Mina Kurobe is a Japanese mixed martial artist, currently fighting in the super atomweight division of Shooto, where she is the former and inaugural Shooto Super Atomweight champion.
30 Facts About Mina Kurobe
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Mina Kurobe made her professional debut against Naomi Taniyama at JEWELS: 22nd Ring.
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Mina Kurobe won the fight by a second round rear naked choke.
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Mina Kurobe made her second appearance with JEWELS at JEWELS: 23rd Ring, against Tomo Maesawa.
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Mina Kurobe won by rear naked choke, submitting Maesawa in the first round of the bout.
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Mina Kurobe was scheduled to fight Masako Yoshida at Deep Jewels 5.
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Mina Kurobe's fight with Tomimatsu was one of four quarterfinal bouts of the DEEP JEWELS Featherweight Grand Prix.
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Mina Kurobe won the fight by split decision, with her pressure and volume swaying two of the three judges to score the bout in her favor.
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Mina Kurobe lost to the eventual tournament winner by unanimous decision.
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Mina Kurobe was next scheduled to fight the former JEWELS Featherweight champion Naho Sugiyama at Deep Jewels 10.
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Mina Kurobe was scheduled to fight a rematch with Tomo Maesawa at Deep Jewels 13.
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Mina Kurobe was scheduled to fight Saori Ishioka in the main event of Deep Jewels 14.
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Mina Kurobe was scheduled to fight the reigning DEEP JEWELS Atomweight champion Naho Sugiyama at Deep Jewels 15, at the age of 39.
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Mina Kurobe was next scheduled to fight Seo Hee Ham for the vacant Road FC Women's Atomweight title at Road FC 039.
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Mina Kurobe was scheduled to fight Jeong Eun Park in a non-title bout at DEEP 81 Impact.
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Mina Kurobe made her first title defense against Satomi Takano at Deep Jewels 19.
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Mina Kurobe had her second fight outside of JEWELS on September 30,2018, when she was scheduled to fight Ayaka Hamasaki at Rizin 13.
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Mina Kurobe was scheduled to make her second title defense in a trilogy bout with Tomo Maesawa at Deep Jewels 22.
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Mina Kurobe had won their previous two encounters, winning by submission the first time and by decision the second time.
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Mina Kurobe was scheduled to fight Ye Ji Lee in her Shooto debut, at Shooto 30th Anniversary Tour 6th Round.
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Mina Kurobe won the fight by a second-round submission, submitting Lee with a rear naked choke at the very end of the round.
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Mina Kurobe was scheduled to fight Tanja Angerer at Shooto 30th Anniversary Tour, in the tournament quarterfinals.
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Mina Kurobe beat Angerer by a second-round technical knockout, stopping her opponent with ground-and-pound near the end of round.
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Mina Kurobe was scheduled to face Megumi Sugimoto in the finals of the Shooto Super Atomweight tournament at Shooto 2020 Vol.
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Mina Kurobe was expected to face Satomi Takano in her first title defense, at a location and date which to be determined later.
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Mina Kurobe faced Momoka Hoshuyama, in her first fight post-title loss, at Professional Shooto 2022.
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Mina Kurobe won the fight by unanimous decision, utilizing her wrestling to out-grapple Hoshuyama throughout the two round bout.
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Mina Kurobe was booked to face Seo Young Park at Shooto 2022 Vol.
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Mina Kurobe won the fight by a second-round submission, forcing Park to tap with a rear-naked choke.
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Mina Kurobe faced Ayaka Watanabe on January 15,2023 at Shooto 2023 Opening Round, losing the bout when she got knocked out in the second round.