Yukio Sakaguchi

I had to read his resume twice, because the combination is genuinely wild: a University of Tokyo grad who trained as a civil engineer, then turned out to be a serious judoka, a mixed martial artist, and an actor on top of it all. Honestly, who gets to be that smart and that physical in one lifetime? Most people pick the desk or the dojo; this guy apparently refused to choose. There's something I really admire about that kind of quiet overachiever, a Tokyo kid from Meguro who just kept stacking unlikely lives on top of each other without seeming to brag about any of it. The titles do the talking. And weirdly, people who wear that many hats tend to be the most centered of all, like the variety is proof the core never wobbled. That's a way to live I can root for.

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Yukio Sakaguchi is a Japanese civil engineer, judoka, actor, and mixed martial artist born on July 26, 1973, in Meguro, Tokyo. He holds a degree from the University of Tokyo, making him one of the rare figures to combine elite academic credentials with careers in both combat sports and entertainment. Details about his professional debut and agency affiliation are not publicly available.

Name (English)

Yukio Sakaguchi

Name (Japanese)

坂口征夫

Reading

さかぐち ゆきお

Born

July 26, 1973 (age 53)

Origin

Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Height

177 cm

Weight

77 kg

Occupation

Civil Engineer / Engineer / Judoka / Actor / Mixed Martial Artist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Ox

Agency

DDTプロレスリング

University

University of Tokyo

Debut

2007-4-27

Works summary

Appearances

10 (2009–2024)

By year

2009: 1, 2010: 3, 2016: 1, 2018: 2, 2022: 2, 2024: 1

Debut work

カムイ外伝

Filmography / notable works

• Xhttps://x.com/yukiosakaguchi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9D%82%E5%8F%A3%E5%BE%81%E5%A4%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8060747

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Civil Engineer
• Engineer
• Judoka

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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