Shinya Aoki Quiz: Tobikan Judan in Ten Questions

Rebel judoka, gogoplata king, two-time ONE champion and unapologetic provocateur: our Shinya Aoki quiz in ten questions covers twenty-three years of flying submissions, from the 2004 Reversal Cup to the 2026 Osaka farewell. Good luck.

What this quiz tests

This Shinya Aoki quiz covers the essentials of Tobikan Judan’s career: his kosen judo roots and his black belt under Yuki Nakai, his most famous submissions (gogoplata on Joachim Hansen, heel hook on Eddie Alvarez), his 2005 ADCC run against Marcelo Garcia and Roger Gracie, the Dynamite!! 2009 controversy, his two ONE reigns, his grappling matches against the new generation and his farewell bout against Mikuru Asakura at Super Rizin 5. Every fact is checked in our Shinya Aoki profile.

Like all our quizzes, this one is free, needs no sign-up and can be replayed at will: every answer shows an explained correction right away, and the progress bar follows the belt colors from white to black. Share your score with your training partners and dare them to beat it. To keep playing, all our quizzes are on the BJJ-Rules quiz page.