Tatsumi Fujinami

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Born
1953 (71 years old)
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Kunisaki, Ōita, Japan

Position
Wrestler

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Ethnicity
Asian

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Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight
103 kg (227 lb)

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Kit
Wage Year

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Fighting

Team
_Retired WWE

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League
_Defunct Fighting Teams

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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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