List of Pancrase champions
Lightweight Championship

List of Pancrase champions

Section Title: Lightweight Championship
Table Section Text: None

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses

1	Japan Shoji Maruyama def. Artur Oumakhanov	Pancrase - Shining 1 Tokyo, Japan	Jan 30, 2008

Shoji Maruyama vacated the title in May 2008 to compete at Featherweight.

2	Japan Katsuya Inoue def. Koji Oishi	Pancrase - Shining 10 Tokyo, Japan	Dec 7, 2008	1. def. Daisuke Hanazawa at Pancrase: Changing Tour 1 on Feb 1, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan

3	Venezuela Maximo Blanco	Pancrase: Changing Tour 4 Tokyo, Japan	Aug 8, 2009

Maximo Blanco vacated the title in April 2011 citing an inability to defend his belt due to numerous injuries.

4	Japan Koji Oishi def. Daisuke Hanazawa	Pancrase - Impressive Tour 4 Tokyo, Japan	May 3, 2011

5	Japan Isao Kobayashi	Pancrase - Progress Tour 4 Tokyo, Japan	Apr 1, 2012	1. def. Yoshiaki Takahashi at Pancrase 252 - 20th Anniversary on Sep 29, 2013 in Yokohama, Japan

Isao Kobayashi vacated the title in 2014.

6	Japan Kazuki Tokudome def. Satoru Kitaoka	Pancrase - 271 Tokyo, Japan	November 1, 2015	1. def. Akbarh Arreola at Pancrase 277 on Apr 23, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan

7	Japan Takasuke Kume	Pancrase - 280 Tokyo, Japan	September 11, 2016	1. def.

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