Japan UFC fighters
5 ranked or featured fighters from Japan across flyweight, featherweight and women's strawweight, sorted champion first, then by rank. Each one's top next-opponent pick is a model estimate.
| 4 | Tatsuro Taira Flyweight · #4 18-2-0 · Japan · next: Brandon Royval 18% |
| 5 | Kyoji Horiguchi Flyweight · #5 36-6-0 · Japan · next: Asu Almabayev 92% |
| 15 | Mizuki Women's Strawweight · #15 16-6-0 · Japan · next: Angela Hill 13% |
| 16 | Rei Tsuruya Flyweight · Unofficial rank #16 12-1-0 · Japan · next: Mitch Raposo 15% |
| 30 | Keiichiro Nakamura Riser Featherweight · Unofficial rank #30 8-1-0 · Japan · next: Ollie Schmid 92% |
Country is the citizenship shown on each fighter's ESPN profile, checked against their UFC.com place of birth (1 Oct 2026). Ranks are UFC.com Media Panel ranks within each division, so a #4 welterweight and a #4 lightweight sit side by side. Ranks 16–30 are unofficial NextSmash ranks, not UFC rankings.