WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler/Manager: Mr. Fuji Real Name: Harry Fujiwara Birthday: May 4, 1935 Hometown: Originally: Hawaii Currently: Lenoir City, TN Marital Status: Height & Weight: 5'10" - 235 lbs Trained by: Debut: 1966 Previous Names: Shintaro Fuji (Australia) Master Fuji Finishing Move: Kamikaze Clothesline Favorite Moves: Cobra Hold Notable Feuds: Hillbilly Jim Demolition Powers of Pain [Mr Fuji Gallery] [Managers Gallery] [Japanese Wrestler Gallery]
Wrestlers Who Mr. Fuji has Managed: George Steele Magnificent Muraco The Moondogs Killer Kahn Jim Neidhart Sika Kamala Demolition Ax / Smash / Crush Powers of Pain Warlord Barbarian Berzerker Orient Express Crush Yokozuna Owen Hart
NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Curtis Iaukea defeating Neff Maivia & James Blears (January 7, 1965); NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Haru Sasaki defeating Pepper Martin & Rene Goulet (July 27, 1966); NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Tony Borne defeating Shag Thomas & Rene Goulet (October 27, 1966); NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Haru Sasaki defeating The Claw & Beauregard (August 1, 1970); NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Moondog Mayne (August 8, 1970); NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Haru Sasaki defeating Tony Borne & Moondog Mayne (November 12, 1970); IWA (Australia) World Tag Team titles w/Tiger Jeet Singh defeating Curtis Iaukea & Mark Lewin (May ??, 1971); WWWF World Tag Team titles w/Toru Tanaka defeating Jay Strongbow & Sonny King (June 27, 1972); WWWF World Tag Team titles w/Toru Tanaka defeating Haystacks Calhoun & Tony Garea (September 11, 1973); NWA Georgia Tag Team titles w/Toru Tanaka won a tournament (September 19, 1975); NWA (San Francisco) United States Heavyweight title defeating Pat Patterson (Febuary 7, 1976); WWWF World Tag Team titles w/Toru Tanaka defeating Larry Zbyszko & Tony Garea for vacant titles (September 27, 1977); NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/Karl Von Steiger defeating John Tolos & Steve Strong (August 16, 1978); AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Toru Tanaka defeating Robert Fuller & Bill Dundee (May 14, 1979); NWA Southeastern Tag Team titles w/Toru Tanaka defeating Buddy & Ron Fuller (June 29, 1979); NWA (New Zealand) British Empire Commonwealth Heavyweight title defeating Peter Maivia (September 3, 1979); WWC (World Wrestling Council) North American Heavyweight title defeating Invader I (January 26, 1980); WWC (World Wrestling Council) North American Tag Team titles w/Pierre Martel beat Dick Brower & Luke Graham (May 23, 1980); NWA Mid Atlantic Tag Team titles w/Genichiro Tenryu defeating George Wells & Dewey Robertson (Febuary 7, 1981); NWA (Toronto) Canadian Heavyweight title defeating Angelo Mosca (July 12, 1981); WWF World Tag Team titles w/Mr. Saito defeating Rick Martel & Tony Garea (October 31, 1981); WWF World Tag Team titles w/Mr. Saito defeating Jay Strongbow & Jules Strongbow (July 13, 1982);
NWA: Pacific Northwest Wrestling: July 27, 1966: Mr. Fuji & Haru Sasaki defeated Rene Goulet & Pepper Martin to win the Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles.. October 6, 1966: Rene Goulet & Shag Thomas beat Mr Fuji & Haru Sasaki for the Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles.. October 27, 1966: Mr. Fuji & Tony Bourne defeated Rene Goulet & Shag Thomas for the Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles.. December 10, 1966: Pepper Martin & Shag Thomas dethrone Mr Fuji & Tony Bourne for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag titles.. August 1, 1970: Mr. Fuji & Haru Sasaki defeat Beauregard & The Claw to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles.. August 8, 1970: Mr. Fuji defeats Moondog Mayne to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title.. October 28, 1970: Tony Bourne & Moondog Mayne beat Mr. Fuji & Haru Sasaki for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles.. November 12, 1970: Mr. Fuji & Haru Sasaki regain the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles.. November 28, 1970: Tony Bourne & Moondog Mayne defeated Mr. Fuji & Haru Sasaki for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles.. May 1971 - IWA: Mr. Fuji & Tiger Jeet Sigh defeated Mark Lewin & King Curtis Iaukea to win the IWA Tag Team titles.. World Wide Wrestling Federation: 1972: Mr. Fuji joined Vince McMahon Sr's World Wide Wrestling Federation.. Mr. Fuji forms a tag team with Professor Toru Tanaka and were managed by the Grand Wizard ---------- [Fuji/Tanaka Profile].. ~~~Toru Tanaka provided his massive physical strength while Mr Fuji brought his devious ring psychology to the team.. June 27, 1972: Mr. Fuji & Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Sonny King & Chief Jay Strongbow to win the WWWF Tag Team titles.. August 22, 1972: Mr. Fuji receives a WWWF title shot against champion Pedro Morales.. October 16, 1972 - MSG: Mr. Fuji & Toru Tanaka wrestle Pedro Morales & Bruno Sammartino in the main event of the card.. May 30, 1973: Tony Garea & Haystacks Calhoun defeated Mr Fuji & Toru Tanaka to win the WWWF Tag Team titles.. September 11, 1973: Mr. Fuji & Toru Tanaka defeated Tony Garea & Haystacks Calhoun to recapture the WWWF Tag Team titles.. Touring the Territories: September 19, 1975 - NWA Georgia: Mr. Fuji & Prof. Toru Tanaka win the NWA Georgia Tag Team titles in a tournament final.. November 14, 1973: Tony Garea & Dean Ho defeated Mr. Fuji & Toru Tanaka to win the WWWF Tag Team titles.. February 7, 1976 - NWA San Francisco: Mr. Fuji defeats Pat Patterson for the NWA United States title.. February 12, 1977: Mr. Fuji leaves the NWA San Francisco territory and is stripped of the U.S. title and banned.. World Wide Wrestling Federation: Mr. Fuji & Toru Tanaka take Classy Freddie Blassie on as their manager.. September 27, 1977: Mr. Fuji & Toru Tanaka defeated Tony Garea & Larry Zbyszko in the tournament final to win their 3rd Tag titles.. January 23, 1978 - MSG: Fuji/Tanaka/Stan Stasiak/Mikel Scicluna wrestled Bob Backlund/Peter Maivia/Tony Garea/Larry Zbyzsko.. February 20, 1978 - MSG: Mil Mascaras defeated Mr. Fuji.. May 20, 1978 - MSG: Dusty Rhodes/Mil Mascaras/Andre the Giant defeated Mr. Fuji/Toru Tanaka/Ken Patera in a 2/3 falls match.. Touring the Territories: August 16, 1978 - NWA Hawaii: Mr. Fuji & Karl Von Steiger defeated Steve Strong & John Tolos to win the NWA Hawaii Tag titles.. May 14, 1979 - AWA: Mr. Fuji & Toru Tanaka defeated Bill Dundee & Robert Fuller to win the AWA Southern Tag Team titles.. June 29, 1979 - NWA Southeastern: Fuji/Tanaka beat Ron Fuller & Buddy Fuller to win the NWA Southerneastern Tag Team titles.. 1979 - NWA New Zealand: Mr. Fuji defeated Peter Maivia to win the British Empire/Commonwealth title.. ~~~Rick Martel defeated Mr. Fuji for the British Empire/Commonwealth title.. January 26, 1980 - WWC: Mr. Fuji defeated Invader 1 to win the WWC North American title.. May 23, 1980: Mr. Fuji & Pierre Martel defeated Luke Graham & Bulldog Brower to win the WWC North American Tag Team titles.. Feb 7, 1981 - NWA Mid-Atlantic: Mr. Fuji & Gen'ichiro Tenyru beat Dewey Robertson & George Wells for the Mid-Atlantic Tag titles.. July 12, 1981 - NWA Canada: Mr. Fuji defeated Angelo Mosca to win the NWA Canadian Heavyweight title.. World Wrestling Federation: Mr. Fuji returns to the WWF and forms a new tag team with Mr. Saito, managed by Captain Lou Albano ---------- [Fuji/Saito Profile].. October 13, 1981: Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito defeated Tony Garea & Rick Martel to win the WWF Tag Team titles.. June 28, 1982 - MSG: Chief Jay Strongbow & Jules Strongbow defeated Mr Fuji & Mr Saito for the WWF Tag Team titles.. July 13, 1982: Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito defeated the Strongbows to regain the WWF Tag Team titles.. World Wrestling Federation - Manager: 1985: Mr. Fuji slowly makes the transition from wrestler to manager and took on George "the Animal" Steele as his first client.. In one of the WWFs most infamous moments, George Steele & Mr. Fuji team up against Hulk Hogan & "Mean" Gene Okerlund.. George Steele would eventually turn face and leave Mr. Fuji, who would then begin managing Magnificent Don Muraco.. Mr. Fuji and Don Muraco were part of a famous Tuesday Night Titans skit called "Fuji Vice" - a mock soap opera.. Mr. Fuji briefly managed Jim Neidhart before selling his contract to Jimmy Hart, who would create the Hart Foundation.. Mr. Fuji also managed a tag team known as the Moondogs -- an unorthadox team made up of Rex, King & Spot.. September 14, 1985 WWF Championship Wrestling: Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat defeated Mr. Fuji.. October 31, 1985 - Saturday Night Main Event: Ricky Steamboat defeated Mr. Fuji in a Martial Arts match.. December 19, 1985 - Saturday Night Main Event: Junkyard Dog & Ricky Steamboat defeat Mr. Fuji & Magnificent Muraco.. WrestleMania II: Mr. Fuji managed the Magnificent Muraco in the opening match against Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff.. Mr. Fuji brings Kamala into his stable for a brief time and even had Kamala eat a live chicken on the Tuesday Night Titans program! Magnificent Muraco hosts the Body Shop, a WWF Talk Show that replaced Pipers Pit when Piper left for a brief time.. ~~~Mr. Fuji also gained the services of "Cowboy" Bob Orton who came with the Talk Show deal.. WrestleMania III: Mr. Fuji manages Magnificent Muraco & Bob Orton in the opening match against the Can-Am Connection.. Mr. Fuji gains the contracts of Demolition from Johnny V, and also re-introduced Killer Khan back into the WWF, as well as Sika.. ~~~Killer Khan received a number of WWF title shots against Hulk Hogan.. WrestleMania IV: Mr. Fuji leads Demolition to victory when they defeated Strike Force for the WWF Tag Team titles.. SummerSlam 1988: Mr. Fuji (accompanied by Jimmy Hart) manages Demolition to defeat the Hart Foundation to retain the Tag titles.. Survivor Series 1988: Mr. Fuji turns against Demolitions and aligns himself with the Powers of Pain.. ~~~Mr. Fuji helps the Powers of Pain become the sole survivors when Fuji deliberately trips one of the Conquestadors with his cane.. ~~~After the match, Warlord and Barbarian lift up Mr. Fuji onto their shoulders as the crowd gives a confused reaction.. ~~~Later on in the card, Mr. Fuji & the Powers of Pain cut a promo which then confirms their heel status.. WrestleMania V: Demolition defeated Mr. Fuji & the Powers of Pain in a handicapped match to retain the Tag titles.. Mr. Fuji managed Kendo Nagasaki during his very brief stint with the WWF.. Royal Rumble 1990: Mr. Fuji & Bobby Heenan get into a brief shoving match over Andre the Giant eliminating the Warlord.. February 13, 1990 - Superstars of Wrestling: Mr. Fuji introduces the Orient Express (Pat Tanaka & Akio Sato) February 20, 1990 - Superstars of Wrestling: Mr. Fuji sells the Warlord & Barbarian separate contracts to Slick and Bobby Heenan! WrestleMania VI: Mr. Fuji manages the Orient Express to victory over the Rockers by count out.. SummerSlam 1990: Hacksaw Jim Duggan & Nikolai Volkoff defeat the Orient Express.. Akio Sato leaves the WWF and is replaced by the masked Kato (Paul Diamond-'secret' reunion of ex-AWA tag team Badd Company).. October 9, 1990 - Superstars: Mr Fuji organised an ambush where Orient Express & Demolition ran out for a 5-on-2 attack the LOD.. ~~~The signified Mr. Fuji's reunion with Demolition - Ax, Smash, and Crush.. Late 1990: Mr. Fuji teamed up with the Orient Express to face Legion of Doom in handicapped matches.. Royal Rumble 1991: Mr. Fuji leads the Orient Express in the match against the Rockers.. ~~~Later in the card, Mr. Fuji accompanied Smash & Crush to the ring for the Royal Rumble match.. WrestleMania VII: Koji Kitao & Genichiro Tenryu defeat Demolition (managed by Mr. Fuji).. Not long after, Mr. Fuji severed his ties with Demolition and Crush leaves the WWF.. Mr. Fuji adds the Berzerker to his stable of wrestlers.. April 24, 1991 - UK Rampage '91: The Rockers (accompanied by Andre the Giant) defeat the Orient Express.. ~~~Before the match started, the Rockers brought out Andre to counter Mr. Fuji's interference.. Royal Rumble 1992: Mr. Fuji accompanies the Orient Express in the opening match against the New Foundation.. Mr. Fuji brings in the mammoth Yokozuna.. Survivor Series 1992: Yokozuna makes his WWF ppv debut squashing Virgil.. Royal Rumble 1993: Yokozuna wins the Royal Rumble, earning him a shot at the WWF Title at WrestleMania IX.. Mr. Fuji abandons the Berzerker.. WrestleMania IX: Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart for the WWF title when Mr. Fuji throws salt into Bret Harts eyes.. ~~~After the match, Mr. Fuji issues an open challenge to the "Immortal" Hulk Hogan, who comes out and wins the WWF title! King of the Ring 1993: Yokozuna defeated Hulk Hogan to regain the WWF title.. July 12, 1993 - Monday Night Raw: Mr. Fuji is in the corner of Yokozuna as he defeats Crush to retain the WWF title.. ~~~After the match, Yokozuna repeatedly executes the Bonzai drop on Crush until Randy Savage makes the save! Mr. Fuji & Yokozuna enlist the help of Jim Cornette as their American Spokesperson.. SummerSlam 1993: Lex Luger defeats Yokozuna by count out.. Royal Rumble 1994: Yokozuna needed 9 other men to help him defeat the Undertaker in a Casket Match.. WrestleMania X: Mr. Fuji accompanies Crush to the ring for his match against "Macho Man" Randy Savage.. ~~~Later in the card, Mr. Fuji appeared two more times to co-manage Yokozuna for his matches against Lex Luger and Bret Hart.. King of the Ring 1994: Mr. Fuji accompanies Yokozuna & Crush to the ring for their match against the Headshrinkers.. Survivor Series 1994: Mr. Fuji accompanies Yokozuna for his second casket match against the Undertaker.. WrestleMania XI: Mr. Fuji accompanies Yokozuna to the ring as Owen Harts mystery tag team partner! ~~~Owen Hart & Yokozuna defeated the Smokin' Gunns for the WWF Tag Team titles! In Your House: Owen Hart & Yokozuna (w/Mr. Fuji & Jim Cornette) defeated The Smoking Gunns to retain.. King of the Ring 1995: Savio Vega defeats Yokozuna (w/Mr. Fuji) by count out to qualify for the 2nd round of the KotR tournament.. July 23, 1995 - In Your House: Owen Hart & Yokozuna (w/Mr. Fuji & Jim Cornette) defeated the Allied Powers to retain.. October 22, 1995 - In Your House: Yokozuna and Mabel wrestle to a Double DQ.. Mr. Fuji's long WWF career comes to and end and is phased out of the picture.. Mr. Fuji retires due to health problems that prevent him from travelling WrestleMania XII: Mr. Fuji makes a special appearance accompanying Yokozuna (recently turned face) in the opening match.. American Wrestling Federation: Mr. Fuji made a few brief appearances in Tito Santana's upstart American Wrestling Federation, airing on the FOX network.. Mr. Fuji retired from wrestling and became a ticket-taker at a movie theatre (I think?) somewhere in Tennessee.. WWE Hall of Fame: March 12, 2007 - RAW: The devious Mr. Fuji will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 31, 2007.. March 31, 2007 - Hall of Fame: Mr. Fuji was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by his protege Don Muraco in Detroit, Michigan.. April 1, 2007 - WrestleMania 23: Mr. Fuji and the other HOF inductees were introduced to the audience at Fords Field in Detroit..