(1985-12-14)December 14, 1985[1][2] Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan[1][2]
Died
October 12, 2022(2022-10-12) (aged 36)
Professional wrestling career
Billed height
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1][2]
Billed weight
120 kg (265 lb)[1][2]
Trained by
NJPW Dojo
Debut
2015[1][2]
Retired
2018
Katsuya Kitamura (北村 克哉, Kitamura Katsuya, December 14, 1985 – October 12, 2022) was a Japanese professional wrestler, bodybuilder and an amateur wrestler trained by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the winner of the 2017 Young Lion Cup.[3]
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in the first round. Ologun made his return to martial arts against KatsuyaKitamura at Rizin 32 on November 20, 2021 He won the bout via rear-naked choke...
teaming with Tomoyuki Oka and Volador Jr. to defeat Tetsuhiro Yagi, KatsuyaKitamura and ACH, after Oka pinned Yagi. Throughout the following months, Umino...
match when he defeated Shota Umino. Kawato and Yoshitatsu defeated KatsuyaKitamura and Oka in the dark match of the 2017 Wrestling Dontaku major show...
Wrestle Kingdom 12, this time eliminated by Nakanishi, Chase Owens & KatsuyaKitamura all at once. The following night, at New Year Dash!!, he teamed up...
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(Philadelphia 76ers, national team), Olympic champion (1964), heart failure. KatsuyaKitamura, 36, Japanese professional wrestler (NJPW), bodybuilder, and mixed...
Young Lion Cup 2004 Ryusuke Taguchi 1 Young Lion Cup 2005 Hirooki Goto 1 Young Lion Cup 2017 KatsuyaKitamura 1 Young Lion Cup 2019 Karl Fredericks 1...
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Taguchi Japan open door policy, several wrestlers such as Yoshitatsu, KatsuyaKitamura and War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) have made one-off appearances...
Results Stipulations Times 1P Hirai Kawato and Yoshitatsu defeated KatsuyaKitamura and Tomoyuki Oka Tag team match 07:54 2 Chaos (Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi)...
Jyushin Thunder Liger and Manabu Nakanishi defeated Hirai Kawato, KatsuyaKitamura and Tomoyuki Oka Six-man tag team match 07:00 2 Bullet Club (Chase...