Reon Niwa

Date of birth: 2000/5/11

Experience: 17 years / Black Belt

Major Titles:

IBJJF NO-GI World Champion (Brown Belt)

IBJJF World Championship Silver Medalist (Brown Belt)

Hiryu Niwa

Date of birth: 2001/7/17

Experience: 17 years / Black Belt

Major Titles: 

IBJJF Pan Championship Silver Medalist (Black Belt)

IBJJF NO-GI World Champion (Brown Belt)

IBJJF World Championship Silver Medalist (Brown Belt)

2X IBJJF Pan Champion (Puple & Brown Belt)

Reon & Hiryu Niwa grew up in Yokohama, Japan. They started training Jiu Jitsu at AXIS Jiu Jitsu Academy Yokohama in 2008.

In 2019, they moved to Costa Mesa, CA to join "Art of Jiu Jitsu Academy" and learn from Mendes Brothers.

In 2022, they won gold at IBJJF NO-GI World Championship (Brown Belt) and got promoted to Black Belt by Professor Gui Mendes.

In 2024, they became the owners of AXIS Jiu Jitsu Academy Yokohama and assumed the Representative Director and the Head Instructor.

They are aiming to become first-ever Japanese male to become "Jiu JItsu Black Belt World Champions" while teaching at their academy.

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