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2Minoru Fujita (born September 5, 1977) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er, possibly one of the most storied indy wrestlers in Japan. He debuted for Big Japan Pro Wrestling in 1997, but soon diversified towards a variety of other promotions, including Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling, Wrestling/{{Battlarts}}, Kaientai Dojo, Tokyo Pro Wrestling, Mexican promotions (where he became the fourth original member of Nosawa Rongai's Tokyo Gurentai) and even Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, playing always the gimmick of a young junior punk willing to challenge anybody in any style. In 2004, he found finally his niche in Wrestling/ProWrestlingZERO1, where he developed as a wrestler by becoming Wrestling/IkutoHidaka's tag team partner and passing years of exciting junior ventures, extending to Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE, until leaving for a change in 2011. He returned to work as a roaming freelancer since, having developed a reputation as one of the most consistent all-terrain wrestlers in Japan. To put it simple, there are not many things in Japanese professional wrestling that Minoru Fujita hasn't done.
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4He was married for five years to joshi wrestler Saki Maemura, reportedly parting ways friendly.
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6!! "Deceiving Tropes":
7* TheApprentice: To Kazuo Sakurada, Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri, and Wrestling/TakaMichinoku.
8* AttentionWhore: His penchant to appear in any promotion and challenge anybody obeys to this.
9* BashBrothers: With Nosawa and Mazada (in Tokyo Gurentai), Wrestling/IkutoHidaka (collectively known as Skull & Bones) and later with Takuya Sugawara.
10* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: After his return to Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, he demanded to face heavyweights instead of juniors like him. Cue to Yutaka Yoshie, Blue Wolf and Wrestling/KensukeSasaki squashing him.
11* BoringButPractical: Has no flashy or spectacular moves, prefering holds and drivers, which is part of why he adapts so well to every company.
12* BrattyHalfPint: His gimmick as a young wrestler, something admittedly pretty common in puroresu. He and Gran Naniwa also quit Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling because they were tired of doing dojo boy chorus.
13* ChallengeSeeker: A big part of his gimmick. He will appear of nowhere to challenge anybody, regardless of whether he has any chance against him.
14* ConspicuousGloves: One of his personal trademarks was wearing black leather gloves (full ones, not fingerless gloves) during his matches. He dropped it after many years.
15* DelinquentHair: Dyed with a blond stripe and with a punk hairdo.
16* EarlyBirdCameo: Despite starting his training with Big Japan Pro Wrestling, his debut match was at a WAR event against Masanobu Kurisu.
17* FinishingMove:
18** When he goes for impact finishers, he will use Sasuke Damashii Segway (Akira Hokuto's Northern Lights Bomb, only with the opponent's arm in a cutthroat hold), Sasuke Segway (a DDT version of the Sasuke Damashii Segway) and Sayonara (a tombstone piledriver, screaming "[opponent's name], sayonara!" before doing it).
19** When he goes for a sub, he uses the BONEYARD (reverse viper hold, or a sort of sideways single Boston crab/facelock combination).
20** He parodied Wrestling/TakaMichinoku by using the Fujita Driver (Michinoku Driver II), also renaming the Sasuke Damashii Segway as Fujita Driver II.
21* TheGenericGuy: He is an allrounder wrestler with a classical indy puroresu punk gimmick. You cannot get more generic than that.
22* IHaveManyNames:
23** Has wrestled as Minoru Fujita, FUJITA, Fujita MINORU, Fujita Mi-taro, The Great Minoru Fujita, HERO!, Minoru Fukimoto, Red Onigumo, Segodon #2 and Yattsuke #1.
24** Ironically, for someone with so many ring names, he's often mistaken by a Seidokaikan karateka also named Minoru Fujita.
25* [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: In high school.
26* JackOfAllStats: His moveset is very varied and has little stylistic focus, although he does have a penchant for drivers.
27* RedBaron: "Damashii Tamashii" ("Deceiving Soul").

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