Ricky Fuji

Ricky Fuji
Fuji in December 2010.
Birth nameMasanori Morimura
Born (1965-09-27) September 27, 1965 (age 59)[1][2][3]
Chiba, Japan[1][2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Ricky Fuji[1][2]
Black Tomcat
Calgary Tiger
Billed height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1][2]
Billed weight96 kg (212 lb)[1]
Billed fromCalgary, Alberta, Canada
Trained byNJPW Dojo[2]
Mr. Hito[2]
Stu Hart[3]
DebutJune 28, 1988[1][2][3]

Masanori Morimura (森村 方則, Morimura Masanori)[1][2] (born September 27, 1965) better known under his ring name Ricky Fuji (リッキー・フジ, Rikkī Fuji) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling, where he also runs the day-to-day operations. He is perhaps best known for his time with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), where he wrestled between the promotion's early days in 1990 until the promotion's closure in 2002, making him the longest-tenured wrestler in the company's history.

Fuji initially joined FMW as a mid-carder, who initially teamed and feuded with the promotion's founder Atsushi Onita on several occasions. He was a part of many groups including Team Canada and Lethal Weapon during the mid-1990s while also achieving success in the company's junior heavyweight division, winning the AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship and the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship once each.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "FMW profile".
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Cagematch profile".
  3. ^ a b c "Puroresu Central profile".