Height: 5'11"
Weight: 195 lbs
Real Name: Kiyoshi Tamura
DOB: 12/17/1969
Hometown: Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Other Names: None
Wrestler/Fighter Since: 1989
Finishing Maneuver: Hiza Juji-gatame, Juji-gatame
Previous PWI 500 Rankings: #72(1997)
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History: (Under Construction)
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PWI Achievement Awards: (0 wins, 0 1st RUs, 0 2nd RUs, 0 3rd RUs)
Kiyoshi Tamura - The Other Arena Bio
Kiyoshi Tamura - Wikipedia Bio
- UWFI Sumo Hall (December 22, '91) = Kiyoshi Tamura fell to Gary Albright.
- UWFI Budokan Hall (October 23, '92) = Tamura defeated Kazuo Yamazaki.
- UWFI Budokan Hall (February 14, '93) = Tamura was beaten by Nobuhiko Takada.
- UWFI The Fight of Champions (May 6, '93) = Tamura forced Naoki Sano to submit. Later on, Tamura & Nobuhiko Takada fell to Gary Albright & Dan Severn.
- UWFI Sumo Hall (July 18, '93) = Tamura beat Tatsuo Nakano.
- UWFI Shootfighting I (October 4, '93) = Tamura took down Yuko Miyato.
- UWFI Jingu Stadium (December 5, '93) = Tamura won over Dennis Koslowski.
- UWFI 3rd Anniversary Show (February 25, '94) = Tamura lost to Masahito Kakihara.
- UWFI Shootfighting II (April 13, '94) = Tamura beat Bad News Allen in the first round of the Best of the World Tournament.
- UWFI Best of the World Tournament (April/August '94) = Tamura beat Bad News Allen (as mentioned above) and Naoki Sano, then fell to the eventual winner, Super Vader.
- UWFI Budokan Hall (August 18, '94) = Tamura lost to Gary Albright.
- UWFI Budokan Hall (October 8, '94) = Tamura & Dan Severn defeated Yoji Anjoh & Steve Nelson. Later on, Tamura beat Dan Severn.
- UWFI Budokan Hall (January 16, '95) = Tamura won over Gene Lydick.
- UWFI Budokan Hall (June 18, '95) = Tamura took down Gary Albright.
- UWFI Budokan Hall (March 1, '96) = Tamura forced Kazushi Sakuraba to submit.
- UWFI Budokan Hall (May 27, '96) = Tamura again won over Kazushi Sakuraba.
- RINGS Battle Dimensions Tournament '96 (October '96 - January '97) = Tamura defeated Illoukhine Mikhail, Mitsuya Nagai, and Yoshihisa Yamamoto, before losing in the finals to Yolk Ham.
- RINGS Battle Dimensions Tournament '97 (October '97 - January '98) = Tamura beat Hanse Nyman, Joop Kasteel, Akira Maeda, and Illoukhine Mikhail to win the tournament and become the first RINGS Heavyweight champion.
- RINGS Akira Maeda Retirement Show (July 20, '98) = Tamura forced Wataru Sakata to submit.
- RINGS Battle Dimensions Tournament '98 (October '98 / January '99) = Team Japan B (Tamura, Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, & Masayoshi Naruse) lost in the first round to Team Russia B (Vladimir Klementiev, Andrei Kopolov, & Nikolai Zuev). Team Georgia (Bitszade Amilon, Bitszade Tariel, & Grom Zaza) won the tournament.
- RINGS Budokan Hall (January 23, '99) = Tamura was forced to submit to Tsuyoshi Kohsaka.
- RINGS The Final (February 21, '99) = Tamura beat Valentjin Overeem.
- RINGS King of Kings Tournament I (October '99 - February '00) = Tamura defeated Dave Henne, Boris Jeliaskov, and Renzo Gracie, then fell to Renato Babalu. Dan Henderson won the tournament.
- Coliseum '00 (May 26) = Tamura won, via unanimous decision, over Jeremy Horn.
- RINGS King of Kings Tournament II (October '00 - February '01) = Tamura beat Grom Zaza, then lost to the eventual winner, Antonio Noguiera.
- RINGS Sumo Hall (February 24, '01) = Tamura lost, via majority decision, to Renato Babalu.
- Pride 19 (February 24, '02) = Tamura lost in the 2nd round to the Pride Middleweight Champion, Wanderlei Silva.
- Pride 21 (June 23, '02) = Tamura quickly lost in the first round to Bob Sapp.
- Pride 23 (November 24, '02) = Tamura defeated Nobuhiko Takada in the 2nd round.
- Pride Shockwave '03 (December 31) = Tamura beat Rony Sefo in the 1st round.
- Pride 29 (February 20, '05) = Tamura won over Aliyev Makhmud in the 1st round.
- Pride Critical Countdown '05 (June 26) = Tamura won, via unanimous decision, over Makoto Takimoto.
- Pride 31 (February 26, '06) = Tamura was forced to submit to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in the 1st round.
- Pride Shockwave '06 (December 31) = Tamura KO'ed Ikuhisa Minowa in the 1st round.
- IGF Fighting Now Bom-Ba-Ye (June 29, '07) = Tamura & Ryuki Ueyama beat Yuki Kotake & Hidehisa Matsuda.
- K-1 Hero's Middleweight Tournament (July - September '07) = Tamura lost in the opening match to Taiei Kin (2nd round). JZ Calvan won the tournament.
- K-1 Dynamite!! '07 (December 31) = Tamura won an "MMA" Match over Hideo Tokoro in the 3rd round.
- Dream #2 (April 29, '08) = Tamura took down Masakatsu Funaki in the 1st round of the Dream Middleweight Grand Prix. Unfortunately, Tamura later dropped out of the tournament, and was replaced by Melvin Manhoef.
- RINGS Heavyweight Champion (1/21/98 - ??)
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