Yusuke Honma is a Japanese practitioner of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, being a black belt under Yuki Nakai from the prestigious Paraestra academy, one of the first and finest BJJ institutions in Japan. Honma became a household name among the grappling community shortly after becoming the first Japanese practitioner to reach the final of an IBJJF World Championship in the adult male black belt division (2007), a deed he repeated the following year. In 2010 Yusuke Honma also launched himself into a professional MMA (mixed martial arts) career.