Kiyoshi Tamura

Japanese professional wrestler

田村 潔司 · 田村潔司

Born

17 December 1969, Okayama

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

mixed martial arts, professional wrestling

Occupation

professional wrestler, mixed martial arts fighter

Height

180 cm (5 ft 11 in)

Kiyoshi Tamura (田村潔司, Tamura Kiyoshi; born December 17, 1969 in Okayama, Okayama) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Once a student of legendary professional wrestlers Billy Robinson, Lou Thesz and Akira Maeda, Tamura was known for his skills in catch wrestling and is considered to be one of the greatest shoot wrestlers of all time. Competing exclusively in shoot style wrestling, Tamura began his career with UWF Newborn and later joined its successor group UWF International before transitioning to mixed martial arts.

Teachers

• Nobuhiko Takada
• Akira Maeda

External links

• Wikipedia
• Sherdog
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q6419127 (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.