Name
Tatsumi Fujinami

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Born
1953 (70 years old)

Birth Place
Kunisaki, Ōita, Japan

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Wrestler

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1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight
103 kg (227 lb)

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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".


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WWE Hall of Fame
2015

_Retired WWE

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
2001

_Retired WWE

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
1998

_Retired WWE

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
1997

_Retired WWE

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
1994

_Retired WWE

G1 Climax
1993

_Retired WWE

World Tag League
1991

New Japan Mens

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion
1991

_Retired WWE

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
1991

_Retired WWE

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
1990

_Retired WWE

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
1988

_Retired WWE

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
1988

_Retired WWE

IWGP Heavyweight Champion
1988

_Retired WWE

World Tag League
1987

New Japan Mens

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
1986

_Retired WWE

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
1985

_Retired WWE

World Tag League
1985

New Japan Mens

World Tag League
1984

New Japan Mens


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