Birthdate - 3/28/67
6' 210 lbs. - Saitama, Japan

Athletic background - Sumo, Judo, Wrestling, Kickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts

Teachers - Yoshiaki Fujiwara

Professional background - UWF(`88-`89), UWFI(`91-`95), Kingdom(`96-`98), UFC(`97,`00), DEEP(`01)

Groups - Golden Cups, Team Kingdom

Career Highlights -
- Beats UWFi's top ass-kicker, Kazuo Yamazaki, at a Budokan show
- Teams with Yoshihiro Takayama (Golden Cups) to beat Yamazaki (a UWFi turncoat) and NJ's Takashi Iizuka
- Main events the UWFi's 5th Anniversary show with Nobuhiko Takada
- Defeats Dave Benateau in the semifinal match on UWFi's last major stadium show
- Goes over 30 minutes in his MMA debut with Sean Alvarez

Favorites -
- Reverse Stepover Toehold
- Jumping Knee
- Suplex
- Mounted Strikes
- Clenched Knees
- Mid Kick

Ringwork Rating -
technique - 6
science - 5
counters - 5
transitions - 6
diversity - 7
power - 6
strikes - 9

Intangible Rating -
entertainment - 8
selling - 6
toughness - 7
carrying - 6
heat - 7
star level - 8

Place in History - Yoji Anjoh's part in the development of the shoot-style and popularization of shoots in Japan is significant. He was intiated into the second version of the UWF in the late 80s and with ample background and training he became one of their premier brawlers. Anjoh's stalky build and fiery personality combined well to make him a fast fan favorite in the wildly popular promotion. He continued with the UWFi and while he wasn't elevated to a near top spot until the final years, Anjoh's cult following continued in the undercard. Mainly feuding with Kazuo Yamazaki in some stiff striking battles, Anjoh went from a midcard ruffian to a company hero during the early stages of the UWFi-NJPW war. In late `96, Anjoh tried his hand at MMA for the first time and he found it to be a difficult world. His 0-4-1 record might look sad at first, but realizing his losses are to Sean Alvarez, Tank Abbott, Murilo Bustamante and Matt Lindland, all highly regarded fighters says something. Anjo remains a familiar face in the pro-wrestling world, where many still buy into him as a bad ass and he still works a watered down form of the shoot-style he helped to pioneer.