Katsuya Kitamura

Quick Facts

Full Name	Katsuya Kitamura
Occupation	Athlete
Date Of Birth	Dec 14, 1985(1985-12-14)
Age	39
Birthplace	Suginami
Country	Japan
Birth City	Tokyo
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Katsuya Kitamura Biography

Katsuya Kitamura is one of the most popular and richest Athlete who was born on December 14, 1985 in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. Katsuya Kitamura (Bei Cun Ke Zai , Kitamura Katsuya, born on the 14th of December 1985) is a Japanese professional bodybuilder, professional wrestler as well as an amateur wrestling champion who was trained with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in which he took home the title of 2017. Young Lion Cup.

After further training, Kitamura wrestled his first ever professional match on September 1st on the 1st of September, 2016 on Lion’s Gate Project 3, another dark match in which Kitamura as well as Oka wrestled again to the draw. On March 13th of 2017, he appeared on his first appearance on telecast, teaming with Oka in an loss against the Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa). The next date, Kitamura teamed with Katsuyori Shibata and Yuji Nagata to lose against TenCozy (Satoshi Kojima as well as Hiroyoshi Tenzan) along with Juice Robinson. The following day the same day, he lost against Tonga and Loa with the same team, this time with Nagata.

Kitamura began his training in his dojo at New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) dojo in the year 2015. The first time he competed in NJPW was not a typical professional wrestling contest instead, it was an amateur show at the Lion’s Gate Project 1, where Kitamura wrestled fellow trainee Tomoyuki Oka to a time- limit draw.

Katsuya Kitamura Net Worth

Katsuya Kitamura is one of the richest Athlete from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Katsuya Kitamura 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Prior to his professional career as a wrestling champion, Kitamura had been an skilled amateur wrestler. He was recognized as one of the most powerful wrestlers of Japan. Due to his size and physique Kitamura was dubbed the “Wrestling Monster”. He was a student at Senshu University, where he was part of their wrestling team. The year 2006 was the time he took home the All Japan Wrestling Championship in the category of 120kg In the same year, he represented Japan at the World Championships. Through his amateur career, Kitamura would go on to win three national championships , and represent Japan on the international stage twice. In addition to professional wrestling Kitamura participated in the Ganryu-jima fight tournament of 2015 in which he beat an opponent who was a Mongolian Sumo wrestling champion.

On June 13, 2011, Kitamura was banned from amateur wrestling for two consecutive years after he was found to be positive for the anabolic steroids. This was specifically the muscle building drug Drostanolone. Kitamura was believed to be possibly a part of the Japan’s Olympic wrestlers for 2012’s London Olympic Games, but his ban disqualified him of participating. Kitamura did not contest his ban but claimed that the ban was due to “took them by accident after buying some supplements from abroad”.

On June 24, 2017, three months after his debut, Kitamura won the first match in his career when he teamed with Tomoyuki Oka to defeat Manabu Nakanishi and Tetsuhiro Yagi in a tag match. Kitamura and Oka continued teaming regularly, eventually dubbing their team “Monster Rage”. At the end of 2017, Kitamura took part in two tournaments held by NJPW; the 2017 World Tag League and the 2017 Young Lion Cup. In the World Tag League, Kitamura and fellow young lion David Finlay finished last in their block after losing all seven of their matches. Meanwhile, in the Young Lion Cup, Kitamura emerged victorious after winning all five of his matches. On January 5th at New Year’s Dash, Katsuya began a Seven Trial series of matches where he would face seven different wrestlers. He lost his first of seven matches to Jay White at New Year Dash. At the New Beginning in Saporro he lost his second match of seven to Michael Elgin and his third the following day to Juice Robinson. At the Road to The New Beginning event from Korakuen Hall he lost his fourth match against Hiroyoshi Tenzan, and the fifth against Manabu Nakanishi. At The New Beginning in Osaka on February 10, he lost match #6 against Yuji Nagata. At The New Beginning in Hiroshima he was scheduled to face Manabu Nakanishi, but he suffered a cerebral concussion and was unable to compete. It was reported that the severity of the injury may force him to retire. After almost a year with little news or updates on his condition, Kitamura left NJPW on January 31, 2019.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Katsuya Kitamura height 6 ft 0 in Katsuya weight 120 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Katsuya Kitamura Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Katsuya Ranked on the list of most popular Athlete. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Katsuya Kitamura celebrates birthday on December 14 of every year.

Top Facts about Katsuya Kitamura

1. Katsuya Kitamura was a Japanese professional wrestler.
2. He was born on February 14, 1985.
3. Kitamura trained at the NJPW Dojo in Tokyo.
4. He made his debut in April 2017.
5. Kitamura won the Young Lion Cup in 2017.
6. His finishing move was the Spear of Flame.
7. Kitamura retired from wrestling in January 2022.
8. The reason for his retirement is unknown to the public.
9. He had an undefeated streak of 62 matches.
10. Kitamura’s last match was against Hiroshi Tanahashi on December 21, 2018.