Don Fujii

Don Fujii
Don Fujii
Birth name	Tatsuki Fuji
Born	July 6, 1970 (age 53); Minoh-shi, Osaka, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Big Fuji; Don Fujii; Don Fujimmy; Karaoke Machine (#1); Sumo Dandy Fuji; Sumo Fujii
Billed height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Billed weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Trained by	Último Dragón; Dos Caras; Animal Hamaguchi
Debut	May 11, 1997

Tatsuki Fuji (藤井達樹, Fujii Tatsuki) (born July 6, 1970), better known by his

Open the Twin Gate Champions with Masaaki Mochizuki

. He was previously in the Crazy MAX and Blood Generation stables.

Biography

He was one of the original graduates from the Toryumon dojo. He was also one of the founding members of the Crazy MAX and Blood Generation stables. He made a few appearances in World Championship Wrestling as Sumo Fuji. He has wrestled as Karaoke Machine #1 at times as well. From 1999 until 2002, he changed his name annually. He first went from Sumo Fuji to Sumo "Dandy" Fuji, then to Sumo "Dandy" Fuji 2000, then to Big Fuji, and finally to Don Fujii.

Fujii has spent most of his Toryumon/Dragon Gate career in heel stables. He was a founding member of Crazy MAX, as well as a founding member of Blood Generation. When Blood Generation ended in December 2006, Fujii signed on with Magnum TOKYO's Renaissance project. The project never went anywhere as TOKYO suffered a career-ending eye injury shortly after it started.

When CIMA started the

Gamma on September 28. They held them until February 15, 2009, dropping them to Shingo Takagi, Taku Iwasa & Dragon Kid

.

On April 12, he teamed with

Uhaa Nation on March 2, 2013. On June 14, 2015, he, CIMA and Gamma defeated the Jimmyz (Ryo "Jimmy" Saito, Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, and Jimmy Susumu) to win the Open the Triangle Gate Championship. On October 8, CIMA and Gamma formed a new unit called Over Generation with Eita, El Lindaman, Punch Tominaga, and rookies Takehiro Yamamura and Kaito Ishida

. Don Fujii did not join the new unit despite holding the Open the Triangle Gate Championship with CIMA and Gamma. On November 1, he, CIMA, and Gamma defended the Open the Triangle Gate Championship against the Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu, Jimmy K-Ness J.K.S., and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito), and vacated the titles afterwards.

Championships and accomplishments

Dragon Gate

1 time
)

K-ness (1), Masaaki Mochizuki and Magnitude Kishiwada (1), Masaaki Mochizuki and Akebono (1), and Cima and Gamma
(2)

2 times
) – with Masaaki Mochizuki

Open the Owarai Gate Championship
(1 time)

Open the Owarai Twin Gate Championship (1 time) – with
Kikutaro

1 time) – with Masaaki Mochizuki

International Wrestling Revolution Group
- Último Dragón^[3]

Osaka Pro Wrestling
- 1 time) – with Masaaki Mochizuki

Toryumon Japan

CIMA and TARU
(1)

References

^ "ドラゴンゲート11.6後楽園大会スモーズvs.ヴェルセルク全面対抗戦3番勝負、Over Generation後楽園初登場". Battle News (in Japanese). November 7, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
^ "Dangerous Gate 2012 – 22 Sep 2012". iHeartDG. September 23, 2012. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
^ "Arena Listing – Arena Nacaualpan 1008". The Cubsfan. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.

External links

Don Fujii at Dragon Gate USA

[1] "ドラゴンゲート11.6後楽園大会スモーズvs.ヴェルセルク全面対抗戦3番勝負、Over Generation後楽園初登場". Battle News (in Japanese). November 7, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2015.

[2] "Dangerous Gate 2012 – 22 Sep 2012". iHeartDG. September 23, 2012. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.

[3] "Arena Listing – Arena Nacaualpan 1008". The Cubsfan. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.

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