Kenji Arai
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Fukumitsu, Toyama
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Pancraseism
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Height
- 5'9" · 175 cm
Before the UFC
Kenji Arai 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.
UFC debut
Aug 20, 2026
Pre-UFC opposition
ModerateOpponents' combined record
516-376-136
.578 win rate
Winning-record opponents
24 of 31
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
35
31 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 35 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 2 sub · 7 decPancrase · Deep · PRIDE · MARS · GCM +1
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Tomonari Kanomata20-9-7 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:24 | Pancrase | Dec 5, 2010 |
| D | Soyu Tanabe3-0-4 | Draw | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Sep 5, 2010 |
| L | Tomonari Kanomata20-9-7 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Dec 6, 2009 |
| D | Tomonari Kanomata20-9-7 | Draw | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Oct 25, 2009 |
| W | Takumi Murata8-18-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Aug 8, 2009 |
| W | Kunihiro Watanabe | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 1:13 | Deep | Jun 28, 2009 |
| L | Masanori Kanehara29-14-5 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:14 | Pancrase | Feb 1, 2009 |
| D | Tashiro Nishiuchi17-9-13 | Draw | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Oct 26, 2008 |
| W | Manabu Inoue17-10-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Aug 27, 2008 |
| L | Shinsuke Shoji6-3-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Mar 26, 2008 |
| W | Michael Sa Jin Kwok12-5-2 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:17 | Pancrase | Dec 22, 2007 |
| W | Takaichi Hirayama7-11-6 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Oct 14, 2007 |
| L | Eriya Matsuda9-10 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:23 | Pancrase | May 30, 2007 |
| L | Daizo Ishige8-2-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Dec 10, 2006 |
| L | Robert Emerson21-15 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Aug 27, 2006 |
| L | Jens Pulver27-19-1 | KO/TKO | Soccer Kick | R1 | 3:59 | PRIDE | Apr 2, 2006 |
| W | Takumi Nakayama19-17-6 | KO/TKO | Punch | R2 | 0:04 | MARS | Feb 4, 2006 |
| W | Furdjel de Windt26-15-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Nov 4, 2005 |
| L | Katsuya Inoue19-9-4 | KO/TKO | Punch | R2 | 4:30 | Pancrase | May 1, 2005 |
| W | Hiroyuki Nozawa10-8-4 | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R2 | 3:33 | Pancrase | Nov 26, 2004 |
| W | Yasuyuki Tokuoka4-2-2 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Aug 22, 2004 |
| L | Jutaro Nakao26-21-4 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 4:04 | Deep | Jul 3, 2004 |
| W | Naoki Seki6-6-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Apr 23, 2004 |
| W | Akihiro Yamazaki13-10-1 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 1:23 | GCM | Jan 18, 2004 |
| D | Daisuke Hanazawa16-15-5 | Draw | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Dec 21, 2003 |
| L | Takahito Iida11-8-2 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 3:03 | Pancrase | Jul 27, 2003 |
| D | Hiroki Nagaoka29-28-13 | Draw | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | May 18, 2003 |
| L | Naoki Seki6-6-2 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 1:20 | Pancrase | Mar 8, 2003 |
| W | Manao Kumagai | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Dec 21, 2002 |
| W | Takehiro Kato | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Oct 29, 2002 |
| L | Satoru Kitaoka45-29-10 | Submission | Ankle Lock | R3 | 2:08 | Pancrase | Jul 28, 2002 |
| W | Minoru Ozawa | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R1 | 0:09 | Pancrase | Jul 28, 2002 |
| L | Satoru Kitaoka45-29-10 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | May 11, 2002 |
| W | Takaku Fuke16-29-5 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 3:28 | Pancrase | Feb 17, 2002 |
| L | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 0:25 | BVT | Mar 24, 2001 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.