List of Pancrase champions

Below is a list of King of Pancrase Champions at each weight class.

[edit] Title histories

Under 141.4 lb (64 kg).

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Yoshiro Maeda (def. Daiki "DJ.taiki" Hata)	August 27, 2006	Yokohama, Japan

141.4 to 152.5 lb (64 to 69 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
	Title vacant	TBD	Champion to be established at a future date.

152.5 to 165.7 lb (69 to 75 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Kiuma Kunioku (def. Takafumi Ito)	July 28, 2002	Tokyo, Japan	def. Hiroki Nagaoka on September 29, 2002 in Kanagawa, Japan def. Kenichi Serizawa on November 30, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	September 2004	Kunioku vacates Welterweight Championship to pursue new competition.^[1]
	Katsuya Inoue^[2] (declared interim champion by committee; opponent was injured)	May 1, 2005	Kanagawa, Japan	def. Kenji Arai on May 1, 2005 in Kanagawa, Japan drew with Satoru Kitaoka on January 1, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan
2	Daizo Ishige (def. Katsuya Inoue for undisputed title)	August 27, 2006	Kanagawa, Japan

165.7 to 181 lb (75 to 82 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Nathan Marquardt (def. Shonie Carter)	Sept. 24, 2000	Kanagawa, Japan	drew with Kiuma Kunioku on December 4, 2000 in Japan def. Yuji Hoshino on October 30, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
2	Kiuma Kunioku	December 1, 2001	Kanagawa, Japan
3	Nathan Marquardt (2)	Dec. 21, 2002	Tokyo, Japan	def. Izuru Takeuchi on March 8, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
4	Ricardo Almeida	Nov. 30, 2003	Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	July 2004	Almeida vacates Middleweight Championship; retires from active competition.
5	Nathan Marquardt (3) (def. Kazuo Misaki)	November 7, 2004	Chiba, Japan	def. Izuru Takeuchi on May 1, 2005 in Kanagawa, Japan
	Title vacated	October 2006	Marquardt vacates Middleweight Championship to pursue UFC career.^[3]
6	Yuichi Nakanishi (def. Izuru Takeuchi)	December 2, 2006	Tokyo, Japan

181 to 199 lb (82 to 90.5 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Keiichiro Yamamiya (def. Ikuhisa Minowa)	Sept. 24, 2000	Kanagawa, Japan
2	Sanae Kikuta (def. Ikuhisa Minowa)	Sept. 30, 2001	Kanagawa, Japan	drew with Yuki Kondo on May 18, 2003 in Kanagawa, Japan
3	Yuki Kondo	Nov. 30, 2003	Tokyo, Japan	def. Daijiro Matsui on August 27, 2006 in Kanagawa, Japan

199 to 221 lb (90.5 to 100.5 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Yoshiki Takahashi (def. Shamoji Fujii)	December 1, 2001	Kanagawa, Japan	def. Tsuyoshi Ozawa on July 27, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated		Takahashi vacates Heavyweight Championship.
2	Kestutis "Tiger" Arbocius (def. Poai Suganuma)	August 27, 2006	Kanagawa, Japan

Over 221 lb (100.5 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Tsuyoshi Kosaka (def. Ron Waterman)	November 7, 2004	Chiba, Japan
	Title vacated	January 2006	Kosaka vacates Super Heavyweight Championship.

No weight limit.

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Ken Shamrock (def. Manabu Yamada)	Dec. 17, 1994	Tokyo, Japan	def. Bas Rutten on March 10, 1995 in Kanagawa, Japan
2	Minoru Suzuki	May 13, 1995	Tokyo, Japan
3	Bas Rutten	Sept. 1, 1995	Tokyo, Japan
	Frank Shamrock^[4] (def. Minoru Suzuki for interim championship; Rutten was injured)	January 28, 1995	Kanagawa, Japan
3	Bas Rutten^[5] (def. Frank Shamrock to defend undisputed King of Pancrase title)	May 16, 1996	Tokyo, Japan	def. Masakatsu Funaki on September 7, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	October 1996	Rutten vacates Openweight King of Pancrase Championship for family matters.^[5]
4	Masakatsu Funaki (def. Jason DeLucia)	Dec. 15, 1996	Japan
5	Yuki Kondo	April 27, 1997	Tokyo, Japan	def. Jason DeLucia on September 6, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
6	Masakatsu Funaki (2)	Dec. 20, 1997	Kanagawa, Japan
7	Guy Mezger	April 26, 1998	Kanagawa, Japan	def. Ryushi Yanagisawa on September 14, 1998 in Japan def. Yuki Kondo on December 19, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	February 1999	Mezger vacates the title to compete in the UFC^[5]
8	Yuki Kondo (2) (def. Semmy Schilt)	April 18, 1999	Kanagawa, Japan	def. Kiuma Kunioku on September 18, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
9	Semmy Schilt	Nov. 28, 1999	Osaka, Japan	def. Yoshiki Takahashi on April 30, 2000 in Kanagawa, Japan def. Osami Shibuya on September 24, 2000 in Kanagawa, Japan
10	Josh Barnett (def. Yuki Kondo)	August 31, 2003	Tokyo, Japan