Girl Just Wanna Have Fun, By Shooting
Megumi Fujii
- "I first met [Fujii] in 2000 or 2001, I believe while I was living in Tokyo. She was training at my friend Hiroyuki Abe’s gym and was doing Sambo at the time and took a class from me that I taught one day at the school. I showed her heel hooks and toe holds, and she immediately was lethal with them! I would keep seeing her and helping her in training, all the while nudging her to compete in MMA until eventually, she took the plunge. She was always a great athlete, driven, and picked up skills rather quickly, and she always seemed pretty ageless to me from the day we met until the last time I saw her in Japan. Maybe she developed a bit more of a mean streak though and an appreciation for [the heavy metal band] Megadeth."— Josh Barnett"I think Megumi-san was the one who has influenced women into pursuing an MMA career and she built an ideal style as a mixed martial artist not only for women but for men as well. Megumi-san was the one who got me into MMA training for exercise purposes, and because I had her to look up to, I was able to keep my visions positively throughout my career. There were several things that I remember getting ready for each fight, but she would always tell me right before the bell, ‘Let’s go out there and have fun.’ This is something I remember occasionally even after I have left the sport."— Hitomi Akano"I’m motivated to do things other people have never done. When everyone else will give up. I am different. I won’t."— Megumi Fujii
- The Ace: Amassed a record of 22 wins before losing.
- Action Girl
- Always Someone Better: Defeated twice by Jessica Aguilar.
- The Apprentice: To Hiroyuki Abe and Josh Barnett.
- Badass Family: Comes from a family consisting of Judo black belts.
- Badass Teacher: To Hitomi Akano.
- Battle Couple: Is the wife of fellow shootist Shinji Sasaki.
- Boyish Short Hair
- Combat Commentator: Provides commentary for RIZIN's women's division.
- Cool Old Lady: Compared to other fighters that is. She started training in MMA at 30 years old and retired at 39 years old.
- Cool Teacher: Studied at Kokushikan University to be a Physical Education (PE) teacher for children in school. Her initial reasoning of learning MMA was to become a better teacher.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Was in the audience for the 2000 RINGS King of Kings tournament.
- I Know Sambo: A 4 time silver medalist at the World Championships, a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with 2 bronze medals at the ADCC, a 3rd dan black belt in Judo, shoot and Catch Wrestling.
- Lightning Bruiser: Known for her quick takedowns and submission offense.
- Red Baron: "The Princess of Sambo", "Fujimegu", "Mega Megu", Joshi Sōgō Kakutōgi no Rejendo ("Legend of Women's Mixed Martial Arts"), "Byōsatsu Joō" ("Seckill Queen").
- Signature Move: The Inazuma Toe Hold she dubbed the Megulock.
- Wrestler in All of Us: Has wrestled for Arsion and IBUKI, against and teaming with Mariko Yoshida respectively.
