Who is Japans best nogi grappler?

[Too $hort]

Really who is currently the best ?,did search a search and did a google and really could not get a clear anwser. I know shinya aoki is really good and know of a few others who are very good as well.

 

[Samurai Jack]

Daisuke Sugie is pretty good, Minoru Suzuki comes to mind also, and Okami gave Demian Maia hard fight at ADCC 07.

 

[Gsoares2***]

Shinya Aoki is my fav.

 

[Prokofievian]

Shinya comes at people like a spider monkey, I love watching him grapple.

 

[Masakatsu Funaki #1]

Takefumi Hanai IMO

 

[SFinclined]

I gotta go with Shinya, but I was very impressed with Ishida on NYE, he isn't a submission machine, but he's a beast on the ground.

 

[MEK]

Isn't Yamamoto supposed to be a great wrestler too with his family and such? I thought he was going to the olympics for it.

 

[Meegle818]

Saku?

 

[gracie_barra**]

sanae kikuta

 

[Ryo]

^^ Bingo

 

[Sunny D]

Aoki
Imanari

 

[Masakatsu Funaki #1]

sanae kikuta

Yeah, Kikuta is amazing also.

 

[Thalion]

sanae kikuta

I liked sanae kikuta a lot, and he was a very good judoka and a even better submission wrestler, but he is to much on lying and pray.
It's good for ADCC , but in mma i prefer grappler that finish the opponent (Aoki , Sato etc)

 

[Timbaland]

Shinya Aoki and Yushin Okami both competed in ADCC recently. For no gi, I'd say these guys are at the top of the list. I know Kikuta has competed previously in ADCC too.

 

[Xxcx]

Some of my favorites:

Sanae kikuta, Sakuraba, Yuki Nakai, Shinya Aoki, Minoru Suzuki, Rumina Sato, Gomi, Ayumi Hamasaki, Sakaia Shioda, Takefumi Hanai, Daisuke Sugie, Okami, Sudo, Uno, Yamamoto and his sister, Yoshida, etc.

 

[andrewbc]

of all time- sakuraba hands down
right now- although i think hes a major douchebag its gotta be shinya aoki

 

[andrewbc]

double

 

[andrewbc]

triple

 

[andrewbc]

quadruple

 

[andrewbc]

stupid fucking sherdog