(1953-12-28) December 28, 1953 (age 70)[1] Kunisaki, Ōita, Japan
Spouse(s)
Kaori Fujinami
Children
Leona Fujinami (son)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Tatsumi Fujinami
Dr. Fujinami
Billed height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Billed weight
103 kg (227 lb)
Trained by
Karl Gotch Antonio Inoki[1] Roy Wood
Debut
May 9, 1971
Japanese name
Kanji
藤波 辰爾
Hiragana
ふじなみ たつみ
Transcriptions
Romanization
Fujinami Tatsumi
Tatsumi Fujinami (藤波 辰巳, Fujinami Tatsumi, ring name: 藤波 辰爾) (born December 28, 1953)[2][3] is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE on a legend's contract. Fujinami is most well known for his long tenure with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a six-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion. He was famously nicknamed "The Dragon", and is credited for 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 WWE Hall of Fame, while also becoming an ambassador for the company. Bret Hart said of Fujinami: "I always wanted to be the great wrestler that Tatsumi Fujinami was".[4]
He is a nine time World Champion, winning world titles in NJPW, NWA, UWA and WCWA.
^ abCite error: The named reference SlamQuestions was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Tatsumi Fujinami profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
^"Profile at Puroresu Central". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
^Bret Hitman Hart – The Dungeon Collection (Documentary film). U.S.A; Canada: WWE (2013).
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