Sayaka Shioda (さやか 塩だ, Sayaka Shioda) is a Japanese former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Sambo, submission grappling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt practitioner.

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Sayaka Shioda さやか 塩だ
Born	Itakura, Japan
Native name	さやか 塩だ
Height	5 ft 1 in (155 cm)
Weight	119 lb (54 kg; 8 st 7 lb)
Division	Lightweight (BJJ/Sambo) Flyweight (MMA)
Team	Abe Ani Combat Club AACC[1]
Trainer	Hiroyuki Abe Sensei[2]
Rank	BJJ black belt 2nd dan Judo black belt[3] Sambo black belt B-class Shootist
Years active	2005–2013 (MMA)[4]
Mixed martial arts record
Total	5
Wins	4
By submission	3
By decision	1
Losses	1
By knockout	1
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Medal record Representing  Japan Submission Wrestling ADCC Asian Championship 2013 Tokyo, Japan -60 kg 2007 Tokyo, Japan -55 kg ADCC World Championship 2009 Barcelona, Spain -60 kg 2007 Trenton, USA -55 kg Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championship 2009 California, USA −58.5 kg 2008 California, USA Absolute 2007 California, USA −58.5 kg World No-Gi Championship 2012 California, USA −56.5 kg Sambo World Sambo Championships 2008 St. Petersburg, Russia −56 kg

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In MMA, Shioda is a Shooto Grappling Flyweight Champion. A two-time Pan IBJJF Champion in the lower belt jiu-jitsu divisions, Shioda is an ADCC Submission Fighting World Champion, a Sambo World Champion and a three-time IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship medallist.

Sayaka Shioda was born in Itakurai Ora, Gunma, Japan,^[4] she is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), Judo and Sambo.^[5] She started MMA in 2005 fighting as a Flyweight with three pro fights that year in Pancrase and Shooto,^[6] that same year she won silver at the 2005 Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship competing as a lightweight, in a combined purple/brown/black category.^[7] In 2007 she won the ADCC Asian Championships in Tokyo, Japan in the 55 kg category thus qualifying for the World Championship.^[8]

Shioda won the 2007 ADCC World Championship after defeating Cynthia Hales in the quarter-final,^[9] Bianca Baretto in the semi^[10] and Felicia Oh in the final.^[11] That same year she won silver at the 2007 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship losing to Laurence Cousin in the final.^[12] The following year she won bronze in the 2008 IBJJF World openweight after losing to Kyra Gracie; she won silver in her weight class at the 2009 IBJJF World after being submitted by Bianca Andrade in the final with just a few second left.^[13]

At the 2009 ADCC World Championship Shioda came second in the -60 kg division, after defeating Bianca Andrade and Hillary Williams^[14] but losing to Luanna Alzuguir in the final.^[15] In 2010 Shioda faced Rikako Yuasa during DEEP X 05, submitting her in 22 seconds.^[16]

In 2012, Shioda qualified for the Abu Dhabi World Brazilian jiu-jitsu Pro during the trials organised in Tokyo, competing in the light division.^[17] Fighting under team Abe Ani Combat Club (AACC) at the 2012 World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship she won bronze after losing to Ana Carolina Vidal of Gracie Humaita in the semi-final.^[18]

In March 2013, she participated to the 2nd ADCC Asia trials taking place in Tokyo,^[19] finishing second in the -60 kg category after Seiko Yamamoto.^[20] In October 2013 she returned to MMA for the third edition of Real Fight Championship in the under 56 kg category, defeating the Chinese Jin Tang in the first round.^[21]