Douglas Santos is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt who settled in New Zealand around 2000 and became one of the first instructors to establish a dedicated BJJ academy in the country. He founded the DS Team BJJ academy in Auckland and has trained a generation of local practitioners. His lineage runs through his instructor Murilo Rupp, and he is affiliated with the Six Blades Jiu Jitsu network.
The national federation, NZBJJF, named Santos an inaugural inductee to its Hall of Fame, describing him as a pioneer of Brazilian jiu-jitsu in New Zealand. That pioneer role is corroborated by independent coverage, including a 2018 feature in the general-interest publication M2 Magazine. He is reported to have helped organize New Zealand's first national BJJ open in the early 2000s. Whether his was the very first BJJ school in the country is not settled — other accounts describe a Brazilian black belt teaching in Wellington by 1998 — so his standing is best understood as one of the country's earliest academy founders and among the first in Auckland.
In competition, Santos took third place at the 2013 IBJJF World Pro (Abu Dhabi World Professional) Championship at black belt. He has also been described as a multiple-time Oceania champion with a record of World Championship appearances, though the exact totals are documented only in secondary media and should be treated as approximate.
Santos holds a black belt and, according to his academy's current materials, a fifth degree; a 2018 profile listed him at fourth degree, consistent with a normal promotion in the years since. His birth year is not publicly documented.