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* ThreeAmigos: Was part of the Japanese "B" team along with Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka and Masayuki Naruse for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998.
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-->''"[[Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba Sakuraba]] and Tamura were two of my boys. Tamura had a big head, he had an attitude, and he thought he was God's gift to MMA."''
--->--'''Wrestling/BillyRobinson'''
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Inverted. He fought wearing boots, sneakers or wrestling shoes in all of his fights if he could legally do so.
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* AbortedArc: After having Tamura strongly pushed in worked matches, RINGS bookers had expected him to win his debut in MMA against Valentijn Overeem (not his first real fight, but indeed his first high level opponent) in order to keep building him. However, in a horrifying upset, Overeem curbstomped Tamura and forced the bookers to change all the plans.
* TheAce: He had all the elements needed for an ace: he was good-looking, had personality, could work excellent matches and was a significantly good fighter. He was considered by some as the next ace of UWF-i, but bad booking decisions and his personal preferences did not make it possible. Instead he ended in RINGS, where he was co-aces with Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka after Maeda's retirement.
* AloofAlly: The UWF-i had a young promise and a small big draw in Tamura, but in exchange they had to endure his punk attitude, his obsession with realistic fighting, and his quickness for criticizing anything or anyone. When he refused to wrestle against NJPW, he gained a reputation of egotism and that never fully abandoned him, bringing him the nickname of "The Aloof Genius."
* ApologeticAttacker: During the rematch against Ikuhisa Minowa, whom Tamura considered a WorthyOpponent. After the bell rang among a rain of soccer kicks, Tamura prompted directed his rage towards the referee for stopping the bout too late and thus forcing him to kick Minowa more than necessary.
* TheAce: He had all the elements needed for an ace: he was good-looking, had personality, could work excellent matches and was a significantly good fighter. He was considered by some as the next ace of UWF-i, but bad booking decisions and his personal preferences did not make it possible. Instead he ended in RINGS, where he was co-aces with Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka after Maeda's retirement.
* AloofAlly: The UWF-i had a young promise and a small big draw in Tamura, but in exchange they had to endure his punk attitude, his obsession with realistic fighting, and his quickness for criticizing anything or anyone. When he refused to wrestle against NJPW, he gained a reputation of egotism and that never fully abandoned him, bringing him the nickname of "The Aloof Genius."
* ApologeticAttacker: During the rematch against Ikuhisa Minowa, whom Tamura considered a WorthyOpponent. After the bell rang among a rain of soccer kicks, Tamura prompted directed his rage towards the referee for stopping the bout too late and thus forcing him to kick Minowa more than necessary.
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* AbortedArc: After having Tamura strongly pushed in worked matches, RINGS bookers had expected him to win his debut in MMA against Valentijn Overeem (not his first real fight, but indeed his first high level opponent) in order to keep building him. However, in a horrifying upset, Overeem curbstomped Tamura and forced the bookers to change all the plans.
* TheAce: He had all the elements needed for an ace: he was good-looking, had personality, could work excellentmatches matches, and was a significantly good MMA fighter. He was considered by some as the next ace of UWF-i, but and only bad booking decisions and his personal preferences did not make made it possible.impossible. Instead he ended in RINGS, where he was co-aces with Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka after Maeda's retirement.
* AloofAlly: The UWF-i had a young promise and a small big draw in Tamura, but in exchange they had to endure his punk attitude, his obsession with realistic fighting, and his quickness for criticizing anything or anyone. When he refused to wrestle against NJPW, he gained a reputation of egotismand that never fully abandoned him, bringing him the nickname of "The Aloof Genius."
* ApologeticAttacker: During the rematch against Ikuhisa Minowa, whom Tamura considered a WorthyOpponent. After the bell rang among a rain of soccer kicks, Tamuraprompted promptly directed his rage towards the referee for stopping the bout too late and thus forcing him to kick Minowa more than necessary.
* TheAce: He had all the elements needed for an ace: he was good-looking, had personality, could work excellent
* AloofAlly: The UWF-i had a young promise and a small big draw in Tamura, but in exchange they had to endure his punk attitude, his obsession with realistic fighting, and his quickness for criticizing anything or anyone. When he refused to wrestle against NJPW, he gained a reputation of egotism
* ApologeticAttacker: During the rematch against Ikuhisa Minowa, whom Tamura considered a WorthyOpponent. After the bell rang among a rain of soccer kicks, Tamura
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: As said, he built an image of an aloof young fighter. Tamura used to be a jerk to people in the ring that he felt didn't belong in there with him, and didn't like to be held down when he was convinced otherwise.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: As said, he built an image of an aloof young fighter. Tamura used to be a jerk to people in the ring that he felt didn't belong in there the ring with him, and didn't like to be held down when he was convinced otherwise.
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* BoringButPractical: Deconstructed. Unlike pro wrestling, where he would indulge in beautiful technical combinations and chain wrestling, Tamura's fighting style in MMA was very defensive and cautious, almost to the extent to look timid. However, while this allowed him to work around the offensive of superior opponents, it also worked against himself, as he often refrained from using his submission skills on adversaries he would have been able to submit.
* BrattyHalfPint: Debuted at 19 years old and already a fast and aggressive striker. He once refused shaking hands with Takada before a match and even ''slapped him'', and Takada [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown was not amused]].
* BrokenAce: Tamura threw a promising pro wrestling career aside because he wanted to do MMA, but it seems that his true first taste of the latter at Valentijn Overeem's hands broke him mentally and left him with a very inconsistent attitude towards both. Even although he still became a top fighter, it was clear he was not burning for the sport anymore, as he looked wary and resigned in every fight and started choosing the easiest ones whenever he could choose. He also became prone to sacrifice MMA chances for small private pro wrestling endeavours and vice versa, which ultimately led him to lose success in both, even when he had a ton of opportunity to have fruitful careers in any. Due to all this, it can be said Tamura was a predecessor to Wrestling/KatsuyoriShibata.
* BrattyHalfPint: Debuted at 19 years old and already a fast and aggressive striker. He once refused shaking hands with Takada before a match and even ''slapped him'', and Takada [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown was not amused]].
* BrokenAce: Tamura threw a promising pro wrestling career aside because he wanted to do MMA, but it seems that his true first taste of the latter at Valentijn Overeem's hands broke him mentally and left him with a very inconsistent attitude towards both. Even although he still became a top fighter, it was clear he was not burning for the sport anymore, as he looked wary and resigned in every fight and started choosing the easiest ones whenever he could choose. He also became prone to sacrifice MMA chances for small private pro wrestling endeavours and vice versa, which ultimately led him to lose success in both, even when he had a ton of opportunity to have fruitful careers in any. Due to all this, it can be said Tamura was a predecessor to Wrestling/KatsuyoriShibata.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He left UWF-i because he wanted to do real fighting and they would not let him. Thus, he moved RINGS, where he would have all the commodities to do it: constant chances, a relaxed schedule, and excellent fighters to train with. Then Tamura faced his first true opponent in a real fight, got completely humiliated, and suddenly it was not so cool anymore.
* BoringButPractical: Deconstructed. Unlike pro wrestling, where he would indulge in beautiful technical combinations and chain wrestling, Tamura's fighting style in MMA was very defensive and cautious, almost to the extent to look timid. However, while this allowed him to work around the offensive of superior opponents, it also worked against himself, as heoften also refrained from using his submission skills on adversaries he would should have been perfectly able to submit.
* BrattyHalfPint: Debuted at 19 years old and was already a fast and aggressive striker. He once refused shaking hands with Takada before a match and even ''slapped him'', and Takada [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown was not amused]].
* BrokenAce: Tamura threw a promising pro wrestling career aside because he wanted to do MMA, but it seems that his true first taste of the latter at Valentijn Overeem's hands broke him mentally and left him with a very inconsistent attitude towardsboth. both fields. Even although he still became a top fighter, mixed martial artist, it was clear he was not burning for the sport anymore, as he looked wary and resigned in every fight and started choosing typically chose the easiest ones whenever he could choose. He also became prone to sacrifice MMA chances for small private pro wrestling endeavours and vice versa, which ultimately led him to lose success in both, even when he had a ton of opportunity to have fruitful careers in any. Due to all of this, it can be said Tamura was a predecessor to Wrestling/KatsuyoriShibata.
* BoringButPractical: Deconstructed. Unlike pro wrestling, where he would indulge in beautiful technical combinations and chain wrestling, Tamura's fighting style in MMA was very defensive and cautious, almost to the extent to look timid. However, while this allowed him to work around the offensive of superior opponents, it also worked against himself, as he
* BrattyHalfPint: Debuted at 19 years old and was already a fast and aggressive striker. He once refused shaking hands with Takada before a match and even ''slapped him'', and Takada [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown was not amused]].
* BrokenAce: Tamura threw a promising pro wrestling career aside because he wanted to do MMA, but it seems that his true first taste of the latter at Valentijn Overeem's hands broke him mentally and left him with a very inconsistent attitude towards
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** Apparently suffered a similar one with Maeda, as Tamura left RINGS feeling that Maeda was not acknowledging his efforts in MMA and only wanted to exploit him. It showed when Tamura worked with Maeda again in HERO'S.
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** Apparently suffered a similar one with Maeda, as Tamura left RINGS feeling that Maeda was not acknowledging his efforts in MMA (which for Tamura were a big sacrifice) and only wanted to exploit him. It showed got fixed when Tamura worked with Maeda again in HERO'S.
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* CantCatchUp: Downplayed. Kiyoshi debuted in RINGS in 1996 and had his first (competitive) shoot fight at the same year, while the rest of the natives of the promotion had been doing at least some legit shoots since their starts and were already experienced in MMA. Although Tamura was more talented than most of them and actually ended sharing the number one spot with their best guy, Kohsaka, he had to invest a year of training in order to catch up with them.
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* CantCatchUp: Downplayed. Kiyoshi debuted in RINGS in 1996 and had his first (competitive) competitive shoot fight at the same year, year (his only previous experience in the sport were a couple easy fights against boxers and kickboxers), while the rest of the natives of the promotion had been doing at least some legit shoots against proper opponents since their starts and were already experienced in MMA. Although Tamura was more talented than most of them and actually ended up sharing the number one spot with their best guy, Kohsaka, he had to invest a year of training in order to catch up with them.
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** Arguably of his trainer Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada. They were both physically attractive wrestlers with hard kicks, great skill to build matches, and both suffered a first shocking defeat in their MMA careers to opponents who happened to be better grapplers than expected. In terms of in-ring performance, Tamura was probably what Takada would have been had he started in MMA at a young age.
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** Arguably of his trainer Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada. They were both physically attractive wrestlers with hard kicks, great skill to build matches, and both suffered a first shocking defeat in their MMA careers to opponents who happened to be better grapplers than expected.expected, which left them traumatized. In terms of in-ring performance, Tamura was probably what Takada would have been had he started in MMA at a young age.
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* FinishingMove: Cross armbar, kneebar, kick to the kead and sleeper hold. Also the triangle choke in more technical matches.
* HeroicBSOD: Suffered one after losing the RINGS Championship to Gilbert Yvel, which solidified his decision to leave the company. Years after, he had another after being defeated by Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in their rematch in PRIDE.
* HeroicBSOD: Suffered one after losing the RINGS Championship to Gilbert Yvel, which solidified his decision to leave the company. Years after, he had another after being defeated by Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in their rematch in PRIDE.
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* FinishingMove: Cross armbar, kneebar, kick to the kead head and sleeper hold. Also the triangle choke in more technical matches.
* HeroicBSOD:Suffered one Seems prone to those, counting from the first against Alistair Overeem. He later suffered another after losing the RINGS Championship to Gilbert Yvel, which solidified his decision to leave the company. Years company, and years after, he had another after being defeated by Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in their rematch in PRIDE.
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** He has defeated near all of the native stars from his time: Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba, Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki, Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka (at least in worked matches), Ikuhisa Minowa, and almost Hidehiko Yoshida.
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** He has defeated near all of the native stars from his time: Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba, Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki, Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka (at (this at least in worked matches), Ikuhisa Minowa, and almost Hidehiko Yoshida.
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* HiddenDepths: Though always a pragmatist in the ring, Tamura did have a deep knowledge of scientific holds, and he demonstrated it by almost finishing Frank Shamrock with a scarf hold armlock, trapping Renzo Gracie of all people with a back crucifix and trying a figure four toehold on Renato Sobral.
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* HiddenDepths: HiddenDepths:
** Though always a pragmatist in the ring, Tamura did have a deep knowledge of scientific holds, and he demonstrated it by almost finishing Frank Shamrock with a scarf hold armlock, trapping Renzo Gracie of all people with a back crucifix and trying a figure four toehold on Renato Sobral.
** Though always a pragmatist in the ring, Tamura did have a deep knowledge of scientific holds, and he demonstrated it by almost finishing Frank Shamrock with a scarf hold armlock, trapping Renzo Gracie of all people with a back crucifix and trying a figure four toehold on Renato Sobral.
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* ItsPersonal: Enforced in his fight with Renzo Gracie where he came out to the UWF theme music to avenge Takada and the rest of UWFI.
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* ItsPersonal: Enforced in his fight with Renzo Gracie where he came out to the UWF theme music to avenge Takada and the rest of UWFI.UWF-i.
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* ManlyTears: Not so much as people like Akira Shoji or Yoji Anjo, but Tamura was known as a rather emotional fighter.
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* ManlyTears: Not so much as people like Akira Shoji or Yoji Anjo, Wrestling/YojiAnjo, but Tamura was known as a rather emotional fighter.
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* OvershadowedByAwesome: Being a middleweight at the best with a grueling pro wrestling career behind him, Tamura typically suffered when facing world-level heavyweight fighters.
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* OvershadowedByAwesome: Being a middleweight at the best with a grueling pro wrestling career behind him, him and some mental baggage, Tamura typically suffered when facing world-level heavyweight fighters.
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* RedBaron: "Koko no Tensai" ("The Aloof Genius"), "Akai Pants no Gankosha" ("The Stubborn Man in Red Pants"), "U no Idenshi o Tsugumono" ("The U-Spirit Sucessor"), "Kaiten Tai" ("Rotating Body", gained in RINGS for his high-speed matches) and "PRIDE Kara no Shikaku" ("PRIDE's Assassin", gained upon debuting in PRIDE in an anticipation that he never quite lived up to).
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* RedBaron: "Koko no Tensai" ("The Aloof Genius"), "Akai Pants no Gankosha" ("The Stubborn Man in Red Pants"), "U no Idenshi o Tsugumono" ("The U-Spirit Sucessor"), "Kaiten Tai" ("Rotating Body", gained in RINGS for his high-speed matches) and "PRIDE Kara no Shikaku" ("PRIDE's Assassin", gained upon debuting in PRIDE in an anticipation a hype that he never quite lived up to).
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* StartMyOwn: Founded the pro wrestling promotion U-STYLE and the MMA team U-FILE CAMP. He later helped in creating GLEAT, a promotion that has both shoot style and regular puroresu bouts.
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* StartMyOwn: Founded the pro wrestling promotion U-STYLE and the MMA team U-FILE CAMP. He later helped in creating to create GLEAT, a promotion that has both shoot style shoot-style and regular puroresu bouts.
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* ThrowingTheFight: His bout with Hidehiko Yoshida was labelled as a work by fans almost the same nigth of the event, but the truth is still blurred about whether it was or not. Those who defend the authenticity of the match cite Tamura's brutal kicks to Yoshida's supposedly injuried knee, which would be dangerous in a worked match; on the other hand, those who maintain it was a work point out how Tamura did nothing to defend Yoshida's submission and tapped out instantly, despite it being a blood choke who would take some time to work and also despite Tamura being an expert grappler who did not have a history of tapping fast. We probably will never know the truth.
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* ThrowingTheFight: His bout with Hidehiko Yoshida was labelled as a work by fans almost the same nigth night of the event, but the truth is still blurred about whether it was or not. Those who defend the authenticity of the match cite Tamura's brutal kicks to Yoshida's supposedly injuried injured knee, which would be dangerous in a worked match; on the other hand, those who maintain it was a work point out how Tamura did nothing to defend Yoshida's submission and tapped out instantly, despite it being a blood choke who would take some time to work and also despite Tamura being an expert grappler who did not have a history of tapping fast. We probably will never know the truth.
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* TheWorfEffect: If there was anyone unconvinced of Wrestling/BobSapp's legit dangerousness, watching the latter defeat Tamura in matter of seconds cleared it.
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* TheWorfEffect: TheWorfEffect:
** If there was anyone unconvinced of Wrestling/BobSapp's legit dangerousness, watching the latter defeat Tamura in matter of seconds cleared it.
** If there was anyone unconvinced of Wrestling/BobSapp's legit dangerousness, watching the latter defeat Tamura in matter of seconds cleared it.
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* ArchEnemy:
** In real life, Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba. It's said that Tamura used to mistreat him back when Saku was his [[SempaiKohai kohai]] in the UWF dojo, and anyway later in their lives they became aces for opposing companies. Sakuraba challenged him to a fight many times, but Tamura never conceded until 2007, when Kiyoshi defeated him in a technical decision.
** On the receiving end of the previous, Tamura also speaks pretty bad of his former sempai Tatsuo Nakano, whom he described as abusive and short-tempered.
** In pro wrestling, Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka, Wrestling/VolkHan and Dick Vrij.
** In real life, Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba. It's said that Tamura used to mistreat him back when Saku was his [[SempaiKohai kohai]] in the UWF dojo, and anyway later in their lives they became aces for opposing companies. Sakuraba challenged him to a fight many times, but Tamura never conceded until 2007, when Kiyoshi defeated him in a technical decision.
** On the receiving end of the previous, Tamura also speaks pretty bad of his former sempai Tatsuo Nakano, whom he described as abusive and short-tempered.
** In pro wrestling, Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka, Wrestling/VolkHan and Dick Vrij.
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* ArchEnemy:
**ArchEnemy: In real life, Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba. It's said that Tamura used to mistreat him back when Saku was his [[SempaiKohai kohai]] in the UWF dojo, and anyway later in their lives they became aces for opposing companies. Sakuraba challenged him to a fight many times, but Tamura never conceded until 2007, when Kiyoshi defeated him in a technical decision.
** On the receiving end of the previous, Tamura also speaks pretty bad of his former sempai Tatsuo Nakano, whom he described as abusive and short-tempered.
** In pro wrestling,RINGS, Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka, Wrestling/VolkHan and Dick Vrij.
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** On the receiving end of the previous, Tamura also speaks pretty bad of his former sempai Tatsuo Nakano, whom he described as abusive and short-tempered.
** In pro wrestling,
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As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyoshi_Tamura The Other Wiki]].
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* DeathOfAThousandCuts: Part of his style, inherited from the classic shoot-style leg kicking approach to chop down his opponents. He destroyed Hidehiko Yoshida's leg with just some kicks, and Frank Shamrock said that Tamura's kicks were the hardest he had felt in his life, even better than those of Creator/BasRutten. On the other hand, Elvis Sinosic described his kicks as incredibly fast, but lacking power, though this might say more about Tamura’s seriousness in their fight rather than Tamura’s skills.
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** He also rather quickly to Ricardo Liborio at the 2001 ADCC.
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** He also lose rather quickly to Ricardo Liborio at the 2001 ADCC.
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* StartMyOwn: Founded the pro wrestling promotion U-STYLE and the MMA team U-FILE CAMP.
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* StartMyOwn: Founded the pro wrestling promotion U-STYLE and the MMA team U-FILE CAMP. He later helped in creating GLEAT, a promotion that has both shoot style and regular puroresu bouts.
