Kenji Osawa (born November 4, 1976) is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist from Tokyo. He debuted in MMA over a decade ago, and trains and fights out of Wajitsu Keishukai, where he teaches once a week.

MMA career

Osawa's fight record is 21-11-2 and has competed in many of the top organisations such as Shooto, WEC, DREAM and DEEP. He was scheduled to fight Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Rani Yahya on August 9, 2009, at WEC 42, but due to a foot injury, he was replaced by John Hosman. Osawa lost via unanimous decision to Antonio Banuelos on November 18, 2009, at WEC 44 and was subsequently released from the promotion. Osawa made his DREAM debut against Yoshiro Maeda at DREAM.14 on May 29, 2010, winning a close split decision. On April 29, 2014, Osawa retired after losing a rematch to Takafumi Otsuka, a fighter Osawa had previously beaten in 2011.

Career titles

Mixed martial arts record