Itsuki Hirata

Itsuki Hirata was born in 1999 in Adachi, Tokyo. She started judo at the age of six: as an elementary school student, she placed third at the national championships, and in middle school she won a prefectural title. After finishing school, she switched to MMA. In 2018, she won the third season of the Japanese reality show Fighting Agent War, winning all her fights by submission and earning a contract with ONE Championship. She made her professional debut in 2019. She previously trained at K-Clann in Tokyo and at the Serra-Longo Fight Team in New York. According to Wikipedia, she now trains at Krazy Bee in Tokyo. She received her nickname, "Android 18," because she is said to resemble the Dragon Ball character.
In 2021, Hirata reached the semifinals of the ONE Women's Atomweight Grand Prix. At ONE SAMURAI 1 in 2026, she defeated former world champion Ritu Phogat by submission in the third round. On October 17, 2026, she will face Malaysian fighter Jihin Radzuan in an atomweight MMA bout at ONE SAMURAI 4 in Tokyo.