Katsuya Kitamura
Date of Birth:
Dec 14, 1985
Place of Birth:
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Date of Birth:
Dec 14, 1985
Place of Birth:
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Biography:
Katsuya Kitamura (December 14, 1985 – October 12, 2022) was a Japanese professional wrestler, bodybuilder and amateur wrestler trained by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the winner of the 2017 Young Lion Cup. Kitamura died on October 12, 2022, at age 36; reportedly, he felt unwell and called an ambulance to take him to a hospital, where his condition rapidly deteriorated. The cause of death was not released publicly.