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Minoru Fujita (born September 5, 1977) is a Japanese Professional Wrestler, 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 Michinoku Pro Wrestling, Battlarts, Kaientai Dojo, Tokyo Pro Wrestling, Mexican promotions (where he became the fourth original member of Nosawa Rongai's Tokyo Gurentai) and even New Japan Pro-Wrestling, playing always the gimmick of a young junior punk willing to challenge anybody in any style. In 2004, he found finally his niche in Pro Wrestling ZERO1, where he developed as a wrestler by becoming Ikuto Hidaka's tag team partner and passing years of exciting junior ventures, extending to All Japan Pro Wrestling and Fighting Opera HUSTLE, 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.

He was married for five years to joshi wrestler Saki Maemura, reportedly parting ways friendly.


"Deceiving Tropes":

  • The Apprentice: To Kazuo Sakurada, Yoshihiro Tajiri, and Taka Michinoku.
  • Attention Whore: His penchant to appear in any promotion and challenge anybody obeys to this.
  • Bash Brothers: With Nosawa and Mazada (in Tokyo Gurentai), Ikuto Hidaka (collectively known as Skull & Bones) and later with Takuya Sugawara.
  • Be Careful What You Wish For: After his return to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, he demanded to face heavyweights instead of juniors like him. Cue to Yutaka Yoshie, Blue Wolf and Kensuke Sasaki squashing him.
  • Boring, but Practical: Has no flashy or spectacular moves, prefering holds and drivers, which is part of why he adapts so well to every company.
  • Bratty Half-Pint: His gimmick as a young wrestler, something admittedly pretty common in puroresu. He and Gran Naniwa also quit Michinoku Pro Wrestling because they were tired of doing dojo boy chorus.
  • Challenge Seeker: A big part of his gimmick. He will appear of nowhere to challenge anybody, regardless of whether he has any chance against him.
  • Conspicuous Gloves: One of his personal trademarks was wearing black leather gloves (full ones, not fingerless gloves) during his matches. He dropped it after many years.
  • Delinquent Hair: Dyed with a blond stripe and with a punk hairdo.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: Despite starting his training with Big Japan Pro Wrestling, his debut match was at a WAR event against Masanobu Kurisu.
  • Finishing Move:
    • 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).
    • When he goes for a sub, he uses the BONEYARD (reverse viper hold, or a sort of sideways single Boston crab/facelock combination).
    • He parodied Taka Michinoku by using the Fujita Driver (Michinoku Driver II), also renaming the Sasuke Damashii Segway as Fujita Driver II.
  • The Generic Guy: He is an allrounder wrestler with a classical indy puroresu punk gimmick. You cannot get more generic than that.
  • I Have Many Names:
    • 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.
    • Ironically, for someone with so many ring names, he's often mistaken by a Seidokaikan karateka also named Minoru Fujita.
  • I Know Amateur Wrestling: In high school.
  • Jack of All Stats: His moveset is very varied and has little stylistic focus, although he does have a penchant for drivers.
  • Red Baron: "Damashii Tamashii" ("Deceiving Soul").
  • Walking the Earth: Despite his consistent pushes in most companies, Fujita is known for his liking to move along the pro wrestling scene, wandering from very small promotions to big ones from time to time.

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