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ONE · atomweight

Chihiro Sawada

Cartoon portrait of Chihiro Sawada against the flag of Japan.

12–1–1

0 KO · 5 SUB · 7 DEC

Height
4′11″150 cm
Reach
—
Weight
115 lb52 kg
Age
28
Born
November 23, 1997
From
Tokyo, Japan
Style
Wrestling
Team
Team Akatsuki
Streak
4wins
Last
Ayaka MiuraWin · April 29, 2026

Chihiro Sawada fights at women's atomweight in ONE. The draw is her debut.

She submitted Ayaka Miura with an armbar at 4:33 of the first round at ONE Samurai 1 on April 29, 2026. She has won four in a row. The loss is a unanimous decision to Meng Bo at ONE Fight Night 27 on January 11, 2025.

She trains at Team Akatsuki in Tokyo, and she won the Shooto women’s atomweight title in 2022 and defended it once. ONE lists her camp as AACC, and she won wrestling championships in Japan before she moved to MMA in 2021.

Cartoon of Chihiro Sawada and Anastasia Nikolakakos facing each other, with the vacant atomweight belt between them.

Fight night · ONE

Sawada meets Nikolakakos for the atomweight title

Sawada has won four in a row, and a win would make her the first Japanese woman to hold a ONE world title. Denice Zamboanga vacated the belt on June 23, 2026.

DateOpponentResultMethodRoundTimeEvent
Ayaka MiuraWinSubmission (armbar)14:33ONE Samurai 1
Natalie SalcedoWinDecision (unanimous)35:00ONE Fight Night 39
Itsuki HirataWinDecision (unanimous)35:00ONE 173
Macarena AragonWinSubmission (armbar)Catchweight. Aragon missed weight at 118.25 pounds.13:52ONE Fight Night 33
Meng BoLossDecision (unanimous)35:00ONE Fight Night 27
Noelle GrandjeanWinDecision (unanimous)35:00ONE Fight Night 22
Jihin RadzuanWinDecision (unanimous)Radzuan missed weight at 120 pounds.35:00ONE Fight Night 20
Miku NakamuraWinTechnical submission (armbar)Defended the Shooto women’s atomweight title.14:57Shooto Colors 2
Ana PalaciosWinDecision (unanimous)35:00Combate Global
Sanaz FayazmaneshWinSubmission (keylock)20:53ONE Friday Fights 5
Yuki OnoWinDecision (unanimous)Won the Shooto women’s atomweight title.25:00Professional Shooto 2022 Vol. 7
Hisae WatanabeWinSubmission (rear-naked choke)20:59Professional Shooto 2022 Vol. 3
Miku NakamuraWinDecision (majority)25:00Professional Shooto 2021 Vol. 7
Yuki OnoDrawDraw (unanimous)Pro debut.25:00Professional Shooto 2021 Vol. 3