Hideo Tokoro

Japanese martial artist

所英男

Born

22 August 1977, Gifu

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

martial arts, mixed martial arts

Occupation

martial artist, mixed martial arts fighter, kickboxer

Hideo Tokoro (born August 22, 1977) is a Japanese mixed martial artist who last competed in the Bantamweight division. A professional competitor since 2000, Tokoro has also formerly competed for Vale Tudo Japan, ZST, Shooto, Rings and K-1 Hero's. 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.

Teachers

• Kenichi Yamamoto

External links

• Wikipedia
• Sherdog
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q5752647 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.