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Birth Step #1


 May 4, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
Yoyogi Gym drawing 3,800
  1. Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Kenichi Yamamoto (7:14) via sleeperhold.

  2. Bovy Chowaikung drew Hiroyuki Doi (5th) in a "kickboxing" match.

  3. Nikolai Gordeau KOShunsuke Matsui (6:59).

  4. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Yuhi Sano (7:53) via submission..

  5. Nobuhiko Takada drew Ryushi Kimiyama (5:00) in an "exhibition" match.

  6. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Caribou Mandingo (6:29) via submission.

  7. Yoji Anjoh beat Masahito Kakihara (6:51) via submission.
Note: This was the first Kingdom show.

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Birth Step #2


 June 20, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
Yoyogi Gym drawing 3,300
  1. Billy Scott beat Shunsuke Matsui.

  2. Kenichi Yamamoto beat Nikolai Gordeau.

  3. Yuhi Sano beat Mark Hall.

  4. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Masahito Kakihara.

  5. Yoji Anjoh beat Kazushi Sakuraba.
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Birth Step #3


 July 29, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
Yoyogi Gym drawing 3,300
  1. Shunsuke Matsui beat Brian Smith.

  2. Kenichi Yamamoto KOMasahito Kakihara (0:18).

  3. Yuhi Sano beat Yoshihiro Takayama.

  4. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Orlando Weit via submission.

  5. Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Nicholas Stark.

  6. Yoji Anjoh KOPaul Varelans (6:33).
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One Night Million Yen Tournament #1


 August 22, 1997 in Niigata, Japan
City Gym drawing 2,250
  1. Yuhi Sano beat Kenichi Yamamoto.

  2. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Yoji Anjoh.

  3. Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Billy Scott.

  4. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Shunsuke Matsui.

  5. Alexander Ostuka vs. Katsumi Usuda.

  6. Yuhi Sano beat Kazushi Sakuraba.

  7. Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Yoshihiro Takayama.

  8. ??? Serrano beat William Haas.

  9. Yuhi Sano beat Hiromitsu Kanehara to win a tournament.
Tournament Bracketing

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Prelude for the World


 September 3, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
Korakuen Hall drawing 2,300
  1. Shunsuke Matsui beat William Haas.

  2. Masahito Kakihara beat Masao Orihara.

  3. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Billy Scott.

  4. Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Yuhi Sano.

  5. Kenichi Yamamoto beat Nicholas Starks.

  6. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Moti Horenstein.

  7. Yoji Anjoh beat Patrick Smith.
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Cancelled: September 16, 1997 in Kagoshima, Japan due to a typhoon








One Night Million Yen Tournament #2


 September 20, 1997 in Beppu, Japan

  1. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Shunsuke Matsui.

  2. Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Ikuto Hidaka.

  3. Masahito Kakihara beat Masao Orihara.

  4. Kenichi Yamamoto beat Billy Scott.

  5. Yuhi Sano beat Patrick Smith.

  6. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Hiromitsu Kanehara.

  7. Kenichi Yamamoto beat Masahito Kakihara.

  8. Yoji Anjoh beat Yoshihiro Takayama.

  9. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Kenichi Yamamoto to win a tournament.
Tournament Bracketing

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November 3, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
Korakuen Hall drawing 2,160
  1. Shunsuke Matsui beat Minoru Toyonaga.

  2. Kenichi Yamamoto beat Masao Orihara.

  3. Masahito Kakihara beat Felix Lee Mitchell (3:26).

  4. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Yuhi Sano.

  5. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Greg Douglas.

  6. Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Yoji Anjoh.
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November 15, 1997 in Hakodate, Japan
??? drawing 1,150
  1. Billy Scott vs. Minoru Toyonaga.

  2. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Kenichi Yamamoto.

  3. Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Shunsuke Matsui.

  4. Yoji Anjoh beat Kazushi Sakuraba.

  5. Masahito Kakihara beat Patrick Smith.

  6. Yuhi Sano vs. Masao Orihara.
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November 19, 1997 in Sapporo, Japan
Nakajima Sports Center drawing 2,612
  1. Minoru Toyonaga vs. Shunsuke Matsui.

  2. Billy Scott beat Masahito Kakihara.

  3. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Masao Orihara.

  4. Yoji Anjoh beat Yuhi Sano.

  5. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Kenichi Yamamoto.

  6. Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Patrick Smith.
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December 2, 1997 in Fukuoka, Japan
Hakata Star Lanes drawing 2,200
  1. Billy Scott beat Masao Orihara.

  2. Masahito Kakihara beat Minoru Toyonaga.

  3. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Shunsuke Matsui.

  4. Yoji Anjoh beat Kenichi Yamamoto.

  5. Patrick Smith beat Yuhi Sano.

  6. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Hiromitsu Kanehara.
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December 8, 1997 in Kagoshima, Japan
??? drawing 3,200
  1. Billy Scott beat Minoru Toyonaga.

  2. Yoji Anjoh beat Masao Orihara (0:37).

  3. Masahito Kakihara beat Yoshihiro Takayama.

  4. Kenichi Yamamoto beat Patrick Smith.

  5. Hiromitsu Kanehara KOKazushi Sakuraba.
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Ambition


 December 14, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
Yoyogi Gym drawing 3,800
  1. Nicholas Stark beat Minoru Toyonaga via unanimous decision.

  2. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Yuhi Sano (5:34) via submission.

  3. Yoji Anjoh beat Masahito Kakihara (3:51) via submission.

  4. Billy Scott beat Larry Parker (2:18) via submission.

  5. Kenichi Yamamoto beat Mark Hall (3:30) via submission.

  6. Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Eddie Ruiz (3:49) via submission.

  7. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Paul Herrera (1:48) via submission.
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January 28, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan
Korakuen Hall drawing 2,150
  1. Nicholas Stark beat Minoru Toyonaga.

  2. Mark Hall beat Shunsuke Mitsui.

  3. Kenichi Yamamoto beat Daniel Rodriguez.

  4. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Larry Parker.

  5. Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Rick Lucero.
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March 20, 1998 in Yokohama, Japan
Bunka Gym drawing 250
  1. Hidetada Irie vs Kazunobu Nakamura in an "exhibition" match.

  2. The Saint beat ??? Niho.

  3. Koki Kitihara beat Jesse Kellis.

  4. Yoji Anjoh beat Mark Hall.
Note: This was the final Kingdom show.

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