Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.
Noboru Kushida (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) and Yoshio Shirai (46-8-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
Noboru Kushida vs Yoshio Shirai — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Yoshio Shirai leads 2–1- Yoshio Shirai wonShirai vs KushidaJun 25, 1949 · PTS
- Yoshio Shirai wonShirai vs KushidaOct 9, 1948 · SD
- Noboru Kushida wonShirai vs KushidaDec 14, 1946 · KO · R5
The Numbers
- 1-2
- Record
- 46-8-4 (edge)
- 33.3%
- Win %
- 82.8% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 18 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 39.13%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 39%
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 3
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 1.2
- Bouts per year
- 5 (edge)
- 3
- Bouts tracked
- 58
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 103
- Age
- 102
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Flyweight
- Japan
- Nationality
- Japanese
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyNoboru Kushida · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Yoshio Shirai · 46 wins
KO/TKO
18
Decision
27
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (3 and 58 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.
Current Form
Noboru Kushida
LLW
L2 streak · last fought Jun 25, 1949
Yoshio Shirai
LLWWD
L2 streak · last fought May 30, 1955
Common Questions
- Have Noboru Kushida and Yoshio Shirai ever fought each other?
- Yes. Noboru Kushida and Yoshio Shirai have met 3 times and Yoshio Shirai leads the series 2-1.
- Who has the better record, Noboru Kushida or Yoshio Shirai?
- Noboru Kushida is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Yoshio Shirai is 46-8-4. Yoshio Shirai has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Noboru Kushida or Yoshio Shirai?
- Noboru Kushida has 1 knockout win and Yoshio Shirai has 18. Yoshio Shirai has more.
- Do Noboru Kushida and Yoshio Shirai have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Noboru Kushida and Yoshio Shirai have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Noboru Kushida and Yoshio Shirai?
- This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Noboru Kushida and 58 bouts tracked for Yoshio Shirai. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.