Tatsumi Fujinami

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tatsumi Fujinami
Occupation	Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Dec 28, 1953(1953-12-28)
Age	71
Birthplace	Kunisaki
Country	Japan
Birth City	Ōita Prefecture
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Tatsumi Fujinami Biography

Tatsumi Fujinami is one of the most popular and richest Wrestler who was born on December 28, 1953 in Kunisaki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. The gimmick he uses is known as The Dragon He has spent the majority of his time working in New Japan Pro Wrestling.

He was well-known for his fight to defend the NWA World Heavyweight title against legendary He was well known for defending his NWA World Heavyweight title against legend Ric Flair..

Fujinami started in the old Japanese Wrestling Association (JWA) under Antonio Inoki’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, New Japan Pro- Wrestling. Inoki, Fujinami, Osamu Kido and Kotetsu Yamamoto are recognized as NJPW’s founding fathers.

In those early days, he served as opponent for debuting rookies, such as Mr. Pogo, Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Gran Hamada. Fujinami, Fujiwara, Hamada and three other rookies competed in the 1974 Karl Gotch Cup (a tournament for rookies, forerunner to the later Young Lions Cup).

His daughter, Leona Fujinama, is also a wrestler who is successful.

Tatsumi Fujinami Net Worth

Tatsumi Fujinami is one of the richest Wrestler from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tatsumi Fujinami 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His professional debut was on May 9, 1971.

He has been awarded WrestlingObserver Magazine’s award for the best technical wrestler several times.

Tatsumi Fujinami (藤波 辰巳 , Fujinami Tatsumi, ring name: 藤波 辰爾) (born December 28, 1953) is a Japanese professional wrestler, who famously used the nickname “The Dragon”. He is credited for inventing the dragon sleeper and the dragon suplex. He is also the owner and founder of the Dradition wrestling promotion. Fujinami is most well known for his long tenure with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a six-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion. In 2015, Fujinami was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, while also signing on as an ambassador for the company. Bret Hart said of Fujinami: “I always wanted to be the great wrestler that Tatsumi Fujinami was”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Tatsumi Fujinami height 6 ft 0 in Tatsumi weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Tatsumi Fujinami Dating?

According to our records, Tatsumi Fujinami married to Kaori Fujinami. As of December 1, 2023, Tatsumi Fujinami’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1993, Fujinami won the G1 Climax tournament, defeating Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Keiji Mutoh, and Hiroshi Hase to win the tournament. In April 1994, he defeated Shinya Hashimoto 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 Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan. They would hold onto the belts for over three months before losing them to Riki Choshu and Kensuke Sasaki. 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.

Facts & Trivia

Tatsumi Ranked on the list of most popular Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Tatsumi Fujinami celebrates birthday on December 28 of every year.

In 2006, after nearly 35 years in the company, Fujinami left NJPW, after giving an ultimatum of either Riki Choshu 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.