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FightIndex
Countrie profile

MMA — Japan

What MMA — Japan fighters actually measure — 181 of them, from Wikipedia's own data.

Across the 181 MMA — Japan fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 1.51% — a median reach of 69″ on a median height of 68.1″. 67% fight orthodox.

The country's shape

Median reach

69″

175.3 cm

Median height

68.1″

173 cm

Median reach advantage

1.51%

of body height

Median finish rate

67%

of wins inside the distance

Fighters

181

37 with a reach on file

-4.7%MMA — Japan reach advantage12.9%

Stance

  • orthodox67%
  • southpaw33%

By era

  • 2000s88
  • 1990s39
  • 2010s33
  • 2020s17
  • 1980s4

Longest reach for the frame

#FighterReachHeightAdvantage
1Mei Yamaguchi67.7″60″+12.86%
2Yoshihiro Akiyama75″70″+7.14%
3Tenshin Nasukawa 那須川天心69.3″65″+6.67%
4Goiti Yamauchi74″70″+5.74%
5Caol Uno70″67″+4.47%
6Tatsuro Taira70″67″+4.47%
7Kiichi Kunimoto ストラッサー起一73″70″+4.27%
8Kazushi Sakuraba73.5″70.9″+3.72%
9Hiromasa Ougikubo65″63″+3.19%
10Tatsuya Kawajiri69″66.9″+3.12%
11Norifumi Yamamoto66″64″+3.08%
12Michihiro Omigawa 小見川道大68″66″+3.04%
13Teruto Ishihara69″67″+3%
14Takanori Gomi70″68″+2.95%
15Kazuki Tokudome73″71″+2.83%
16Seika Izawa64″63″+1.62%
17Yuta Kubo70″68.9″+1.6%
18Kai Asakura69″68″+1.51%
19Kyoji Horiguchi66″65″+1.51%
20Rinya Nakamura68″67″+1.47%
21Takenori Sato71″70″+1.41%
22Riki Fukuda73″72″+1.37%
23Itsuki Hirata62.6″61.8″+1.27%
24Mikuru Asakura70″70″0%
25Kana Watanabe66″66″0%
26Hiroko Yamanaka71″71″0%
27Katsunori Kikuno66″66″0%
28Mizuto Hirota67″67″0%
29Katsuhiko Nagata 尾形克彦67″67″0%
30Takashi Satō73″73.2″-0.32%
31Rin Nakai 中井 りん60.5″61″-0.77%
32Yoshiyuki Yoshida70″71″-1.39%
33Kazuhiro Nakamura 中村和裕70″71″-1.39%
34Masanori Kanehara67″68″-1.45%
35Naoyuki Kotani 小谷直之66.5″68″-2.2%
36Megumi Fujii61″63″-3.19%
37Hitomi Akano61″64″-4.74%

All 181 on the site

How this is worked out

  1. Every MMA — Japan fighter in the dataset.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage.
  3. Medians, not means — a single outlier should not move the typical figure.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026

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Auckland real-estate agent and marketer. Builds free, sourced data tools.