(born September 5, 1977) 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 ...

who works as a freelancer. He is known for working at Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling.

Career

Japanese independent scene (1997-present)

Fujita started in

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(BJW) as a protégé of its top junior heavyweight,

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. When Tajiri, who was Big Japan junior heavyweight champion, quit the company and gave up the title, Fujita had a decision match against Katsumi Usuda from the Battlarts promotion but ended up losing. Fujita spent his time leaving Big Japan to venture into other Japanese independents, meeting

Ikuto Hidaka (born August 5, 1972) is a Japanese professional wrestling, professional wrestler, currently performing for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Hidaka was the regular partner of Minoru Fujita, with whom he has held the NWA International Lightweight Tag Te ...

of Battlarts along the way and making memorable tag team matches with him. The combination, however, despite their combined talent, could not have a future due to their separate schedules; Fujita tried a move to

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in 2000, but despite the higher exposure, it did little for him financially and did not raise his stock as a viable junior heavyweight contender. He thus headed for

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and

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, where he won his first major title, the International Wrestling Association junior heavyweight title. Returning to Japan in 2002, he entered

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(to which he had been once before, in a Best of the Super Junior tournament), to challenge the heavyweight division, but nothing came out of it. He then headed to

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promotion, but despite being promoted as a tough-to beat heel, he was never able to win titles there. A change of pace came in 2004 when he joined

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(Zero-One), where old friend Hidaka awaited. The two began teaming more frequently and this time they clicked, collecting several tag team titles along the way. Their greatest victory came in March 2006, when they defeated Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) stars

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to win the

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. Since then Fujita has been a rising star in Japan and has finally shed the "underachiever" tag he was saddled with by foreign observers of puroresu. Fujita defeated Baliyan Akki on the day 2 of the 100th Anniversary of Chocopro on March 28, 2021 to win the Super Asia Championship.

Championships and accomplishments

:* BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship (1 time) :*

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( 1 time, current) – with Isami Kodaka and Daiki Shimomura *

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:* KO-D 6 Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul :* KO-D Tag Team Championship ( 2 times) – with Harashima and Kanon :* Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship ( 1 time) :*

( 2 times) – with Mazada and

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* Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling :* Super Asia Championship ( 1 time) *

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( 2 times, current) * International Wrestling Association :*

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( 1 time) :* UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) * Kohaku Wrestling Wars :*

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( 1 time) – with

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:* Tohoku Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with

( 1 time) – with Ikuto Hidaka * Premier Wrestling Federation :* PWF Unified Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ikuto Hidaka * Pro-Wrestling Basara ** Iron Fist Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Daiki Shimomura ** Union Max Championship ( 1 time) ** Itadaki (

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:* King of Freedom World Tag Team Championship ( 2 times) – with Kenji Fukimoto (1) and Rina Yamashita (1) * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 81 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the

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in 2006 * Pro Wrestling Noah :*

( 1 time) – with Ikuto Hidaka *

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:* AWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) :* NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship ( 2 times) – with Ikuto Hidaka (1) and

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(1) :*

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( 2 times) – with Ikuto Hidaka (1) and Takuya Sugawara (1) :* WDB Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Saki Maemura :* Passion Cup Tag Tournament (2007) :* Tenkaichi Junior (2006) * Tokyo Gurentai :* Tokyo Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mazada :* Tokyo World Heavyweight Championship (2 time, current) * ''

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'' :* Best Tag Team Award (2005) with Ikuto Hidaka * Total Triumph Team :* CCW Canadian Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current) *

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( 1 time) – with Mazada and Nosawa Rongai

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