# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kiyoshi-tamura
# Generated: 2026-09-01T18:49:38.656Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kiyoshi-tamura"
name: "Kiyoshi Tamura"
slug: "kiyoshi-tamura"
description: "Kiyoshi Tamura  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."
tagline: "Japanese professional wrestler"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Masa_Saito_mourning_performance_CIMG9603.jpg/330px-Masa_Saito_mourning_performance_CIMG9603.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1969-12-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           66.81
  momentum:             8.585221537096452
  historical:           8.425750666666666
  currentAttention:     36.10071796946101
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 170
totalFollowers: 15100
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5286926/"
    handle:    "nm5286926"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://田村潔司.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpNIvQlV8hoxENRCJUJ6I1w"
    handle:    "@kiyoshitamurauwf7153"
    followers: 15100
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BE%D1%88%D1%96_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Кійоші Тамура"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "كيوشي تامورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyoshi_Tamura"
    title: "Kiyoshi Tamura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyoshi_Tamura"
    title: "Kiyoshi Tamura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "کیوشی تامورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E6%9D%91%E6%BD%94%E5%8F%B8"
    title: "田村潔司"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyoshi_Tamura"
    title: "Kiyoshi Tamura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyoshi_Tamura"
    title: "Kiyoshi Tamura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6419127"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78280"
    title: "Kiyoshi Tamura"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump