Akira Kikuchi (16-4, 12) was born in Miyagi-ken, Japan on July 23, 1978. At the age of 23 years on January 25, 2002, he made his professional MMA debut against Yoichi Fukumoto, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
Kikuchi's last fight was a 1st-round TKO loss to Yoshiyuki Yoshida at age 29 on September 8, 2007. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
Some of Akira Kikuchi's best fights have been against Sammy Morgan, Jani Lax, Seichi Ikemoto, Jake Shields, Jared Rollins, Ronald Jhun and Katsuya Inoue. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Akira Kikuchi".
Kikuchi has 4 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Akira Kikuchi Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20  | Sep 8, 2007 29 years, 1 months 16-4 (12) | 33 years, 3 months 7-2 (6) | WL | 1 | TKO | Loss Elbows | |
19 | Jun 9, 2007 28 years, 10 months 16-3 (12) | Ju Pyo Hong | WL | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
18  | Mar 17, 2007 28 years, 7 months 15-3 (11) | 30 years, 1 month 8-2 (7) | WL | 2 | TKO | Win Punches | |
17  | Feb 17, 2007 28 years, 6 months 14-3 (10) | 23 years, 9 months 11-2 (8) | WL | 3 | SD | Loss For Shooto welterweight title | |
16  | Oct 14, 2006 28 years, 2 months 14-2 (10) | 36 years 22-18-2 (16) | WL | 1 | SUB | Win Armlock | |
15 | Feb 17, 2006 27 years, 6 months 13-2 (9) | 22 years, 9 months 6-2 (5) | WL | 3 | UD | Loss Lost Shooto welterweight title | |
14  | Sep 7, 2005 27 years, 1 months 13-1 (9) | 28 years, 9 months 30-19-7 (12) | K-1 | WL | 3 | UD | Win |
13 | Jul 6, 2005 26 years, 11 months 12-1 (9) | Katsuya Inoue | K-1 | WL | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
12 | Apr 23, 2005 26 years, 9 months 11-1 (8) | Jason Brudvik | WL | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
11  | Dec 14, 2004 26 years, 4 months 10-1 (7) | 25 years, 11 months 11-3-1 (5) | WL | 3 | UD | Win Won Shooto welterweight title | |
10 | Sep 26, 2004 26 years, 2 months 9-1 (7) | Ramunas Komas | 2 | SUB | Win Armbar | ||
9  | May 3, 2004 25 years, 9 months 8-1 (6) | 33 years, 5 months 14-8-2 (12) | 3 | MD | Win | ||
8  | Mar 4, 2004 25 years, 7 months 7-1 (6) | 22 years, 5 months 14-4 (12) | 1 | SUB | Win Armbar | ||
7 | Aug 10, 2003 25 years 6-1 (5) | 24 years, 7 months 9-3 (4) | 3 | UD | Loss | ||
6  | Jun 27, 2003 24 years, 11 months 6-0 (5) | 27 years, 10 months 5-6-3 (3) | 2 | SUB | Win Armbar | ||
5 | Feb 23, 2003 24 years, 7 months 5-0 (4) | Toru Nakayama | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | ||
4 | Nov 9, 2002 24 years, 3 months 4-0 (3) | Kolo Koka | 1 | SUB | Win Keylock | ||
3 | Jul 27, 2002 24 years 3-0 (2) | Shigetoshi Iwase | 2 | UD | Win | ||
2  | Apr 14, 2002 23 years, 8 months 2-0 (2) | 24 years, 5 months 3-2 (3) | 1 | SUB | Win Kimura | ||
1 | Jan 25, 2002 23 years, 6 months 1-0 (1) | Yoichi Fukumoto | 1 | SUB | Win Armbar |
