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Emi (えみ, エミ, 絵美,　恵美^?) is a very common feminine Japanese given name and is occasionally used as a surname.

Possible writings[link]

Emi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

as a given name

• 恵美, "blessing, beauty"
• 絵美, "picture, beauty"
• 映見, "reflect, look"
• 映美, "reflect, beauty"
• 栄美
• 恵未
• 恵実

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

as a surname

• 江見
• 江美

People[link]

• Emi Fujita (恵美; born 1963), Japanese singer
• Emi Hashino (恵美; born 1973), Japanese comedienne and stage actress
• Emi Hinouchi (エミ; born 1982), Japanese urban music singer-songwriter
• Emi Inui (絵美; born 1983), Japanese softball player
• Emi Kaneko (恵美; born 1965), Japanese politician
• Emi Kobayashi (恵美; born 1983), Japanese gravure idol
• Emi Kuroda (エミ; born 1978), Japanese actress
• Emi Matsui (江美; born 1963), Japanese javelin thrower
• Emi Motoi (えみ), a Japanese voice actress
• Emi Motokawa (恵美), a Japanese professional wrestler
• Emi Nonaka (絵美), a Japanese ice hockey player
• Emi Shinohara (恵美; born 1963), Japanese voice actress
• Emi Suzuki (えみ; born 1985), Chinese-Japanese actress and fashion model
• Emi Tawata (えみ; born 1984), Japanese singer
• Emi Uwagawa (恵美), a Japanese voice actress
• Emi Wada (惠美; born 1937), Japanese costume designer
• Emi Wakui (映見; born 1970), Japanese actress
• Emi Watanabe (絵美; born 1958), Japanese figure skater

Characters[link]

• Emi Isuzu (絵美), a character in the Tenjho Tenge series

（慧美）

• Emi Ibarazaki (茨崎 笑美), a character in the visual novel Katawa Shoujo

See also[link]

• Mimasaka-Emi Station, a train station in Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
• Magical Star Magical Emi, a magical girl anime series

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Megumi Fujii
Born	(1974-04-26) April 26, 1974 (age 38) Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Other names	Mega Megu
Nationality	Japanese
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight	113.5 lb (51.5 kg; 8.11 st)
Fighting out of	Tokyo, Japan
Team	Abe Ani Combat Club
Rank	Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black belt in Judo 1st razryad international master in Sambo
Mixed martial arts record
Total	27
Wins	25
By knockout	1
By submission	19
By decision	5
Losses	2
By decision	2
Draws	0
No contests	0
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Megumi Fujii (恵 藤井 Fujii Megumi, born April 26, 1974) is a female Japanese mixed martial artist. She is currently the #5-ranked pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world by MMARising.com^[1] and the #2-ranked female strawweight according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings.^[2]

Biography[link]

Fujii (left) vs. Cody Welchlin (right)

Fujii specializes mainly in submission fighting and is renowned for her quick takedowns and submissions. Her most popular move is the Inazuma Toe Hold submission, dubbed the Megulock. She also holds black belts in both Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Fujii was trained in MMA by Shooto veteran Hiroyuki Abe and professional wrestler, PRIDE Fighting Championships alumni, former UFC Heavyweight Champion and King of Pancrase Josh Barnett. She has trained several other female MMA fighters herself, including current top fighter Hitomi Akano.

Fujii is also a highly decorated fighter outside of mixed martial arts, with accomplishments including Japanese National Sambo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Champion, five Second Place finishes in the World Sambo Championships, Ground Impact Professional BJJ Tournament Champion and 2004 and 2006 BJJ Pan-Am Champion.

In 2005 and 2007, she earned Third Place finishes in the ADCC Under-60 kg. World Submission Championships.

Fujii was also a multi-time contestant on the seasonal Japanese obstacle course television show Sasuke (Ninja Warrior), but never made it past the first stage.

Mixed martial arts career[link]

Fujii debuted in mixed martial arts on August 5, 2004 and defeated Yumi Matsumoto by submission in just 40 seconds. She then went on to defeat former UFC commentator Erica Montoya at HOOKnSHOOT: "Evolution" in what would be Montoya's final fight.

Further wins over Ana Michelle Tavares, Misaki Takimoto, Keiko "Tama Chan" Tamai and Masako Yoshida established Fujii as one of the top female fighters in the world and she became a staple of Shooto and Smackgirl events.

She faced Cody Welchin at NFF - The Breakout on March 10, 2007. She won the fight by armbar submission in the first round.^[3]

On August 24, 2007, Fujii defeated highly-touted American Lisa Ellis by first-round submission at a BodogFight event in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[4]

Fujii defeated Cindy Hales and Korean star Seo Hee Ham to advance to the finals of the 2008 Smackgirl World ReMix Grand Prix, but the promotion folded amidst financial troubles before the final round.^[5]

In November 2008, the newly-rebranded Smackgirl, now known as Jewels, featured Fujii at its debut "First Ring" event. Fujii defeated Tomoko Morii by submission in the first round.

After submitting Won Bun Chu in less than one minute at Shooto: "Tradition Final" in May 2009, Fujii returned to Jewels and defeated rising Japanese contender Saori Ishioka late in the second round.

She defeated veteran striker "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba by first-round armbar at Shooto: "Revolutionary Exchanges 3" on November 23, 2009.^[6]

On May 6, 2010, it was announced that Fujii would compete at Bellator 22 on June 10.^[7] Bellator later changed the numbering of their events and the June 10 card was renamed Bellator 21. Fujii faced Sarah Schneider^[8] and defeated Schneider by TKO in the third round. It marked Fujii's first victory by TKO in her 20-fight career.^[9]

Fujii took part of the Bellator 115-pound women's tournament in Season Three, which began on August 12, 2010.^[7][10] She was set to face Angela Magana in the first round of the tournament at Bellator 24,^[11] but Magana withdrew from the tournament on August 8, 2010 after suffering a foot injury.^[12]

Fujii instead faced two-time All-American wrestler Carla Esparza.^[13] She defeated Esparza by armbar submission in the second round.^[14]

Fujii once again faced Lisa Ellis in the second round of the Bellator tournament at Bellator 31^[15] and won the rematch by armbar submission in the first round.^[16]

With the victory, Fujii became only the second mixed martial artist, male or female, to begin a career with 22 consecutive victories. She faced Zoila Gurgel in the finals of the tournament at Bellator 34 on October 28, 2010.^[16] Fujii lost the fight via a questionable split decision.^[17][18]

Fujii faced Emi Fujino at World Victory Road Presents: Soul of Fight on December 30, 2010^[19] and defeated Fujino by unanimous decision.^[20][21]

Fujii rematched Mika Nagano at Jewels 15th Ring on July 9, 2011.^[22] She defeated Nagano by unanimous decision.^[23]

Fujii faced Karla Benitez at DREAM - Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 on December 31, 2011.^[24] She defeated Benitez by submission due to an armbar in the first round.^[25]

Fujii returned to Bellator to face Jessica Aguilar at Bellator 69 on May 18, 2012.^[26] She was defeated by unanimous decision.^[27]

Mixed martial arts record[link]

See also[link]

• List of female mixed martial artists

References[link]

External links[link]

• Professional MMA record for Megumi Fujii from Sherdog
• Megumi Fujii's official website
• Megumi Fujii's official blog (Japanese)
• Megumi Fujii's myspace

Emi Fujino (藤野 恵実, fujino emi^?, born on November 17, 1980(1980-11-17)) is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, kickboxer and professional wrestler, occasionally nicknamed Special Attack Angel (特攻天女, tokkō tennyo^?).^[3]

Background[link]

Fujino was born on November 17, 1980(1980-11-17) in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.^[1][2] After graduating from college, she started training in combat sports for dieting purposes.^[3]

Mixed martial arts career[link]

Fujino made her professional MMA debut at Smackgirl-F: Next Cinderella Tournament 2nd stage & SG-F7 on March 20, 2004 (2004-03-20), defeating Seri Saito by unanimous decision.^[4]

Fujino obtained her second victory by defeating Eri Takahashi with an armbar submission in the second round on April 18, 2004 (2004-04-18) at Cross Section.^[5][6]

On November 29, 2006 (2006-11-29) at Smackgirl 2006: Legend of Extreme Women, Fujino got her third straight win, defeating Mai Ichii via unanimous decision.^[7][8]

Fujino's fourth bout was a first round straight armbar submission victory over Madoka Okada at Smackgirl 2007: Will The Queen Paint The Shinjuku Skies Red? on March 11, 2007 (2007-03-11).^[9][10]

Continuing her winning streak, Fujino defeated Anna Saito via submission (rear naked choke) in the first round on May 27, 2007 (2007-05-27) at the event K-Grace.^[11][12]

Fujino defeated Yukiko Seki via unanimous decision at Smackgirl 2007: Queens' Hottest Summer on September 6, 2007 (2007-09-06).^[13][14]

At Cage Force EX: eastern bound on November 11, 2007 (2007-11-11), Fujino got her seventh consecutive victory when she faced and defeated Yuko Yamazaki via unanimous decision.^[15][16]

In her next fight, Fujino defeated Mei Yamaguchi by split decision on December 26, 2007 (2007-12-26) at Smackgirl 7th Anniversary: Starting Over.^[17][18][19]

Ending Fujino's winning streak and breaking her undefeated record, women's MMA legend Megumi Yabushita defeated Fujino by unanimous decision on July 21, 2008 (2008-07-21) at Demolition 080721.^{[20][21][22][23][24]}

Debuting with promotion Valkyrie at the promotion's first event Valkyrie 01, Fujino was defeated by veteran Tomomi Sunaba via unanimous decision on November 8, 2008 (2008-11-08).^{[25][26][27][28]}

In a rematch of their 2007 bout, Mei Yamaguchi defeated Fujino by unanimous decision during Valkyrie women's featherweight tournament at Valkyrie 02 on April 25, 2009 (2009-04-25).^[29][30][31]

In her fourth consecutive loss, Fujino was defeated via majority decision by Kyoko Takabayashi on April 11, 2010 (2010-04-11) at Valkyrie 05.^{[32][33][34][35]}

Fujino rebounded with a victory over Anna Saito in a rematch of their 2007 fight at Valkyrie 08 on November 28, 2010 (2010-11-28). Fujino choked Saito unconscious with a rear-naked choke in less than thirty seconds.^[36][37]

Fujino faced Megumi Fujii at World Victory Road Presents: Soul of Fight on December 30, 2010 (2010-12-30)^[38] and was defeated by unanimous decision.^[39][40]

Fujino made her Jewels debut against Celine Haga at Jewels 17th Ring on December 17, 2011 (2011-12-17).^[41] She won the fight by unanimous decision.^[42][43]

Fujino faced Mika Nagano at Jewels 18th Ring on March 3, 2012 (2012-03-03).^[44] She won the fight by unanimous decision.^[45]

Professional wrestling career[link]

This section requires expansion with: additional details of her pro-wrestling career.

Fujino debuted in her professional wrestling career with promotion Ice Ribbon on August 15, 2009 (2009-08-15) in a match against Emi Sakura.^[2]

Kickboxing and Shoot boxing career[link]

On November 18, 2009 (2009-11-18) at shoot boxing event Takeshi Road -bushido- The Fifth, Fujino started her kickboxing career with a TKO defeat at the hands of Girls S-Cup winner Rena Kubota after Kubota broke Fujino's nose and rendered her unable to come out for the third round.^[46][47]

Debuting with kickboxing promotion J-Network with the J-Girls brand, in a result considered an upset,^[48] Fujino was defeated by 16-year-old Mizuki Inoue via unanimous decision at J-Girls Catch The Stone 9 on July 25, 2010 (2010-07-25).^[49][50]

On October 17, 2010 (2010-10-17) at J-Girls Catch The Stone 11, Fujino defeated Nozomi Satake by unanimous decision.^[51][52]

On August 19, 2011 (2011-08-19), Fujino entered the 2011 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup tournament. She faced Seo Hee Ham in the opening round and was defeated by majority decision.^[53][54]

Mixed martial arts record[link]

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Win	11-5-0	Mika Nagano	Decision (3-0)	Jewels 18th Ring	02012-03-03March 3, 2012	2	5:00	Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Win	10-5-0	Celine Haga	Decision (3-0)	Jewels 17th Ring	02011-12-17December 17, 2011	2	5:00	Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan
Loss	9-5-0	Megumi Fujii	Decision (3-0)	World Victory Road Presents: Soul of Fight	02010-12-30December 30, 2010	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	9-4-0	Anna Saito	Technical Submission (rear-naked choke)	Valkyrie 08	02010-11-28November 28, 2010	1	0:28	Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Loss	8-4-0	Kyoko Takabayashi	Decision (0-2)	Valkyrie 05	02010-04-11April 11, 2010	3	3:00	Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Loss	8-3-0	Mei Yamaguchi	Decision (0-3)	Valkyrie 02	02009-04-25April 25, 2009	3	3:00	Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Loss	8-2-0	Tomomi Sunaba	Decision (0-3)	Valkyrie 01	02008-11-08November 8, 2008	3	3:00	Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Loss	8-1-0	Megumi Yabushita	Decision (0-3)	GCM - Demolition 080721	02008-07-21July 21, 2008	3	3:00	Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Win	8-0-0	Mei Yamaguchi	Decision (2-1)	Smackgirl 7th Anniversary: Starting Over	02007-12-26December 26, 2007	2	5:00	Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Win	7-0-0	Yuko Yamazaki	Decision (3-0)	GCM - Cage Force EX Eastern Bound	02007-11-11November 11, 2007	2	5:00	Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Win	6-0-0	Yukiko Seki	Decision (3-0)	Smackgirl 2007: Queens' Hottest Summer	02007-09-06September 6, 2007	2	5:00	Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Win	5-0-0	Anna Saito	Submission (rear-naked choke)	K - GRACE 1	02007-05-27May 27, 2007	1	2:06	Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Win	4-0-0	Madoka Okada	Submission (straight armbar)	Smackgirl 2007: Will The Queen Paint The Shinjuku Skies Red?	02007-03-11March 11, 2007	1	2:34	Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan
Win	3-0-0	Mai Ichii	Decision (3-0)	Smackgirl 2006: Legend of Extreme Women	02006-11-29November 29, 2006	2	5:00	Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Win	2-0-0	Eri Takahashi	Submission (armbar)	GCM - Cross Section 1	02004-04-18April 18, 2004	2	1:56	Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Win	1-0-0	Seri Saito	Decision (3-0)	Smackgirl-F: Next Cinderella Tournament 2nd stage & SG-F7	02004-03-20March 20, 2004	2	5:00	Adachi, Tokyo, Japan

Kickboxing and Shoot boxing record[link]

Kickboxing and Shoot boxing record

4 Fights, 1 Win, 3 Losses Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes Loss 1-3-0 Seo Hee Ham Decision (0-2) 2011 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup 02011-08-19August 19, 2011 3 2:00 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan 2011 Girls S-Cup quarterfinals Win 1-2-0 Nozomi Satake Decision (3-0) J-Girls: Catch The Stone 11 02010-10-17October 17, 2010 3 2:00 Tokyo, Japan Loss 0-2-0 Mizuki Inoue Decision (0-3) J-Girls: Catch The Stone 9 02010-07-25July 25, 2010 3 2:00 Tokyo, Japan Loss 0-1-0 Rena Kubota TKO (Doctor Stoppage - Broken Nose) Shoot Boxing: Takeshi Road -bushido- The Fifth 02009-11-18November 18, 2009 2 2:00 Tokyo, Japan Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest

See also[link]

Professional wrestling portal

• List of female mixed martial artists
• List of female kickboxers

References[link]

External links[link]

• Professional MMA record for Emi Fujino from Sherdog
• Profile at Fightergirls.com
• Profile at J-Girls (Japanese)
• Profile at Ice Ribbon (Japanese)
• Profile at Wajutsu Keishukai Gods (Japanese)
• Official blog (Japanese)
• Official blog (old) (Japanese)