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He holds notable wins over the likes of [[Yves Edwards]], [[Josh Thomson]], [[Luiz Azeredo]], [[Joachim Hansen]], [[Gesias Cavalcante]] and [[Vitor Ribeiro]] from whom he captured the [[Shooto]] Championship Belt. Kawajiri's Bushido Tournament match with [[Takanori Gomi]] was voted as [[Pride Fighting Championships|Pride Fighting Championship's]] Fight of the Year.
 
During the early stages of 2005, Kawajiri was considered by many [[mixed martial arts]] publications to be the #1 Lightweight fighter in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sherdog.com/news/news/QampA-SHOOTO-Welterweight-Champion-Tatsuya-Kawajiri-2733 |title=Q&A Shooto Welterweight Champion Tatsuya Kawajiri |last=Fukui |first=Masa |date=April 25, 2005 |publisher=Sherdog.com |accessdate=2009-07-03}}</ref> He is ranked as the number 8 lightweight fighter in the world by Sherdog and as of July 2011 the number 10 lightweight fighter in the world by MMAWeekly<ref>{{cite web |url= http://mmaweekly.com/lightweight-division-155-pound-limit-mma-top-10 |title=Lightweight MMA Top 10|date=July 06, 2011 |publisher=MMAWeekly.com |accessdate=2011-07-23}}</ref>.
 
==Biography==