Yoshiaki Fujiwara (藤原 喜明, Fujiwara Yoshiaki, April 27, 1949) is a Japanese professional wrestler, trainer and wrestling promoter. He is famous for his long career in wrestling, having worked in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE (ZERO-ONE), and the two incarnations of shoot style promotion Universal Wrestling Federation.[1][2] Fujiwara is known for his catch wrestling expertise, having been praised by fighters like Josh Barnett and Ken Shamrock.[3] He was trained by Karl Gotch and has trained many MMA fighters and professional wrestlers.[4] Fujiwara also has a strong background in Judo and Muay Thai.
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YoshiakiFujiwara (藤原 喜明, FujiwaraYoshiaki, April 27, 1949) is a Japanese professional wrestler, trainer and wrestling promoter. He is famous for his...
actress Tatsuya Fujiwara (藤原 竜也, born 1982), Japanese actor Tokuro Fujiwara (藤原 得郎, born 1961), Japanese video game designer YoshiakiFujiwara (藤原 喜明, born...
against the likes of Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Osamu Kido and YoshiakiFujiwara. However, he also enjoyed some success in it, scoring victories against...
based in Tokyo, Japan, operating from 1991 to 1996. It was formed by YoshiakiFujiwara, Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki after the collapse of the second...
Maeda founded Fighting Network RINGS while YoshiakiFujiwara went to found Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi ("Fujiwara family"), in the latter, a few wrestlers...
then others including Satoru Sayama (Tiger Mask), Akira Maeda, and YoshiakiFujiwara. Starting from 1976, one of these professional wrestlers, Inoki, hosted...
Ikeda was trained by YoshiakiFujiwara and joined Fujiwara's promotion Fujiwara Gumi in 1993. In 1994, representing Fujiwara Gumi, he fought for Fighting...
He also trained under NJPW's head submission grappling instructor YoshiakiFujiwara. Whenever Kuniaki Kobayashi stripped Sayama of his mask, Yamazaki...
Inoki. His final match occurred on January 1, 1982, when he pinned YoshiakiFujiwara with the German suplex. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Gotch worked...
concept and had several memorable matches against Akira Maeda and YoshiakiFujiwara. Sayama would soon disagree with Maeda over style ideology, which...
Wrestling in 1989. He was trained for pro wrestling by Aoyagi and YoshiakiFujiwara.[citation needed] Saito made his pro wrestling debut in Pioneer Senshi...
Akira Maeda, Nobuhiko Takada, as well as veterans like Osamu Kido and YoshiakiFujiwara. Murdoch participated in the IWGP League of that year, wrestling his...
the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship from Daisuke Ikeda and YoshiakiFujiwara on December 21, 1995, in Yokohama. Their reign lasted until January...
Group Yoshiaki Fujioka (藤岡 好明, born 1985), a Japanese baseball player Yoshiaki Fujita (藤田 義明, born 1983), a Japanese footballer YoshiakiFujiwara (藤原 喜明...
Japanese federations, Gran Hamada's Universal Lucha Libre and YoshiakiFujiwara'sFujiwara Gumi (shoot-style wrestling), which provided alternative matches...
Funaki formed a strong bond with the dojo's head grappling instructor, YoshiakiFujiwara. Funaki debuted as a junior heavyweight at the age of 15; a record...
shows in Fukuoka and Osaka. On April 22, Vader, Takuma Sano, and YoshiakiFujiwara lost a six-man tag team match to Koji Kanemoto, Shiro Koshinaka and...
to August 7, 1994. Guest natives included YoshiakiFujiwara from Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi and Yoshiaki Yatsu from Social Progress Wrestling Federation...
UWF was his tag match with Super Tiger where they faced the team of YoshiakiFujiwara and Osamu Kido. Malenko would then team up with his brother, Dean...
and even appearing a few times in televised bouts. In 1984, Maeda, YoshiakiFujiwara, and other New Japan defectors formed the Japanese UWF. It was during...
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continued to wrestle on and off in Zero-One, including teaming with YoshiakiFujiwara to get the NWA Intercontinental Tag-Team Titles for a third time,...
major promotions who left, such as Genichiro Tenryu, Gran Hamada, YoshiakiFujiwara, Akira Maeda, Atsushi Onita, and Nobuhiko Takada had to start their...
in a crucifying position and hyperextending the arm. Invented by YoshiakiFujiwara, it is also known as a short "armbar". With the opponent lying prone...
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