Taro Minato
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L6
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Kawasaki, Kanagawa
- Born
- Japan
- Weight class
- Welterweight
- Height
- 5'11" · 180 cm
Before the UFC
Taro Minato 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
StrongOpponents' combined record
140-86-29
.619 win rate
Winning-record opponents
4 of 4
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
6
4 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 6 bouts · 4 promotionsGCM · Pancrase · Premium Challenge 1 · Rings
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Keita Nakamura36-12-2 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:03 | GCM | Aug 28, 2005 |
| L | Katsuya Inoue19-9-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | GCM | Dec 27, 2003 |
| L | Satoru Kitaoka45-29-10 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Oct 29, 2002 |
| L | Manao Kumagai | Decision | Unanimous | R1 | 10:00 | Premium Challenge 1 | May 6, 2002 |
| L | Takafumi Ito40-36-13 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Mar 25, 2002 |
| L | Naoyuki Taira | Submission | Armlock | R1 | 6:37 | Rings | Mar 20, 2001 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.