Tatsumi Fujinami

Personal Info

Birthday

December 28, 1953

(71 years old)

Place of Birth

Kunisaki, Ōita, Japan

Also Known As

The Dragon

Dr. Fujinami

藤波辰爾

藤波辰巳

Ox Fujinami

Ring Fujinami

Tatsumi 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.

Known For

NJPW Tanahashi Jam

WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2

The Men Who Made Ultraman

WCCW Christmas Star Wars '85

The Best of the WWF: volume 15

WWE Showdown at Shea '80

Filmography

2025
NJPW Tanahashi Jam
as Tatsumi Fujinami
2023
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome
as Tatsumi Fujinami
2020
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
as Tatsumi Fujinami
2019
Extro
as Self
2015
WWE Hall of Fame 2015
as Self
2008
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2
as Tatsumi Fujinami
2005
Catch: The Hold Not Taken
as Himself
1992
WCW Wrestle War: WarGames
as Himself
1991
WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun
as Tatsumi "Dragon" Fujinami
WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun
as Himself
1989
The Men Who Made Ultraman
as Shozo
1988
The Best of the WWF: volume 16 Around the World
as Tatsumi Fujinami
The Best of the WWF: volume 15
as Tatsumi Fujinami
1985
WCCW Christmas Star Wars '85
as Tatsumi Fujinami
1980
WWE Showdown at Shea '80
as Tatsumi Fujinami