Sayaka Shioda was born in
Itakurai Ora, Gunma, Japan, She started MMA in 2005 fighting as a
Flyweight with three pro fights that year in
Pancrase and
Shooto, that same year she won silver at the 2005
Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship competing as a lightweight, in a combined purple/brown/black category. In 2007 she won the
ADCC Asian Championships in
Tokyo, Japan in the 55 kg category thus qualifying for the World Championship. Shioda won the 2007
ADCC World Championship after defeating Cynthia Hales in the quarter-final, Bianca Baretto in the semi and Felicia Oh in the final. That same year she won silver at the 2007
IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship losing to
Laurence Cousin in the final. The following year she won bronze in the 2008 IBJJF World
openweight after losing to
Kyra Gracie; she won silver in her weight class at the 2009 IBJJF World after being submitted by Bianca Andrade in the final with just a few second left. At the
2009 ADCC World Championship Shioda came second in the -60 kg division, after defeating Bianca Andrade and Hillary Williams but losing to
Luanna Alzuguir in the final. In 2010 Shioda faced
Rikako Yuasa during
DEEP X 05, submitting her in 22 seconds. In 2012, Shioda qualified for the
Abu Dhabi World Brazilian jiu-jitsu Pro during the trials organised in Tokyo, competing in the light division. Fighting under team
Abe Ani Combat Club (AACC) at the 2012
World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship she won bronze after losing to Ana Carolina Vidal of Gracie Humaita in the semi-final. In March 2013, she participated to the 2nd ADCC Asia trials taking place in Tokyo, finishing second in the -60 kg category after Seiko Yamamoto. In October 2013 she returned to MMA for the third edition of Real Fight Championship in the under 56 kg category, defeating the Chinese Jin Tang in the first round. == Championships and accomplishments ==