Kiuma Kunioku is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist. A longtime veteran of the Pancrase organization, Kunioku captured the King of Pancrase Middleweight Championship and King of Pancrase Welterweight Championship before leaving the organization in 2004 to compete in the K-1 HERO'S mixed martial arts organization. He holds notable victories over Frank Shamrock, Nate Marquardt, Masakatsu Funaki, Yuki Kondo, John Lober and Genki Sudo. Kunioku has fought in Pancrase on 55 different occasions. He has also competed in the Abu Dhabi Professional Submission Grappling Tournament in 2003, but did not place. Kunioku was scheduled to face Vincent Latoel at Fury 2 on October 9, 2010, in Macau. However, Kunioku was later removed from the card and the event was cancelled entirely on October 7. He replaced Leonardo Santos in a bout with Maximo Blanco at Sengoku Raiden Championship 15 on October 30, 2010. Kunioku lost the fight by KO late in the first round.

Background

In 1992, at the same time as graduating from junior high school, he joined the professional wrestling Fujiwara group led by Yoshiaki Fujiwara and became a trainee. With the launch of Pancrase in 1993, Kunioku also belonged to Pancrase as a trainee. At that time, he worked under the name Kunioku Shoryu (國奥将竜).

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts record

Submission grappling record

KO PUNCHES