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Top 100 Martial arts in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest martial arts in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 612 martial arts tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ultimate Fighting Championship, Professional wrestling and Professional wrestling promotion lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 10M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 150k, and the largest, Ultimate Fighting Championship, reaches around 5.9M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each martial art, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Japan. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Japan, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Japan. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Professional wrestling championship 7.1k 33.7 20.7% Martial art
77 Bellator Fighting Championships 7k 33.4 28.5% Martial art
78 Yoshihiro Akiyama 7k 32.9 6.0% Martial art
79 Roy Jones, Jr. 6.8k 35.7 65.2% Martial art
80 André Galvão 6.7k 37.7 8.7% Martial art
81 Mark Hunt 6.6k 34.0 18.7% Martial art
82 Rocky Marciano 6.5k 32.1 16.9% Martial art
83 Alistair Overeem 6.4k 32.6 0.0% Martial art
84 Lee Haney 6.4k 28.2 47.7% Martial art
85 Stipe Miocic 6.2k 23.1 24.2% Martial art
86 Tyron Woodley 6.1k 30.3 55.5% Martial art
87 T.J. Dillashaw 6k 32.7 20.1% Martial art
88 Lennox Lewis 5.9k 25.5 47.4% Martial art
89 Katie Taylor 5.6k 39.3 30.1% Martial art
90 Holly Holm 5.6k 26.3 37.0% Martial art
91 Strikeforce (mixed martial arts) 5.4k 47.1 2.8% Martial art
92 Chuck Liddell 5.3k 28.4 8.4% Martial art
93 Vitor Belfort 5.2k 29.0 14.1% Martial art
94 Mariusz Pudzianowski 5.1k 24.7 17.9% Martial art
95 Urs Fischer 5k 29.8 30.5% Martial art
96 Badr Hari 4.9k 26.8 21.4% Martial art
97 Jan Błachowicz 4.5k 28.3 2.5% Martial art
98 Nigel Benn 4.5k 43.1 0.0% Martial art
99 Oktagon MMA 4.4k 33.4 28.3% Martial art
100 Luke Rockhold 4.2k 31.4 26.7% Martial art

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each martial art by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest martial art in Japan?

Ultimate Fighting Championship currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.9M people in Japan.

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