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Keiji Mutoh Biography

Keiji Mutoh is one of the most popular and richest Wrestler who was born on December 23, 1962 in Japan, Japan. A.k.a. The Great Muta, he was a Japanese wrestler best known for his time with New Japan Pro Wrestling.

He won the WCW World Tag Team Championship alongside Vampiro.

Muto was a judo black belt with experience in many national competitions prior to being trained by Hiro Matsuda in the New Japan Pro-Wrestling Dojo. He debuted on October 5, 1984, against Masahiro Chono. In 1985, Muto was sent on his first learning excursion to the United States. Primarily wrestling in the southern U.S. as the “White Ninja”, Muto teamed with Kendo Nagasaki. During his first excurision, Muto became a one-time NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion and a one-time NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Champion. Muto returned to New Japan in 1986, where he was nicknamed “Space Lone Wolf”, a space-age type character that was briefly revived in 2005 by NOSAWA Rongai.

In March 1987, Muto won the IWGP Tag Team Championship with Shiro Koshinaka, before losing the titles to Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada six days later. In the summer of 1987, Muto took part in the NOW vs. NEW feud, in which he aligned himself with Antonio Inoki and his group, teaming with the likes of Inoki, Seiji Sakaguchi, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, and Kantaro Hoshino, and battling the likes of Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu, Akira Maeda, Kengo Kimura, and Super Strong Machine.

He was born into a wealthy Japanese family.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Muto first appeared as “The Great Muta” in the NWA’s World Championship Wrestling territory on the March 18, 1989, edition of Saturday Night, although announcer Jim Ross pronounced the name as “The Great Muto”. His manager Gary Hart introduced him as the son of the Great Kabuki, whom Gary Hart also had managed years earlier. He wrestled his first match under the new persona on April 2 against Scott Casey. Muta would feud with stars like Lex Luger, Ric Flair, and Sting, from whom he would capture the NWA World Television Championship on September 3, 1989. Muto eventually lost the championship to Arn Anderson on January 2, 1990, which aired on the January 12, 1990, edition of Power Hour, and some time after the Clash of the Champions X on February 6, Muto would return to New Japan, going between his real name and his Muta gimmick as he pleased.

Keiji Mutoh Net Worth

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

He competed in Judo competitions prior to his professional wrestling career.

He became one of the first Japanese wrestlers to achieve a fanbase in the United States.

Keiji Muto (武藤 敬司 , Mutō Keiji, born December 23, 1962) is a Japanese professional wrestler who first gained international fame in various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories. He is mostly known for his work as The Great Muta (ザ・グレート・ムタ , Za Gurēto Muta) in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) during the 1990s, but he has also worked in the contiguous United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Taiwan. He is a former president of All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), as well as being a full-time wrestler for the promotion from 2002 to 2013.

On August 16, Muto, donned his Great Muta persona to beat Japanese legend Riki Choshu to win the Greatest 18 Club Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the first time, thus winning the first world championship of his professional wrestling career. He successfully defended both titles against Shinya Hashimoto on September 23 and then retired the Greatest 18 Club Championship to focus on defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. He successfully defended the title against Scott Norton on October 18 and Sting on November 22. On December 14, Muta faced Hiroshi Hase in a winning effort in a famous match where Hase used a foreign object to beat at Muta’s forehead, as payback for their previous encounters, including the September 14, 1990, encounter, in which Muta busted Hase open. Muta bladed and cut very deeply into his forehead. As a result of this, Muta bled profusely for the rest of the match, and to this day he still bears scars from where he sliced.

Muto quickly rose in the ranks upon returning to New Japan in March 1990. He made his in-ring return to NJPW on April 27 by teaming with Masahiro Chono to defeat Shinya Hashimoto and Masa Saito to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship, marking Muto’s second reign with the title. He and Chono would hold the titles for over six months, before finally losing them to Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki on November 1. During this time, Muto also entered the Kyushu Cup tournament on June 12, in which he defeated Chono to advance to the finals of the tournament, where he lost to Hashimoto. On September 7, Muto introduced his Great Muta moniker for the first time in NJPW during a match against Samurai Shiro, which Muto won. Muto would occasionally perform the Muta gimmick for major matches while competing under his real name for regular matches. On September 30, Muta picked up a huge win over Ricky Steamboat.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In January 1988, Muto went on another excursion, this time in Puerto Rico for the World Wrestling Council (WWC) under his new ring name, “The Super Black Ninja”. He feuded with Miguel Perez Jr., with whom he lost a hair vs. hair match to that April. It was in Puerto Rico he formed The Three Musketeers with Masahiro Chono and Shinya Hashimoto. He wrestled only one match in New Japan during this period on July 29, before returning to Puerto Rico. In the fall of 1988, Muto moved to the Dallas, Texas-based World Class Championship Wrestling, where he reunited with Kendo Nagasaki and had a very short lived feud with Kevin Von Erich before departing the organization in March 1989. Muto’s personality and ring skills shown in his early American matches earned him a high billing within the National Wrestling Alliance.

Muto revived his Great Muta moniker at the WCW and NJPW-jointly promoted Starrcade in Tokyo Dome event on March 21, 1991, where he defeated Sting. Later that year, Muto and Chono, along with Hashimoto, cemented their status as the next generation of New Japan, surpassing Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, and Riki Choshu, after the finals of the first G1 Climax tournament on August 11. He lost to Scott Norton but defeated Tatsumi Fujinami and Big Van Vader in his block to advance to the final against Chono, which turned out to be an epic thirty-minute match in which Muto was bested by Chono and, together with Hashimoto, the three celebrated in the ring, then afterwards they were officially labeled “The Three Musketeers” of New Japan Pro-Wrestling. In October, Muto paired with Hiroshi Hase to participate in the 1991 Super Tag League, where they lost three of their tournament matches and won three, narrowly missing the chance to qualify for the knockout stage. However, shortly after the tournament, the duo found success as they defeated Rick Steiner and Scott Norton to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship at Budokan Hall on November 5.

Who is Keiji Mutoh Dating?

According to our records, Keiji Mutoh married to Hisae Ashida . As of December 1, 2023, Keiji Mutoh’s is not dating anyone.

Muta continued to make sporadic appearances within WCW during 1991 while wrestling regularly in New Japan. He was shown in attendance at WrestleWar 91, and then defeated old rival Sting at the combined New Japan/WCW Starrcade event on March 21, 1991, in Tokyo, Japan. Muto was entered into a match with United States Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger to determine the Number One Contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. On June 12 at Clash of the Champions XV, Muta was pinned by Luger to earn the right to challenge Ric Flair at The Great American Bash ’91. He went on to wrestle several house shows that month before returning to Japan.

Facts & Trivia

Keiji Ranked on the list of most popular Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Keiji Mutoh celebrates birthday on December 23 of every year.

In 1992, Muto married his wife, Hisae Ashida. Together they have two children, a son (born 1996) and a daughter, Airi (born 2000), who is an actress and has made an appearance for Wrestle-1.

Why did Keiji Mutoh leave NJPW?

After suffering a knee injury in early 2000, Muto took a hiatus from NJPW and returned to WCW in mid-2000 to team with Vampiro. Due to the bad booking and the decline of WCW in its last years, however, Muto could not recapture the previous popularity he had in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Is the Great Muta related to the Great Kabuki?

Kabuki was the first wrestler to blow Asian mist into his opponents’ faces. When Keiji Mutoh debuted in Jim Crockett Promotions as The Great Muta in March 1989, Mutoh was billed by manager Gary Hart as Kabuki’s son due to the similarities in style and the use of Asian mist. In reality, they are not related.

Is Keiji Mutoh still wrestling?

The 62-year-old is now back in the ring for AEW. With both men active, Muto revealed that he would be interested in teaming together. “It has been a long time, but I wonder what sort of chemistry we would make now,” said Muto.

How do wrestlers use mist?

Wrestlers who use the mist often make a show of rubbing their throats with their thumb and forefinger before spitting, as if to extract the mist from some secret gland. In reality, the mist is water and food coloring or, alternatively, a powdered drink mix such as Kool-Aid, which is stored in a small bag or balloon.

How old is Keiji?

So between 20-23 is his age.

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