, better known by his

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, is a Japanese wrestler who currently works for Dragon Gate. He was one-half of the inaugural Open the Owarai Twin Gate Champions and is also a former two-time

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with

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. He was previously in the Crazy Max and Blood Generation stables.

Biography

He was one of the original graduates from the Toryumon dojo. He was also one of the founding members of the Crazy Max and Blood Generation stables. He made a few appearances in

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as Sumo Fuji. He has wrestled as Karaoke Machine #1 at times as well. From 1999 until 2002, he changed his name annually. He first went from Sumo Fuji to Sumo "Dandy" Fuji, then to Sumo "Dandy" Fuji 2000, then to Big Fuji, and finally to Don Fujii. Fujii has spent most of his Toryumon/Dragon Gate career in heel stables. He was a founding member of Crazy Max, as well as a founding member of Blood Generation. When Blood Generation ended in December 2006, Fujii signed on with Magnum Tokyo's ''Renaissance'' project. The project never went anywhere as Tokyo suffered a career-ending eye injury shortly after it started. When Cima started the

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stable, it caused the first split between Cima and Fujii, as Fujii did not want to align himself with

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and

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. He is currently aligned with

and K-ness as part of a "seniors" unit. The three of them had an Open the Triangle Gate title run, but upon losing the belts, K-ness stepped back into a lower card role in the promotion while Fujii and Mochi have been focusing on representing Dragon Gate in other promotions. In 2008, the duo added

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to their ranks, and the trio would eventually win the Open the Triangle Gate Titles from

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and

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on September 28. They held them until February 15, 2009, dropping them to

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and

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. On April 12, he teamed with

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to beat Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa and Magnitude Kishiwada to become the inaugural Open the Owarai Twin Gate Champions. On October 14, he added the Triangle Gate titles to his collection, teaming with Masaaki Mochizuki and Akebono to defeat the champions

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and

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. On May 13, 2010, Fujii, Mochizuki and Akebono lost the Open the Triangle Gate Championship to

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and

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. On January 10, 2011, Fujii and Mochizuki defeated

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and Gamma to win the

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. They would lose the title to Genki Horiguchi and

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on February 6, 2011. On September 23, 2012, Fujii and Mochizuki, now representing the Kaettekita Veteran-gun stable, regained the title from Shingo Takagi and Yamato. They lost the title to BxB Hulk and

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on March 2, 2013. On June 14, 2015, he, Cima and Gamma defeated the Jimmyz (Ryo "Jimmy" Saito, Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, and Jimmy Susumu) to win the Open the Triangle Gate Championship. On October 8, Cima and Gamma formed a new unit called Over Generation with

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, and rookies

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and

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. Don Fujii did not join the new unit despite holding the Open the Triangle Gate Championship with Cima and Gamma. On November 1, he, Cima, and Gamma defended the Open the Triangle Gate Championship against the Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu, Jimmy K-Ness J.K.S., and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito), and vacated the titles afterwards.

Championships and accomplishments

* Dragon Gate **

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( 1 time) **

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( 6 times) – with

and

(1),

and K-ness. (1),

and

(1), Masaaki Mochizuki and Akebono (1), and Cima and

(2) **

(

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) – with Masaaki Mochizuki **

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(1 time) **Open the Owarai Twin Gate Championship (1 time) – with

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( 1 time) – with

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(1998) – with, Judo Suwa, Lyguila, Magnum Tokyo,

, Shiima Nobunaga and

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( 1 time) – with

**Osaka Tag Festival (2010) – Masaaki Mochizuki * Toryumon Japan **

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(

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) – with

and Suwa (3) and

and Taru (1)

References

External links

Don Fujii at Dragon Gate USA
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fujii, Don 1970 births Japanese male professional wrestlers Living people People from Minoh, Osaka 20th-century male professional wrestlers 20th-century Japanese professional wrestlers 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers UWA World Trios Champions Open the Dream Gate Champions Open the Twin Gate Champions Open the Triangle Gate Champions Open the Owarai Gate Champions Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions