Kozo Urita

is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. He was associated with Real Japan Pro Wrestling's Seikendo team. Tiger Shark wrestled under a blue mask with a shark design, contrasting with Super Tiger's silver and purple Tiger Mask attire, and had his first match teaming up with Masao Orihara against him and Hi69. Tiger Shark and Super Tiger wrestled each other in tag team matches during the next events, with Urita often teaming up with Orihara. However, he ended settling down in a tag team with Black Shadow, a similar character played by Makoto "Max" Miyazawa. They feuded with a coalition composed by Gran Hamada, Sammy Lee, Jr. and Kendo Nagasaki, as well as All Japan Pro Wrestling's Minoru.

In 2010, Shark broke his alliance with Masao Orihara, wrestling in a match in which Urita was defeated. After seldom apparitions in RJPW, Tiger Shark teamed again with Black Shadow to win the vacant RJPW Tag Team Championship, defeating Yujiro Yamamoto and Yuki Ishikawa. However, they had no defenses of the title, and they spent the next years feuding with Orihara. He also had a high-level match against New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Tiger Mask IV, being beaten. In September 2013, Tiger Shark had his last apparition in RJPW, teaming up with Tatsumi Fujinami to get a win over Super Tiger II and Riki Choshu.

Battlarts (2009–2011) Tiger Shark started wrestling for shoot-style promotion Battlarts in 2009 as a RJPW representative. He participated in the B1 Climax 2009 Block A, facing star Yuki Ishikawa and Yuta Yoshikawa in losing efforts, though getting victories over Keita Yano and Ryuji Walter. As a result, he did not qualify. He continued appearing in Battlarts, teaming up with his long time rival Super Tiger II in a special tag team to feud with Ishikawa, as well as Bison Tagai. In 2010, the team broke up and Shark went free, staying with the promotion until its demise in 2011.

Tenryu Project and Legend The Pro Wrestling (2010–2013) Always working as a RJPW representative, Tiger Shark had his debut in Tenryu Project with his biggest career win, beating Dragon Gate top player Masaaki Mochizuki to win the Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship. He retained it successfully against Hiroki, Dokuroman and Hikaru Sato, until he dropped it to Hiroki in a rematch. Around that time, Tiger moved to Riki Choshu's Legend The Pro Wrestling, where he teamed with a variety of Tiger-related characters, among them Super Tiger II, Original Tiger Mask and Black Tiger V. He also wrestled alongside Yoshiaki Fujiwara. In 2013, Tiger Shark and his allies entered in a feud with Atsushi Onita and his entourage, as part of the enmity between Onita and Original Tiger Mask from RJPW. Shark faced personally Onita's henchman Ichiro Yaguchi, with Urita coming victorious in a single match, his last apparition in the promotion.

Championships and accomplishments Pro Wrestling A-Team WEW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Daisaku Shimoda Real Japan Pro Wrestling RJPW Tag Team Championship (1 time, inaugural, last) – with Black Shadow RJPW vs. U-File Tournament (2012) Tenryu Project Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Independent circuit Latin American Championship (1 time) UWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Takahiro Tababa

Mixed martial arts record Loss

Shuto Masui Submission (kimura) Fighting Nexus - Vol. 43

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Yuji Inoue KO (punch) Grachan 79

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Joilton Lutterbach KO (head kick) Roots of Martial Arts Network 3

Tokyo, Japan Win

Kenichi Nakayama TKO (submission to punches) Roots of Martial Arts Network 2

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Ryutaro Sato KO (punch) Fighting Nexus - Vol. 36

Tokyo, Japan Win

Tesshin Isobe Decision (split) Fighting Nexus - Vol. 35

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Radek Hecl KO (punch) Grachan 66

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Hon Hsing Decision (majority) Grachan 63

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Brandon Hashimoto Decision (unanimous) Grachan 58

Chiba, Japan Win

Katsuyoshi Sasaki TKO (doctor stoppage) Grachan 57

Chiba, Japan Loss

Hidetaka Arato Decision (unanimous) Grachan 55

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Yusuke Kawaguchi Decision (unanimous) Grachan 25 / BFC Vol.2

Tokyo, Japan Win

Gennadiy Kovalev KO (punch) FEFoMP: International Modern Pankration Championship

Vladivostok, Russia Win

Gadji Zaipulaev Decision (unanimous) FEFoMP: Impact League 4

Khabarovsk, Russia Win

Barry Guerin TKO (doctor stoppage) Square Jungle: Advent of Mr. MMA

Tokyo, Japan Win

Sharihyar Abbasov TKO (doctor stoppage) GCM: Cage Force 11

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Jerry Nelson Decision (majority) Tenkaichi Fight 37

Chatan, Japan Loss

Ryuta Sakurai Submission (armbar) Deep: 37 Impact

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Vladimir Yushko Decision (unanimous) FEFoMP: World Pankration Championship 2008

Khabarovsk, Russia Win

Hoon Kim TKO (punches) MARS 11: 2nd Anniversary

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Yuya Shirai Submission (armbar) Deep: 31 Impact

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Ichiro Kanai TKO (punches) Pancrase: Rising 5

Tokyo, Japan N/C

Hoon Kim No contest (accidental low blow) MARS 7: Tornado Returns

Tokyo, Japan Win

Alavutdin Gadjiev Decision (unanimous) FEFoMP: Asian Pankration Championship 2006

Khabarovsk, Russia Win

Rikuhei Fujii Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Blow 9

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Marcelo Brito Submission (rear naked choke) MARS 4: New Deal

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Hidemi Mihara Decision (unanimous)

Tokyo, Japan Win

Ken Ogawa TKO (corner stoppage)

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Arman Gambaryan Decision (unanimous) FEFoMP: World Pankration Championship 2006

Khabarovsk, Russia Draw

Yuichi Nakanishi Draw Pancrase: Blow 3

Tokyo, Japan Win

Riki Fukuda KO (punch) Pancrase: Blow 1

Tokyo, Japan Win

Yuta Nakamura Decision (unanimous)

Tokyo, Japan Win

Toshihiro Hosoe Submission (armbar)

Tokyo, Japan Win

Motohiro Tachihara Submission (armbar)

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Izuru Takeuchi Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Spiral 9

Tokyo, Japan Win

Moriyuki Yamada Submission (guillotine choke) Pancrase: 2005 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals

Tokyo, Japan Draw

Yuta Nakamura Draw RJPW: Roman Martial Arts 2005

Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Loss

Valery Pliev Decision (unanimous) FEFoMP: Mayor Cup 2005

Khabarovsk, Russia Win

Jin O Kim Decision (unanimous) Gladiator FC: Day 1

Seoul, South Korea Loss

Keiichiro Yamamiya Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Brave 5

Tokyo, Japan Win

David Davitashvili Submission (guillotine choke) Seikendo: Dream Challenge

Tokyo, Japan