Kazuhiro Kusayanagi
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Sagamihara, Kanagawa
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- K'z Factory
- Weight class
- Middleweight
- Height
- 5'9" · 175 cm
Before the UFC
Kazuhiro Kusayanagi makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
ModerateOpponents' combined record
240-191-57
.557 win rate
Winning-record opponents
13 of 25
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
29
25 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 29 bouts · 3 promotions · wins by 9 subShooto · Lumax Cup · VTJ 1994
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Yuki Sasaki25-22-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:46 | Shooto | Nov 27, 1998 |
| D | Larry Papadopoulos5-5-3 | Draw | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | May 13, 1998 |
| L | Carlos Newton16-14 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 2:17 | Shooto | Mar 1, 1998 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:01 | Shooto | Oct 12, 1997 | |
| L | Masanori Suda22-11-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Aug 27, 1997 |
| D | Masato Fujiwara5-12-6 | Draw | — | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Apr 6, 1997 |
| W | Akihiro Gono38-24-8 | Submission | Armbar | R4 | 2:52 | Shooto | Oct 4, 1996 |
| W | Toru Koga0-3 | Submission | Armbar | R4 | 2:14 | Shooto | Mar 5, 1996 |
| L | Susumu Yamazaki2-2-2 | Decision | Split | R2 | 3:00 | Lumax Cup | Oct 13, 1995 |
| L | Kyuhei Ueno10-5-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R5 | 1:17 | Shooto | Jul 29, 1995 |
| W | Yasushi Warita1-4-1 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:53 | Shooto | May 12, 1995 |
| L | Yuki Nakai | Decision | Unanimous | R4 | 4:00 | Shooto | Nov 7, 1994 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:20 | VTJ 1994 | Jul 29, 1994 | |
| L | Takeshi Tanaka | Decision | — | R2 | 4:00 | Lumax Cup | Apr 23, 1994 |
| W | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:01 | Lumax Cup | Apr 23, 1994 | |
| L | Erik Paulson11-4-2 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R3 | 1:46 | Shooto | Jun 24, 1993 |
| L | Yasuto Sekishima7-2-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 3:00 | Shooto | Feb 26, 1993 |
| L | Manabu Yamada23-15-6 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:05 | Shooto | Nov 27, 1992 |
| L | Naoki Sakurada12-6-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 3:00 | Shooto | Sep 25, 1992 |
| W | Yutaka Fuji0-3 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | — | Shooto | May 29, 1992 |
| L | Naoki Sakurada12-6-4 | Decision | Majority | R5 | 3:00 | Shooto | Dec 23, 1991 |
| W | Tomohiro Tanaka3-3-1 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | — | Shooto | Oct 17, 1991 |
| D | Kenji Kawaguchi14-7-4 | Draw | — | R5 | 3:00 | Shooto | Aug 25, 1991 |
| L | Yuichi Watanabe | Submission | Kneebar | R1 | — | Shooto | Mar 29, 1991 |
| L | Tomonori Ohara5-11-1 | KO/TKO | Punch | R4 | 0:58 | Shooto | Nov 28, 1990 |
| W | Satoshi Honma4-7-1 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 1:17 | Shooto | Sep 8, 1990 |
| W | Kaoru Todori | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:16 | Shooto | Mar 17, 1990 |
| L | KO/TKO | Spinning Back Kick | R4 | 0:13 | Shooto | Oct 19, 1989 | |
| W | Naoki Sakurada12-6-4 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | — | Shooto | May 18, 1989 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.