Mamoru Takamura is the current WBC World Middleweight Champion and former Junior Middleweight Champion. He was also the JBC Middleweight Champion, but relinquished it after 3 title defences. Takamura has a very distinctive pompadour hair style and he has been known to sleep with it still fixed that way (in fact, he looks like an entirely different person without it). He lives alone at the Ohta Inn apartment complex, and his room is littered with junk, old food, pornography, and even his Belts. He still lives there even after becoming World Champion, apparently preferring the simple life.He was discovered on the streets by Coach a hawk. Even during important matches he has a tendancy to play around, such as by using Aoki's "Look Away" technique, labeling a regular uppercut the Beetle's Uppercut in a fight where he wore a beetle costume, and arguing with the spectators when they jeer him. In spite of all of this, the As the one who got Ippo, Aoki, and Kimura into boxing, he is well respected at the Kamogawa Gym. Even though he constantly looks down on and ridicules their achievements, his unrivaled strength and the few moments his true kindness leaks out prevent them from losing their respect for him. He has also occasionally shown concern for Miyata Ichirou and seems to geniuenly look forward to Ippo's rematch with him (if it ever materializes). Ippo too is shown to respect him and even worried about him when he believed he had an eye problem.
