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Born in Japan about 1878, Charles Yamashita had only two recorded bouts, both in the then-new agricultural town of Oxnard, California. He failed to go the distance in both bouts while fighting Benny "Kid" Solomon during 1900 and Frank Fields during 1901.

About the time of his recorded bouts, Yamashita was a labor contractor who supplied gangs of farmworkers to work in the agricultural fields in Oxnard and Riverside. As someone who made a substantial amount of money as a labor contractor, Yamashita attracted the attention of Nora Price, a Mulatto prostitute, and was in a relationship with her for about a year. During the relationship, he spent $2,000. on her, according one news item; got into debt; and left Oxnard. Due to being in debt, Yamashita was arrested in Riverside and brought back to Ventura County. After settling the biggest debt claim of $500., Yamashita was released and prepared to going back to being a labor contractor at the start of the new campaign in Oxnard. But after being released, he evidently didn't have that much money, resulting in Price being no longer interested in being in a relationship with him. While trying to get Yamashita to leave, Price him that she had a "gentleman friend coming up from Los Angeles."

During a confrontation with Price in Oxnard at midnight on March 16, 1902, Yamashita shot her in the stomach and fled. After undergoing a operation and rallying for a time at the county hospital, Price died several days later. On March 25, 1902, Yamashita was apprehended near San Luis Obispo. He would plead guilty to the charge of manslaughter at the Ventura County Superior Court on April 28, 1902 and was later sentenced to eight years in prison.