KEITO YAMAKITA

Biography

Keito Yamakita ( 山北渓人 ; born August 4, 1996) is a Japanese mixed martial artist . He currently competes in the strawweight division of Pancrase and ONE Championship , where he is the reigning Pancrase Strawweight champion . Yamakita became interested in mixed martial arts while watching Pride Fighting Championships as a child and began wrestling in the fourth grade of elementary school. He continued wrestling while attending the Inabe Sogo Gakuen High School and Senshu University . Yamakita made his mixed martial arts debut while working at a restaurant, but soon quit his job in the food industry to take up a position as a coach at the Toikatu Dojo.