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My Take
Mitsuhiro Ishida — MMA fighter out of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, born the last few days of 1978. Tsukuba is basically Japan's science city, home to a massive national university and more PhDs per square mile than anywhere else in the country, so the idea of a kid growing up there and deciding to make his living punching people in a cage is kind of wonderfully unexpected. That said, the discipline it takes to grind through fight camps and competition is not all that different from lab work — you just measure your progress in a very different way. He won a Shooto title, fought Takanori Gomi in PRIDE and outwrestled Gilbert Melendez on New Year's Eve 2007, all without a flashy media presence, and honestly that quiet, keep-to-yourself energy feels very consistent with the serious craftsman type. I respect that. Not everyone needs to be a personality — some people are just fighters.
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Overview
Mitsuhiro Ishida is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist born on December 29, 1978, in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. He is a Capricorn with the Chinese zodiac sign of the Horse. A high-school wrestler, he fought professionally from 2001 to 2011 in Shooto, PRIDE, DREAM, Strikeforce and DEEP, and held a Shooto Pacific Rim title.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mitsuhiro Ishida
- Name (Japanese)
- 石田光洋
- Reading
- いしだ みつひろ
- Born
- December 29, 1978 (age 47)
- Origin
- Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Occupation
- Mixed Martial Artist
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Horse
2. Links
3. About this entry
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Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Mitsuhiro Ishida born?
Mitsuhiro Ishida was born on December 29, 1978 and is 47 years old.
Where is Mitsuhiro Ishida from?
Mitsuhiro Ishida is from Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
What does Mitsuhiro Ishida do?
Mitsuhiro Ishida works as Mixed Martial Artist.
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