Here is a list of Yamanaka's best fights. For a list of Yamanaka's losses, refer to "Shinsuke Yamanaka Losses".
On April 6, 2012 Shinsuke Yamanaka met Vic Darchinyan in a bantamweight (WBC) world-title defense fight. Yamanaka was 29 years old and with a record of 16-0-2 (11), and Darchinyan was 36 years old and with a record of 37-4-1 (27). Yamanaka won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision and successfully defended his title.
On March 4, 2016 Shinsuke Yamanaka met Liborio Solís in a bantamweight (WBC) world-title defense fight. Yamanaka was 33 years old and with a record of 25-0-2 (17), and Solís was 33 years old and with a record of 23-3-1 (10). Yamanaka won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision and successfully defended his title.
On September 22, 2015 Shinsuke Yamanaka met Anselmo Moreno in a bantamweight (WBC) world-title defense fight. Yamanaka was 32 years old and with a record of 24-0-2 (17), and Moreno was 30 years old and with a record of 35-3-1 (12). Yamanaka won the fight via 12-round split decision and successfully defended his title.
On September 16, 2016 Shinsuke Yamanaka, the WBC champion, met Anselmo Moreno, the The Ring champion, in a bantamweight world-title unification fight. Yamanaka was 33 years old and with a record of 26-0-2 (18), and Moreno was 31 years old and with a record of 36-4-1 (12). Yamanaka stopped Anselmo Moreno via 7th-round TKO and is crowned the unified WBC and The Ring champion.
On April 8, 2013 Shinsuke Yamanaka met Malcolm Tuñacao in a bantamweight (WBC) world-title defense fight. Yamanaka was 30 years old and with a record of 18-0-2 (13), and Tuñacao was 35 years old and with a record of 32-2-3 (20). Yamanaka stopped Malcolm Tuñacao via 12th-round TKO and successfully defended his title.
On April 23, 2014 Shinsuke Yamanaka met Stephane Jamoye in a bantamweight (WBC) world-title defense fight. Yamanaka was 31 years old and with a record of 21-0-2 (16), and Jamoye was 24 years old and with a record of 25-4 (15). Yamanaka stopped Stephane Jamoye via 9th-round TKO and successfully defended his title.
On November 3, 2012 Shinsuke Yamanaka met Tomás Rojas in a bantamweight (WBC) world-title defense fight. Yamanaka was 30 years old and with a record of 17-0-2 (12), and Rojas was 32 years old and with a record of 39-13-1 (26). Yamanaka stopped Tomás Rojas via 7th-round KO and successfully defended his title.
On March 5, 2011 Shinsuke Yamanaka faced off against Ryosuke Iwasa in a bantamweight bout at age 28. He was coming in with a record of 14-0-2 (10), and Iwasa was 21 years old and with a record of 8-0 (6). Yamanaka stopped Ryosuke Iwasa via TKO.
On August 12, 2013 Shinsuke Yamanaka met Jose Nieves in a bantamweight (WBC) world-title defense fight. Yamanaka was 30 years old and with a record of 19-0-2 (14). Yamanaka stopped Jose Nieves via 1st-round KO and successfully defended his title.
