Mei Yamaguchi

Mei Yamaguchi, born in Tokyo in 1983 and formerly known by the ring name V Hajime, is a Japanese female mixed martial artist and kickboxer. She took up karate as a child in the United States, played softball in junior high school and began Brazilian jiu-jitsu in college. Her professional MMA career began in 2007, when she won the Smackgirl Next Cinderella Tournament in the lightweight division. In 2009 she won the first Valkyrie women's featherweight tournament and then beat the previously dominant Yuka Tsuji by rear naked choke to become Valkyrie Featherweight Champion, one of the largest upsets in women's MMA. She has since fought for Jewels, Rizin and ONE Championship.