Japan
This page brings together champions and ranked contenders from Japan across the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO and RING. Use it as a snapshot of how fighters from this nation appear in the latest official world rankings.
Champions
World champions representing Japan
Riku Masuda
Takuma Inoue
Shokichi Iwata
Top 10 Contenders
Top 10 ranked boxers from Japan
- Seiya Tsutsumi
- Tenshin Nasukawa
- Tomoya Tsuboi
- Ryusei Matsumoto
- Ryosuke Nishida
- Junto Nakatani
- Kyosuke Takami
- Daiya Kira
- Ryota Muto
- Mikito Nakano
- Yoshiki Takei
- Ryusei Kawaura
- Seigo Yuri Akui
- Yuga Ozaki
- Takeshi Ishii
- Shu Utsuki
- Kenichi Ogawa
- Tomoki Kameda
- Kosuke Tomioka
- Andy Hiraoka
- Hayato Tsutsumi
- Toshiki Shimomachi
- Daigo Higa
- Kenta Nakagawa
- Yamato Hata
- Masanori Rikiishi
- Kazuki Nakajima
- Yukinori Oguni
- Masataka Taniguchi
- Katsuki Mori
- Kyonosuke Kameda
- Kazuto Ioka
- Ryoma Morimoto
- Yuni Takada
- Ryuto Owan
- Katsuma Akitsugi
- Atsuki Sano
- Reito Tsutsumi
- Jun Ikegawa
- Aoi Yokoyama
- Shumpei Ohata
- Sho Nogami
Total Ranked
96 boxers from Japan are currently ranked as champions or contenders in the latest WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO and RING world rankings. This list shows 48 additional fighters beyond the champions and Top 10 contenders highlighted above.
- Ayumu Sano – Super Flyweight
- Brandon Tajima – Cruiserweight
- Daiki Kameyama – Light Flyweight
- Fumiya Fuse – Bantamweight
- Goki Kobayashi – Minimumweight
- Hayate Hanada – Super Flyweight
- Horiki Horiike – Super Lightweight
- Issa Sakata – Minimumweight
- Jin Sasaki – Welterweight
- Josuke Nagata – Flyweight
- Jukiya Iimura – Flyweight
- Keisuke Matsumoto – Super Featherweight
- Keita Kurihara – Bantamweight
- Keita Nakayama – Bantamweight
- Kento Hatanaka – Super Flyweight
- Kuntae Lee – Super Lightweight
- Kyosuke Okamoto – Featherweight
- Kyotaro Yoshida – Super Flyweight
- Masatora Okada – Minimumweight
- Mitsuro Brandon Tajima – Cruiserweight
- Raito Kataoka – Light Flyweight
- Reiya Abe – Featherweight
- Rentaro Kimura – Super Featherweight
- Reon Fujino – Super Flyweight
- Riku Kitani – Super Featherweight
- Rikuto Sezutsu – Light Flyweight
- Ryo Mandokoro – Super Flyweight
- Ryota Toyoshima – Super Welterweight
- Ryotaro Nakagaki – Super Flyweight
- Ryu Isogane – Light Flyweight
- Sento Ito – Bantamweight
- Shogo Tanaka – Flyweight
- Shori Umezu – Bantamweight
- Shuma Nakazato – Lightweight
- Shunpei Ohata – Super Featherweight
- Sora Tanaka – Welterweight
- Subaru Murata – Super Bantamweight
- Taiga Imanaga – Lightweight
- Takero Kitano – Minimumweight
- Taku Kuwahara – Flyweight
- Tatsuro Nakashima – Minimumweight
- Toshiki Kawamitsu – Light Flyweight
- Toshiya Ishii – Super Bantamweight
- Tsubasa Narai – Super Featherweight
- Tsukuru Midorikawa – Super Welterweight
- Yoshi Sugiura – Minimumweight
- Yuito Morikawi – Super Middleweight
- Yuta Sakai – Bantamweight
Historical ranking footprint
Number of boxers and champions representing Japan.
Coverage note: Some months include fewer than all five organizations because their ratings were not yet published or not available. A lower total in those months may reflect incomplete coverage rather than a real drop in ranked boxers or champions.
| Period | Ranked boxers | Champions |
|---|---|---|
| August 20262/5 Partial coverage | 85 | 3 |
| July 2026 | 95 | 6 |
| June 2026 | 94 | 4 |
| May 2026 | 94 | 4 |
| April 2026 | 90 | 6 |
| March 2026 | 85 | 5 |
| February 2026 | 82 | 5 |
| January 20264/5 Partial coverage | 56 | 4 |
| December 2025 | 80 | 5 |
| November 20254/5 Partial coverage | 53 | 5 |
| October 2025 | 79 | 4 |
| September 2025 | 75 | 5 |
| August 2025 | 75 | 5 |
| July 2025 | 76 | 6 |
| June 20254/5 Partial coverage | 75 | 5 |
| May 2025 | 76 | 5 |
| April 2025 | 78 | 7 |
| March 2025 | 74 | 7 |
| February 2025 | 75 | 9 |
| January 2025 | 76 | 9 |
| December 2024 | 76 | 9 |
| November 20243/5 Partial coverage | 53 | 8 |
| October 2024 | 76 | 10 |
| September 20244/5 Partial coverage | 77 | 7 |