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Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara (May 4, 1934 – August 28, 2016) was an American
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and
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, known professionally by his
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Mr. Fuji (or Master Fuji to his protégés). He was famous for often throwing salt in the eyes of fan favorite wrestlers. Notable wrestlers and tag teams managed by him include Don Muraco, Yokozuna and
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.


Early life

Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara was born on May 4, 1934 in
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,
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. He was of Japanese and Native Hawaiian ancestry.


Professional wrestling career


Early career (1965–1971)

Fujiwara made his
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debut in 1962 in his native
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under the
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Mr. Fujiwara. He won his first championship, the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship, with King Curtis Iaukea on January 7, 1966. He shortened his ring name to Mr. Fuji and toured many territories, including Don Owen's
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based NWA
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where he won many championships.


World Wide Wrestling Federation (1972–1974)

Fuji debuted in
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's World Wide Wrestling Federation in 1972 as a
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. He formed a
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with
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and the duo were managed by the
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. Tanaka provided his physical massive strength and Fuji brought his devious ring psychology to the team, which earned him the nickname "The Devious One". Fuji used to throw salt in his opponent's eyes, which earned him victories. They defeated Sonny King and
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on June 27, 1972, for their first World Tag Team Championship. They quickly ascended to
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status, defending the titles against
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Pedro Morales and
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on several occasions, throughout the year. During the feud, Fuji earned a shot at the WWWF title against Morales on August 22 but lost by count-out. They reigned for eleven months, making them the third longest reigning WWWF World Tag Team Champions in history. They lost the championship to Tony Garea and Haystacks Calhoun on May 30, 1973. They continued to feud with Garea and Calhoun for the titles before defeating them on September 11 in a rematch to win their second WWWF World Tag Team Championship. With their title recapture, their feud with Garea and his new partner Dean Ho continued. On November 14, Fuji and Tanaka lost the titles to Garea and Ho. After failing to recapture the title from Garea and Ho, Fuji and Tanaka left the WWWF in 1974.


Mid-Atlantic and Georgia Championship Wrestling (1974- 1975)

After WWWF, Fuji went on his own to Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling Wrestling from 1974 to 1975. He reunited with Tanaka and debuted in Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) in August 1975. On September 19, 1975, they participated in a four-team tournament where they defeated former WWWF rivals Tony Garea and Dean Ho in the finals to win the vacant NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to
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and
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a month later. Shortly after their title loss, they left GCW and toured other territories and won several titles.


California and Texas (1976-1977)

In 1976, Fuji went on his own to work for Big Time Wrestling in California. He won the NWA San Francisco United States title defeating Pat Patterson on February 7 in San Francisco. He held the title until leaving the territory in February 1977. Also in 1976 he worked for World Class Championship Wrestling in Texas while champion in California.


Return to the WWWF (1977–1978)

Fuji and Tanaka returned to WWWF in 1977. They took on Freddie Blassie as their manager. On September 27, 1977, they defeated
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and longtime rival Tony Garea in the finals of a
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tournament to win their third WWWF World Tag Team Championship. They wrestled in many six-man and eight-man tag team matches during their third reign. They lost the belts to Dino Bravo and Dominic DeNucci on the March 14, 1978 episode of ''
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''. Shortly after, they left WWWF again.


Touring the territories (1979–1981)

Fuji and Tanaka continued to tour the territories in 1979 where they won titles again. Later that same year, they stopped teaming and began wrestling individually. Fuji had success, winning several singles titles in many promotions including World Wrestling Council,
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and Maple Leaf Wrestling.


Second return to the WWF (1981-1996)


Teaming with Mr. Saito (1981–1982)

Fuji returned to World Wide Wrestling Federation, then known as the World Wrestling Federation, in 1981. He formed a
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with Mr. Saito, which was managed by Captain Lou Albano. They began a
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with tag champions Tony Garea and Rick Martel, whom they defeated on the October 17, 1981 episode of ''Championship Wrestling'' to win their first
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, though it was Fuji's fourth individual reign. They began feuding with The Strongbows ( Chief Jay and Jules) in the fall of 1981. This culminated in a title match on June 28, 1982, at
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(MSG) where the Strongbows won the championship. On the July 13 episode of ''Championship Wrestling'', they defeated the Strongbows in a
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for Fuji's fifth and Saito's second WWF Tag Team Championship. The feud of these two teams ended after Fuji and Saito lost the titles to the Strongbows on the October 30 episode of ''Championship Wrestling''.


Singles competition and Tiger Chung Lee feud (1982–1985)

Fuji was mainly used in singles competition and teamed on and off with
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, but they had little success in the ring. In a brief angle, Fuji turned on Chung Lee in a match at the Philadelphia Spectrum against
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in 1984. In a grudge match to settle the feud, Fuji defeated Chung Lee. Afterward, Fuji continued to wrestle on his own until his in-ring retirement and Chung Lee stayed with the WWE until 1988 in the lower mid-card to preliminary wrestler.


Managerial career (1985–1996)

Fuji retired from wrestling in 1985 and became a
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and wrestled occasionally. As a manager, Fuji often "blinded" his opponents by throwing salt in their eyes, or he or his wrestler(s) hit their opponent with his ever-present cane. He wore a black tuxedo and bowler hat, akin to the
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series character
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, and carried a little bag of salt. His first client was
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. Fuji teamed with him to lose to
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and "Mean" Gene Okerlund when Okerlund pinned Fuji. Steele soon became a face and left Fuji. Fuji's next client was Don Muraco. They both formed a popular heel duo and appeared in a video package called "Fuji Vice", which was a mockery of ''
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''. Fuji and Muraco then began a
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with
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, resulting in Steamboat defeating Fuji in several matches during the feud. Fuji briefly managed Jim Neidhart, whose contract he later sold to
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. In 1987, he bought the contract of
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( Ax and Smash) from Luscious Johnny V. Demolition started calling him "Master Fuji" and he managed them to the Tag Team Championship. Earlier, he brought Killer Khan and Sika back to the WWF. He acquired Kamala from
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, managing him in singles or tag matches with Sika, while also leading
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(who often teamed with Muraco). At Survivor Series, he turned on Demolition and began managing Demolition's rival tag team,
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(
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and
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). Interviewed after the contest, Fuji claimed that he had turned on Demolition because, since winning the championship, they had become insubordinate and disrespectful to him, whereas the Powers would be utterly obedient and loyal apprentices. For their part, Demolition denounced their former manager as a parasite, labelling him "Fuj the Stooge". At WrestleMania V, Fuji teamed with the Powers of Pain in a 3-on-2 handicap match against Demolition for their Tag Team Championship. Fuji and Powers were defeated after Ax pinned Fuji following a Demolition Decapitation. Fuji sold the individual contracts of Powers of Pain to managers Slick and Bobby Heenan and brought
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( Pat Tanaka and Akio Sato) to the WWF. Orient Express got involved in a feud with The Rockers (
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and
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), whom The Orient Express defeated by count out (thanks to Sato throwing the salt in Janetty's eyes) at Wrestlemania VI. Orient Express got involved in Demolition's feud with
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and
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). Fuji reunited with Demolition (who by this time had a third member, Crush) at that point. Demolition was phased out while the Orient Express took on Legion of Doom in matches. Fuji then managed
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in late 1991 until early 1993. His last match in WWF was teaming with
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as they lost to
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in a handicap match on July 26, 1992, at a house show. Fuji's greatest success and popularity as a manager came in November 1992 when he introduced the mammoth Yokozuna to the WWF. Under Fuji's tutelage, Yokozuna won the 1993 Royal Rumble match and two WWF World Championships, first from
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at WrestleMania IX, and again from
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at King of the Ring. Later that year, Fuji was joined by "spokesman" James E. Cornette. In late 1993, Fuji once again began managing Crush after he turned on Randy Savage. During this time he again changed his appearance, abandoning the tuxedo and bowler hat in favor of a traditional Japanese
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and carrying the Japanese flag. Fuji was last seen accompanying Yokozuna to the ring for a six-man tag team match involving Yokozuna against "Camp Cornette" at WrestleMania XII. By this point Yokozuna had fired Cornette and became a fan favorite; Fuji joined him in the endeavor, even carrying the American flag at times. Fuji left the WWF shortly after and retired from the pro wrestling business.


Retirement

After leaving wrestling, Fujiwara retired to the city of
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. In 1997, he sued the makers of the video game ''
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'', claiming that the character "Master Fuji" was based on him. The
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was settled in Fujiwara's favor. Fujiwara operated a training dojo out of Jefferson City, Tennessee, and Dandridge, Tennessee until 2001. He was a part-time usher at Knoxville Center's (formerly East Town Mall) movie theater. Mr. Fuji was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 31, 2007, by his former charge and ''Fuji Vice'' co-star Don Muraco. Mr. Fuji was in a
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at the time of the induction, due to nine knee operations.


Death

Fujiwara died of natural causes, aged 82, on August 28, 2016, in Clarksville, Tennessee. He was survived by his seven children — Tyran Wong, Teri Deptula, Tami Nelson, Kimberly Brewster, Toni Will, Kelli Fujiwara Sloan and Kevin Fujiwara — as well as 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Daughter Kelli Fujiwara Sloan, representing the estate, was part of a
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lawsuit against WWE in which it was claimed the promotion did not protect its employees from head trauma, with the litigation being a byproduct of the 2007
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. After his death, attorney Konstantine Kyros claimed that Fujiwara had been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. In September 2018, US District Judge
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dismissed the lawsuit.


Championships and accomplishments

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**
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( 1 time) – with
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* Georgia Championship Wrestling ** NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Toru Tanaka * Maple Leaf Wrestling ** NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship ''(Toronto version)'' ( 1 time) * Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling **
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( 1 time) – with
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* New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame **Class of 2013 *
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** NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship (
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) – with Curtis Iaukea (1) and Karl Von Steiger (1) * NWA New Zealand ** NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship ''(New Zealand version)'' (1 time) *
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** NWA United States Heavyweight Championship ''(San Francisco version)'' ( 1 time) *
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**
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( 1 time) ** NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship ( 4 times) – with Haru Sasaki (3) and Tony Borne (1) *'' Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' **Ranked No. 445 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003 * Southeastern Championship Wrestling **
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( 1 time) – with Toru Tanaka *
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** IWA World Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with
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* World Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment ** WWWF/WWF Tag Team Championship ( 5 times) – with Toru Tanaka (3) and Mr. Saito (2) ** WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2007) * World Wrestling Council **
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( 1 time) **
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( 1 time) – with Pierre Martel *''
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'' ** Worst On Interviews (1993) ** Worst Manager of the Year (1984–1985, 1987–1995)


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