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Tatsumi Fujinami

Tatsumi Fujinami

Tatsumi Fujinami

1953-12-28

Kunisaki, Ōita, Japan

Age: 71

ACTING

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.

Best known for:

WWE Hall of Fame 2015

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2

Catch: The Hold Not Taken

Sakura no Oyakodon

Extro

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome

The Men Who Made Ultraman

NJPW Tanahashi Jam

WWE Old School

WWE Showdown at Shea '80

WCCW Christmas Star Wars '85

The Best of the WWF: volume 15

The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World

WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun

WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun

WCW Wrestle War: WarGames

NJPW Battle Zone Space II

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993

NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11

NJPW Summer Struggle 1994 - Day 8

World Wrestling Peace Festival

NJPW Battle Formation '96

Shinjuku Boy Detectives

NJPW Final Dome

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Filmography:

The Best of the WWF: volume 15 (1988)
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Tatsumi Fujinami
The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World (1988)
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Tatsumi Fujinami
The Men Who Made Ultraman (1989)
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Shozo
WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun (1991)
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Tatsumi "Dragon" Fujinami
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2 (2008)
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Tatsumi Fujinami
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1 (2020)
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Tatsumi Fujinami
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome (2023)
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Tatsumi Fujinami
NJPW Tanahashi Jam (2025)
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Tatsumi Fujinami

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