Kaito Ono

Ono faced the Shooto Pacific Rim Lightweight champion Taiki Tsuchiya at SHOOT BOXING 30th ANNIVERSARY "CAESAR TIME!"

Kaito Ono (Japanese: 大野海人; born August 21, 1997), better known by his ring name Kaito (海人), is a Japanese kickboxer and Shoot boxer.

He is the current KNOCK OUT Black Super Welterweight champion, the former REBELS Black Super Welterweight champion, the former SHOOT BOXING Super Lightweight champion and the SHOOT BOXING S-Cup World Tournament Winner.

As of January 2023, he is ranked as the tenth best lightweight (-71 kg) kickboxer in the world by both Combat Press and Beyond Kick.

Combat Press ranked him as a top ten super flyweight (-58 kg) between August 2021 and April 2022, as well as a top ten super featherweight (-68 kg) between July and October 2022.

Ono made his professional debut against Jun Kitagawa at SHOOT BOXING 2014 act.1 on February 23, 2014, in a lightweight rookie rules bout.

He won the fight by a third-round knockout.

Ono next faced Takahito Suzuki at SHOOT BOXING 2014 act.2 on April 18, 2014.

He forced Suzuki's corner to throw in the towel at the 1:20 minute mark of the third round.

Ono made his third professional appearance at SHOOT BOXING 2014 act.3 on June 21, 2014, opposite Tetsuyuki Uemura.

He once again forced his opponent's corner to throw in the towel, at the 1:55 minute mark of the opening round.

His perfect 3–0 record earned him a place in the 2014 J-NETWORK Next Generation lightweight (62 kg) tournament, which took place at J-NETWORK J-FIGHT in SHINJUKU～vol.38 on July 27, 2014.

In the quarterfinals, he stopped RS YUTAKA with low kicks in the first round.

In the semifinals, he met Hideki and won the two round bout by unanimous decision, with two scorecards of 19–18 and one scorecard of 20–18.

Ono met MASATO in the finals, and won by a majority decision after two rounds.

Two of the judges scored the fight 20–19 in his favor, while the third judge scored it an even 20–20.

Ono faced Kazuki Tamakawa at SHOOT BOXING 2014 act.4 on September 20, 2014.

He won the fight by unanimous decision.

Ono, whose seven victories had earned him the status of Shootboxing's top ranked lightweight contender, was then booked to face the 7–2–1 mixed martial artist Teruto Ishihara at SHOOT BOXING S-cup 65 kg World Tournament 2018 on November 30, 2014.

The fight was ruled a majority decision draw after the first three rounds, with one judge scoring the bout 30–29 for Ono.

He was awarded the majority decision after an extra fourth round was contested.

Ono faced the fourth-ranked RISE super featherweight contender Koudai Nobe at RISE 103 on January 24, 2015.

He lost the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the bout 30–29 for Nobe.

Ono rebounded from his first professional loss with a unanimous decision victory over TASUKU at SHOOT BOXING 2015～SB 30th Anniversary～ act.1 on February 21, 2015.

Ono failed to build on this success however, as he suffered a majority decision loss at the hands of Koji Ikegami at SHOOT BOXING 2015～SB 30th Anniversary～ act.2 on April 18, 2015.

Ono faced the second-ranked Shootboxing lightweight conteder Yuji Sugawara at SHOOT BOXING 2015～SB 30th Anniversary～ act.3 on June 21, 2015.

He won the fight by majority decision, with two scorecards of 29–28 and one scorecard of 29–29.

on August 22, 2015.

The fight was ruled a majority decision draw after the first three rounds were contested, with scores of 27–26, 27–27 and 27–27.

He was able to knock Tsuchiya down in the first round with a right straight, but was immediately deducted a point for kicking a downed opponent.

Ono was suplexed by Tsuchiya in the second round, which awarded his opponent two shoot points.

Ono was awarded the majority decision after an extra fourth round was fought.

Ono faced the future K-1 Super Lightweight champion Rukiya Anpo at SHOOTBOXING THE LAST BOMB on October 3, 2015.

He won the fight by a second-round knockout.

He first knocked Anpo down with a left hook, before flooring him with a front kick near the end of the round, which left his opponent unable to beat the eight-count.

Ono faced the former DEEP KICK super lightweight champion Yukimitsu Takahashi at SHOOT BOXING 2016 act.1 on February 13, 2016.

Ono departed from Risshi Kaikan prior to this fight and began training at Team F.O.D. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the bout 30–29 in his favor.

Ono faced Hiroaki Oyama at SHOOT BOXING 2016 act.3 on June 5, 2016.

He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 30–29, 30–28 and 30–27.

Ono faced Kiyoto at SHOOT BOXING 2016 act.4 on September 19, 2016.