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Hideo Tokoro
Japanese martial artist
Hideo Tokoro (born August 22, ) is a Japanese mixed martial artist who last competed in the Bantamweight division. A professional competitor since , Tokoro has also formerly competed for Vale Tudo Japan, ZST, Shooto, Rings and K-1 Hero's.
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He is notable for holding the record for most weight divisions competed in by a professional MMA fighter, at seven, ranging from flyweight through to heavyweight.[1]
Mixed martial arts career
Tokoro got his first contact with mixed martial arts in , joining Kenichi Yamamoto's Power of Dream gym.
He debuted in Titan Fighting Championship in and moved to multiple promotions, among them Fighting Network Rings, Shooto, ZST and K-1, the latter of which signed him up for its Hero's MMA promotion. Up to that point, as fighting wasn't enough to make a living, Tokoro had worked part-time as a janitor, an aspect which K-1 promoted heavily in order to show him as a humble, hard-working underdog figure.