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Tatsumi Fujinami

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-12-28

Place of Birth

Kunisaki, Ōita, Japan

Tatsumi Fujinami

Biography

Tatsumi Fujinami 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.

Also Known For

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NJPW Summer Struggle 1994 - Day 8

Jul 08, 1994

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World Wrestling Peace Festival

Jun 01, 1996

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WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun

Mar 21, 1991

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WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun

May 19, 1991

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50

Catch: The Hold Not Taken

Jan 01, 2005

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WWE Showdown at Shea '80

Aug 09, 1980

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WWE Hall of Fame 2015

Mar 28, 2015

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The Best of the WWF: volume 15

Apr 13, 1988

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The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World

Jul 27, 1988

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70

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome

Jan 04, 2023

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38

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2

Jan 04, 2008

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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1

Jan 04, 2020

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Extro

Apr 20, 2019

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100

The Men Who Made Ultraman

Mar 21, 1989

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Budokan Peter Pan: DDT 15th Anniversary

Aug 18, 2012

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NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 2

Aug 06, 2005

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NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 1

Aug 04, 2005

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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993

May 03, 1993

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NJPW Battle Zone Space II

Nov 23, 1992

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WCCW Christmas Star Wars '85

Dec 25, 1985

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NJPW Battle Formation '96

Apr 29, 1996

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Shinjuku Boy Detectives

Apr 29, 1998

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WCW Wrestle War: WarGames

May 17, 1992

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NJPW Final Dome

Oct 11, 1999

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NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11

Mar 23, 1993

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NJPW Tanahashi Jam

Jun 29, 2025

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Sakura no Oyakodon

Oct 07, 2017