Minoru Fujita

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Report Last Updated - 6/03 (Winter)

Real Name - Minoru Fujita
Birthdate - 9/11/77
5'10" 176 lbs. - Onoda City, Yamaguchi, Japan

Aliases - none

Athletic background - Wrestling, Swimming (High School)

Teachers - Yoshihiro Tajiri (Big Japan Dojo)

Professional background - Big Japan(`93-`97), BattlARTS(`98), MPW(`99-`01), US Indies(`01), K-Dojo(`02-`03), New Japan(`02-`03), MPro(`04), Zero-One MAX(`05-)

Groups - F-Words, Team No Fear SKULL & BONES

Career Highlights - n/a

Finisher(s) -
- BONEYARD (Half Crab-Facelock Surfboard)
- Fujita Driver II (Fireman's Carry Driver)
- Fujita Driver (Michinoku Driver II)
- Running Elbow
- Dragon Suplex

Favorites -
- Elevated DDT
- German Suplex
- Brainbuster
- Enzugiri
- Seated Dropkick

Ringwork Rating -
move set - 8
science - 4
aerial - 4
power - 7
strikes - 7

Intangible Rating -
entertainment - 7
selling - 8
bumping - 7
heat - 6
carrying - 8
push - 8
potential - 7

Outlook - It's hard not to see Minoru Fujita as anything but one of the hottest young talents around. He did good things on the indies in Japan and even got hooked up with New Japan. Instead he opted to head to North America, where he developed skills that may not had if he'd stayed in his homeland. He, like his mentor Tajiri, became a strong ring general and returned to Japan with that going for him. In TAKA Michinoku's Kaientai Dojo, Fujita became the lead heel as the promotion got off the ground. As the youngsters improved, he knew it was time to move on and returned to New Japan. A fiery junior heel, Fujita was looking promising until an injury sidelined him. After returning, he popped up in Michinoku Pro and focused on his tag team with Ikuto Hidaka that had helped him in earlier years. Their chemistry and developing ability took them to NOAH where they showed they were amongst the best in the business. Fujita finally signed with a company, Zero-One MAX, in 2005 to be with Hidaka and focus his efforts. Not even thirty and widely regarded as a tag wrestler and singles competitor, Minoru Fujita is just reaching his prime as a preformer.