Beginning in 2002 the Shooto organization decided to have mini tournaments to determine the best of their rookie fighters in each weight class. Many of the champions have gone on to become serious contenders and some even have become Shooto World Champions or Shooto Pacific-Rim Champions. This is the list of every Shooto Rookie Champion.
2002
- 167 lbs. - Kuniyoshi Hironaka
- 154 lbs. - Tatsuya Kawajiri
- 143 lbs. - Hideki Kadowaki
- 132 lbs. - Akira Komatsu
- 123 lbs. - Yasuhiro Urushitani
2003
- 183 lbs. - Akihiko Adachi
- 167 lbs. - Yoichi Fukumoto
- 154 lbs. - Nobuhiro Obiya
- 143 lbs. - Hiroyuki Takaya
- 132 lbs. - Akitoshi Hokazono
- 123 lbs. - Yasuhiro Akagi
- 114 lbs. - Takehiro Harusaki
2004
- 167 lbs. - Yu Shiori
- 154 lbs. - Yusuke Endo
- 143 lbs. - Takeshi Inoue
- 132 lbs. - Koetsu Okazaki
- 123 lbs. - Shinichi Kojima
- 114 lbs. - Atsushi Takeuchi
2005
- 183 lbs. - Masashi Yozen
- 167 lbs. - Keita Nakamura
- 154 lbs. - Mizuto Hirota
- 143 lbs. - Tenkei Oda
- 132 lbs. - Takeya Mizugaki
- 123 lbs. - Yusei Shimokawa
- 114 lbs. - Kenichi Takeda
2006
- 183 lbs. - Mitushiro Takeda
- 167 lbs. - Masaki Konishi
- 154 lbs. - Yoshihiro Koyama
- 143 lbs. - Akiyo Nishiura
- 132 lbs. - Masakazu Ueda
- 123 lbs. - Ryuichi Miki
- 114 lbs. - Shinya Murofushi
2007
- 183 lbs. - Hiroki Sato
- 167 lbs. - Akihiro Yamazaki
- 154 lbs. - Hiroshi Shiba
- 143 lbs. - Kazuhiro Ito
- 132 lbs. - Hiromasa Ogikubo
- 123 lbs. - Kenji Hosoya
- 114 lbs. - Hiroyuki Ikeda
2008
- 183 lbs. - Makoto Maeda
- 167 lbs. - Takuya Sato
- 154 lbs. - Ikuo Usuda
- 143 lbs. - Issei Tamura
- 132 lbs. - Kosuke Eda
- 123 lbs. - Fumihiro Kitahara
- 114 lbs. - Mikihito Yamagami
2009
- 183 lbs. - Takahiro Suzuki
- 154 lbs. - Koshi Matsumoto
- 143 lbs. - Yusuke Yachi
- 132 lbs. - Keita Yoshida
- 123 lbs. - Yosuke Saruta
- 114 lbs. - Hiroyuki Kondo
2010
- 168 lbs. - Yusaku Inoue
- 154 lbs. - Kota Shimoishi
- 143 lbs. - Yuta Sasaki
- 132 lbs. - Kyoji Horiguchi
- 123 lbs. - Kosuke Suzuki
- 114 lbs. - Masayoshi Kato
2011
- 154 lbs. - Yusuke Kasuya
- 143 lbs. - Yoshifumi Nakamura
- 132 lbs. - Michinori Tanaka
- 123 lbs. - Yuya Shibata
- 114 lbs. - Jun Nakamura
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