(born August 17, 1955), better known by his
ring name
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, is a Japanese
actor
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, retired
kickboxer
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and the founder of
shoot boxing.
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Career
Murata started competing in
kickboxing
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at age of 16, being trained in the Nishio Gym. He adopted the name of Takeshi Caesar and won the
Asia
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Pacific Kickboxing Federation Welterweight Championship, making a name for himself. In 1984, he became interested in
professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring o ...
and was introduced to
Satoru Sayama
(born November 27, 1957) is a Japanese professional wrestling, Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist, MMA and wrestling promoter and writer, best known as the original Tiger Mask (professional wrestling), Tige ...
, who trained him in
shoot-style
Shoot wrestling is a combat sport that originated in Japan's professional wrestling circuit of the 1970s. Professional wrestlers of that era attempted to use more realistic or even "full contact" moves in their matches to increase their exciteme ...
at his Super Tiger Gym. Caesar then was contacted by
Karl Gotch
Charles Istaz (August 3, 1924 – July 28, 2007) was a Belgian-born German-American professional wrestler and trainer, best known by his ring name Karl Gotch. In Japan, Gotch was known as the "God of Wrestling" due to his influence in shaping the ...
and
Akira Maeda
(born Go Il-myeong (Hangul: 고일명, Hanja: 高日明), January 24, 1959) is a Japanese mixed martial arts promoter, writer and retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist of Korean descent. Maeda was also known by the ring name K ...
and was part of the
Universal Wrestling Federation. After the fall of UWF, his experiences with its wrestling style induced him to creating a similarly mixed style of kickboxing, which he called
shootboxing. His company had his first event in 1985, and had working agreements with
Newborn UWF and later with
Fighting Network RINGS and
Pancrase
Pancrase Inc. is a mixed martial arts promotion company founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki.
The name was based on pankration, a fighting sport in the Ancient Olympic Games. Suzuki and Funaki pr ...
.
Championships and accomplishments
*Asia Pacific Kickboxing Federation
**APKF Welterweight Championship (1 time)
**APKF Middleweight championship (1 time)
*Japan Shootboxing Association
**JSBA Hawkweight 1st champion (1986)
*World Shootboxing Association
**WSBA
Hawk
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* The subfamily Accipitrinae includes goshawks, sparrowhawks, sharp-shinned hawks and others. Th ...
weight 1st champion (1988)
Kickboxing record
Filmography
See also
*
Shoot boxing
References
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Japanese male kickboxers
Welterweight kickboxers
Middleweight kickboxers
Shoot boxing
Sportspeople from Yamaguchi Prefecture
1955 births
Living people