Japanese mixed martial artist
, occasionally nicknamed Asami, is a Japanese female mixed martial artist. She currently fights in the Jewels promotion, where she won the "2009 Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix" (48 kg &amp; under).
Early life.
Kodera was born on (1978--) 28, 1978 in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Mixed martial arts career.
Kodera debuted in mixed martial arts on  , 2002 (2002--), defeating Nana Ichikawa by armbar submission at "Smackgirl - Japan Cup 2002 Episode 2". In her next fight, almost two years later, she was defeated by rear naked choke by Mari Kaneko at "Golden Muscle - Strongest Queen Tournament" on  , 2004 (2004--).
Three years later, Kodera fought and defeated Mamiko Mizoguchi by armbar at "Kingdom of Grapple - Live 2007" on  25, 2007 (2007--). Kodera would return to Smackgirl, losing against Masako Yoshida by unanimous decision. ;ref name="2/14 SmackGirl - RESULTS - japan-mma.com" ; ;/ref ; Her next fight was against Mika Nagano, who defeated Kodera by split decision on  25, 2008 (2008--).
After the demise of Smackgirl and one year after her previous fight, Kodera debuted in the Jewels promotion with an armbar submission victory over Yukiko Seki on  11, 2009 (2009--) at "Jewels 4th Ring". Kodera would then participate in the 2009 Rough Stone Grand Prix 48 kg tournament, defeating Misaki Ozawa by submission (armbar) on  13, 2009 (2009--) and Kikuyo Ishikawa by decision (unanimous) on  11, 2009 (2009--) to win the tournament.
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