Katsuji Ueda

Japanese kickboxer, martial artist and professional wrestler

上田勝次

Born

15 December 1945, Japan

Died

20 April 2017, Japan

Citizenship

Japan, Empire of Japan

Sport

martial arts, professional wrestling

Occupation

professional wrestler, kickboxer, martial artist

Katsuji Ueda (上田 勝次, Ueda Katsuji; December 15, 1945–April 20, 2017) was a Japanese kickboxer, martial artist and professional wrestler, best known for his time with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) between 1990 and 1995. He was usually utilized in martial arts fights during his FMW career and won the promotion's World Light Heavyweight Championship three times. He was also a bodyguard for Atsushi Onita.

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q45320285 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.