Tatsumi Fujinami
Birthday
1953/12/28 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Kunisaki, Ōita, Japan
Also know as
The Dragon, Dr. Fujinami, 藤波辰爾, 藤波辰巳, Ox Fujinami, Ring 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.
Acting
(1994) NJPW Summer Struggle 1994 - Day 8
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(1996) World Wrestling Peace Festival
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(1991) WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun
as Himself
(1991) WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun
as Tatsumi "Dragon" Fujinami
(2005) Catch: The Hold Not Taken
as Himself
(1980) WWE Showdown at Shea '80
as Tatsumi Fujinami
(2015) WWE Hall of Fame 2015
as Self
(1988) The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World
as Tatsumi Fujinami
(1988) The Best of the WWF: volume 15
as Tatsumi Fujinami
(2023) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome
as Tatsumi Fujinami
(2008) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
as Tatsumi Fujinami
(2020) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
as Tatsumi Fujinami
(2019) Extro
as Self
(1989) The Men Who Made Ultraman
as Shozo
(2012) Budokan Peter Pan: DDT 15th Anniversary
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(2005) NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 2
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(2005) NJPW G1 Climax 2005: Day 1
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(1993) NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
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(1992) NJPW Battle Zone Space II
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(1985) WCCW Christmas Star Wars '85
as Tatsumi Fujinami
(1996) NJPW Battle Formation '96
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(1998) Shinjuku Boy Detectives
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(1992) WCW Wrestle War: WarGames
as Himself
(1999) NJPW Final Dome
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(1993) NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
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(2025) NJPW Tanahashi Jam
as Tatsumi Fujinami
(2025) NJPW Superhuman Taiji Ishimori Gets Even More Ridiculous
as Tatsumi Fujinami
(2017) Sakura no Oyakodon
as Self
(1973) WWE Old School
as Tatsumi Fujinami