(born August 17, 1955), better known by his
ring name
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, is a Japanese
actor, 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 Pacific Kickboxing Federation Welterweight Championship, making a name for himself. In 1984, he became interested in
professional wrestling 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 at his Super Tiger Gym. Caesar then was contacted by
Karl Gotch 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.
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