Alter-egos
- Great Muta, which he has wrestled as fairly continuously throughout his career, switching back and forth between this character and his real name. Great Muta is a mysterious gimmick where he spits green or red mist and plays mind games to distract his opponents. Muta was originally billed as the son of Japanese wrestler Great Kabuki who used a similar gimmick. The two are not related in real life. Originally he wore face paint, which was later exchanged for a mask after he shaved his head. The Great Muta gimmick is the gimmick most fans of the United States know Mutoh for, as he wrestled as The Great Muta throughout the late '80s and early '90s for the NWA, and in his later stints in WCW with it.
Other media
Mutoh has appeared in a vast number of media appearances in Japan, including commercials as well as being interviewed for
Bloodstained Memoirs, a wrestling documentary.
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In 1995, Mutoh starred in the Japanese thriller Dragon Blue, as Detective Ryusaki, a suave detective, who joins forces with a beautiful young spiritualist (Hiroko Tanaka).
In 2004, he played the role of
Harold Sakata in the movie
Rikidōzan, a film based on the real-life story of a wrestler who would eventually be known as the "Father of
puroresu"; Harold Sakata took Rikidozan under his wing and introduced him into the world of professional wrestling.
Championships and accomplishments
- PWI ranked him # 3 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2002.1
- PWI ranked him # 4 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2001, 2003.
- Best Tag Team (2005) with Akebono