Caesar Takeshi
Born	Tomofumi Murata (1955-08-17) 17 August 1955 Yamaguchi, Japan
Other names	Caesar
Nationality	Japanese
Division	Welterweight
Style	Shoot boxing

Tomofumi Murata (村田 友文, Murata Tomofumi) (born August 17, 1955), better known by his ring name Takeshi Caesar (シーザー武志, Shīzā Takeshi), is a Japanese actor, retired kickboxer and the founder of shoot boxing.^[1][2][3]

Career

Murata started competing in kickboxing at age of 16, being trained in the Nishio Gym. He adopted the name of Takeshi Caesar and won the Asia Pacific Kickboxing Federation Welterweight Championship, making a name for himself. In 1984, he became interested in professional wrestling and was introduced to Satoru Sayama, who trained him in shoot-style at his Super Tiger Gym. Caesar then was contacted by Karl Gotch and Akira Maeda and was part of the Universal Wrestling Federation. After the fall of UWF, his experiences with its wrestling style induced him to creating a similarly mixed style of kickboxing, which he called shootboxing. His company had his first event in 1985, and had working agreements with Newborn UWF and later with Fighting Network RINGS and Pancrase.

Championships and accomplishments

• Asia Pacific Kickboxing Federation
  • APKF Welterweight Championship (1 time)
  • APKF Middleweight championship (1 time)
• Japan Shootboxing Association
  • JSBA Hawkweight 1st champion (1986)
• World Shootboxing Association
  • WSBA Hawkweight 1st champion (1988)

Kickboxing record

Takeshi Caesar kickboxing record

Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
1990-08-26	Loss	Steve MacKey		Tokyo, Japan	KO	2
1990-05-30	Win	Riki Tadakatsu		Osaka, Japan
1989-11-04	Win	Bill Rastafar		Tokyo, Japan	KO	2	2:31
1989-05-26	Loss	Manson Gibson		Yokohama, Japan	KO	1	4:28
Loses WSBA Shootboxing Hawkweight title
1988-11-05	Win	Sopasadopabon	Shootboxing vs Muay Thai Vol.2	Tokyo, Japan	KO	1	6:49
1988-08-13	Win	Payap Premchai	UWF The Professional Bout	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Body kick)	1	2:36
1988-05-21	Win	John Navarolli	Shootboxing Worldrevolution Declaration	Tokyo, Japan	KO	1	5:08
Wins inaugural WSBA Shootboxing Hawkweight title
1988-01-31	Loss	Farid Dooder		Tokyo, Japan	Decision	3
1987-12-05	Win	Dennis Crawford	Shootboxing vs Canada Martial Arts	Tokyo, Japan	KO	2	2:08
1987-11-09	Win	Nobuhiro Kikuchi		Osaka, Japan
1987-07-12	Win	Riki Tadakatsu	Shoot Boxing Ishu Kakutogisen #4	Tokyo, Japan
Defends JSBA Shootboxing Hawkweight title
1987-05-30	Win	James White	Shoot Boxing Ishu Kakutogisen #3	Tokyo, Japan	KO	1	3:30
1987-03-21	Win	Charlie Ria Chaofer	Shoot Boxing Ishu Kakutogisen #2	Tokyo, Japan	Decision	3
1987-01-31	Win	James Bashin	Shoot Boxing Ishu Kakutogisen #1	Tokyo, Japan	KO	2	1:35
Legend   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Filmography

See also

• Shoot boxing

References