Mako Yamada

Japanese boxer

山田真子

Born

26 May 1994, Itoshima

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

boxing

Discipline

pinweight

Occupation

boxer

Mako Yamada (山田真子, born 26 May 1994) is a Japanese kickboxer and former boxer, currently competing in the atomweight division of KNOCK OUT.

Yamada is a former boxing world champion, having held the WBO mini flyweight title in 2014. She is the first Japanese woman to win a world title in Korea and the first female Japanese fighter to win a WBO world title.

A professional competitor since 2010, Yamada is the 2010 J-Girls Next Challenger tournament winner, as well as the 2010 J-Girls atomweight champion.

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q11470564 (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.