Tatsumi Fujinami
Tatsumi Fujinami (藤波 辰巳, Fujinami Tatsumi, born December 28, 1953) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is best known for competing in New Japan Pro Wrestling from 1972 to 2006. He has been competing for Dradition since 2004.
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| Ring name(s) | Tatsumi Fujinami Dr. Fujinami |
| Billed height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Billed weight | 103 kg (227 lb) |
| Born | 28 December 1953
(aged 72) Kunisaki, Ōita Prefecture |
| Trained by | Karl Gotch Antonio Inoki |
| Debut | May 9, 1971 |
| 藤波 辰巳 | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 藤波 辰巳 | ||||
| Hiragana | ふじなみ たつみ | ||||
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He was the innovator of both the Dragon sleeper and Dragon suplex wrestling movies. He used them as his finishing moves.
He has a son named Leona who is also a professional wrestler and made his debut on November 19, 2013.[1]
On March 28, 2015, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Ric Flair.[2]
Championships
- Catch Wrestling Association
- CWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Dramatic Dream Team
- New Japan Pro Wrestling
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship (six times)
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (five times) (with Kengo Kimura (four) and Osamu Nishimura (one))
- NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (two times)
- NWA World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- WCWA World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- WWF International Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- WWF International Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Kengo Kimura)
- WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- G1 Climax (1993)[4]
- Super Grade Tag League (1991) (with Big Van Vader)[5]
- Karl Gotch Cup (1974)
- Pacific Northwest Wrestling
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- He was ranked #31 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.[6]
- Tokyo Sports
- Best Bout Award (1983) (vs. Riki Chōshū on April 3)
- Best Bout Award (1986) (vs. Akira Maeda on June 12)
- Best Tag Team (1981) (with Antonio Inoki)
- Distinguished Service Award (1978)
- Fighting Spirit Award (1984)
- MVP Award (1985)
- Outstanding Performance Award (1980, 1982, 1987, 1988)
- Rookie of the Year (1974)
- Technique Award (1979)
- Universal Wrestling Association
- UWA World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation
- WWF International Heavyweight Championship (one time)[7]
- WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (one time)[8]
- WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2015)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Best Technical Wrestler (1985, 1986, 1988)
- Most Outstanding Wrestler (1988)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)
Tatsumi Fujinami Media
Fujinami in the WWWF, c. 1980
References
- ↑ 船木に決めたドラスクは父の真似ではなく蛇の穴直伝の技！藤波玲於奈改めLeonaがデビュー！憧れの藤波に金本が一騎打ちを直訴！Battle News (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-12-12.
- ↑ WWE Hall of Fame Report 3/28: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of 2015 Ceremony - Randy Savage inducted, Nash, Zbyszko, Schwarzenegger, Flair, Michaels, morePro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
- ↑ 武道館ピーターパン～DDTの15周年、ドーンと見せます超豪華4時間SP～Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-12-12.
- ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will. Wrestling Title Histories (2000)Archeus Communications. p. 375. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will. Wrestling Title Histories (2000)Archeus Communications. p. 374. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 Wrestlers of the PWI YearsWrestling Information Archive. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
- ↑ Abandoned: The History of the WWF International Heavyweight ChampionshipBleacher Report. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
- ↑ 10 championships you never knew existed in WWE: Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipWWE. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
Other websites
- Tatsumi Fujinami on WWE.com
- CAGEMATCH profile
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