better known by his
ring name
A ring name is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons ...
Fuma (sometimes stylized in capital letters as FUMA) is a Japanese
professional wrestler
Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...
currently signed to the Japanese
promotion
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Marketing
* Promotion (marketing), one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of marketing communication used to inform or persuade target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or i ...
Pro-Wrestling Basara
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The promotion was founded in 2015 as a sub-brand of DDT Pro-Wrestling and was essentially a relaunch of :ja:ユニオンプロレス, Union Pro Wrestling, acquired by ...
. He is also known for his tenure with
DDT Pro-Wrestling
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Shinjuku, Tokyo. Its name is an initialism of Dramatic Dream Team, which was the promotion's original name from 1997 to 2004. Founded in March 1997 by Shintaro Muto, the p ...
and
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
(BJW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1995. It is most famous for its deathmatch style contests.
History
Big Japan Pro Wrestling was founded in March 1995 by former AJPW wrestlers Shinya Kojika and Kendo Nagas ...
.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2010–present)
Tsumaki has worked as a freelancer most of his career, competing in various promotions from the
Japanese independent scene. On the fifth night of the ''
Wrestle-1
was a Japanese ''puroresu'' or professional wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion, founded in July 2013 by Keiji Mutoh following his resignation from All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). The core of the promotion's roster was formed b ...
Tour 2017 Triumph'' from May 20, Tsumaki teamed up with
Andy Wu
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* Andy Wu (actor), a Taiwanese actor
* Andy Wu (wrestler), a Japanese wrestler
{{hndis, Wu, Andy ...
to defeat Jun Tonsho and
Seiki Yoshioka
, previously known as Seiki (stylized in all capital letters), is a Japanese professional wrestler. Yoshioka is known for his time in Wrestle-1, where he was a three-time Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Champion and UWA World Trios Champion and a on ...
. On the third night of the 2022 edition of
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
(BJW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1995. It is most famous for its deathmatch style contests.
History
Big Japan Pro Wrestling was founded in March 1995 by former AJPW wrestlers Shinya Kojika and Kendo Nagas ...
's
Ikkitousen Strong Climb, Tsumaki competed out of the actual competition and teamed up with Daiki Shimomura and Takato Nakano in a losing effort against
Kazuki Hashimoto
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), competing in the Strong J division, where he is a former BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Professional wrestling career
Hashimoto enrolled in Animal Hama ...
,
Kota Sekifuda
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), where he is a former BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2014–present)
America ...
and
Tatsuhiko Yoshino. On the third night of
All Japan Pro Wrestling
(AJPW/AJP) or simply All Japan is a Puroresu, Japanese professional wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion founded on October 21, 1972, by Giant Baba after he left the Japanese Wrestling Association to create his own promotion. Ma ...
's ''Excite Series 2023'' from February 26, he teamed up with
Ryoji Sai
(born Choi Young-ii June 3, 1980) is a Korean professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and promoter who currently owns and operates Pro Wrestling Land's End, where he is a former All Asia Heavyweight Champion. He is best known for working fo ...
and
Yoshitatsu to defeat
Black Menso-re,
Kotaro Suzuki
, better known by the ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Gleat. He is best known for working for the Pro Wrestling Noah and All Japan Pro Wrestling promotions, where he was a four-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Cha ...
and
Takao Omori
is a Japanese professional wrestling, professional wrestler, working for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is a one-time Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion and seven-time World Tag Team Championship ( ...
in a
six-man tag team match
Much like the singles match, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. Just about any singles or melee match type can be adapted to tag teams; for example, hardcore tag team matches are commonplace. Tag team ladder m ...
.
DDT Pro-Wrestling (2010–2021)
Tsumaki made his debut in
DDT Pro-Wrestling
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Shinjuku, Tokyo. Its name is an initialism of Dramatic Dream Team, which was the promotion's original name from 1997 to 2004. Founded in March 1997 by Shintaro Muto, the p ...
on August 2, 2010, at ''DDT Beer Garden Pro-Wrestling'' where he fell short to
Ryuichi Sekine
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the professional wrestling promotion Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo).
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2008–present)
Sekine i ...
in a
singles match.
He competed in several signature events of the promotion both before and after moving to the Basara roster. In the
DDT Ultimate Party
Ultimate Party is Japanese professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event has been held since Ultimate Party 2019, 2019 and aired as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV) on DDT's streaming service Wrestle Universe and on Ab ...
branch, he made his first appearance at the first-ever edition from
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
where he teamed up with Yusuke Kubo ad "Iron Priest" and competed in a
Four-way hardcore match
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. ...
for the
KO-D Tag Team Championship
The is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The title was established in 2001. The current champions are Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura). They won the titles by defe ...
in which the reigning champions
Damnation
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In Ancient Egyptian religious tradition, it was believed that citizens woul ...
(
Daisuke Sasaki
is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where is a former two-time DDT Universal Champion. In addition to that, in DDT, he is also a former three-time KO-D Openweight Champion, one-time DDT Extreme Champi ...
and
Soma Takao
is a Japan, Japanese professional wrestler, working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Takao has taken part in every edition of DDT's flagship annual event, DDT Peter Pan, Peter Pan, where he had a series ...
) retained the titles over them and All Out (
Akito and
Shunma Katsumata
is a Japanese professional wrestler working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT).
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2014–present)
Katsumata is known for tenures with various Japanese profe ...
), and Sento Minzoku (
Minoru Fujita
(born September 5, 1977) is a Japanese professional wrestler who works as a freelancer. He is known for working at Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling.
Career Japanese independent scene (1997-present)
Fujita started in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) as a ...
and
Daiki Shimomura).
As for the
DDT Peter Pan
is an annual Japanese professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event has been held since 2009 and aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai and later as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV) on DDT's streaming service Wres ...
branch, he made his first appearance at the 2012 edition of the
Budokan Peter Pan
was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on August 18, 2012, in Tokyo at the Nippon Budokan. The event featured ten matches, three of which were contested for championships. The event aired on ...
from August 18, where he teamed up with Isami Kodaka and competed in a
gauntlet tag team match won by
Soma Takao
is a Japan, Japanese professional wrestler, working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Takao has taken part in every edition of DDT's flagship annual event, DDT Peter Pan, Peter Pan, where he had a series ...
and
Yukio Sakaguchi
is a Japanese former professional mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, actor and judoka. In professional wrestling, he is primarily known for his tenure with DDT Pro-Wrestling, but has fought and competed for All Japan Pro Wrestling, Wor ...
and also involving
Keisuke Ishii
is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Ishii also competes for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is a former World Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Professional wrestling career
DDT (2008–pr ...
and
Shigehiro Irie
is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist best known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Irie has also competed for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), and a number of North American inde ...
, Hikaru Sato and
Michael Nakazawa
, better known by the ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler and judoka signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
Early life
Nakazawa attended Tokai University before studying abroad in the United States where he obtained an MSc Sports Scien ...
, and
Poison Sawada Julie
is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler, best known for his work in Dramatic Dream Team (today DDT Pro-Wrestling) under the ring names and among others. He is a former two-time KO-D Openweight Championship, KO-D Openweight Champion, t ...
and Rion Mizuki. One year later at
Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013
was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on August 18, 2013, in Tokyo at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event featured ten matches, four of which were contested for championships. The event aired o ...
on August 18, he teamed up with Daichi Kazato in a losing effort against
Akito and
Guanchulo
Guanchulo is a Chilean professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time with DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). He is also a full-time coach in the Chilean independent wrestling scene.
Professional wrestling career In ...
. At
Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2014
was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on August 17, 2014, in Tokyo at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event featured eleven matches, four of which were contested for championships. The event aire ...
on August 17, Tsumaki competed in a
Rumble rules match for the
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
The is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion CyberFight in its DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) brand. Open to anyone, regardless of gender or DDT employment status, the championship is defended "24/7", as in ...
won by
Gorgeous Matsuno
is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name , working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT).
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2001–present)
Matsuno is a comedy w ...
and also involving
DJ Nira
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling and Kaientai Dojo.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2002–present)
As a f ...
,
Daisuke Sasaki
is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where is a former two-time DDT Universal Champion. In addition to that, in DDT, he is also a former three-time KO-D Openweight Champion, one-time DDT Extreme Champi ...
,
Tetsuya Endo,
Ai Shimizu
is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actress and professional wrestler. She has a career as a singer, signed to Lantis (company), Lantis. She has released 14 singles (including Split album, joint and Image song, character singles) and four ...
,
Tomomitsu Matsunaga
is a Japanese professional wrestler working for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), a Japanese promotion where he is a former Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2006-present)
Matsunaga is known for compet ...
,
Toru Owashi
is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name . He is best known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a former KO-D Openweight Champion and two-time KO-D Tag Team Champion.
Sumo career
Initially aspiring to b ...
,
Shiro Koshinaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler who has competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Wrestle Association "R" (WAR) during the 1980s and 1990s. He was also the first IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Car ...
and others.
Another branch of events in which he competed was the
DDT Judgement
Judgement is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event has been held since the official DDT launching event in 1997 (though there was a pre-launch event on January 31, held at the Akishima Cultural Cente ...
, making his first appearance at the
2013 edition where he teamed up with
Yasu Urano
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer. He is best known for his tenures with Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) and Kaientai Dojo promotions.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2001-present)
Although some ...
in a losing effort against
Kota Ibushi
is a Japanese professional wrestler and martial artist. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is best known for his tenure with New Japan-Pro Wrestling (NJPW), Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) and WWE.
His career began with the Dramatic Dre ...
and Kizaemon Saiga. At
Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary on March 21, where he teamed up with his "World Heaviest Heavy Metal Tag/Iron Priest" tag team partner Yusuke Kubo and Sagat to defeat Takumi Tsukamoto, Daichi Kazato and Gouma Ryu.
Pro-Wrestling Basara (2016–present)
Tsumaki is mainly known for competing in
Pro-Wrestling Basara
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The promotion was founded in 2015 as a sub-brand of DDT Pro-Wrestling and was essentially a relaunch of :ja:ユニオンプロレス, Union Pro Wrestling, acquired by ...
, starting by the time when the company was still a satellite promotion under DDT's patronage. He is currently part of the "Iron Priest" stable. Tsumaki made his first appearance at ''DDT BASARA Raising An Army ~Stake Everything~'' on January 21, 2016, where he teamed up with Daichi Kazato in a losing effort against Isami Kodaka and Takumi Tsukamoto as a result of a
tag team match
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. ...
. He soon started to chase for various titles. He eventually won his first title in the company, the
Iron Fist Tag Team Championship alongside Yusuke Kubo by defeating Sento Minzoku (
Daiki Shimomura and
Isami Kodaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Pro-Wrestling Basara (Basara). He originally started his career in the Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) promotion in July 2002, but later left the promotion to become a freelancer, before signing w ...
) in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural champions. At ''BASARA 90 Itto Ryodan'', Tsumaki teamed up with Kubo and Sagat and defeated
Abdullah Kobayashi,
Hideki Suzuki
is a Japanese professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Catch wrestling, catch wrestler signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling.
Trained by Billy Robinson, Suzuki started his career with the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) promotion in 2008. In ...
and
Yoshihisa Uto to win the
Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling six-man tag team championship owned by the Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) promotion. The title was created on August 4, 2012. As the name suggests, the title is usuall ...
, a title owned by
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
(BJW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1995. It is most famous for its deathmatch style contests.
History
Big Japan Pro Wrestling was founded in March 1995 by former AJPW wrestlers Shinya Kojika and Kendo Nagas ...
which was shortly contested in Basara. Tsumaki is a former two-time
Union Max Champion, title which he first won at ''Shiwasu no Union 2014'' on December 17 by defeating
Hikaru Sato
is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, better known by the ring name . Sato started his MMA career in February 2000, fighting for Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling. During the next eight years, Sato fought, on average, five t ...
. At ''BASARA 207 ~ Takagari 14'' on December 17, 2022, he competed in a
battle royal
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won by
Fuminori Abe
is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and qualified Bhikkhu, Buddhist priest, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese professional wrestling promotion, promotions ...
and also involving
Daiki Shimomura,
Trans-Am Hiroshi
better known by his ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions DDT Pro-Wrestling and Kaientai Dojo.
Professional wrestling career Independent ci ...
, Masato Kamino, Takato Nakano and many others.
He also competed in a couple of the promotion's signature events such as the "Heaven Summit Itadaki", making his first appearance at the first-ever edition of the tournament from 2016, where he fought in the block B where he scored a total of five points after going against
Hiroshi Fukuda, Takumi Tsukamoto, Daichi Kazato and Ryu Gouma.
Championships and accomplishments
*
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
(BJW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1995. It is most famous for its deathmatch style contests.
History
Big Japan Pro Wrestling was founded in March 1995 by former AJPW wrestlers Shinya Kojika and Kendo Nagas ...
**
Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling six-man tag team championship owned by the Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) promotion. The title was created on August 4, 2012. As the name suggests, the title is usuall ...
(
1 time) – with
Yusuke Kubo and
Sagat
*
Pro-Wrestling Basara
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The promotion was founded in 2015 as a sub-brand of DDT Pro-Wrestling and was essentially a relaunch of :ja:ユニオンプロレス, Union Pro Wrestling, acquired by ...
**
Union Max Championship (
3 times)
**
Iron Fist Tag Team Championship (
2 times, current, inaugural) – with Yusuke Kubo (1) and
Ryuichi Sekine
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the professional wrestling promotion Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo).
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2008–present)
Sekine i ...
(1)
**Iron Fist Tag Team Tournament (2019) – with Yusuke Kubo
*Okinawa Pro Wrestling
**MWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Eisa8
*
Union Pro-Wrestling
**
UWA World Tag Team Championship
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(
1 time) – with
Isami Kodaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Pro-Wrestling Basara (Basara). He originally started his career in the Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) promotion in July 2002, but later left the promotion to become a freelancer, before signing w ...
References
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1986 births
Living people
Japanese male professional wrestlers
Sportspeople from Odawara
Professional wrestlers from Kanagawa Prefecture
21st-century male professional wrestlers
21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers
Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champions
Iron Fist Tag Team Champions
Union Max Champions
UWA World Tag Team Champions