Profile Info
- Gender Male
- Real Name Tatsumi Fujinami (藤波辰巳)
- Ring Names
- Tatsumi Fujinami ( April 21, 1971 - Present )
- Ring Fujinami ( May 20, 1977 - June 12, 1983 )
- Dr. Fujinami ( March 9, 1976 - March 11, 1977 )
- Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
- Weight
- 227 lbs (103 kg)
- Born December 28, 1953 (age 67)
- Birth Place Kunisaki, Ōita, Japan
- Billed From
- Ōita, Japan
- Nicknames The Dragon; Honoo no Hiryū
Career History
- Roles
- Ambassador ( July 12, 2015 - Present )
- Wrestler ( April 21, 1971 - November 29, 2020 )
- Companies / Promotions
Promotion from to Promotion 
WWE July 12, 2015 Present Promotion INDY August 2, 2006 Present Promotion NJPW March 6, 1972 January 4, 2006 Promotion NWA December 19, 1975 August 8, 1980 - Face / Heel Turns
Alignment from to Face April 21, 1971 Present - Images
Mar 1972
WWE
NJPW
NWA
- Finishers
- Dragon Sleeper ( April 21, 1971 - Present )
- Dragon Backbreaker - Belly-to-back Suplex Backbreaker ( April 21, 1971 - Present )
- Dragon Suplex ( April 21, 1971 - December 31, 1978 )
- Theme Songs
- Theme Song "Dragon Suplex" by Joe - Single ( July 1, 1998 - Present )
- Theme Song "Rising - Epilogue" by Osamu Suzuki - Single ( January 1, 1990 - Present )
- Theme Song "Super Dragon" - Single ( January 1, 1997 - June 30, 1998 )
- Theme Song "Rising" by Osamu Suzuki - Single ( July 1, 1988 - December 31, 1989 )
- Theme Song "Dragon Suplex" by Joe - Single ( July 1, 1987 - June 30, 1988 )
- Theme Song "Macho Dragon (Instrumental)" by Tatsumi Fujinami - Single ( July 1, 1985 - June 30, 1987 )
- Theme Song "Dragon Suplex" by Joe - Single ( July 1, 1978 - June 30, 1985 )
- Theme Song "Star Wars Theme" by Meco - Single ( July 1, 1977 - June 30, 1978 )
- Theme Song "Blue Eyed Soul" by Carl Douglas - Single ( January 1, 1974 - June 30, 1977 )
Titles & Accomplishments
- Hall of Fame
- WWE Hall of Fame - Year 2015 , Individual
- Titles Won
New Japan Pro Wrestling
- 6 IWGP Heavyweight Championship
- 5 IWGP Tag Team Championship (4 with Kengo Kimura, 1 with Osamu Nishimura)
- 2 NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship
- 1 NWA World Heavyweight Championship
- 1 WCWA World Heavyweight Championship
- 1 WWF International Heavyweight Championship
- 1 WWF International Tag Team Championship (with Kengo Kimura)
- 1 WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship
Catch Wrestling Association
- 1 CWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
Dramatic Dream Team
- 1 KO-D Tag Team Championship (with MIKAMI)
Pacific Northwest Wrestling
- 1 NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship
Universal Wrestling Association
- 1 UWA World Heavyweight Championship
- Other Accomplishments
- WWE Hall of Fame induction (class of 2015)
- NJPW G1 Climax Winner (1993)
- NJPW Super Grade Tag League Winner (1991 - with Big Van Vader)
- NJPW Karl Gotch Cup Winner (1974)
- Tokyo Sports Best Bout Award (1983 - vs. Riki Choshu, 03/04)
- Tokyo Sports Best Bout Award (1986 - vs. Akira Maeda, 12/06)
- Tokyo Sports Best Tag Team (1981 - with Antonio Inoki)
- Tokyo Sports Distinguished Service Award (1978)
- Tokyo Sports Fighting Spirit Award (1984)
- Tokyo Sports MVP Award (1985)
- Tokyo Sports Outstanding Performance Award (1980, 1982, 1987, 1988)
- Tokyo Sports Rookie of the Year (1974)
- Tokyo Sports Technique Award (1979)
- 31° in the PWI Top 500 Years (2003)
Relations
- Tag Teams & Stables
- Tatsumi Fujinami & Osamu Nishimura - Osamu Nishimura ( July 25, 1996 - September 9, 2007 )
- Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura - Kengo Kimura ( July 31, 1979 - December 8, 1997 )
- Dragon Bombers - Jushin Thunder Liger , Shiro Koshinaka, Takayuki Iizuka, Black Cat ( October 14, 1990 - March 5, 1992 )
- Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami - Antonio Inoki ( May 10, 1978 - February 10, 1989 )