Keiji Muto

Keiji Muto

Known for
Acting
Born
December 23, 1962 (age 63)
Birthplace
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan

Biography

Keiji Muto (born born December 23, 1962) is a Japanese professional wrestling executive, actor and retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his work as The Great Muta in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) during the 1980s and 1990s, and his runs in other Japanese, American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican promotions. He was the president of All Japan Pro-Wrestling (AJPW) from 2002 to 2013 and representative director of WRESTLE-1 (W-1) from 2013 to 2020, before retiring from the industry in 2023 as a part of Pro Wrestling NOAH.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2026
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 poster

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20

Movie · as Keiji Muto (Appearance)

2023
WWE Hall of Fame 2023 poster

WWE Hall of Fame 2023

Movie · as The Great Muta

2023
NOAH: Great Muta Final "BYE-BYE" poster

NOAH: Great Muta Final "BYE-BYE"

Movie · as GREAT MUTA

2023
NOAH: The New Year 2023 poster

NOAH: The New Year 2023

Movie · as The Great Muta

2023
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome poster

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome

Movie · as Keiji Muto

2023
NOAH: Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love ~Hold Out~ poster

NOAH: Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love ~Hold Out~

Movie · as Keiji Muto

2022
NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3 poster

NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3

Movie · as Keiji Muto

2022
NOAH: The New Year 2022

NOAH: The New Year 2022

Movie · as Keiji Muto

2022
NJPW x STARDOM: Historic X-Over poster

NJPW x STARDOM: Historic X-Over

Movie · as The Great Muta

2021
NOAH: Destination 2021 - Back To Budokan poster

NOAH: Destination 2021 - Back To Budokan

Movie

2021
CyberFight Festival 2021 poster

CyberFight Festival 2021

Movie · as Keiji Muto

2021
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage poster

All Elite Wrestling: Rampage

TV · as Great Muta · 1 ep

2020
NOAH: The Best - Final Chronicle 2020 poster

NOAH: The Best - Final Chronicle 2020

Movie

2020
NOAH: 20th Anniversary - NOAH The Chronicle Vol. 4 poster

NOAH: 20th Anniversary - NOAH The Chronicle Vol. 4

Movie · as Keiji Muto

2019
IMPACT Wrestling: A Night You Can't Mist poster

IMPACT Wrestling: A Night You Can't Mist

Movie · as Great Muta

2019
WrestleCade Supershow 2019

WrestleCade Supershow 2019

Movie · as The Great Muta

2019
焼肉プロレス poster

焼肉プロレス

TV · 12 eps

2018
DDT Judgement poster

DDT Judgement

Movie · as The Great Muta

2017
Sentosha: Battle Wheels poster

Sentosha: Battle Wheels

TV · 5 eps

2016
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness poster

WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness

Movie · as The Great Muta (archive footage)

2015
TNA One Night Only: Global Impact: USA vs The World 2015 poster

TNA One Night Only: Global Impact: USA vs The World 2015

Movie · as The Great Muta

2015
超限定能力

超限定能力

Movie

2014
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 poster

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8

Movie · as The Great Muta

2014
TNA Bound For Glory 2014 poster

TNA Bound For Glory 2014

Movie · as The Great Muta

2014
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1 poster

WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1

Movie · as The Great Muta

2014
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash poster

WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash

Movie · as The Great Muta

2014
WWE: The Best of Sting poster

WWE: The Best of Sting

Movie · as The Great Muta

2014
TNA Lockdown 2014 poster

TNA Lockdown 2014

Movie · as The Great Muta

2014
TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014 poster

TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014

Movie · as The Great Muta

2013
Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel poster

Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel

Movie · as Great Muta

2013
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 poster

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7

Movie · as Keiji Muto

2013
Wrestle-1 Raising An Army Tour - Day 1

Wrestle-1 Raising An Army Tour - Day 1

Movie

2012
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6 poster

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6

Movie · as Keiji Muto

2012
ROH: Japan's Finest poster

ROH: Japan's Finest

Movie · as The Great Muta

2012
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection poster

WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection

Movie · as The Great Muta

2012
NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love poster

NJPW & AJPW 40th Anniversary: We Are Pro-Wrestling Love

Movie

2011
All Together poster

All Together

Movie · as Keiji Mutoh

2011
Milocrorze: A Love Story poster

Milocrorze: A Love Story

Movie · as gaming house owner

2011
World Wonder Ring Stardom poster

World Wonder Ring Stardom

TV · as Great Muta · 1 ep

2010
PWG: Kurt Russellreunion poster

PWG: Kurt Russellreunion

Movie · as The Great Mutah

2009
NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~ poster

NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~

Movie

2009
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3 poster

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 3

Movie · as Keiji Muto

2009
Bloodstained Memoirs poster

Bloodstained Memoirs

Movie · as Himself

2008
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2 poster

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2

Movie · as Great Muta

2007
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1 poster

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1

Movie · as Keiji Muto

2007
Hustle Aid 2007 poster

Hustle Aid 2007

Movie · as Great Muta

2006
Proud Ambition 2 poster

Proud Ambition 2

Movie

2006
Proud Ambition poster

Proud Ambition

Movie

2005
AJPW Realize

AJPW Realize

Movie

2004
Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire poster

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

Movie · as Harold Sakata

2004
NOAH: Departure 2004 poster

NOAH: Departure 2004

Movie

2004
TNA iMPACT! poster

TNA iMPACT!

TV · 52 eps

2003
ROH Final Battle 2003 poster

ROH Final Battle 2003

Movie · as The Great Muta

2003
AJPW: 2ND WRESTLE-1 poster

AJPW: 2ND WRESTLE-1

Movie

2003
AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary

AJPW Road To Re-BirthxRe-Verse 2003 - Day 11: 31st Anniversary

Movie

2002
AJPW Grand Champion Carnival 2002 poster

AJPW Grand Champion Carnival 2002

Movie

2001
AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular

AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular

Movie

2001
NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15

NJPW Hyper Battle 2001 - Day 15

Movie

2001
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2001

Movie

2001
NJPW Wrestling World 2001

NJPW Wrestling World 2001

Movie · as Keiji Muto

2000
WCW New Blood Rising poster

WCW New Blood Rising

Movie · as The Great Muta

2000
WCW Fall Brawl 2000 poster

WCW Fall Brawl 2000

Movie · as The Great Muta

2000
Millennium Fighting Arts INOKI BOM-BA-YE

Millennium Fighting Arts INOKI BOM-BA-YE

Movie · as Self

1999
NJPW Final Dome poster

NJPW Final Dome

Movie · as Keiji Muto

1997
WCW Bash at the Beach 1997 poster

WCW Bash at the Beach 1997

Movie · as The Great Muta

1996
Dragon Blue poster

Dragon Blue

Movie · as Ryusaki

1996
NJPW Battle Formation '96 poster

NJPW Battle Formation '96

Movie · as Great Muta

1995
WCW Slamboree 1995 poster

WCW Slamboree 1995

Movie · as The Great Muta

1995
The Great Muta: The Origin Of The Demon poster

The Great Muta: The Origin Of The Demon

Movie · as The Great Muta

1995
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995 poster

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995

Movie

1995
WCW Monday Nitro poster

WCW Monday Nitro

TV · 159 eps

1994
NJPW Summer Struggle 1994 - Day 8

NJPW Summer Struggle 1994 - Day 8

Movie

1994
WCW Spring Stampede 1994 poster

WCW Spring Stampede 1994

Movie · as The Great Muta

1993
WCW SuperBrawl III poster

WCW SuperBrawl III

Movie · as The Great Muta

1993
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993 poster

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993

Movie · as Great Muta

1993
WCW/New Japan Supershow III poster

WCW/New Japan Supershow III

Movie · as The Great Muta

1992
WCW/New Japan Supershow II poster

WCW/New Japan Supershow II

Movie · as The Great Muta

1992
NJPW Battle Zone Space II

NJPW Battle Zone Space II

Movie

1992
WCW Starrcade 1992 poster

WCW Starrcade 1992

Movie · as The Great Muta

1991
WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun poster

WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun

Movie · as The Great Muta

1991
WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA poster

WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA

Movie · as The Great Muta

1990
NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout poster

NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout

Movie · as The Great Muta

1990
WCW Starrcade 1990 poster

WCW Starrcade 1990

Movie · as The Great Muta

1989
NWA The Great American Bash 1989 poster

NWA The Great American Bash 1989

Movie · as The Great Muta

1989
WCW Starrcade 1989 poster

WCW Starrcade 1989

Movie · as The Great Muta

1989
WCW Halloween Havoc 1989 poster

WCW Halloween Havoc 1989

Movie · as The Great Muta

1989
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun poster

NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun

Movie · as The Great Muta

1989
NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89 poster

NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89

Movie · as The Great Muta

1989
WCW WrestleWar 1989 poster

WCW WrestleWar 1989

Movie · as The Great Muta

1988
WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '88

WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '88

Movie · as Super Black Ninja

1988
Clash of the Champions poster

Clash of the Champions

TV · as The Great Muta · 4 eps

1987
Luminous Woman poster

Luminous Woman

Movie · as Sensaku Matsunami

1986
NWA Battle of the Belts III

NWA Battle of the Belts III

Movie · as The White Ninja

1986
NWA Battle of The Belts II poster

NWA Battle of The Belts II

Movie · as The White Ninja

1985
NWA World Championship Wrestling poster

NWA World Championship Wrestling

TV · as The Great Muta · 2 eps

1972
New Japan Pro Wrestling poster

New Japan Pro Wrestling

TV · as Keiji Muto · 2 eps