WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Ricky Fuji Real Name: Masanori Morimura Birthday: September 27, 1965 Hometown: Chiba, Japan Marital Status: Single Height & Weight: 5'9" - 210 lbs. Trained by: New Japan Dojo Stu Hart Debut: June 28, 1988 (vs. Ross Hart) Previous Names: Calgary Tiger (Fukumen Mania) Morimura (FMW, January 7, 1998) Finishing Move: 9999 Kamikaze Brainbuster Favorite Moves: Sharpshooter Tiger Driver Moonsault Notable Feuds: Atsushi Onita Mr. Gannosuke Tarzan Goto Masato Tanaka Hayabusa Koji Nakagawa The Great Sasuke Taka Michinoku Flying Kid Ichihara Kodo Fuyuki Jado Gedo
NWWF Junior Heavyweight title (1989) CIWF Junior Heavyweight title (1989 - 1990) AWA World Light Heavyweight title (May 29, 1991 - August 24, 1991) FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight title (December 20, 1994 - February 6, 1995) FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team titles w/Hisakatsu Oya (May 5, 1995 - September 5, 1995) CRMW North American Mid-Heavyweight title (????) CRMW North American Mid-Heavyweight title (????) WEW 6-Man Tag Team titles w/Chocoball Mukai & Flying Kid Ichihara (November 23, 1999 - December 11, 1999) WEW 6-Man Tag Team titles w/Flying Kid Ichihara & Hisakatsu Oya (May 22, 2001 - July 30, 2001) NMC Wrestle Brain Junior Heavyweight title (????)
Training: Masanori Morimura started training for pro wrestling in the New Japan Wrestling Academy. Masanori Morimura befriended Shinya Hashimoto and Keiichi Yamada (later known as Jushin Liger).. January 1987: Masanori Morimura left Japan to receive training in Calgary, Alberta by Stu Hart in the Dungeon.. Early years in Canada: June 28, 1988: Ricky Fuji debuted in Stampede Wrestling losing a singles match to Ross Hart. Ricky Fuji remained in Stampede until they shut down in December 1989.. Ricky Fuji also wrestled in various independent wrestling promotions throughout Canada.. ~~~including the NWWF (North Western Wrestling Federation) and CIWF (Canadian International Wrestling Federation). Early 1989: Ricky Fuji won his first championship, the NWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship. Late 1989: Ricky Fuji won the CIWF Junior Heavyweight Championship. 1990: Ricky Fuji was invited to return to Japan and join Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling by Atsushi Onita.. Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling: May 12, 1990: Ricky Fuji made his debut in FMW, defeating The Shooter. May 29, 1991: Ricky Fuji defeated Jimmy Backlund to win the AWA World Light Heavyweight title.. June 21, 1991: Ricky Fuji defeated Mark Starr to retain the AWA World Light Heavyweight title.. August 24, 1991: Mark Starr defeated Ricky Fuji to win the AWA World Light Heavyweight title.. 1993: Ricky Fuji formed the original "Team Canada" with The Gladiator, Big Titan, and Dr. Luther. April 16, 1994: Ricky Fuji returned to New Japan Pro Wrestling to participate in the Super J Cup Tournament. ~~~Ricky Fuji defeated Negro Casas in the first round | Jushin Liger defeated Ricky Fuji in the second Round.. December 20, 1994: Ricky Fuji defeated The Great Sasuke to win the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight title January 6, 1995: Ricky Fuji defeated Battle Ranger to retain the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight title February 6, 1995: Hideki Hosaka defeated Ricky Fuji to win the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight title February 1995: Ricky Fuji formed a three man team called Lethal Weapon with Tarzan Goto and Hisakatsu Oya. May 5, 1995: Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya defeated Yukihiro Kanemura & Mr. Pogo to win the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Titles September 5, 1995: Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Daisuke Ikeda defeated Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya to win the FMW BK Titles.. November 20, 1995: Koji Nakagawa defeated Ricky Fuji to win the vacant FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight title.. December 21, 1995: Hayabusa & Koji Nakagawa & The Great Sasuke beat Ricky Fuji & Super Delfin & Taka Michinoku. February 19, 1996: Super Leather & Jason The Terrible defeated Ricky Fuji & Horace Boulder to retain the FMW BK titles.. February 23, 1996: Ricky Fuji participated in a War Games Steel Cage Match.. ~~~Ricky Fuji & Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Masato Tanaka beat Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & W*ING Kanemura & Bad Boy Hido May 5, 1996: Ricky Fuji & The Rock 'n' Roll Express defeated The Crypt Keeper & The Boogie Man & Freddy Krueger. July 31, 1996: Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Masato Tanaka defeated Ricky Fuji & The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Oya ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to retain the FMW 6-Man Street Fight Tag Team Championship. September 20, 1996: Taka Michinoku defeated Ricky Fuji to retain the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Title.. April 29, 1997: The New Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Ricky Fuji) defeated Bad Boy Hido & Dragon Winger. May 19, 1997: W*ING Kanemura & Bad Boy Hido defeated Ricky Fuji & Koji Nakagawa to retain the FMW BK Tag Team titles.. January 7, 1998: Morimura (Ricky Fuji) defeated Sunao Gosaku and Pandita in a Three Way Dance. April 30, 1998: Jado & Gedo defeated Ricky Fuji & John Kronus. June 28, 1998: Kodo Fuyuki & Yukihiro Kanemura & Koji Nakagawa defeated Hayabusa & Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to retain the FMW 6-Man Street Fight Tag Team Championship. November 6, 1998: Kodo Fuyuki & Yukihiro Kanemura & Koji Nakagawa defeated Hayabusa & Ricky Fuji & Daisuke Ikeda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to retain the FMW 6-Man Street Fight Tag Team Championship. May 5, 1999: Minoru Tanaka defeated Ricky Fuji to win the very briefly revived FMW World Junior Heavyweight titles.. November 23, 1999: Ricky Fuji & Flying Kid Ichihara & Chocoball Mukai defeated Koji Nakagawa & Jado & Gedo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to win the vacant WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship. December 11, 1999: Koji Nakagawa & Jado & Gedo defeated Ricky Fuji & Flying Kid Ichihara & Chocoball Mukai ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to recapture the WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship. January 5, 2000: Kodo Fuyuki & Balls Mahoney & Pitbull 1 & Kyoko Inoue beat H & Mr. Gannosuke & Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya. April 1, 2000: Ricky Fuji defeated Sasuke The Great in the first round of the Super J Cup tournament. April 9, 2000: Gran Hamada defeated Ricky Fuji in the quarterfinals of the Super J Cup tournament. October 29, 2000: Tamon Honda & Naomichi Marifuji defeated Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya to retain the WEW Tag Team Titles.. November 23, 2000: Jado & Gedo & Kaori Nakayama defeated Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya & Naohiko Yamazaki ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to retain the WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship. May 22, 2001: Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya & Flying Kid Ichihara defeated Azusa Kudo & Shinjuku Shark & Naohiko Yamazaki ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to win the vacant WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship. July 30, 2001: Kodo Fuyuki & Kintaro Kanemura & Mr. Gannosuke defeated Ricky Fuji & Hisakatsu Oya & Flying Kid Ichihara ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to win the WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship. October 22, 2001: Ricky Fuji was one of the people that helped his friend Hayabusa, who suffered a career-ending neck injury. Freelance: Ricky Fuji is now wrestling in several independent promotions in Japan.