Hiromichi Fuyuki
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| Hiromichi Fuyuki | |
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| Ring name(s) | Kodo Fuyuki Ricky Fuyuki Samson Fuyuki |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [1] |
| Billed weight | 240 lb (110 kg) [1] |
| Born | May 11, 1960 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | March 19, 2003 (aged 42) Yokohama, Japan |
| Trained by | Isao Yoshihara |
| Debut | May 4, 1980 |
| Retired | April 14, 2002 w/ Yoshinari Ogawa & Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Tamon Honda, Masao Inoue & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi |
Hiromichi Fuyuki was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter who competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Wrestle Association R and other Japanese and international promotions during the 1980s and 1990s as the leader of 6-man tag team Fuyuki-Gun with Gedo & Jedo.
He is best known, however, as a mainstay of Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, as a founding member of the stable Team No Respect which included Yukihiro Kanemura, Hideki Hosaka, Masao Orihara, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Mr. Gannosuke, Koji Nakagawa, Horace Boulder, Super Leather, Hido, Gedo & Jedo.
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[edit] Early career
Trained by Isao Yoshihara, Fuyuki made his professional debut in International Pro Wrestling on May 4, 1980. Following IWE's collapse he joined All Japan, under the name Samson Fuyuki, and soon began teaming with Toshiaki Kawada as Footloose soon capturing the AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Titles three times.
One of several wrestlers to leave AJPW with Genichiro Tenryu, he competed in Tenryu's rival promotion Super World Sports appearing on interpromotional shows for the World Wrestling Federation and, following the close of SWS, became one of the top wrestlers in Tenryu's WAR promotion teaming with Jado & Gedo as Fuyuki-Gun.
[edit] Frontier Martial Arts
The three would continue working for various Japanese promotions for several years before arriving in Frontier Marital Arts Wrestling. Once there, Fuyuki formed Team No Respect with several of FMW's leading wrestlers which remained the dominant "heel" stable until the promotions close in 2002.
Facing Terry Funk in a high-profile match at Kawasaki Stadium in 1997, he became the head "booker" of the promotion in 1999. Attempting to distance the promotion from its earlier reputation for "garbage wrestling" style, he instead focused on a more "sports entertainment" approach based heavily on comedic storylines and characters similar to American promotions such as World Wrestling Entertainment.
These changes proved unpopular with FMW's fans and within months the promotion began to experience financial problems which worsened after its top star Hayabusa suffered a career ending injury. After the departure of Atsushi Onita, Masato Tanaka and others, Fuyuki was finally forced to close the promotion in March 2002.
[edit] World Entertainment Wrestling and later years
Soon after the close of FMW, Fuyuki opened his own promotion World Entertainment Wrestling and briefly appeared in WEW before announcing his retirement after being diagnosed with cancer.
Wrestling his last match at a retirement show held by Pro Wrestling NOAH, Fuyuki teamed with Yoshinari Ogawa & Mitsuharu Misawa to defeat Tamon Honda, Masao Inoue & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi on April 14, 2002.
Although continuing to promote events for WEW during the next year, he planned to come out of retirement and had scheduled to face Shinya Hashimoto before his death on March 19, 2003. [2]
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- All Japan Pro Wrestling
- AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship (3 times) with Toshiaki Kawada [3]
- Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling | World Entertainment Wrestling
- FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship (1 time) [4]
- FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship (1 time) [5]
- FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Hido and Yukihiro Kanemura [6]
- FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Gedo & Jado, Hido & Yukihiro Kanemura and Koji Nakagawa & Yukihiro Kanemura [7]
- FMW/WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Kyoko Inoue & Chocoball Mukai (2), Mr. Gannosuke & Shinjuku-zame [8]
- WEW Heavyweight Championship (3 times) [9]
- WEW World Tag Team Championship (3 times) with Kyoko Inoue, Tetsuhiro Kuroda and The Sandman [10]
- Wrestle Association R
- WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (6 times) - first champions with Jado & Gedo and Yoji Anjo & Bam Bam Bigelow [11]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him # 379 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003
- PWI ranked him # 119 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2000
- PWI ranked him # 183 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1999
[edit] References
- ^ a b Wrestler biografien - Kodo Fuyuki. www.genickbruch.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-02.
- ^ Japanese Star Hiromichi "Kodo" Fuyuki Dies At 42 From Cancer. Wrestling-News.com (2003-03-19).
- ^ A.J.P.W. All Asia Tag Team Title. Puroresu Dojo (2003).
- ^ Independent World Heavyweight Title. Puroresu Dojo (2003).
- ^ F.M.W. Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Title. Puroresu Dojo (2003).
- ^ F.M.W. Brass Knuckles Tag Team Title. Puroresu Dojo (2003).
- ^ F.M.W. World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Title. Puroresu Dojo (2003).
- ^ W.E.W. 6-Man Tag Team Title. Puroresu Dojo (2003).
- ^ W.E.W. Heavyweight Title. Puroresu Dojo (2003).
- ^ W.E.W. World Tag Team Title. Puroresu Dojo (2003).
- ^ W.A.R. World 6-Man Tag Team Title. Puroresu Dojo (2003).
