(born December 28, 1953) is a Japanese

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. He is signed to

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on a legends contract. Fujinami is best known for his long tenure with

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(NJPW), where he was a six-time

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. Known for his fluid

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submission style, he was famously nicknamed "The Dragon", and is credited with inventing the dragon sleeper and the dragon suplex. He is also the owner and founder of the Dradition wrestling promotion. In 2015, Fujinami was inducted into the

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, while also becoming an ambassador for the company.

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said of Fujinami: "I always wanted to be the great wrestler that Tatsumi Fujinami was". He is a nine-time World Champion, winning world titles in NJPW, NWA, UWA and WCWA.

Professional wrestling career

Japanese Wrestling Association (1971–1972)

Fujinami started in the

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(JWA) under

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's wing at the age of 17. When Inoki was fired from JWA in 1971, Fujinami and a few others followed him in forming a new promotion,

. Inoki, Fujinami, Osamu Kido and Kotetsu Yamamoto are recognized as NJPW's founding fathers.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1972–2006)

In those early days, he served as opponent for debuting rookies, such as Mr. Pogo,

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and

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. Fujinami, Fujiwara, Hamada and three other rookies competed in the 1974 ''

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Cup'' (a tournament for rookies, forerunner to the later ''Young Lions Cup''). Tatsumi Fujinami in the WWWF

In the late 1970s, Fujinami was sent abroad, to

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and to

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in the U.S. In the late 1970s he went to the

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(WWWF) where he first made a name for himself. He won his first title, the WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship, on January 23, 1978, by defeating José Estrada in

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, and brought it to Japan, establishing it as the premier junior heavyweight title in Japan. In 1981, he was moved to the heavyweight division to make room for Tiger Mask in the junior heavyweight division. Fujinami would be the first wrestler to be successful in both the junior heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. 1988 proved to be Fujinami's banner year. On May 8, he defeated

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by disqualification, to win the title vacated by Antonio Inoki. However, within days, the title was held up after he fought

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to a no contest; he would win the title back a month later in the rematch. In October, he won the

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, and he ended the year by winning the

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in December. 1989 proved to be a heartbreaking year for Fujinami. In April, he vacated the title to be determined in a tournament at New Japan's first

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show; he would lose to eventual winner Big Van Vader in the semi-finals. In June, during a match with Vader, Fujinami suffered a severe back injury and pulled a hernia. He wouldn't wrestle at all until he returned in September 1990, changing his kanji from "辰巳" to "辰爾" (both are pronounced Tatsumi). In December 1990, he regained the title he never lost, the IWGP Heavyweight title from Choshu. His reign was short-lived, as he lost the title to Vader a month later. Fujinami rebounded by regaining the title two months later. Within days, Fujinami made history, as he defeated

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to win the

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, making him the very first man to hold the IWGP and NWA World titles simultaneously. His "most remembered" match in the U.S. was when he defended his NWA World Heavyweight title against

in a title vs. title re-match at the first ever WCW

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after a controversial match in

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that March. Flair retained his WCW Championship and regained Fujinami's NWA title by a school boy pin with a handful of tights. In 1993, Fujinami won the

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tournament, defeating

, Osamu Kido,

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, and

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to win the tournament. In April 1994, he defeated

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to win his fifth IWGP Heavyweight title, but lost it back to Hashimoto three weeks later. In January 1997, he reunited with Kengo Kimura to win the IWGP Tag Team titles from

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and

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. They would hold onto the belts for over three months before losing them to Riki Choshu and

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. In April 1998, Fujinami won his sixth and final IWGP Heavyweight title by defeating Sasaki. He would hold onto the belt for over four months, before losing the title to Chono. Fujinami decreased his work load upon being named President of NJPW in 1999 (he was nevertheless ousted in 2004). His last title reign in NJPW was an

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with disciple

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in October 2001, and his last title shot ever was a

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bout against

in December of the same year (Mutoh had not affiliated himself exclusively with AJPW at the time). In 2006, after nearly 35 years in the company, Fujinami left NJPW, after giving an ultimatum of either

leave or Fujinami leave. New Japan stuck with Choshu, causing Fujinami to leave. Another veteran and Fujinami's long-time tag team partner, Kengo Kimura, would follow suit.

Late career (2006–present)

In 2006, Fujinami and Nishimura began running their Muga promotion again, focusing on pure catch wrestling. In a tag team dream match, Fujinami, along with his close friend Nishimura beat

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and Go Shiozaki in the main event of the first "Muga World" show. The name of Fujinami's new promotion was later changed to Dradition, after the departure of Nishimura. Fujinami returned to NJPW in 2008 where he would teamed up with Riki Choshu, and Masahiro Chono in tag team matches. On June 27, 2008, he teamed with

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in the Yuke's Cup PREMIUM One Night Tag Tournament where in the first round they defeated

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and Shiro Koshinaka, then in the second round they lost to Jushin Liger and

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. On August 18, 2012, Fujinami won his first title in eleven years, when he took part in Budokan Peter Pan, during which he and Mikami defeated Kudo and

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for the KO-D Tag Team Championship. On March 19, 2015, it was announced that Fujinami would be inducted into the

as part of the class of 2015. Fujinami was inducted by Ric Flair at the ceremony, which took place on March 28 in

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. On July 12, it was announced that Fujinami had signed a "Legends" deal with WWE. The contract effectively made him an ambassador for WWE, but did not restrict his Japanese bookings. On January 4, 2020, Fujinami was a part of

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's team for the first of Liger's retirement matches at Wrestle Kingdom 14. On January 4, 2022, he was a part of Wrestle Kingdom 16 as a surprise entrant in the New Japan Ranbo battle royal. On January 4, 2023, Fujinami was part of an Antonio Inoki memorial 6-man tag. He teamed with

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and Tiger Mask in a losing effort against

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, and

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. It was the last match of the Wrestle Kingdom 17 pre show.

Personal life

Fujinami is married to a woman named Kaori. Fujinami's son Leona made his professional wrestling debut for Dradition on November 19, 2013. He received a WWE tryout in July 2015.

Video games

Fujinami appears as a gang member in the 2017 video game '' Yakuza Kiwami 2'', alongside

, and

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. He is a playable wrestler in ''

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'' as DLC and in ''

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'' and ''

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'' as unlockable content.

Championships and accomplishments

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** CWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) *

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** KO-D Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Mikami * International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame **Class of 2021 *

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( 6 times) **

( 5 times) – with Kengo Kimura (4) and

(1) **

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( 2 times) **

( 1 time) **

( 1 time) ** WWF International Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time, final) ** WWF International Tag Team Championship ( 1 time, final) – with Kengo Kimura ** WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) **

(

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

) ** Super Grade Tag League (

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

) – with

** Karl Gotch Cup (1974) *

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( 1 time) *Pro Wrestling Heat Up **Heat Up Universal Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kazuhiro Tamura * ''

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'' ** PWI ranked him #31 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003 ** Ranked No. 12 of the top 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years" with

in 2003 *

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**Class of 2017 * ''

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* http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp Official website 1960 establishments in Japan Da ...

'' ** Best Tag Team (1981) with Antonio Inoki ** Distinguished Service Award (1978) ** Fighting Spirit Award (1984) ** Match of the Year Award (1983) vs.

on April 3 ** Match of the Year Award (1986) vs.

Akira Maeda (born Go Il-myeong (Hangul: 고일명, Hanja: 高日明), January 24, 1959) is a Japanese mixed martial arts promoter, writer and retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Maeda was also known by the ring name Kwik-kik-Lee durin ...

on June 12 ** MVP Award (1985) ** Outstanding Performance Award (1980, 1982, 1987, 1988) ** Rookie of the Year (1974) ** Technique Award (1979) *

** UWA World Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) * World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation/WWE **

( Class of 2015) ** WWF International Heavyweight Championship ( 3 times) ** WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 2 times) * ''

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'' ** Best Technical Wrestler (1985, 1986, 1988) ** Most Outstanding Wrestler (1988) **

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( Class of 1996)

References

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