Japanese MMA Scene Gym List

Fighters are made in the gym. The gym is an integral part of MMA.

I have made a list of Japanese MMA gyms with their official websites. There are loads of gyms, so I can’t introduce them all. I’ll try to give the links to their website, what prefecture they are in, and what railway station is nearest (in that order). I’ll also note the head of the gym, although sometimes when that information is not available, I’ll make a guess - I could be wrong.

Important:
Some gyms really lack the ability to welcome foreigners due to the language barrier. It’s better to go somewhere you know you will be welcomed, so please try to contact them beforehand - (or learn Japanese! Ed)

This information is not guaranteed and may be out of date - sorry!

I hope some foreigners may realize there is a gym near them, and start to train MMA.

Hopefully this will make foreigners living in Japan realise they have an MMA gym and maybe some famous Japanese fighters or teachers nearby, and start training.

Gutsman Shooto Dojo (Tokyo,Meidaimae)
Gym's head Naoki Sakurada

AACC (Tokyo,Omori and Tokyo,Harajuku and Chiba, Gyotoku)

Gym's head Hiroyuki Abe
Famous Fighter Ayaka Hamasaki

I specially recommend this gym for international audience,because of I know this gym's English speaking student and this gym is quite foreign friendly.There is many foreign student in gym.Gym's head Hiroyuki Abe is friendly and helpful for international students.

Uno Dojo (Tokyo,Omori)
Gym's head Caol Uno

Tokyo Yellow Mans (Tokyo,Higashi Jujyo)
Gym's head Noboru Asahi




Tokyo Yellow Manz Cute (Tokyo,Umejima)
Gym's head Yuki Yasunaga

Academia AZ (Tokyo,Suidobashi)
Gym's head Toshiyuki Sato

Master Japan (Tokyo,Suidobashi)
Gym's head Kuniyoshi Hironaka



Sayama Dojo
Gym's head Satoru Sayama

Alliance-Square (Tokyo,Aoyamaitchome)
Gym's head Tsuyoshi Kosaka

Fired Up Gym (Tokyo,Kyodo)
Gym's head Kenta Takizawa

Gokita Gym (Tokyo,Machida)
Gym's head Masaru Gokita



Cave Gym (Tokyo,Tokyo Skytree)
Gym's head Taisuke Okuno



Tribe Tokyo MMA (Tokyo,Nerima)
(Link to English Page)
Gym's head Ryo Chonan



Lotus Setagaya (Tokyo,Chitosekarasuyama)
Gym's head Kohei Yasumi

Akatsuki Dojo (Tokyo,Waseda)
Gym's head Akihiro Murayama

Wrestle Win (Tokyo,Sengawa)
Gym's head Katsuhiko Nagata



Honey Trap (Tokyo,Iidabashi)
Gym's head Koichiro Matsumoto



P's Lab Tokyo,P's Lab Setagaya(Tokyo,Harajuku and Kanagawa,Tsujido and Tokyo,Kichijoji and Tokyo Oizumigakuen,Tokyo Chitose-Funabashi, Chiba, Gyotoku)


Brightness Monma Dojo (Tokyo,Nishiarai)
Gym's head Hidetaka Monma

Trinity Gym (Tokyo,Meidaimae)
Gym's head Takenori Sato

Seriken Gym (Tokyo,Nakamurabashi)
Gym's head Kenichi Serizawa

Right Thing Academy (Tokyo, Nakano-shimbashi)
Gym's head Yoshiyuki Yoshida

T-Grip Tokyo (Tokyo,Takadanobaba)
Gym's head Taro Obata

Higashi Rinkan Rascal Gym (Kanagawa,Higashi-Rinkan)
Gym's head Takanori Gomi

Rising Sun (Kanagawa, Tsurumi)
Gym's head Takeshi "Lion" Inue

K'z Factory (Kanagawa,Higashirinkan)
Gym's head Kazuhiro Kusayanagi



Fact MMA (Kanagawa,Chogo)
Gym's head Tatsuhiko Nishizaka

Burn MMA (Kanagawa,Sagamihara)
Gym's head Daiji Takahashi

Akimoto Dojo Jungle Junction (Kanagawa,Hashimoto)
Gym's head Jin Akimoto

MMA Crown (Kanagawa,Kamimizo)
Gym's head Yusuke Kasuya

Neo Judo Academy Omigawa Dojo (Kanagawa,Aobadai)
Gym's head Michihiro Omigawa



Shingikan (Kanagawa,Sagamino and Tokyo,Tsurukawa)
Gym's head Tokuichi Tashiro

Sotenjuku (Kanagawa,Kayama)
Gym's head Tokuichi Tashiro

Sotenjuku Azamino (Kanagawa, Azamino)
Gym's head Kohei Kuraoka

roots (Kanagawa,Odawara)
roots Youtube channel
Gym's head Rumina Sato



Reversal Gym Yokohama Groundslam (Kanagawa, Yokohama)
Gym's head Syuichiro Katsumura
Famous fighter Seiichiro Ito



Reversal Gym Totsuka Groundslam (Kanagawa,Totsuka)
Gym's head Syuichiro Katsumura

PancraseISM Yokohama (Kanagawa, Kannai)
Gym's head Satoru Kitaoka



Maruwa Gym (Kanagawa,Yoshinocho)
Gym's head Masahiro Watanabe

Y&K Sports Academy (Kanagawa,Kenritsudaigaku)
Gym's head Hiroyuki Yamashiro

Sakaguchi Dojo (Kanagawa, Nakamachidai)
Gym's head Yukio Sakaguchi



X-One Gym Shonan (Kanagawa, Fujisawa)
Gym's head Tomoaki Hayama

Reversal Gym Chigasaki Groundslam KREW (Kanagawa.Chigasaki)
Gym's head Ryosuke Tanuma

Reversal Gym Musashi Kosugi Tokoro Plus (Kanagawa, Musashi Kosugi)
Gym's head Hideo Tokoro



Sonic Squad (Kanagawa, Konandai)
Gym's head Eiji Murayama



Dobuita (Kanagawa, Yokosukachuo)
Gym's head Hiroki Nagaoka

Shonan Spirits Sports Gym (Kanagawa.Chigasaki)
Gym's head Keiichiro Yamamiya

Rodeo Style (Kanagawa, Keikyu Taura)
(Link to English Page)
Gym's head Yasutaka Kato



STF,STF Tokorozawa,STF Urawa (Saitama,Tsruse and Urawa)
Gym's head Naoyuki Abe



Freedom@OZ (Saitama,Warabi)
Freedom@OZ Youtube Channel
Gym's head Seiji Ozuka



Dragon's Den (Saitama, Kawagoe)
Gym's head Makoto Sawada

Purebred (Saitama,Kita-ageo)
Prebred Youtube channel
Gym's head Hisao Ikeda



Oota Dojo (Saitama,Omiya)
Gym's head Junichi Ota

Reversal Kawaguchi REDIPS (Saitama,Kawaguchi)
Gym's head Tatsuya Onose



K-Place Saitama MMA Gym (Saitama, Fujimino)
Gym's head Yoshiaki Koike

Purebred Tottori (Tottori,Yonago)
Gym's head Takumi Ota

G-FREE (Wakayama,Wakayama)
Gym's head Toshiharu Katakuri

Fight Farm (Chiba,Tsudanuma)
Gym's head Hiroyuki Takaya

Tsudanuma Dojo (Chiba,Tsudanuma)
Gym's head Yasuo Suzuki

Katori Dojo (Chiba,Omigawa)
Gym's head Kazuo Misaki

Silver Back House (Chiba, Sakura)
Gym's head Yoshitomo Watanabe

Yotsukaido Sports Studio (Chiba, Yostukaido)
Gym's head Akihiro Fukuda

Mach Dojo (Tokyo, Sugamo and Ibaragi, Ryugasakishi)
Gym's head Hayato "Mach" Sakurai



Krazy Bee (Tokyo,Magome)
Krazy Bee Youtube Channel
Gym's head Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto



Nexusense (Tokyo, Tachikawa)
(Link to English Page)
Gym's head Naoya Uematsu



Reversal Gym Tachikawa Alpha (Tokyo, Tachikawa)
Gym's head Masanori Kanehara



U.W.F. Snakepit Japan (Tokyo Koenji)
Gym's head Yuko Miyato

GRABAKA (Tokyo,Ochiai)
(Link to English Page)
GRABAKA Youtube Channel
Gym's head Sanae Kikuta



Reversal Gym Shinjuku Me, We (Tokyo, Minamishinjuku)
Gym's head Takeshi Yamazaki



Combat Workout Diamonds (Tokyo Kichijoji)
Gym's head Kota Onojima

Natural 9 (Tokyo,Gotanda)
Natural 9 Youtube Channel
Gym's head Wataru Miki


MMA Karate Dojo Taka (Tokyo, Mitaka)
Gym's head Nobutatsu Suzuki

Takada Dojo (Tokyo,Musashikoyama)
Gym's head Nobuhiko Takada

Good Skill (Tokyo,Sangen-Jaya)
Gym's head Eiji Mitsuoka

K.I.B.A. Martial Arts Club (Tokyo,Harigaya)
Gym's head "Rambo" Matsukaze

T.T.M Urushi Dojo (Tokyo Kamata)
Gym's head Yasuhiro Urushitani



Brave (Tokyo,Kitasenjyu and Saitama,Misato)
Gym's head Kazuyuki Miyata



Uzukido Honpo (Tokyo,Kitasenjyu)
Gym's head Daisuke Nakamura



Reversal Gym Tokyo Standout (Tokyo,Yoyogiuehara and Tokyo,Shimokitazawa)
Reversal Gym Tokyo Standout Youtube Channel
Gym's head Masato Kataoka

U-File Camp (Tokyo,Nishichofu and Tokyo,Akabane and Tokyo,Omori and Kanagawa,Mukogaokayuen)
Gym's head Kiyoshi Tamura

Renseijyuku (Kanagawa, Tsurukawa)
Gym's head Yasuaki Kaji

Musashimurayama Dojo (Tokyo,Kamikitadai)
Gym's head Satoshi Miura

Hybrid Wrestling Yamada Dojo (Tochigi,Nishinasuno)
Gym's head Manabu Yamada

U-Spirit Japan (Tokyo,Machida)
Gym's head Ryuki Ueyama

Power Of Dream (Hokkaido,Sapporo)
Gym's head Kenichi Yamamoto

T-Blood (Ibaragi,Arakawaoki)
T-Blood Youtube Channel
Gym's head Kenji Seki
Famous fighter Tatsuya Kawajiri,Mitsuhiro Ishida



R-Blood (Ibaragi,Higashimito)
Gym's head Ryuta Sakurai

Style Plus Gym (Yamanashi,Shimoyoshida)
Gym's head Katsushi Kojima

K.O. Gym (Shizuoka,Hamamatsu)
Gym's head Kenji Ogusu

Iggy Hand's Gym (Shizuoka,Mishima)
Gym's Head Daisuke Endo

SUBMIT MMA (Shizuoka,Gotenba and Shizuoka, Susono)
Gym's Head Katsuya Murofushi

Bonsai Juijitsu (Shizuoka,Hamamatsu and Shizuoka,Iwata and Shizuoka,Shizuoka)
Gym's head Mauricio Souza

Toikatsu Dojo Nagano (Nagano,Inashi and Nagano Matsumoto and Nagano Hata)
Gym's head Katsuya Toida

Core Spirit Studio (Nagano,Nagano)
Gym's head Daigo Niizato

Cobrakai (Osaka,Noda)
Gym's head Yoshitomi "Dokonjonosuke" Mishima



Pancrase Inagakigumi (Osaka,Daikokucho)
Gym's head Katsuomi Inagaki

Chokushinkai (Osaka,Deto and Osaka,Neyagawashi and Osaka, Kitatatsumi)
Gym's head Junji Ikoma



Angura (Osaka,Gozenji)
Gym's head Hiroto? Nishikawa
Famous fighter Yuka Tsuji

Style (Osaka,Sekime)
Style Youtube Channel
Gym's head Seichi Ikemoto

Miburo (Kyoto,Kiyomizu-Gojo)
Gym's head Yu Ueta

King Gym (Hyogo, Takatori)
Gym's head Masaki Konishi

Gonz Gym (Hyogo,Kobe)
Gym's head Hironobu Tsuda

Trinity Suns (Hyogo,(no train station))
Gym's head Masanori Suda

Abusolute Okayama (Okayama,Okayama)
Gym's head Izuru Takeuchi

Second Out (Okayama,Tsuyama)
Gym's head Yoichi Yamamoto

BURST (Hiroshima,Higashifukuyama)
Gym's head Shinji Sasaki

TK Esperanza (Hiroshima,Fukue)
Gym's head Tsuyoshi Okada

Shooto Jam Water (Tottori,Tottori)
Gym's head Mitsuhiro Saji

The Soldierno (Shimane,Izumokagakukanparktownmae)
Gym's head Koji Matsui

Mouri Dojo (Yamaguchi,Toyama)
Gym's head Akihiko Mori

MMA Arms (Ehime, Imabari (Far from station))
Gym's head Satoshi Fujikawa

Hope Gym (Ehime, Uwajima (Far from station))
Gym's head Naohiro Mizuno

Team Blaze Kagawa , Team Blaze Wakimachi (Kagawa,Kurikuma and Tokushima ,Anabuki)
Team Blaze Youtube channel
Gym's head Kimikazu Fujimoto

Ichiryogusoku (Kochi,Gomen)
Gym's head Tatsuyuki Kawakami

Toushin (Okinawa,Furujima)
Gym's head ???? Kineya

Wild Seaser (Okinawa,Onoyama-koen and Okinawa, Miebashi)
Gym's head Shikou Tomaru

Reversal Gym Okinawa Cross X Line (Okinawa, Syuri)
Gym's head Mitsuhisa Sunabe

ALIVE (Aichi,Kurumamichi)
Gym's head Yoichi Suzuki
Famous fighter Hatsu Hioki, Hisaki Kato



stArt Japan (Aichi, Nagoya)
Gym's head Hatsu Hioki

Grappling Shooto Boxers (Aichi,Nonami)
Gym's head Atsuhiro Tsuboi

NEX (Aichi,Komaki)
Gym's head Hiroshi Umemura

NEX Ichimuay (Aichi,Inazawa)
Gym's head Masanori Oshio

Ishutsuna Gym (Aichi,Owari Seto)
Gym's head Takuma Hayashi

Shimura Dojo (Aichi,Kasumori and Aichi,Sanno and Aichi, Takaoka and Aichi, Higashi-Narawa and Aichi, Naruko-Kita
Gym's head Tamio Shimura

Barbosa Japan (Aichi,Narawa)
(Link to English Page)
Barbosa Japan Youtube channel
Gym's head Tomomi "Taisho" Iwama

Nagoya Fight Club (Aichi,Osukannon)
Gym's head  Hiroki Noritsugi

Splash (Aichi,Higashiokazaki)
Splash Youtube Channel
Gym's head Akira Kibe

MB3Z (Aichi,Kogane)
Gym's head Naoki Matsushita

Nascer Do Sol (Gifu, Hozumi)
Gym's head Hiroyuki Nomura

N-Trust (Mie, Kikyogaoka)
Gym's head Masayuki Watanabe

MMA Rangers Gym (Fukuoka,Higashi-Hie)
Gym's head Daisuke Okumiya

Carpe Diem Fukuoka (Fukuoka,Gion)
Gym's head Yukinari "Hibiki" Tamura

Master Japan Fukuoka, Master Japan Yamaguchi (Fukuoka,Takeshita and Fukuoka,Harada and Yamaguchi,Shimonoseki and Yamaguchi, Kiwa)
(Link to English Page)
Gym's head Kuniyoshi Hironaka

Philoktetes Niigata (Niigata,Kameda)
Gym's head Jin Kazeta

Battle MMA (Niigata,Niitsu)
Gym's head Yusuke Sato

SAI-Gym (Niigata,Yoshida)
Gym's head Tatsuma Okada

Club Barbarian (Toyama,Minamitoyama), CB IMPACT (Ishikawa,Kanazawa)
Gym's head Yoshinori Fukumoto

Mimura Dojo (Fukui,Fukui and Fukui, Echizentogo and Fukui, Takefu)
Gym's head Hiroyuki Mizuno

T-Pleasure (Aomori,Goshogawara)
Gym's head Nariyasu Fujita

Answer Fight (Iwate,Kuji)
Gym's head Nariyasu Fujita

Shooting Gym Yokohama (Kanagawa,Yokohama)
(Link to English Page)
Gym's head Kenji Kawaguchi
Famous fighter Mamoru Yamaguchi Takeshi "Lion" Inoue



Shooting Gym Tokyo (Tokyo,Togoshi-Ginza)
Gym's head Kazuhiro Sakamoto


Shooting Gym Kobe (Hyogo,Motomachi)
Gym's head Jun Kitagawa

Shooto Gym BLOWS (Osaka Nihonbashi)
Shooto Gym Blows Youtube Channel
Gym's head Takashi Nakakura



Paraestra Tokyo (Tokyo, Ekoda)
(Link to English Page)   
Gym's head Yuki Nakai
Famous fighter Shinya Aoki



Paraestra Osaka (Osaka,Teradacho)
Gym's head Takumi Nakayama

Paraestra Izumi (Osaka,Izumi-Chuo)
Paraestra Izumi Youtube channel 
Gym's head Hiroaki Yoshioka

Paraestra Kawasaki (Kanagawa, Takatsu)
Gym's head Takuya Kitade

Paraestra Ikebukuro (Tokyo,Ikebukuro)
Gym's head Yuki Nakai

Paraestra Hakata (Fukuoka,Hakata)
Gym's head Kenshi Tomari

Paraestra Kasai (Tokyo,Nishikasai and Chiba,Urayasu)
Gym's head Takayuki Hirose

Paraestra Hachiouji (Tokyo,Hachioji and Tokyo,Kokubunji)

Gym's head Ayumu "Gozo" Shioda
Famous fighter Kazuki Tokudome



Paraestra Chiba,Paraestra Kashiwa and Paraestra Matsudo (Chiba,Honchiba and Chiba,Kashiwa and Chiba,Mabashi)
Gym's head Hiroshi Tsuruya



Paraestra Muroran (Hokkaido,Bokoi)
Gym's head Masatoshi Kudo

Bellatleo (Hokkaido Goryokaku)
Gym's head Tsutomu Fujimoto

Paraestra Asahikawa (Hokkaido, Shinasahikawa)
Gym's head Yoichi Yamamoto

Paraestra Hachinohe,Paraestra Misawa,Paraestra Towada,Hybrid Wrestling Hachinohe (Aomori,Ichikawa and Aomori,Misawa and Aomori,Towada)
Gym's head Takehito Nishizuka

Paraestra Sendai,Paraestra Fukushima,Paraestra Kooriyama,Paraestra Nanyo,Paraestra Namie,Paraestra Aizu (Fukushima,Minamifukushima and Fukushima,Kooriyama and Fukushima, Nanyoshiyakusyo and Fukushima Namie and Fukushima,Minamiwakamatsu)
Gym's head Takeshi Sato

Paraestra Joetsu (Niigata,Takada)
Gym's head Yohei Nashimoto

X-Point Paraestra Koga (Ibaragi,Koga)
Gym's head Satoshi Kotani

Paraestra Koiwa (Tokyo,Koiwa)
Gym's head Takashi Ouchi

Paraestra Kichijyoji,Paraestra Shibuya (Tokyo,Kichijyoji and Tokyo Shibuya)
Gym's head Satoshi Kotani

Paraestra Machida (Tokyo,Machida)
Gym's head Yuki Nakai

Paraestra Gifu,Paraestra Gujo (Gifu,Takadabashi and Gifu,Gujyohachiman)
Gym's head Sogen Shimizu

Paraestra Osaka (Osaka,Teradacho)
Gym's head Takumi Nakayama

Paraestra Kakogawa (Hyogo,Hioka)
Gym's head Masaya Inoue

Paraestra Hiroshima (Hiroshima,Cyorakuji)
Gym's head Tatsuro Kamei

Paraestra Ehime (Ehime,Ichitsubo)
Gym's head Kanahiro Hayashi

Paraestra Kitakyushu (Fukuoka,Jyono)
Gym's head Tomikazu Goto

Paraestra Okinawa (Okinawa,Onoyama-koen)
Gym's Head Ryota Matsune

Never Quit (Tokyo, Monzen Nakamachi)
Gym's Head Koji Ando

Wajyutsu Keisyukai GODS (Tokyo, Senzokuike)
Gym's Head Taiyo Nakahara



Wajyutsu Keisyukai Akza (Saitama, Niiza)
Gym's Head Hirokazu Nishimura

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Yokohama (Kanagawa, Shitte)
Wajyutsu Keisyukai Yokohama Dojo Youtube channel
Gym's Head Yuji Hisamatsu



Wajyutsu Keisyukai Hearts (Tokyo,Shinjuku)
(Link to English Page) 
Gym's Head Kenji Osawa



Wajyutsu Keisyukai K-Taro Dojo (Tokyo,Oimachi)
Gym's Head K-taro Nakamura

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Takadanobaba Dojo (Tokyo,Takadanobaba)
Gym's Head Katsuya Toida

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Toikatsu Dojo (Tokyo,Nakano)
Gym's Head Katsuya Toida

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Team Vamos (Nara, Tenri)
Gym's Head Yushi Shiori

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Iwate (Iwate,Murasakino)
Gym's Head Takuya Fujimura

Duro Gym (Chiba,Inage-Kaigan)
Gym's Head Toshihiro Suda (ex Box Japanese Ranker)

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Suruga Dojo (Shizuoka,Numazu)
Wajyutsu Keisyukai Suruga Dojo Youtube channel
Gym's Head Yohei Yamaji

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Fujisan Dojo (Shizuoka,Fuji)
Wajyutsu Keisyukai Fujisan Dojo Youtube Channel
Gym's Head Masaki Sugaya

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Four Rhombus (Yamanashi,Kasugaicyo)
Gym's Head Takashi Toyota

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Hyogo Shibu (Hyogo,Itami)
Gym's Head Tatsunori Tanaka

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Wakasugi Dojo (Fukuoka,Hakozaki)
Gym's Head Naritsugu Wakasugi

K-Clann (Kameari,Tokyo)
Gym's Head Kazunori Yokota

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Knuckles (Yamaguchi,Hikari)
Gym's Head Yuta Yasunaga

Wajyutsu Keisyukai Seigo Dojo (Kumamoto,Kumamoto)
Gym's Head Seigo Inoue

SKILL MMA's Japanese gym exterior photo series

Big thanks to Matt Benyon (from The Grappling Dummy) for English editing.