacated the title on December 20, 2010.[2] | |||||
2 | Kazuhisa Tazawa def. Yuji Sakuragi |
DEEP 52 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
February 25, 2011 | 182 days | |
3 | Levan Razmadze | DEEP 55 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
August 26, 2011 | ? days |
1. def. Ryuta Noji at DEEP 57 Impact on February 18, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan |
Levan Razmadze vacated the title in February 2012. | |||||
4 | Ken Hasegawa def. Seigo Mizuguchi |
DEEP 61 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
February 16, 2013 | 970 days |
1. def. Hirohide Fujinuma at DEEP 63 Impact on August 25, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan |
Hasegawa vacated the title on October 14, 2015, when he started competing at a lower weight class.[3] | |||||
5 | Jaideep Singh def. Carlos Toyota |
DEEP 73 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
October 17, 2015 | 637 days | |
6 | Roque Martinez | DEEP Cage Impact 2017: At Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan |
July 15, 2017 | 2,392 days (incumbent) |
1. def. Ryo Sakai at DEEP 88 Impact on March 9, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Seigo Mizuguchi at DEEP 93 Impact on December 15, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan |
- | Ryo Sakai def. Yukinori Akazawa for the Interim title |
DEEP 110 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
November 12, 2022 | 446 days (incumbent) |
1. def Tatsuya Mizuno at DEEP 114 Impact on July 2, 2023. |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign (total) |
Defenses |
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1 | Yoshiyuki Nakanishi def. Ryuta Noji |
DEEP 47 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
April 17, 2010 | 3,248 days |
1. def. Bernard Ackah at DEEP 54 Impact on June 24, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan |
The Championship was vacated when Yoshiyuki Nakanishi retired on March 9, 2019 at DEEP 88.[4] |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign (total) |
Defenses |
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1 | Ryuki Ueyama def. Eiji Ishikawa |
DEEP 5 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
June 9, 2002 | 914 days |
1. drew with Masanori Suda at DEEP 12 Impact on September 15, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan |
2 | Ryuta Sakurai | DEEP 17 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
December 8, 2004 | 425 days | |
3 | Ryo Chonan | DEEP 23 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
February 5, 2006 | 676 days |
1. def. Ryuta Sakurai at DEEP 28 Impact on February 16, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan |
Ryo Chonan vacated the title on December 12, 2007.[5] | |||||
4 | Yuichi Nakanishi def. Riki Fukuda |
DEEP 35 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
May 19, 2008 | 408 days | |
5 | Riki Fukuda | Deep: 42 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
June 30, 2009 | ? days |
1. def. Ryuta Sakurai at DEEP 49 Impact on August 27, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan |
Riki Fukuda vacated the title in October 2011.[6] | |||||
6 | Kazuhiro Nakamura def. Young Choi |
DEEP 61 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
February 16, 2013 | 673 days | |
7 | Yoshiyuki Nakanishi | DEEP 70 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
Decision 20, 2014 | 296 days | |
8 | Young Choi | DEEP Cage Impact 2015 in Osaka Osaka, Japan |
October 11, 2015 | ? days | |
Young Choi vacated the title in 2016 when he signed with Road FC.[7] | |||||
9 | Tatsuya Mizuno def. Taisuke Okuno |
DEEP 82 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
February 24, 2018 | 1,227 days | |
10 | João-Batista Yoshimura | DEEP 102 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
July 4, 2021 | 942 days (incumbent) |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign (total) |
Defenses |
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1 | Jutaro Nakao def. Daisuke Nakamura |
DEEP 16 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
October 30, 2004 | 840 days |
1. def. Seichi Ikemoto at RealRhythm 3rd Stage on March 4, 2006 in Osaka, Japan |
2 | Hidehiko Hasegawa | DEEP 28 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
February 16, 2007 | 528 days |
1. drew with Dong Hyun Kim at DEEP 32 Impact on October 10, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan |
3 | Seichi Ikemoto | DEEP 36 Impact Osaka, Japan |
July 27, 2008 | 547 days |
1. def. Hidetaka Monma at Deep: 40 Impact on February 20, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan |
4 | Yuya Shirai | DEEP 45 Impact Osaka, Japan |
January 24, 2010 | 1,189 days |
1. def. Shigetoshi Iwase at DEEP 50 Impact on October 24, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan |
5 | Dan Hornbuckle | DEEP 62 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
April 26, 2013 | 178 days | |
6 | Ryo Chonan | DEEP - Tribe Tokyo Night Tokyo, Japan |
October 20, 2013 | >1 day | |
Ryo Chonan won the title in his retirement fight and retired as champion.[8] | |||||
7 | Yuta Watanabe def. Taisuke Okuno |
DEEP 66 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
April 29, 2014 | 438 days |
1. def. Yuya Shirai at DEEP 70 Impact on December 20, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan |
8 | Keita Nakamura | DEEP - Cage Impact 2015 Tokyo, Japan |
July 20, 2015 | ? days | |
Title vacant when Nakamura signed with the UFC. | |||||
9 | Ryuichiro Sumimura def. Ken Hasegawa |
DEEP - Cage Impact 2017: at Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan |
July 15, 2017 | 1775 days |
1. def. Yoichiro Sato at DEEP 83 Impact on April 28, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan |
Sumimura vacated the title in May 25, 2022 following an injury. | |||||
- | Daichi Abe def. Gota Yamashita for interim title |
DEEP - 100 Impact - 20th Anniversary Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan |
February 21, 2021 | 458 days | |
10 | Daichi Abe promoted to undisputed champion |
— | May 25, 2022 | 262 days | |
11 | Shingo Suzuki | DEEP 112 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
February 11, 2023 | 355 days (incumbent) |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign (total) |
Defenses |
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1 | Dokonjonosuke Mishima def. Tomomi "Taisho" Iwama |
DEEP 18 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
February 12, 2005 | ? days | |
Dokonjonosuke Mishima vacated the title in February 2006, as he was unable to defend in the mandatory time period.[9] | |||||
2 | Nobuhiro Obiya def. Ryan Bow |
DEEP 24 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
April 11, 2006 | 312 days | |
3 | Kazunori Yokota | DEEP 28 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
February 16, 2007 | 459 days | |
4 | Seung-Hwan Bang | DEEP 35 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
May 19, 2008 | ? days | |
Seung-Hwan Bang vacated the title in October 2008. | |||||
5 | Katsunori Kikuno def. Koichiro Matsumoto |
Deep: 41 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
April 16, 2009 | 863 days | 1. def. Nobuhiro Obiya at DEEP 50 Impact on October 24, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan |
6 | Mizuto Hirota | DEEP 55 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
August 26, 2011 | ? days | 1. def. Seichi Ikemoto at DEEP 57 Impact on February 18, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan |
Mizuto Hirota vacated the title in April 2012.[10] | |||||
7 | Daisuke Nakamura def. Yasuaki Kishimoto |
DEEP 58 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
June 15, 2012 | 326 days | 1. def. Takafumi Ito at DEEP 60 Impact on October 19, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan[citation needed] |
8 | Satoru Kitaoka | DEEP 62 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
April 26, 2013 | 2,011 days | 1. def. Naoto Miyazaki at DEEP 66 Impact on April 29, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida at DEEP Dream Impact: Omisoka Special on December 31, 2014 in Saitama, Japan 3. def. Yuki Okano at DEEP Cage Impact 2015 on Jul 20, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan 4. def. Kota Shimoishi at DEEP 76 Impact on June 26, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan |
9 | Koji Takeda | DEEP 86 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
October 27, 2018 | 1,235 days |
1. def. Juri Ohara at DEEP 82 Impact on October 22, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Juri Ohara at DEEP 93 Impact on December 15, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan |
Takeda vacated the belt on March 15, 2022.[11] | |||||
- | Juri Ohara def. Ryota Oki for interim title |
DEEP 102 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
July 4, 2021 | 227 days |
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10 | Juri Ohara promoted to undisputed champion |
— | March 15, 2022 | 552 days |
1. def. Yuma Ishizuka at DEEP 108 Impact on Jul 10, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Hiroto Uesako at DEEP 113 Impact on May 7, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan |
11 | Lee Song-ha | DEEP 115 Impact: DEEP Vs. Black Combat 2 Tokyo, Japan |
September 18, 2023 | 136 days (incumbent) |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign (total) |
Defenses |
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1 | Masakazu Imanari def. Yoshiro Maeda |
DEEP 22 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
December 2, 2005 | 900 days | 1. def. Tsuyoshi Yamazaki at DEEP 26 Impact on Oct 10, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan |
2 | Dokonjonosuke Mishima | DEEP 35 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
May 19, 2008 | 462 days | |
3 | Takafumi Otsuka | Deep: 43 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
August 23, 2009 | 315 days | |
4 | Koichiro Matsumoto | DEEP 48 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
July 3, 2010 | 420 days | 1. def. Tatsunao Nagakura at DEEP 55 Impact on Aug 26, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan |
Koichiro Matsumoto retired on August 26, 2011, thereby vacating the title.[12] | |||||
5 | Kazunori Yokota def. Hideki Kadowaki |
DEEP 57 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
February 18, 2012 | ? days | 1. def. Katsunori Tsuda at DEEP 66 Impact on Apr 29, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan |
Kazunori Yokota vacated the title in May 2016 when he left to compete for ONE Championship.[13] | |||||
6 | Masakazu Imanari (2) def. Tatsunao Nagakura |
DEEP Cage Impact 2016: DEEP vs. WSOF-GC Tokyo, Japan |
December 17, 2016 | ? days | |
Imanari vacated the title for unknown reasons. | |||||
7 | Hiroto Uesako def. Koichi Ishizuka |
DEEP Cage Impact 2017: At Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan |
July 15, 2017 | 162 days | |
8 | Takahiro Ashida | DEEP 81 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
December 23, 2017 | 309 days | |
9 | Satoshi Yamasu | DEEP 86 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
October 27, 2018 | 695 days | 1. def. Daiki Hata at DEEP 89 Impact on May 12, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan |
10 | Juntaro Ushiku | DEEP 97 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
September 20, 2020 | 1189 days | 1. def. Daisuke Nakamura at DEEP 102 Impact on July 4, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Kouya Kanda at DEEP 105 Impact on December 12, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan |
- | Kouya Kanda def. Hiroto Gomyo for interim title |
DEEP 112 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
February 11, 2023 | — | |
Ushiku vacated the title on December 21, 2023, when he started competing at a lower weight class.[14] | |||||
11 | Kouya Kanda promoted to undisputed champion |
— | December 21, 2023 | 42 days (incumbent) |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign (total) |
Defenses |
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1 | Masakazu Imanari def. Hiroshi Umemura |
DEEP 37 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
August 17, 2008 | 1,018 days | 1. def. Tomohiko Hori at Deep: 43 Impact on August 23, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Tomoya Miyashita at DEEP 49 Impact on August 27, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan |
Masakazu Imanari vacated the title on May 31, 2011. | |||||
2 | Takafumi Otsuka def. Hiroshi Nakamura |
DEEP 54 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
June 24, 2011 | 240 days | |
3 | Yoshiro Maeda | DEEP 57 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
February 18, 2012 | 434 days | 1. def. Tatsumitsu Wada at DEEP 59 Impact on August 18, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan |
4 | Daiki Hata | DEEP 62 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
April 26, 2013 | ? days | |
Daiki Hata vacated the title. | |||||
5 | Takafumi Otsuka (2) def. Kenji Osawa |
DEEP 66 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
April 29, 2014 | ? days | 1. def. Toshinori Tsunemura at DEEP 69 Impact on October 26, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Toshiaki Kitada at DEEP 72 Impact on May 16, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan 3. def. Koichi Ishizuka at DEEP Cage Impact 2017 on May 13, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan |
Takafumi Otsuka vacated the title for unknown reasons. | |||||
6 | Jin Soo Son def. Toshiaki Kitada |
DEEP 83 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
April 28, 2018 | ? days | |
Jin Soo Son vacated the title in 2018 when he signed with UFC. | |||||
7 | Yuki Motoya def. Makoto Kamaya |
DEEP 86 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
October 27, 2018 | 134 days | |
8 | Victor Henry | DEEP 88 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
March 9, 2019 | 1,790 days (incumbent) |
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- | Kosuke Terashima def. Daiki Hata for interim title |
DEEP 107 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
May 8, 2022 | 215 days | |
- | Koichi Ishizuka def. Kosuke Terashima for interim title |
DEEP 110 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
November 12, 2022 | ??? days | |
Victor Henry vacated the title when he signed with UFC. | |||||
9 | Koichi Ishizuka promoted to undisputed champion |
— | August 14, 2023 | 310 days |
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10 | Yoo Soo-young | Deep 115 Impact: DEEP Vs. Black Combat 2 Tokyo, Japan |
September 18, 2023 | 136 days (incumbent) |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign (total) |
Defenses |
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1 | Yuki Motoya def. Akira Kibe |
DEEP Nagoya Impact Nagoya, Aichi, Japan |
July 22, 2012 | 400 days | |
2 | Tatsumitsu Wada | DEEP 63 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
August 25, 2013 | 364 days | |
3 | Yuki Motoya (2) | DEEP 68 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
August 23, 2014 | ? days | 1. def. Kojima Sota at Deep 73 Impact on October 17, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan |
Yuki Motoya vacated the title in April 2016.[15] | |||||
4 | Tatsumitsu Wada (2) def. Yuya Shibata |
DEEP 76 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
June 26, 2016 | ? days | 1. def. Makoto Takahashi at Deep 83 Impact on April 28, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan |
Tatsumitsu Wada vacated the title on Feb 2020. Takahashi was promoted to full champion status on March 1, 2020. | |||||
- | Makoto Takahashi def. Yuya Shibata for interim title |
DEEP 90 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
June 29, 2019 | 246 days | |
5 | Makoto Takahashi | — | March 1, 2020 | 1,432 days (incumbent) |
1. def. Yamato Fujita in unification bout at DEEP 107 Impact on May 8, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan |
- | Yamato Fujita def. Kazuki Shibuya for interim title |
DEEP 100 Impact - 20th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan |
February 21, 2021 | 441 days | 1. def. Yuki Ito at DEEP 103 Impact on September 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign (total) |
Defenses |
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1 | Kanta Sato def. Kojima Sota |
DEEP Cage Impact 2016: Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan |
October 18, 2016 | 334 days | |
2 | Haruo Ochi | DEEP 79 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
September 16, 2017 | 1,073 days | 1. def. Yuya Shibata at DEEP Cage Impact in Osaka 2018 on April 8, 2018 in Osaka, Japan 2. def. Namiki Kawahara at DEEP 88 Impact on March 9, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan |
3 | Namiki Kawahara | DEEP 96 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
August 23, 2020 | 152 days | |
Kawahara vacated the title in January 2021 when he left to compete for ONE Championship. | |||||
- | Haruo Ochi def. Yusuke Uehara for interim title |
DEEP 117 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
December 10, 2023 | 53 days (incumbent) |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign (total) |
Defenses |
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1 | Amanda Lucas def. Yumiko Hotta |
DEEP 57 Impact Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan |
February 18, 2012 | 3,918 days[Note 1] |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign (total) |
Defenses |
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1 | Hisae Watanabe def. Satoko Shinashi |
DEEP 25 Impact Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan |
August 4, 2006 | 367 days | |
2 | Miku Matsumoto | DEEP 31 Impact Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan |
August 5, 2007 | 987 days | 1. def. Misaki Takimoto at DEEP 37 Impact on August 17, 2008 in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan 2. def. Lisa Ward at DEEP TOYAMA Impact on June 28, 2009 in Toyama, Toyama, Japan |
Miku Matsumoto vacated the title on April 17, 2010, following her retirement from the sport.[16] |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign (total) |
Defenses |
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1 | Satoko Shinashi def. Sachiko Yamamoto |
DEEP 34 Impact Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan |
February 22, 2008 | 3,962 days[Note 2] | |
Satoko Shinashi vacated the title in 2018. | |||||
2 | Saori Oshima def. Mizuki Oshiro |
DEEP 97 Impact Tokyo, Japan |
September 20, 2020 | 1,229 days (incumbent) |
1. def. Mizuki Furuse at DEEP 110 Impact on November 12, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan |