History Wrestling / YoshiakiFujiwara

* MusicToInvadePolandTo: His theme song is Music/RideOfTheValkyries by Richard Wagner.

* MusicToInvadePolandTo: His theme song is Ride of The Valkyries by Richard Wagner.

* GiverofLameNames: His suggestion to Bart Vale to promote his fighting system was called the 'Kick, Suplex, & Submission Style' because he thought Shootfighting was a stupid name. Understandably Vale stuck with Shootfighting.

* GenericName: His suggestion to Bart Vale to promote his fighting system was called the 'Kick, Suplex, & Submission Style' because he thought Shootfighting was a stupid name. Understandably Vale stuck with Shootfighting.

** BadassGrandpa
** BadassTeacher

* AntiHero: In a time headlined by godlike heroes like Wrestling/AntonioInoki and rugged heels like Riki Choshu, Fujiwara was just an insane ugly guy who enjoyed headbutting people.

* FinishingMove: Fujiwara Armbar and Ankle Lock.

* BullyingADragon: In PWFG, during the everlasting feud between kickboxers and wrestlers, a kickboxer named Don Nakaya Nielsen shot on Fujiwara in a worked match and obliged the medic to stop the bout. Fujiwara was angry and eager to get him, but given that he was too old for a MMA match, he sent Wrestling/KenShamrock to get revenge for the shooters. The results are history.

* HypercompetentSidekick: Yoshiaki was Antonio Inoki's cornerman and bodyguard. According to Karl Gotch, he was about ten times better fighter.
* HiddenDepths: Before he became the Terrorist of Showa, few people would have said Inoki's bad-looking assistant could come to be that charismatic.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Judo]]: Was a very succesful judoka in high school. He also trained in Muay Thai and kendo, and later became Karl Gotch's top catch wrestling student.

* PassingTheTorch: Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki and Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki are his top trainees and the closest to him in ability, although it is YMMV if they would have been in Fujiwara's level if he had done MMA when younger.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: A good example.

* PassingTheTorch: Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki and Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki are his top trainees and the closest to him in ability, although it's believed they would not be in Fujiwara's level if he had done MMA when younger.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: A good example.

* BullyingADragon: In PWFG, during the everlasting feud between kickboxers and wrestlers, a kickboxer named Don Nakaya Nielsen shot on Fujiwara in a worked match and obligued the medic to stop the bout. Fujiwara was angry and eager to get him, but given that he was too old for a MMA match, he sent Wrestling/KenShamrock to get revenge for the shooters. The results are history.

* EvilIsPetty: Antiheroic example. One of his customs before the matches is disrespectfully throwing his conmemorative bouquet to the crowd.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Judo]]: Was a very succesful judoka in high school. He also trained in muay thai and kendo, and later became Karl Gotch's top catch wrestling student.

'''Yoshiaki Fujiwara''' (b. 1949) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and promoter. He debuted in 1972 for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling as its first dojo graduate ever, learning catch wrestling under the legendary Karl Gotch. Thanks to his training and toughness, he was appointed NJPW founder Wrestling/AntonioInoki's bodyguard, but his lack of charisma kept him tied to the low card. This ended when he attacked native heel Riki Choshu before a match, gaining the crowd's cheers and becoming a famous face of the company. In 1984, he followed his students Wrestling/AkiraMaeda and Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada to found the Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation, a promotion which featured a realistic wrestling style called shoot-style. After the UWF's demise, he returned along his pals to NJPW, where he competed for four more years, until Maeda left again to form the second UWF, and after negociating with Inoki, Fujiwara and his two new students Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki and Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki were allowed to join it. They enjoyed an immense popularity, but the company fell apart again when its members took separate directions. Fujiwara and his trainees founded Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, where he put himself over as the company's ace, but again it was short-lived, as half of the roster left to form MMA promotion Pancrase and the other half (this time in good terms with him) to form Battlarts. Now going solo, Fujiwara became a freelancer and worked for feds like Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling and [[Wrestling/ProWrestlingZERO1 Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE]], and got a great victory against gastric cancer in 2007. He remains as a free agent, is associated with the Scientific Wrestling organization, and occasionally works as a trainer for Inoki Genome Federation.

* AntiHero: In a time headlines by godlike heroes like Wrestling/AntonioInoki and rugged heels like Riki Choshu, Fujiwara was just an insane ugly man who enjoyed headbutting people.

* HypercompetentSidekick: Yoshiaki was Antonio Inoki's cornerman and bodyguard and, according to Karl Gotch, was about ten times better fighter.

* UseYourHead: Commonly uses headbutts, even in a pragmatic and reality-based style like the shoot wrestling, and it's known he has a freaking HardHead. He once feuded with Buffalo Allen (aka Bad News Brown) around the issue of who had the strongest head, and Fujiwara often repeatedly banged his own head against the ringpost to scare him.

* AntiHero: In a time headlines by godlike heroes like Wrestling/AntonioInoki and rugged heels like Riki Choshu, Fujiwara was just an insane ugly man who enjoyed turning people into pretzels.

'''Yoshiaki Fujiwara''' (b. 1949) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and promoter. He debuted in 1972 for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling as its first dojo graduate ever, learning catch wrestling under the legendary Karl Gotch. Thanks to his training and toughness, he was appointed NJPW founder Wrestling/AntonioInoki's bodyguard, but his lack of charisma kept him tied to the low card. This ended when he attacked native heel Riki Choshu before a match, gaining the crowd's cheers and becoming a known member of the company. In 1984, he followed his students Wrestling/AkiraMaeda and Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada to found the Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation, a promotion which featured a realistic wrestling style called shoot-style. After the UWF's demise, he returned along his pals to NJPW, where he competed for four more years, until Maeda left again to form the second UWF, and after negociating with Inoki, Fujiwara and his two new students Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki and Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki were allowed to join it. They enjoyed an immense popularity, but the company fell apart again when its members took separate directions. Fujiwara and his trainees founded Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, where he put himself over as the company's ace, but again it was short-lived, as half of the roster left to form MMA promotion Pancrase and the other half (this time in good terms with him) to form Battlarts. Now going solo, Fujiwara became a freelancer and worked for feds like Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling and [[Wrestling/ProWrestlingZERO1 Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE]], and got a great victory against gastric cancer in 2007. He remains as a free agent, is associated with the Scientific Wrestling organization, and occasionally works as a trainer for Inoki Genome Federation.

!!! "Heisei no Tropes":

* GoodIsNotSoft: He became a valuable member of the NJPW native army after brutalizing Choshu, and remained as a face wrestler despite having no qualms about dispense stiff beatdowns and tearing out joints.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Yoshiaki was Antonio Inoki's cornerman and bodyguard and, according to Karl Gotch, was about ten times better fighter.

* {{Jerkass}}: His most known persona is that of a crazy old shooter who attacks randomly and without a reason. He is pretty suave in real life, however.

* OldMaster: A renowned one in puroresu and catch wrestling.
* PassingTheTorch: Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki and Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki are his top trainees and the closest to him in ability, although it's generally believed Fujiwara would have been a better fighter than them if he had done MMA when younger.
* RedBaron: "Kansetsu-waza no Oni" ("The Demon of Joint Locks") and "Showa no Terrorist".
* RingOldies: 65 years old and still wrestling.

* UseYourHead: Commonly uses headbutts, even in a pragmatic and reality-based style like the shoot wrestling, and it's known he has a freaking HardHead. He once feuded with Buffalo Allen (aka Bad News Brown) around the issue of who had the strongest head, and Fujiwara often repeatedly banged his own head against the ringpost to taunt him.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Is defined as the strongest shooter in the UWF, and according to many, has a hefty record in closed doors fights. Whenever martial artists came to the NJPW or the UWF dojo with a challenge, Yoshiaki welcomed them and wiped the floor with them until they said uncle.

* UseYourHead: Commonly uses headbutts, even in a pragmatic and reality-based style like the shoot wrestling, and it's known he has a freaking HardHead. He once feuded with Buffalo Allen (aka Bad News Brown) around the issue of who had the strongest head, and Fujiwara often repeatedly banged his own head against the ringpost to provoke him.

'''Yoshiaki Fujiwara''' (b. 1949) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and promoter. He debuted in 1972 for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling as its first dojo graduate ever, learning catch wrestling under the legendary Karl Gotch. Thanks to his training and toughness, he was appointed NJPW founder Wrestling/AntonioInoki's bodyguard, but his lack of charisma kept him tied to the low card. This ended when he attacked native heel Riki Choshu before a match, gaining the crowd's cheers and becoming a top member of the company. In 1984, he followed his students Wrestling/AkiraMaeda and Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada to found the Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation, a promotion which featured a realistic wrestling style called shoot-style. After the UWF's demise, he returned along his pals to NJPW, where he competed for four more years, until Maeda left again to form the second UWF, and after negociating with Inoki, Fujiwara and his two new students Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki and Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki were allowed to join it. They enjoyed an immense popularity, but the company fell apart again when its members took separate directions. Fujiwara and his trainees founded Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, where he put himself over as the company's ace, but again it was short-lived, as half of the roster left to form MMA promotion Pancrase and the other half (this time in good terms with him) to form Battlarts. Now going solo, Fujiwara became a freelancer and worked for feds like Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling and [[Wrestling/ProWrestlingZERO1 Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE]], and got a great victory against gastric cancer in 2007. He remains as a free agent, is associated with the Scientific Wrestling organization, and occasionally works as a trainer for Inoki Genome Federation.

'''Yoshiaki Fujiwara''' (b. 1949) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and promoter. He debuted in 1972 for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling as its first dojo graduate ever, learning catch wrestling under the legendary Karl Gotch. Thanks to his training and toughness, he was appointed NJPW founder Wrestling/AntonioInoki's bodyguard, but his lack of charisma kept him tied to the low card. This ended when he attacked native heel Riki Choshu before a match, gaining the crowd's cheers and becoming a top member of the company. In 1984, he followed his students Wrestling/AkiraMaeda and Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada to found the Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation, a promotion which featured a realistic wrestling style called shoot-style. After the UWF's demise, he returned along his pals to NJPW, where he competed for four more years, until Maeda left again to form the second UWF, and after negociating with Inoki, Fujiwara and his two new students Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki and Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki were allowed to join it. They enjoyed an immense popularity, but the company fell apart again when its members took separate directions. Fujiwara and his trainees founded Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, where he put himself over as the company's ace, but again it was short-lived, as half of the roster left to form MMA promotion Pancrase and the other half (this time in good terms with him) to form Battlarts. Now going solo, Fujiwara became a freelancer and worked for feds like Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling and Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE, and got a great victory against gastric cancer in 2007. He remains as a free agent, is associated with the Scientific Wrestling organization, and occasionally works as a trainer for Inoki Genome Federation.

* BoringButPractical: Almost all his moves are relatively basic submissions, but you have the certainty he could pull them off against a real opponent.

* GoodIsNotSoft: He became a valuable member of the NJPW native army after brutalizing Choshu, and remained as a face wrestler with no qualms about dispense beatdowns and tear out joints.

* HardboiledDetective: In the film ''Roppongi Soldier'', Yoshiaki plays a rather eccentric kickboxer turned detective called Sabu (no, not that Wrestling/{{Sabu}}) who helps Wrestling/SatoruSayama's character to solve a FilmNoir affair.

'''Yoshiaki Fujiwara''' (b. 1949) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and promoter. He debuted in 1972 for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling as its first dojo graduate ever, learning catch wrestling under the legendary Karl Gotch. Thanks to his training and toughness, he was appointed NJPW founder Wrestling/AntonioInoki's bodyguard, but his lack of charisma kept him tied to the low card. This ended when he attacked native heel Riki Choshu before a match, gaining the crowd's cheers and becoming a top member of the company. In 1984, he followed his students Wrestling/AkiraMaeda and Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada to found the Universal Wrestling Federation, a promotion which featured a realistic wrestling style called shoot-style. After the UWF's demise, he returned along his pals to NJPW, where he competed for four more years, until Maeda left again to form the second UWF, and after negociating with Inoki, Fujiwara and his two new students Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki and Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki were allowed to join it. They enjoyed an immense popularity, but the company fell apart again when its members took separate directions. Fujiwara and his trainees founded Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, where he put himself over as the company's ace, but again it was short-lived, as half of the roster left to form MMA promotion Pancrase and the other half (this time in good terms with him) to form Battlarts. Now going solo, Fujiwara became a freelancer and worked for feds like Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling and Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE, and got a great victory against gastric cancer in 2007. He remains as a free agent, is associated with the Scientific Wrestling organization, and occasionally works as a trainer for Inoki Genome Federation.

'''Yoshiaki Fujiwara''' (b. 1949) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and promoter. He debuted in 1972 for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling as its first dojo graduate ever, learning catch wrestling under the legendary Karl Gotch. Thanks to his training and toughness, he was appointed NJPW founder Wrestling/AntonioInoki's bodyguard, but his lack of charisma kept him tied to the low card. This ended when he attacked native heel Riki Choshu before a match, gaining the crowd's cheers and becoming a top member of the company. In 1984, he followed his students Wrestling/AkiraMaeda and Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada to found the Universal Wrestling Federation, a promotion which featured a realistic wrestling style called shoot-style. After the UWF's demise, he returned along his pals to NJPW, where he competed for four more years, until Maeda left again to form the second UWF, and after negociating with Inoki, Fujiwara and his two new students Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki and Minoru Suzuki were allowed to join it. They enjoyed an immense popularity, but the company fell apart again when its members took separate directions. Fujiwara and his trainees founded Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, where he put himself over as the company's ace, but again it was short-lived, as half of the roster left to form MMA promotion Pancrase and the other half (this time in good terms with him) to form Battlarts. Now going solo, Fujiwara became a freelancer and worked for feds like Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling and Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE, and got a great victory against gastric cancer in 2007. He remains as a free agent, is associated with the Scientific Wrestling organization, and occasionally works as a trainer for Inoki Genome Federation.

* PassingTheTorch: Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki and Minoru Suzuki are his top trainees and the closest to him in ability, although it's generally believed Fujiwara would have been most of a fighter than them if he had done MMA when younger.

* RedBaron: "Kansetsu Waza no Oni" ("Grappling Demon") and "Showa no Terrorist".

* {{Yakuza}}: His company was called "Fujiwara Gumi" (where "Gumi" a word used to yakuza groups) and he put himself the title of "kumicho" (a word for yakuza boss). In general, Yoshiaki enjoys making himself look like a yakuza, and who knows whether it is just a character.

* HardboiledDetective: In the film ''Roppongi Soldier'', Yoshiaki plays a (rather eccentric) kickboxer turned detective called Sabu (no, not that Wrestling/{{Sabu}}) who helps Wrestling/SatoruSayama's character to solve a FilmNoir affair.

* Badass